Jim Wynorski Archives - Moria

Forbidden World (1982)

Rating: ★★

Aug 25, 2002Mutating Monster

One of the numerous copies of Alien. This was produced by Roger Corman, which means more of an exploitation emphasis – the alien is three times the size, there is more of a T&A emphasis and the effects are cannibalised from his other films

Director: Allan Holzman

Actors: Jesse Vint, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles, Fox Harris, …

Category: Science Fiction

25 August 20024 July 2024 by Roog

The Lost Empire (1983)

Rating: ★★★

May 28, 2015Girl Action Team vs Super-Villain

The first film from low-budget hack Jim Wynorski and one of his best. How could it be possible to resist the cheesily absurd B-budget mix of a Charlie's Angels trio of very well-endowed women kicking ass, martial arts action, women's prison scenes and mad scientist super-villains

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Melanie Vincz, Angela Aames, Raven De La Croix, Paul Coufos, …

Category: Fantasy

28 May 20155 December 2024 by Roog

Not Of This Earth (1988)

Rating: ★

May 8, 2000Alien Vampire

The Roger Corman 1950s cheapie about a mystery man who proves to be an alien space vampire is remade as a vehicle for Traci Lords. The script is essentially the same but with the addition of a lot of topless women

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Traci Lords, Arthur Roberts, Lenny Juliano, Roger Lodge, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 May 20007 January 2026 by Roog

Transylvania Twist (1989)

Rating: ★★

Apr 23, 2020Horror Parody

A Roger Corman produced horror parody that conducts send ups of most of the horror icons of the 1980s - Freddy Krueger, Pinhead, Michael Meyers etc - without being particularly funny

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Teri Copley, Steve Altman, Robert Vaughn, Ace Mask, …

Category: Horror

23 April 20207 January 2026 by Roog

The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

Rating: ½

Jul 6, 2000Comic-Book Mutant Superhero

Wes Craven’s adaptation of DC’s Swamp Thing was not a very good film. This sequel has been handed over to prolific B-budget hack Jim Wynorski who shows he is unable to take any of it seriously

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Heather Locklear, Louis Jourdan, Dick Durock, Sarah Douglas, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 July 20005 December 2024 by Roog

The Haunting of Morella (1990)

Rating: ★

Jan 6, 2026Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Resurrected Wife

An adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story produced by Roger Corman. Alas giving it to exploitation director Jim Wynorski, who likes to add really well stacked women to everything does, kills all of Poe’s atmosphere

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Nicole Eggert, David McCallum, Lana Clarkson, Maria Ford, …

Category: Horror

6 January 20266 January 2026 by Roog

976-Evil II (1991)

Rating: ★

May 26, 2021Astral Projection Killer

Sequel to Robert Englund’s directorial debut about a demonic phone line, this is an almost entirely unrelated work about a killer with astral projection powers

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Patrick O'Bryan, Rod McCary, George Buck Flower, …

Category: Horror

26 May 202120 May 2025 by Roog

Ghoulies IV (1993)

Rating: ★

Mar 10, 2001Malevolent Satanic Creatures

Fourth and final of the Ghoulies films, this one comes from B-budget hack Jim Wynorski who seems to not be taking any of the show seriously

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Peter Liapis, Barbara Alyn Woods, Bobby Di Cicco, Stacie Randall, …

Category: Horror

10 March 200126 October 2025 by Roog

Dinosaur Island (1994)

Rating: ★

Feb 17, 2016Prehistoric Lost Island/Softcore Comedy

A collaboration between B-budget hacks Fred Olen Ray and Jim Wynorski. Made not long after Jurassic Park, the two have simply made one of their usual softcore T&A films and slapped the word dinosaur on it

Director: Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski

Actors: Ross Hagen, Richard Gabai, Antonia Doran, Griffin Drew, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 February 20166 January 2026 by Roog

Sorceress (1995)

Rating: ★

Apr 25, 2018Erotica/Suburban Witches

Jim Wynorski is a B-budget director whose films feature women with massively oversized breasts. Beyond epic-sized mammaries, this softcore tale about housewives engaged in witchcraft that makes no sense on a plot level

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Linda Blair, Larry Poindexter, Julie Strain, Rochelle Swanson, …

Category: Fantasy

25 April 20187 January 2026 by Roog

Vampirella (1996)

Rating: ★

Feb 27, 2003Comic Book Adaptation/Alien Vampire Heroine

Disappointingly tatty rendering of the famous comic-book strip as a low-budget Roger Corman production. Vampirella is missing her distinctive costume and Talisa Soto comes nowhere near the comic-book character's statuesque voluptuousness

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Talisa Soto, Roger Daltrey, Richard Joseph Paul, Lee de Broux, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 February 200328 June 2025 by Roog

The Bare Wench Project (1999)

Rating: ★

Jul 31, 2000Softcore Blair Witch Spoof

Following the success of The Blair Witch Project, this was an excruciatingly lame softcore parody with a group of girls tramping in the woods finding almost any excuse to undress and conduct sex-related takes on Blair Witch

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Nikki Fritz, Julie K. Smith, Lorissa McComas, Antonia Dorian, …

Category: Horror

31 July 200017 December 2025 by Roog

Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless (2000)

Rating: ½

Apr 4, 2019Softcore Blair Witch Spoof

The Bare Wench Project was an inane softcore parody of The Blair Witch Project. This is the first of four sequels in which another troupe of girls go wandering in the woods while finding almost any opportunity to take their clothes off

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Nikki Fritz, Samantha Phillips, Lenny Juliano, Griffin Drew, …

Category: Horror

4 April 20196 September 2025 by Roog

Thy Neighbor’s Wife (2001)

Rating: ★

Dec 5, 2024Psycho-Sexual Thriller

One of the erotic thrillers made following the success of Basic Instinct, essentially an erotic version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Kari Wuhrer, Barbara Crampton, Jay Richardson, Larry Poindexter, …

Category: Horror

5 December 202413 November 2025 by Roog

The Bare Wench 3: Nymphs of Mystery Mountain (2002)

Rating: ★

May 26, 2022Softcore Blair Witch Spoof

Another in the interminable softcore Blair Witch parodies with a group of minimally talented and clothed bimbos wandering around the woods and failing to take proceedings seriously

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Julie K. Smith, Shauna O'Brien, Lenny Juliano, Julie Strain, …

Category: Horror

26 May 202217 December 2025 by Roog

Piranhaconda (2012)

Rating: ★

Jun 22, 2017Giant Hybrid Snake

Amid the spate of deliberately ridiculous monster movies of the 2010s, we have also seen a fad for absurd hybrid creatures. In actuality, the piranhaconda is just a giant snake – and served by some incredibly bad effects in this negligible effort from B-budget hack Jim Wynorski

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Michael Madsen, Rib Hillis, Rachel Hunter

Category: Horror

22 June 201711 April 2025 by Roog

Lucky Bastard (2014)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 21, 2024Actor on a Porn Set Snaps

A smart and boundary pushing Found Footage film in which a regular joe selected as an actor on a porn film set is pushed to a snapping point

Director: Robert Nathan

Actors: Don McManus, Jay Paulson, Betsy Rue, Chris Wylde

Category: Horror

21 February 202421 February 2024 by Roog

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (2016)

Rating: ★★

May 23, 2016Gonzo Killer Shark Film

Another entrant in the fad for gonzo killer shark film. This gets some award for combining the killer shark film, the women's prison film and the cabin in the woods horror standard

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Traci Lords, Dominique Swain, Christine Nguyen, John Callahan, …

Category: Horror

23 May 201615 November 2025 by Roog

Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl (2022)

Rating: ★★

Sep 24, 2024Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Parody

B budget director Jim Wynorski makes another of his bimbo films, a parody of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman where a cam girl is turned giant size after eating GMO food

Director: Jim Wynorski

Actors: Ivy Smith, Eli Cirino, Christine Nguyen, Lisa London, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 September 202420 November 2025 by Roog