Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

Taste of Fear (1961)

Posted on February 24, 2020 at 10:49 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Sometime in the early to mid-2000’s I was introduced to Scream of Fear – or, as it was titled in its native U.K., Taste of Fear (1961) – in a big-screen double feature with another Hammer chiller, The Revenge of … Continue reading →

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Gandahar (1987)

Posted on February 22, 2020 at 12:39 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

In one thousand Gandahar was destroyed and all its people killed. One thousand years ago Gandahar will be saved and all the inevitable avoided. Gandahar (1987), released in the U.S. as the maimed Light Years, is the third and final … Continue reading →

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Deathstalker (1983)

Posted on February 15, 2020 at 3:36 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The success of Conan the Barbarian (1982) didn’t just make Arnold Schwarzenegger a star; it also launched a thousand knock-offs. Roger Corman was behind a good number of them, naturally. In the early 80’s Corman was invited by two members … Continue reading →

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