Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
Feb 12, 2005Alien Twin Geniuses/Kurt Vonnegut Adaptation
Another failed attempt to film the works of Kurt Vonnegut where Vonnegut’s ironic pessimism ends up as witless slapstick chaos on screen
Steven Paul
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
Sep 15, 2012Gonzo Spy Film
Completely insane 1980s spy film – a madcap mahsup of elements including James Bond gadgetry, mad scientists, action and splatter served up with not a shred of realism. The crowning glory is a completely OTT Gene Simmons as a cross-dressing super-villain
Baby Geniuses (1999)
Apr 1, 1999Intelligent Baby Conspiracy
Film set around the premise that babies are secretly geniuses and talk in their own language. This makes a beeline for pee and poop jokes and seems to think we should applaud it for the cutsieness of seeing babies doing adult things
Ghost Rider (2007)
Mar 26, 2007Comic-Book Avenger/Demonic Superhero
Film adaptation of Marvel Comics' demon superhero emerges as a far better film than it had the right to be where the risibility of the image of a motorcycle-riding demon hero is made to work through some vivid and way-out effects
Doomsday (2008)
Nov 22, 2008Plague Ravaged Future Wasteland/Action
Immensely satisfying film from Neil Marshall set in a walled-off, post-pandemic Scotland where he seems to have set out to pay homage to sf/action films like Escape from New York and Mad Max 2
Dracula: The Dark Prince (2013)
Oct 17, 2023Dracula Film
A medium-budget Dracula film that draws much on its cinematic predecessors and comes filled with Underworld-like brooding Gothic poses and a blonde Dracula
Tekken: A Man Called X (2014)
Feb 14, 2018Videogame Adaptation
Nobody seemed to care about Tekken, the 2010 film based on the popular videogame. Despite that, this is a sequel – albeit one that has almost nothing to do with the first film. This consists of nothing more than a series of efficiently unmemorable action scenes and a plot that makes no real sense
Wifelike (2022)
May 28, 2023Android Wives
This is like a version of The Stepford Wives updated to the era of Ex Machina and the modern A.I./android film
Disquiet (2023)
Sep 3, 2024Hospital Nightmare and Hallucinations
Jonathan Rhys Meyers wakes up in a hospital as strange hallucinatory and nightmarish things start to happen