Tom Jolliffe looks back at a couple of video era films about nefarious hitchhikers, The Nature of The Beast and Midnight Ride… ‘My mother told me never to do this.’ Words of wisdom foolishly ignored by Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) in the 1986 Rutger Hauer classic, The Hitcher. Halsey picked up a hitchhiker and […]
The Visitor (1979) – October Horrors 2022
The Visitor, 1979. Directed by Giulio Paradisi (Credited as Michael J. Paradise). Starring John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Shelly Winters, Joanne Neil, Sam Peckinpah, and Paige Conner. SYNOPSIS: The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a battle between the forces of good and evil. I should […]
Near Dark (1987) – October Horrors 2022
Near Dark, 1987. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and Tim Thomerson. SYNOPSIS: A farmer’s son, after an encounter with a mysterious drifter, finds himself reluctantly brought together with a pack of travelling vampires. Upon its release in 1987, The Lost Boys was a huge commercial […]
Trailer for action fantasy Alpha Rift pits modern-day knights against supernatural evil
A trailer, poster and images have been released for writer-director Dan Lantz’s action fantasy Alpha Rift which follows Nolan Parthmore, a young man who finds himself thrust in the world of modern-day knights and supernatural evil when he acquires a magic helmet which belonged to his father; check them out below… Nolan Parthmore was just […]
Viggo Mortensen’s Falling gets a new trailer and poster
Ahead of its release this February, a new trailer and poster have arrived online for the upcoming drama Falling. The film marks the directorial debut for Viggo Mortensen, who also stars in the film as John, a man who take in his headstrong father (Lance Henriksen) and finds their very different world collide while helping […]
Blu-ray Review – Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition
Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition Written and Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Ricco Ross, Al Matthews, Jenette Goldstein. SYNOPSIS: Aliens sees its forty-second release on home video (I’m only exaggerating a little) with this edition, which is a repackage of the Blu-ray […]
Lance Henriksen, Barry Corbin and Dominque Swain star in trailer for western Eminence Hill
Ahead of its release next month, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for director Robert Conway’s upcoming western thriller Eminence Hill which sees a notorious outlaw and his gang find themselves in a small town of fanatical homesteaders when on the run from the Law. The film features a cast that includes Lance […]
Horror film D-Railed gets a poster and trailer
Uncork’d Entertainment has released a new poster and trailer for the upcoming horror D-Railed. Directed by Dale Fabrigar, the film stars Lance Henriksen, Shae Smolik, Frank Lammers, Carter Scott, Everette Wallin and Tonya Kay; watch it here… A woman boards a train that derails into a lake in the middle of the night. She, along […]
Viggo Mortensen to make his directing debut Falling
The Lord of the Rings alum Viggo Mortensen, who currently stars in Green Book, is set to make his directorial debut with the drama Falling. The film, which Mortensen also wrote, is an intimate tale between a son and his aging father. Mortensen will star in one of the lead roles opposite Lance Henriksen (Aliens) and Sverrir Gudnason […]
Movie Review – Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2018)
Gehenna: Where Death Lives , 2018. Directed by Hiroshi Katagiri. Starring Doug Jones, Lance Henriksen, Patrick Gorman, Simon Phillips, Sean Sprawling, and Eva Swan. SYNOPSIS: A scouting party are exploring the picturesque island of Saipan, with the intention of tracking down the ideal place for a new resort. These efforts are exacerbated somewhat by the […]
