The Lost Highways B movie Reviews and Cult Films ExploitationThe earth shall tremble. Profecy of the Black Spider1. Unrated 8. 6 Minutes Shriek Show. Starring Karin Well, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Peter Bark Directed by Andrea Bianchi. Classic Sci Fi MoviesIf there is one thing I love about Italiansploitation films thats Italian made exploitation films, which Im sure you were able to figure out, its that they would take a preposterous idea seriously while having fun with it. Sometimes without even knowing thats what they are doing. The producers tell them that the Dawn of the Dead movie is popular, so crank out a zombie flick as fast as you can. Someone writes a script over a lonely, drunken weekend, turns it in and the first director that says they can make it on the lowest budget wins. The gore is ramped up, a few quirky and disturbing character traits are added and the film is cast. Everything is turned up to ten. The actors take their roles very seriously and put their heart and soul into it. Of course, sometimes its hard to notice once these films are atrociously dubbed. The film is then haphazardly cut together in a short amount of time and released to your local grindhouse theater the next day for your viewing pleasure. Some of my fav Scifi B movies from the 1950s. Top 10 Cult Classics SciFi Duration. Noah Patterson 189 views. Cult scifi series Blakes 7. Noah Bean. to keep lowprofile while heading to movies in oversized black sweater. Best SciFi Movies of the 21st Century So Far. Dream, Black Swan, Noah. Noah Hathaway was born on. Boxey on the cult SciFi show, Battlestar. Noah then stayed out of the limelight until 1992 for. Nethertheless, once those credits start rolling, you arent sure what the hell you just experienced, but you loved it. I have no evidence to back this up, mind you. Its something Ive gathered from watching bonus features, reading stories and the overall impression Im left with once the film is over. Burial Ground comes to mind as a perfect example of this. Everything about this film is poorly executed, so why do I love it so much I should hate this film by all accounts, but I dont. Sci Fi Creature Movies' title='Sci Fi Creature Movies' />Its a film that you cant really talk about or review without putting it under a microscope and fully analyzing it. So hunker down, this is gonna be a long review. I know what you are thinking, Didnt you already review a movie called Nights of Terror Well, no. That movie was Rats Night of Terror. This movies subtitle is Nights, with an s, plural, which is actually quite stupid since the film only takes place during one night. But seeing as how Night was already taken or maybe they are being extremely technical since the opening of the film does take place on the evening before, but I dont think they took that into consideration. Mall Santa by day, back up ZZ Top member by night, Professor Professor or the Professor if they are being polite or perhaps in some cruel ironic ploy, his name actually was Professor has just discovered the secret A secret so secretive that it will be never be revealed what it is or even brought up by anyone again. He then wanders out to some tomb not to far from his mansion where zombies begin to rise and immediately eat him and by eat him I mean they rub identifiable lumps of gore all over their faces to mimic eating, even after his pleas that he is their friend. First thing you are gonna notice about these zombies is that there seems to be a mix of pretty decent zombie makeup and some of the worst looking zombies youve seen. The makeup job can get so bad, that you can see the actors eyes and lips through the masks, even on a low quality VHS. The second thing youll notice is how slow they are are. And when I say slow, I mean S L O O O O W. Crawling doesnt even define it. These zombies move so slow, youll think youre watching a scene in slow motion. You have to wonder how they ever catch their victims to eat, but luckily we have a smorgasbord of daft idiots for them to feast on and Im not sure where any of these people are in relation to the Professor, since its never really addressed maybe as colleagues in passing, but I cant recall. The stand out character from this group is Michael, played by Peter Bark, for a reason that will become glaringly obvious the split second he is on screen hes a dwarf in his mid 2. And if that isnt creepy enough for you, he also has sexual feelings toward his mother. Anyway, this evenly matched man to woman crew has returned after six months and whats the first thing they do Sex Yeah, the film certainly knows how to maintain your attention, as you watch each of the three couples foreplay, until Michael interrupts his mother, Evelyns. She stands there totally nude, inquisiting the young lad about what he is doing, which Im sure is in no way sexually confusing to the already sexually confused deviant. Without getting to far ahead of myself or psychoanalyzing the character, Evelyn seems to be sexually confused about her son as well, but its surprisingly more subtle. The useless blonde archetype of the group, Janet, cant help but feel that they are all in danger and wants to warn the others, but is discouraged by her lover Mark. The good ol Prophet of Doom. Most of these Italian films had them, even if they dont fit into the story, like why is she suddenly getting these feelings Its never explained, so lets move on to the next morning, where after some finely placed J B Scotch product placement, we are finally giving a brief, but not open ended explanation as to why the zombies have risen. The Professor was studying the black arts. There ya go. And this is why all of the characters are here. This is what the Professor wanted to tell them. A simple phone call or letter would not do. Well, we needed a reason to group a bunch of dimwits together for a zombie, gut munching gore fest, so now we have one. Now that all and I do mean all of the exposition is out of the way, we can move on to more exploitation Each of the couples separate to do their own hobbies, like sketching, photography or George teaching Evelyn to fire a handgun which, again, never comes back in the film, so take that, Chekhovs gun Ultimately, all of these activities lead to heavy petting, leaving these fools to be distracted as the zombies emerge from the tomb and attack the profusely stupid and conveniently distracted couples. Janet and Mark are the first two to be attacked and although they arent sure what to make of the creatures, Mark intelligently states that, Whatever they are, they arent human Thanks Mark, I wasnt able to figure that out. As they escape, Janet runs around screaming and flailing, making Olive Oil look dignified, manages to get herself caught in a bear trap. Wait, why the hell is there a bear trap randomly placed there. Did I say bear I meant nimrod trap. Meanwhile, George is trying to seduce Evelyn, even while Michael is in the room which Im sure seeing random dudes grind on his mom is in no way adding to those sexual feelings toward her. In a disturbing turn of the scene, Michael manages to gain his mothers attention by finding a cloth, commenting that it smells like death, then showing George how to really seduce a woman as he kisses his moms hand all over while staring right into Georges eyes as if saying, Yeah punk, let me show you how its done. I know what my mom likes I cant believe I had to write that. This movie is making me feel ill. Luckily before things go any further and turns into some weird fetish films, the zombies attack, killing George leaving Evelyn and Michael to defend themselves by throwing paint on the zombies and setting them on fire. James and Leslie, the other couple sorry, thats the best description I have for them manage to save them in time, as they also previously saved Mark and Janet. Ipod Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts 2010. They group takes shelter inside the house, with what looks like very helpful stage direction from a zombie who points for them to run in a certain direction. Finally inside with the butler and maid, Nicholas and Kathleen, they decide its best to check out the rest of the house to make sure its safe. Mark heroically volunteers defenseless Kathleen to go search the entire house by herself. Sorry lady, but we cant spare any of these several people sitting around.