Richard Herd Archives

The China Syndrome (1979)

Rating: ★★★★

Jan 8, 2001Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Strong and effective dramatic film released only three weeks before the real-life Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas play a tv camera crew caught in the midst of a nuclear reactor meltdown

Director: James Bridges

Actors: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Wilford Brimley, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 January 200113 January 2026 by Roog

Schizoid (1980)

Rating: ★★

Feb 13, 2024Psycho Film

An early release from Cannon Films, a psycho film featuring a very weird Klaus Kinski as a sinister psychologist

Director: David Paulsen

Actors: Klaus Kinski, Marianna Hill, Donna Wilkes, Craig Wasson, …

Category: Horror

13 February 202413 February 2024 by Roog

V (1983)

Rating: ★

May 5, 2007Alien Invasion

Very popular mini-series during its day (that was followed by a tv series) concerning the alien invasion and occupation of Earth, this has an utter banality that fails on almost every level - as human drama, science and even basic plausibility

Director: Kenneth Johnson

Actors: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 200716 November 2022 by Roog

V: The Final Battle (1984)

Rating: ★

May 4, 2009Alien Invasion

Follow-up to the popular V mini-series, this is an absurd melodrama that is made up of incredibly bad science-fiction writing and directed with zero plausibility

Director: Richard T. Heffron

Actors: Marc Singer, Michael Ironside, Jane Badler, Faye Grant, …

Category: Science Fiction

4 May 200920 November 2025 by Roog

Trancers (1985)

Rating: ★★★

May 5, 2003Time-Travelling Detective

One of the more enjoyable films from Charles Band with Tim Thomerson giving a highly entertaining performance as a hard-boiled detective travelled back from the future

Director: Charles Band

Actors: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art La Fleur, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 20035 July 2026 by Roog

The Secretary (1995)

Rating: ★★

Dec 13, 2002Psycho Secretary

One of a series of Fatal Attraction copycats, a psycho-thriller where Mel Harris has her life torn apart by psycho secretary Sheila Kelley

Director: Andrew Lane

Actors: Mel Harris, Sheila Kelley, Barry Bostwick, James Russo, …

Category: Horror

13 December 20027 March 2025 by Roog

I Married a Monster (1998)

Rating: ★

Oct 31, 2005Alien Duplication and Takeover

Rather tatty remake of I Married a Monster from Outer Space made for tv. This is routine tv filler that has been churned out with little care or feel for the original.

Director: Nancy Malone

Actors: Richard Burgi, Tim Ryan, Barbara Niven, Richard Herd, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 October 200510 April 2026 by Roog

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 7, 2011German Expressionism Remake

A remake of the silent German Expressionist classic that replicates the unique look and sets. Interesting, although it now emerges more like a film noir with artistic pretensions than the avant garde work the original was

Director: David Lee Fisher

Actors: Judson Pearce Morgan, Daamen J. Krall, Doug Jones, Lauren Birkell, …

Category: Horror

7 August 201112 August 2026 by Roog

Get Out (2017)

Rating: ★★★

May 6, 2017Sinister Small Town/Racial Mind Control

A rehash of The Stepford Wives recast along racial lines. It is a surprise to see a mainstream horror hit with a strong message about racism, not that Jordan Peele neglects the horror element either

Director: Jordan Peele

Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, …

Category: Horror

6 May 201730 July 2026 by Roog