Film Blitz Archive

This page is the archive of all reviews written up until May 2016, which were lovingly crafted by hand in HTML. Bringing them in to WordPress will be time-consuming and tedious, but I do not want to lose them, so have ported over the HTML versions to start with. The internal links should more or less work, but I’m not prepared to guarantee anything. I’m slowly copying them over into the “modern” format: don’t hold your breath. What’s below are the ones remaining to be done. Since it’s an archive, these pages will not otherwise be updated, but I may point over to specific reviews from the main site, when appropriate.

The origin of the ‘Film Blitz’ concept was REALLY short reviews – literally two or three lines initially – but I’m going to prune out those which were less than about 100 words, as they really had nothing to say. Anything written pre-2004 will have a Dec 31, 2003 date as a place-holder, even if they may date from as far back as 1989.

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+ – extracted from general articles, and might make more sense if read there!
[ ] – The grade/score for the film (where one was assigned).
italics – Reviews which may be in the TC archives. Or maybe not.

A note on ratings. These days, the vast bulk of movies will get a grade between B and D – anything above or below that is soundly recommended or unquestionably to be avoided, respectively. Earlier reviews may not be quite on the same scale: a B+ from a decade ago is not as impressive as one awarded now. I’ve been dating my reviews for a number of years now, so you should be able to get some idea of when they were written, and take that into account.

T U V W X Y Z Box-sets

T

• The 10th Victim [D+]
• The Terminator [B+]
• The Terminators [D]
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day [B+]
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [B]
• Terminator Salvation [C+]
• Terrified [D-]
• Territories [C+]
• The Terror [C+]
• Terror at Baxter U [D-]
• Terror of Tiny Town [C+]
• Terror on the Menu, a.k.a Terror at the Red Wolf Inn, Terror House
• Terror Toons [B-]
• Tess [A]
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Thale [C]
• Thanatomorphose [C-]
• Thank You for Smoking [C]
• They Saved Hitler’s Brain [D]
• A Thief in the Night [B-]
• The Thief of Baghdad (Berger/Powell/Whelan) [B-]
• The Thief of Baghdad (Lubin/Vailati) [C+]
• Them! [B]
• There’s Something About Mary [C-]
• There’s Something Out There [B]
• They [D]
• They Live
• They Nest — see Creepy Crawlers
• The Thing (Carpenter) [A]
• The Thing (van Heijningen) [C-]
• Thirst [C+]
• The Thirst [B]
• The Thing Below *
• 13 — see City in Panic
• 13 Assassins [B]
• 13 Cold Blooded Eagles [B+]
• 13 Conversations About One Thing [C]
• Thir13en Ghosts [C-]
• The 13th Child [D-]
• The Thirteenth Floor [D+]
• The Thirteenth Warrior [C-]
• 36th Precinct [B+]
• This Film is Not Yet Rated [C]
• This is not a Test [B+]
• Thor [C+]
• Threads [B-]
• Three Can Keep a Secret [B-]
• Three Days of a Blind Girl [B-]
• Three Days of the Condor [C+]
• Three… Extremes [C-]
• Three… Extremes II [C-]
• 300 [B]
• Three Kings [B-]
• Three Men to Kill [B-]
• The Three Musketeers [C+]
• Three Times [C-]
• 3:10 to Yuma (Daves) [B+]
• 3:10 to Yuma (Mangold) [C-]
• 3D Mania – Encounter in the Third Dimension [B]
• The Thrill of a Kill [C-]
• Thunder & Mud *
• Thunderball
• Thunderbirds are Go [D]
• Ticked-off Trannies With Knives [C]
• Ticks [B]
• Tidal Wave (Haeundae) [B-]
• Tiger on the Beat [9/10]
• Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride [C+]
• Time Again [C+]
• Time and Tide [C]
• The Time Machine [C+]
• The Tingler [C+]
• Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Vacation [B]
• The Tit and the Moon [B-]
• Titan A.E. [D-]
• To Be Number One
• To Kill a King [C+]
• To Protect and Serve [C]
• Der Todesengel [F]
• Der Todesking [3-9/10]
• Tokyo Decadence Topaz
• Tokyo 10 + 01 (Tokyo Eleven) [B]
• The Tomb
• Tomb Raider [B-]
• Tombstone [C+]
• Tomcat Angels [E+]
• Tomie [D-]
• Tommy Boy [C+]
• Tomorrow Never Dies
• Tomorrow, When the War Began [B-]
• Tongs [C+]
• Tony Manero [C-]
• Torrents of Spring (Acque di primavera) [7/10]
• Total Recall (Verhoeven) [B]
• Total Recall (Wiseman) [C]
• Touching The Void [B]
• Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop [C]
• Towards Darkness [C+]
• The Toxic Avenger, Part II
• The Toxic Avenger, Part III – The Last Temptation of Toxie
• Toy Story [B+]
• Toy Story 2 [B+]
• Toy Story 3 [B]
• Traces of Death *
• Track of the Moon Beast [C] *
• Traffic [B+]
• Trail of a Serial Killer [D-]
• The Trail of the Screaming Forehead [D]
• Trailer Park Boys: The Movie [B-]
• Training Day [C+]
• Traitor [B]
• Transformers [B-]
• The Transporter [B]
• The Transporter 2 [C+]
• Trasharella [C]
• Traveller [C-]
• Treasure Hunt
• Trees [B-]
• The Tremors series
  • Tremors [A]
  • Tremors 2 [C+]
  • Tremors 3: Back to Perfection [C]
  • Tremors 4: The Legend Begins [C-]
  • Tremors 5: Bloodlines [C]
• Triad Election [B-]
• The Trial [C]
• Triangle [B]
• Tricky Brains [B]
• Triggermen [C+]
• Trinity & Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie [C+]
• The Trip [2/10]
• Trip With the Teacher [C+][
• Trippin’ [B-]
• Trollhunter [B-]
• Troma’s War
• Tromeo & Juliet [B]
• Trophy Heads [B-]
• Trouble Every Day [D]
• True Nature [B-]
• True Romance [B+]
• True Stories [C-]
• Tube [C+]
• Tucker and Dale vs Evil [C-]
• The Tunnel [C+]
• The Truth About Demons – see The Irrefutable Truth About Demons*
• Turkish Delight + [C+]
• Turn [C]
• The Tuxedo [B]
• 12 Monkeys [C-]
• 12 Rounds [C]
• 12 Secundos [C]
• 12:08 East of Bucharest [C+]
• 20 Years After [C-]
• 2012 [D+]
• 24 Hours in London [C]
• 24 Hour Party People [B-]
• The 25th Reich [D-]
• The 27th Day [D]
• 28 Days Later [C]
• 28 Weeks Later [C-]
• Twin Warriors — see The Tai-Chi Master
• The Twilight Saga
  • Twilight [C]
  • New Moon [D+]
  • Eclipse [D]
• Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars [D+]
• Twins of Evil [B+]
• Twisted Sisters [C+]
• Two Evil Eyes +
• Two Girl Warriors in Hara-Kiri
• 2000 Maniacs [B-]
• 2001 Maniacs [C+]
• 2009 Lost Memories [C+]
• 2010 [B]
• 2010: Moby Dick [C-]
• Typhoon [D]

U

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being [6-2/10]
• UnCivil Liberties [C]
• Undead [B-]
• Undercover Brother [B]
• The Underground Banker [C-]
• The Undertaker and His Pals [D+]
• Underworld
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [B-]
• Undocumented [C+]
• The Uninvited [C+]
• United 93 [B]
• Universal Soldier [C+]
• Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning [C-]
• Unknown [D]
• Unknown World [D]
• Unlawful Entry [C]
• Unrated: The Movie [C]
• The Untold Story [B-]
• Up [B+]
• Up for Grabs [B+]
• Urban Explorers [C-]
• Urban Ghost Story [C-]
• Urban Legends: Final Cut [D+]

V

• V for Vendetta [C+]
• V.I.Warshawski [B+]
• Valentina’s Tango [B-]
• Valentine [E]
• Valerie and Her Week of Wonders [6/10]
• Valhalla Rising [D]
• Valmont [C+]
• Vampire Circus [C+]
• The Vampire Happening [C-]
• Vampire Hunter D [C+]
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust [B]
• Vampire Journals
• Vampire vs. Vampire [B]
• Vampire Wars — see Bloodsuckers
• Vampirella [E+]
• Vampires [C]
• Vampires Suck [C+]
• Vampires vs Zombies [D-]
• Vampires: The Turning [C]
• Vamps: Deadly Dreamgirls [C-]
• Vamps 2: Blood Sisters [C-]
• Vampyres [D+]
• Van Helsing [C]
• Van Nuys Blvd. [C+]
• Vanessa *
• VANish [C+]
• The Vanishing [6/10]
• Vanishing on 7th Street [D-]
• Vantage Point [B]
• The Vault [C-]
• Vengeance [B]
• The Vengeance of She [E+]
• The Verdict (Het Vonnis) [B-]
• Versus [A-]
• Vertical Limit [B-]
• Vice [B+]
• The Victim (Arayangkoon) [B-]
• The Victim (Hung) [B]
• Victoria [B-]
• Video Diary of a Lost Girl [C-]
• A View to a Kill
• Vigilante (Aaron) [C]
• Vigilante (Lustig) [C+]
• Vile [D+]
• Villa Captive [D]
• The Village [D]
• The Vineyard
• Vinyl Dolls [C-]
• The Violent Kind [B]
• Viper [C]
• The Virgin Murders [D-]
• The Virgin Suicides [D+]
• Virtual Combat [C-]
• Virtual Nightmare [C+]
• Virtuosity [C-]
• Virus Undead [C+]
• Visioneers [D-]
• Vixen
• The Void [E+]
• Volcano [E]
• Volcano High [C]
• Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women [C+]
• Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet [D-]

W

• Waco: The Rules of Engagement [B]
• Wake of Death [D]
• Wake Wood [C]
• Wakko’s Wish [B-]
• The Walking Deceased [C]
• The Wall [B]
• WALL-E [B+]
• Wanted: Dead or Alive [C]
• War [C+]
• War of the Worlds (Latt) [B-]
• War of the Worlds (Spielberg) [B]
• Warlock [B+]
• Warlock: The Armageddon + Warlock III: The End of Innocence [C+, C]
• Warrior Queen
• Warriors of Terra [D]
• Wasabi [C+]
• The Wasp Woman [D]
• Watch Me [B-]
• Watchmen [B-]
• Waterworld [E+]
• Watership Down [B-]
• The Wave (Gansel) [C]
• The Wave (Uthaug) [B]
• Wax Mask
• Way of the Gun [C+]
• Wedlock [C]
• Weekend with the Babysitter [D+]
• Welcome [C+]
• Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael [D-]
• Welcome to Collinwood [C+]
• Wendigo [C+]
• Werewolf Hunter: the Legend of Romasanta [D-]
• The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman [D]
• What’s Up, Tiger Lily? [C]
• What We Do in the Shadows [B-]
• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? [B]
• Wheels on Meals [C+]
• When A Killer Calls [C+]
• When Harry Met Sally [3/10]
• When Strangers Appear [C+]
• When the Whales Came [B-]
• When Time Expires [C]
• Where Truth Lies [E]
• The Whistler [C+]
• White Noise [D+]
• Whiteout [C-]
• Who am I? [B+]
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit [B]
• Who Killed Captain Alex? [B]
• The Whole Nine Yards [B]
• Wicked City (live-action) +
• Wicked City (anime) +
• Wicked City (anime) – reviewed [B]
• The Wicker Man (Hardy) [B+]
• The Wicker Man (LaBute) [D+]
• The Wicker Tree [C-]
• The Wicksboro Incident [D]
• Wild at Heart [8/10]
• Wild Life [D]
• Wild Things [B+]
• Wild Zero [D+]
• Wilderness [B]
• Willard [C-]
• Windtalkers [C-]
• Wing Chun
• Wings of Honneamise [A-]
• The Winslow Boy [B+]
• Winter Sleepers [C+]
• The Witch [6/10]
• Witch’s Sabbath [B-]
• The Witchcraft series
  • Witchcraft
  • Witchcraft II: The Temptress
  • Witchcraft III: The Kiss of Death
  • Witchcraft IV: Virgin Heart
  • Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil
  • Witchcraft VI: The Devil’s Mistress
  • Witchcraft VII: Judgement Hour
  • Witchcraft VIII: Salem’s Ghost
  • Witchcraft IX: Bitter Flesh
  • Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft
  • Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood
  • Witchcraft XII: In the Lair of the Serpent
  • Witchcraft XIII: Blood of the Chosen
• Witchcraft Through the Ages [C]
• Witching and Bitching [C]
• With a Friend Like Harry [D+]
• Wither [C+]
• Withnail and I [B]
• Wolf Creek [D-]
• The Wolf of Wall Street [B-]
• The Woman [B-]
• The Woman Hunt [C-]
• The Woman in White [C]
• Women’s Camp 119 [D+]
• Women’s Prison [C+]
• Wonderful Days [C+]
• The Woodland Haunting 2 [C]
• Wormhole Chasers [B-]
• The World is not Enough [D]
• World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 [D]
• World War Z [B-]
• A World Without Thieves [B-]
• The World’s End [B+]
• The World’s Fastest Indian [B-]
• Would You Rather [C+]
• Wrath of Silence [C]
• The Wrestler (Aronofsky) [B]
• The Wrestler (Westman) [D+]
• The Wrong Turn series [C+ to B]
• Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead [C+]

X

• X the Unknown [B-]
• X2 [D+]
• The X-Files [D-]
• X-Men *
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine [C+]
• X-Treme Fighter [C]
• Xchange [C+]
• Xtro [7/10]
• XXX [D-]

Y

• Yakuza Apocalypse [C-]
• A Yakuza in Love [B]
• Yamakasi [B-]
• YellowHair and the City of Gold
• Yes, Madam + [C+]
• The Yes Men Fix the World [B-]
• Yesterday [D]
• You Got Nothin’ [B-]
• You Kill Me [B]
• You Only Live Twice
• You, the Living [B]
• Young and Dangerous [C]
• The Young and the Dead [D+]
• The Young Master [B+]
• Young Thugs: Innocent Blood [C-]
• Young Thugs: Nostalgia [B]
• Your Friends and Neighbours [C-]

Z

• Zatoichi [B-]
• Zero Charisma [C-]
• Zero Dark Thirty [C+]
• Zero Killed [B]
• Zombeavers [C-]
• Zombex [D]
• Zombie Apocalypse [C]
• Zombie Beach [D]
• Zombie Fight Club [C]
• Zombie Genocide + Wages of Sin [B-]
• Zombie Kill! [C+]
• Zombie Massacre [D+]
• Zombie 90 [7/10]
• Zombie Oasis [1/10]
• Zombie 108 [C]
• Zombie Strippers [B]
• Zombie Town [C+]
• Zombie Women of Satan [D]
• Zombieland [B]
• Zombieworld [C-]
• Zone of the Dead [B-]
• Zulu [C+]

Box Sets

• Bad Brothas – Mean Muthas
  • The Final Comedown
  • Lady Cocoa
  • Mean Johnny Burrows
  • Velvet Smooth [on girlswithguns.org]
• Cult Classics, Collection 2
  • Dementia 13
  • Frozen Alive
  • The Screaming Skull
  • Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter
• Drive-in Cult Classics
  • Best Friends
  • Cindy and Donna
  • Malibu High
  • Pick-Up
  • The Sister-in-Law
  • The Stepmother
  • The Teacher
  • Trip With the Teacher
• Drive-in Cult Classics, Volume 2
  • Bloodlust
  • The Creeping Terror
  • The Devil’s Hand
  • The Hearse
  • The Land of the Minotaur
  • Madmen of Mandoras/They Saved Hitler’s Brain
  • Terrified
• Drive-in Cult Classics, Volume 3
  • The Babysitter
  • Blood Mania
  • Malibu Beach
  • The Pink Angels
  • The Pom Pom Girls
  • Single Room Furnished
  • Van Nuys Blvd.
  • Weekend with the Babysitter
• Flesh Feast
  • I Eat Your Skin
  • Slave of the Cannibal God
  • The Severed Arm
  • The Undertaker and His Pals
• 4 Film Favorites: Draculas
  • Dracula
  • Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
  • Taste the Blood of Dracula
  • Dracula A.D. 1972
• The Hammer Horror Series
  • Brides of Dracula
  • Captain Clegg
  • The Curse of the Werewolf
  • The Evil of Frankenstein
  • Kiss of the Vampire (Sharp)
  • Nightmare
  • Paranoiac
  • The Phantom of the Opera (Fisher)
• Horror Classics, Volume 7
  • Christmas Evil
  • The Ghost
  • Night of the Living Dead (Romero)
  • The Snake People
• Horror Classics, Volume 10
  • King of the Zombies
  • Lady Frankenstein
  • The Monster Maker
  • Sisters of Death
• Hostile Hauntings
  • The Shunned House
  • The Woodland Haunting 2
  • The Somnambulists
  • Hellbound: Book of the Dead
  • The River: Legend of Llorona
  • Sleep Disorder
• Hotter Than Hell
  • Sore Losers
  • The Strangers (Ivanov)
  • Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft [on girlswithguns.org]
  • Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood
• Mental Maniacs
  • Drawing Blood
  • The Crawlspace
  • Before I Die
  • Mayhem Motel
  • High Desert
  • Scream Bloody Murder (a.k.a. “Matthew”)
• The Midnight Horror Collection: Bloody Slashers
  • Room 33
  • Hoboken Hollow
  • Secrets of the Clown
  • Curtains
• Serial Psychos
  • Blood Massacre
  • City in Panic (a.k.a. “13”)
  • Hip Hop Locos
  • Las Vegas Bloodbath
  • I Hate You
  • Blood Cult (a.k.a. “Slasher”)

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