Silver Bullet (1985)
Jun 10, 2002Werewolf/Stephen King Adaptation
Overlooked but not entirely unworthwhile Stephen King adaptation about the hunt for a werewolf preying on a small town
Gary Busey
Hider in the House (1989)
Mar 29, 2015Psycho Hiding in the Attic
Psycho film with an original premise – Gary Busey as a psycho who builds a hidey-hole in the attic of a house where he spies on and then tries to manipulate the lives of the family living there
Predator 2 (1990)
Nov 17, 2014Action/Humans Hunted by Alien Sportsman
Predator was one of the better Alien/Aliens copies of the 1980s. This sequel does little more than serve the same up all over again bar the substitution of a near-future L.A. for the jungle but manages to generate a reasonably intensive ride out of the action
Surviving the Game (1994)
Aug 20, 2003Human Hunting for Sport
Blatant copy of Jean-Claude Van Damme's Hard Target and both in turn from The Most Dangerous Game. Here Ice-T is a homeless man forced to flee hunters and survive with his bare hands.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Aug 20, 2003Surreal Drug Hallucinations/Hunter S. Thompson Adaptation
In attempting to capture the surreal, paranoiac drug haze of Hunter S. Thompson’s counter-culture classic, Terry Gilliam's adaptation becomes a rambling, self-indulgent mess of tripped-out visions that go on and on
Soldier (1998)
Apr 29, 1999Programmed Soldier Becomes Self-Aware
Kurt Russell gives a fine performance as a programmed soldier who discovers emotions but under Paul W.S. Anderson the rest of the big-budgeted film collapses into over-inflated cliches
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
Aug 14, 2004Undead Super-Soldiers/Action
The first of two cheap Universal Soldier sequels made in Canada with Matt Battaglia inheriting Jean-Claude Van Damme's role
Tribulation (2000)
Feb 26, 2007Christian End Times/Anti-Christ Dystopia
The third in a series of Biblical End Times films withGary Busey as a decent cop who wakes up in a future ruled by the Anti-Christ. The heavy-handed slinging of Bible verses makes this hard-going for anyone who is not a believer, while the conspiratorial tone frequently verges on nuttiness
Frost: Portrait of a Vampire (2001)
Oct 31, 2005Vampire Hunter
Kevin VanHook, otherwise a visual effects artist, directs a vampire hunter film that looks like a low-budget copy of better works like Blade and Vampires
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
Mar 30, 2017Possessed Gingerbread Man
Possibly one of the most ridiculous title creature to ever inspire a horror franchise – a possessed gingerbread man. From low-budget producer Charles Band, this essentially rips off the Chucky series but with baked goods instead of a doll
Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
Feb 23, 2008Teenager That Can Speak to Animals
Sequel to the Eddie Murphy Dr Dolittle films without Murphy where the title role is inherited by Kyla Pratt as his teenage daughter. The humour is pitched at an excruciating level of inanity
Piranha 3DD (2012)
May 26, 2012Killer Fish
Sequel to the Piranha remake. Much the same as before but up one cup size. Well not really, the sequel is more like a joke that was funny the first time that becomes belaboured in the retelling
Bounty Killer (2013)
Nov 9, 2023Post-Apocalyptic Action
A film about post-apocalyptic bounty hunters pursuing bankers, this was an Occupy Movement era film and hits a deliriously unserious comic-book tone
Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016)
Aug 14, 2016Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film
The bad movie hit of Sharknado was a surprise to everyone and spawned sequels. By this point, creativity appears to have dried up – essentially, the Sharknado series has jumped the shark