Anthony Fankhauser Archives

Gacy House (2010)

Rating: ★

Sep 9, 2014Found Footage/Haunted House

This has the great idea of paranormal investigators investigating the home of real-life serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Alas, Gacy is of zero relevance and the film no more that a tatty Found Footage effort

Director: Anthony Fankhauser

Actors: James Arthur Lewis, Michael Gaglio, Sylvia Panacione, Rachel Riley, …

Category: Horror

9 September 201415 February 2026 by Roog

Dragonwasps (2012)

Rating: ★★

Mar 11, 2021Giant Fire-Breathing Insects

Typical Syfy Channel creature film with people encountering giant fire-breathing genetically-engineered wasps in the jungles of Belize

Director: Joe Knee

Actors: Corin Nemec, Dominika Julliet, Nikolette Noel, Benjamin Easterday, …

Category: Science Fiction

11 March 202111 March 2021 by Roog

Sand Sharks (2012)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 27, 2022Gonzo Killer Shark Film

This was made just before Sharknado turned the killer shark film into something deliberately ridiculous and is an entertainingly tongue-in-cheek B movie that has a perfect sense of its own limitations

Director: Mark Atkins

Actors: Corin Nemec, Eric Scott Woods, Brooke Hogan, Vanessa Evigan, …

Category: Horror

27 January 202228 October 2025 by Roog

Poseidon Rex (2013)

Rating: ★★

Aug 20, 2015Revived Dinosaur

As formula monster movies go, this stands out from the rest - it takes itself seriously, has a better budget than usual, which allows some luxurious location shooting in Belize, and a better standard of effects

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Brian Krause, Berne Velazquez, Candice Nunes, Philip Coc, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 August 201510 July 2026 by Roog

Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs (2015)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 8, 2016Dinosaurs Revived in the Present Day

Despite the disappointment that it is not a Western but set modern-day. This enlivens a formula plot quite well and provides dinosaur effects that range between the surprisingly good and the occasionally ropy

Director: Ari Novak

Actors: Rib Hillis, Eric Roberts, Vernon Wells, Casey Fitzgerald, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 February 201611 January 2026 by Roog

Lavalantula (2015)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 30, 2015Giant Fire-Breathing Spiders

A film about giant fire-breathing spiders. This is lifted from formula by a sense of humour and even peculiarly brings many of the cast of the Police Academy series out of retirement

Director: Mike Mendez

Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 November 201521 June 2026 by Roog

Earthtastrophe (2016)

Rating: ★

Jul 1, 2025Earth Transported to Another Solar System

Syfy Channel disaster movie where Earth is suddenly transported into another Solar System amid cheap effects and an improbable time travel solution is sought to reverse this

Director: Nick Lyon

Actors: Andrew Katers, Alexa Mansour, Brian Krause, Tonya Kay, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 July 202530 January 2026 by Roog

2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016)

Rating: ★

Apr 27, 2018Giant Fire-Breathing Spiders

Lavalantula with Steve Guttenberg facing giant fire-breathing spiders was a modestly enjoyable creature feature. This sequel feels like a Sharknado wannabe with shittier effects and an unfunny sense of humour

Director: Nick Simon

Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow, Michele Weaver, Jimmy Bellinger, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 April 201829 November 2025 by Roog

Dam Sharks! (2016)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 23, 2023Killer Sharks

Another gonzo killer shark film, this concerns sharks who have invaded a river and built a dam to trap human prey. Everything comes with an amusingly sarcastic sense of humour

Director: James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik, The Kondelik Brothers

Actors: Jason London, Jessica Blackmore, Matt Mercer, Robert Craighead, …

Category: Horror

23 March 202314 January 2026 by Roog

Toxic Shark (2017)

Rating: ★★

Apr 18, 2019Toxic Waste Mutated Killer Shark

Another in plethora of gonzo killer shark films viz Sharknado concerning a mutated shark that spews a plume of toxic waste. Not the bottom of the barrel, an adequately made B movie that takes itself relatively seriously

Director: Cole Sharpe

Actors: Kabby Borders, Bryce Durfee, Eric Etebari, Michelle Cortes Christina Masterson, …

Category: Horror

18 April 201923 November 2025 by Roog