Sword and sandal epics like Deathstalker had a very brief heyday, a bit like post-apocalyptic films. And the similarities don’t end there. Both genres came and went around roughly the same time; both at times look like they raided one another’s wardrobe/costume departments, favoring leather jerkins, wrist bands, fur, gladiatorial gear; both were frequently lensedContinue reading “Deathstalker”
Category Archives: Strange cinema
Revisiting Meatcleaver Massacre
Meatcleaver Massacre features an Egyptologist, but Celtic, rather than Egyptian lore, and top billing for one minute of Christopher Lee, who thought he was going to be in a different film and nearly sued as a result. And most tellingly, absolutely, positively, no meat cleavers! Meatcleaver Massacre is another one of those wonky, idiosyncratic 70sContinue reading “Revisiting Meatcleaver Massacre”
Really Awful Movies 