19900126 Daughter of Darkness (A Fiesta 7)
A TV Movie Directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator)
About Romanian Vampires with Tremors-Like Tongues.
Pretty Good. Anthony Perkins & Mia Sara are top-notch.
19900131 Andy and The Airwave Rangers
The Plot of Stay Tuned…For Kids.
& 19900132 Extreme Vengeance
Released from Prison, Crazed Convict Goes After The Cop that Put Him Away in a Very ’90’s Action Flick.
Trailers, Clips, Commercials & Comedy from January 1990
Now, Press Play All and Enjoy a Triple Feature!
Two Poe-like tales directed George Romero & Dario Argento
Whatever happened to Whit Stillman & His Examination of New York’s Spoiled Upper Class 20-Somethings?
Disappointing sequel to Re-Animator
19900112 Shadowzone (Full Moon)
(A Fiesta 6)
An Alien rip-off, but who doesn’t like that? In a subterranean bunker, scientists figure out how to open a portal to another dimension by sleeping. Now, that’s science work we’all can get behind.
Only 8 hours of the deepest sleep and projections from another world appear. As the movie grinds on, all we’all could think about is what would 8 hours of REM sleep would even feel like. After a decent night’s sleep, our body feels like microbots have repaired the fizzling electricity of our BiPolar brain state & we’all wake up calm and clear-headed. After 8 hours of REM-sleep, bet we’all could probably bench-press a car or be telekinetic. Glorious.
Sleep is the answer to every problem.
Better
Louise Fletcher’s bemused acting. Usually, when a bigger name actor slums in a smaller movie, they’re either going through the motions or camping it up like Nick Cage. Fletcher looks like she has a mean joke she can’t say most of the movie. Low-key and a definite counter-point to the more traditional freak-out acting of the rest of the cast.
The attractive fully nude male and female subjects under glass. As the best way to sleep is always nekkid.
The Full Fiesta 13.
The incredibly moronic support staff. What super-secret underground facility has only a terrified janitor and wise-ass cook to do all that work? Also, if they are sealed miles underground, where’d the rats come from the cook serves the janitor? If you’re going to have Creature fodder, y’all want people too annoying to live.
Worse
The absolutely generic male lead. While he committed no errors, he’s also extremely forgettable and only a plot device to get to the Creatures.
Uneven special effects.
No device that goes ‘Ping’ as you get closer to the Creature. C’mon, that’s standard in these movies.
A creature concept that doesn’t really gel. The Creature’s special powers seem kind of random, even the better ideas. A multiple-choice monster.
So, why would anyone read a review about a 30-plus generic sci-fi B-movie anyway?
No idea, but it’s our job to review it. The robot overlords only care about creating content to fill space between ads. Irony, we’re ad-free.
We only exist to fill space. Trying to find meaning in The Void.
So…
Does Shadowzone go to CrazyTown? No, but cooked rat is a meal.
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