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Bad Movie Review: Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (2009)
Starring: Deborah Gibson Lorenzo Lamas Sean Lawlor Vic Chao Dir: Jack Perez (as Ace Hannah) Look out! It’s viral internet movie trailer sensation cum so bad it’s good movie – the battle we’ve all (apparently) been waiting for – “Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus”! I had high hopes for “Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus” based solely on its trailer. Fanboy excitement... »
B-Movies in the Mainstream
Imagine my shock to find a copy of The Guardian in my house opened to a page with a massive picture of a shark attacking the Golden Gate Bridge. It could only be “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus” . But in The Guardian?! It’s a great article about The Asylum and features producer David Rimawi... »
Bad Movie Review: Shark in Venice (2008)
Starring: Stephen Baldwin Vanessa Johansson Hilda van der Meulen Dir: Danny Lerner What do you get when you film a shark movie in Bulgaria, set it in Venice, include the Mafia, historical innacuracies and a Baldwin brother? Why, it’s Nu Image’s “Shark in Venice” of course! Before “Shark in Venice”, Nu Image are the studio that brought us the seminally... »
Bad Movie Review: Ratman (1988)
Starring: David Warbeck Janet Agren Eva Grimaldi Nelson de la Rosa (aka Mahow) Dir: Giuliano Carnimeo (aka Anthony Ascot) As exploitation films go, “Ratman” seemed to have it all: Gore, flesh-eating, a shower scene and needless nudity, an Italian production team, and a midget. Despite meeting that criteria, the film fell flat. In the opening scene, our not-so-mad scientist explains that... »
Kirk battles the Lizard man!
Here’s a lovely little fight scene from the original series of ‘Star Trek‘ for you to get your chops round. Badly choreographed, slow and laboured, this is even better than the fight scene in ‘The Black Scorpion‘. Star Trek fans will be pleased by this video, not only because it features Kirk’s infamous ‘Kirk chop’, but... »
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
What happens when you make a film based on a YouTube hit? You get the latest straight-to-DVD movie from The Asylum – “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus”! The Asylum is a movie studio that has made its name by making cheap versions of current movies and releasing them before the famous versions. They churn out... »
The Calamari Wrestler
Who said Japanese movies were weird?! Imagine if “Rocky” wasn’t set in Philadelphia. Imagine it was set in Japan. And imagine that instead of having a slurring idiot as the lead, imagine it was a seven foot tall squid. Imagine no more, for “The Calamari Wrestler” is here. I’m a huge fan of pro wrestling as much... »
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