Creatures from the Abyss

Creatures from the Abyss is an Italian nautical disaster horror – as wild and expectation-defying and royally f’ed up  a creature feature as you’ll ever see. Also known as Plankton (because nothing strikes fear into the heart of a horror fan like microscopic floating protozoa), Creatures from the Abyss begins innocently enough: five friends taking a dinghyContinue reading “Creatures from the Abyss”

Xanadu

Warriors, come out so ska-eee-ate? Michael Beck (famously, Swan in The Warriors) plays a roller skating painter who befriends a beachside clarinetist and decides to open a nightclub. That’s the truly incredible premise of Xanadu, made even more incredible by the fact that the seaside Benny Goodman is portrayed by none other than Gene Kelly and the artist’s museContinue reading “Xanadu”