Irwin Yablans Archives

Laserblast (1978)

Rating: ★

Jun 3, 2005Teen Underdog Takes Revenge with an Alien Raygun

One of the first films to come out exploiting the success of Star Wars – a badly made teen underdog fantasy in which bullied Kim Milford takes revenge after finding an alien raygun

Director: Michael Rae

Actors: Kim Milford, Roddy McDowall, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 June 200520 June 2026 by Roog

John Carpenter's all-time classic, the film that created the slasher film and has been much imitated, not to mention multiply sequelised and remade. None of these however come anywhere near recapturing Carpenter's eerie spookiness

Director: John Carpenter

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, …

Category: Horror

6 December 200210 March 2026 by Roog

Hell Night (1981)

Rating: ★★

Jan 25, 2003Slasher/Old Dark House

An entry in the 1980s slasher movie fad and featuring Linda Blair. Here a group of students are forced to spend a night in an old dark house. Slightly better than the average

Director: Tom De Simone

Actors: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy, …

Category: Horror

25 January 200330 October 2025 by Roog

The Seduction (1982)

Rating: ★

Jun 22, 2002Stalker

Ultra-trashy thriller with Morgan Fairchild as a tv newsreader stalked by next-door neighbour Andrew Stevens where she engages in the title seduction to eliminate him. A really bad film

Director: David Schmoeller

Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Andrew Stevens, Michael Sarrazin, Colleen Camp, …

Category: Horror

22 June 200213 September 2022 by Roog

Parasite (1982)

Rating: ½

Oct 19, 2002Chestbursting Nasty

The second directorial outing of a young Charles Band, this is essentially an earthbound version of Alien. Not a very good film, the principal reasons to watch are some cheap effects and a young Demi Moore

Director: Charles Band

Actors: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 October 200223 September 2024 by Roog