Tag: lost and found

Lost and Found: Doppelganger

In which Drew Barrymore singlehandedly puts the “erotic” in this forgotten erotic thriller. A neglected erotic thriller that got lost in the glut of the 1990s erotic thriller boom, Doppelganger (1993) comes courtesy of writer-director Avi Nesher, of such acclaimed films as She (1982), Time Bomb (1991) and Raw Nerve (2000). Okay, none of those … Continue reading Lost and Found: Doppelganger →

Lost and Found: Just Before Dawn

In which our Final Girl transforms from shy, modestly dressed wallflower to sexy and fierce survivor while vacuum-sealed into a pair of extremely tiny Daisy Duke shorts. Jeff Lieberman’s Just Before Dawn (1981) is an odd duck from the golden age slasher boom. Somehow I missed it all these years, but recently caught it streaming … Continue reading Lost and Found: Just Before Dawn →

Lost and Found: The Majorettes

Fun facts: The Majorettes (1986) was written by the cowriter of George Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968) and directed by the actor who played the cemetery zombie in that same film. A nice pedigree that surely must bode well for The Majorettes, right? Well, ah, not quite. No, those trivia nuggets mean … Continue reading Lost and Found: The Majorettes →

Lost and Found: Hell Night

In which the always spunky Linda Blair and a motley crew of likable teenagers spend one "Hell Night" in a haunted mansion and, you guessed it, horror ensues! The supernatural slasher Hell Night (1981) is weirdly underrated. It’s rarely mentioned among other great slasher films from the genre’s peak years, circa 1978–1982. Halloween kicked off … Continue reading Lost and Found: Hell Night →

Lost and Found: Vice Squad

We’re back with more buried treasure from the Lost and Found, and once again we’re wallowing in the supremely sleazy streets of early ‘80s downtown Los Angeles. Clearly a favorite genre of mine, nighttime-set, neo-noirs rarely let me down, and Gary Sherman’s Vice Squad (1982) is an especially rewarding example of the genre at its … Continue reading Lost and Found: Vice Squad →

Lost and Found: The Swinging Barmaids

In which sexy cocktail waitresses fight for their lives against a women-hating lunatic with a murderous fixation on buxom babes. With a title like The Swinging Barmaids (1975), this sexploitation stunner sounds like it should be a lighthearted seventies sex-romp. In actually, it’s a taut and nasty little slasher/crime thriller. Written by Charles B. Griffith—of … Continue reading Lost and Found: The Swinging Barmaids →