I’m changing this post again. Every film that I think is really worth checking out is listed in bold. This is no kind of objective measure. These are just my opinions. All the films listed are worthy in their ways.

What’s more, some films are likely to annoy a lot of people. For example, Andrea absolutely hated Blood Beat, but I thought it was a work of genius. Just because it didn’t make much sense does not mean it isn’t good.

So this month we have 17 particularly interesting films out of 55. Enjoy!

February 2021 Films

1. Ace High (1968)
2. Attack Of The Giant Leeches (1959)
3. Audrey Rose (1977)
4. The Aztec Mummy (1957)
5. Blood Beat (1983)
6. Boot Hill (1969)
7. CarousHELL (2016)
8. Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
9. Chariots of the Gods (1970)
10. The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957)
11. Demons (1985)
12. Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
13. Devil’s Trail (2017)
14. Eat Locals (2017)
15. The Exorcist III (1990)
16. The Ghost Writer (2010)
17. The Girl in the Crawlspace (2018)
18. God Forgives… I Don’t! (1967)
19. Gorgo (1961)
20. The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
21. Ice Cream Man (1995)
22. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
23. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
24. King Dinosaur (1955)
25. King Kong (1976)
26. Little Monsters (2019)
27. The Lords of Salem (2012)
28. Love at First Bite (1979)
29. May (2002)
30. Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
31. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
32. The Monster Club (1981)
33. Monster From a Prehistoric Planet (1967)
34. Mother Krampus (2017)
35. Murder Party (2007)
36. Mute (2018)
37. My Alien Girlfriend (2019)
38. The Ninth Configuration (1980)
39. One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
40. Open 24 Hours (2018)
41. Prince of Space (1959)
42. Princess of Thieves (2001)
43. Ravenous (1999)
44. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
45. The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)
46. The Saint (1997)
47. SOS: Save Our Skins (2014)
48. Scarecrow County (2019)
49. Spaceballs (1987)
50. Teenage Zombies (1959)
51. Two Sentence Horror Stories (2019-2021)
52. The Viking War (2019)
53. Violent Saturday (1955)
54. The Woman (2011)
55. Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)

See you next month!

Welcome to another month in review!

I’ve decided to do something different now. I’m not going to write about every film we’ve added to the Shorts Takes section of the website. There are two reasons for this.

First, I’m simply watching too many films. I meet online almost every day to watch a film with Andrea. So there are just too many of them.

Second, I’ve now added anchor links to all the films I add. So instead of these links being to Amazon, they are directly to the reviews.

As an added feature, I am typesetting the films in bold that I think are particularly good. Enjoy!

January 2021 Films

1. The Awakening (2011)
2. The Baby (1973) — Andrea likes this film more than I do
3. Beyond the Door (1974) — This is the film Andrea refers to as “the Campbell’s split pea soup movie”
4. Bikini Frankenstein (2010) — softcore porn
5. Clue (1985) — big-budget lots of stars
6. The Convent (2018)
7. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
8. The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)
9. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
10. Dinosaur Island (1994)
11. Doctor X (1932)
12. Don’t Go in the Woods (2010)
13. Fingers (2019)
14. Frankenstein (2007) — a very interesting modernization
15. The Ghost Adventurers (2019) — surprisingly good micro-budget
16. Ginger Snaps (2000) — the first of a franchise and better than most werewolf films
17. Hacker (2016)
18. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) — this is not at all Craven’s best but it’s still a classic that everyone should see
19. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
20. Hotel Noir (2012)
21. The House of the Devil (2009)
22. It Came from the Desert (2017)
23. LA Confidential (1997) — big budget with stars and also great
24. The Loved Ones (2009) — I don’t normally like torture porn but this is a wonderful film
25. Lovely Molly (2012)
26. Mania (1960) — strong film but not essential
27. Maniac Cop (1988) — a lot of fun
28. Maniac Cop 2 (1990) — you don’t need to see the first one
29. Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
30. Night of the Living Deb (2015)
31. The Night Watchmen (2017) — one of the best zombie comedies
32. The Oily Maniac (1976) — this would be a classic if it weren’t for the misogyny
33. The Perfect Host (2010) — a great one with a weak ending
34. The Phantom Empire (1988) — one of my favorite Fred Olen Ray films made with almost nothing
35. Phenomena (1985) — fabulous film
36. Pooka! (2018) — part of Into the Dark series
37. Rat Fink (1965) — shockingly good all but forgotten film
38. Rawhead Rex (1986) — lots of creativity in this one
39. The Ritual (2017) — this is a very good film from one of my favorite younger directors
40. Santa Jaws (2018) — this is good but not as fun as you’d think
41. Scare Package (2019) — lots of fun for horror fans
42. Sharknado (2013) — when the sharks are flying this is awesome but too much of it is boring Movie of the Week drama
43. Shock (1946)
44. Sleepaway Camp (1983) — lots of fun
45. The Soul Collector (2019) — most of this film is exceptional with a wonderful primary relationship
46. ThanksKilling (2009) — another funny “killer puppet” film
47. Twilight Vamps (2010) — softcore porn
48. Twins of Evil (1971) — part of the “sexy vampire” films of the late-60s and early-70s
49. Unlisted Owner (2017) — good found-footage film
50. The VelociPastor (2018)
51. Zorro (1975) — my favorite Zorro

See you next month!