- AMER (2009)
- ANGST (1983)
- ANIMAL KINGDOM (2010)
- APARECIDOS (2007)
- AUGUST UNDERGROUND: MORDUM (2003)
- BLACK SWAN (2010)
- BUG (2006)
- CALVAIRE (2004)
- COLD FISH (2010)
- CONFESSIONS (2010)
- DARK WATERS (1993)
- DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
- GUILTY OF ROMANCE (2011)
- IVANSXTC (2000)
- JULIA (2008)
- JULIA'S EYES (2010)
- KABOOM (2010)
- LA VIE NOUVELLE (2002)
- LEVRES DU SANG (1975)
- LITTLE DEATHS (2010)
- THE MANITOU (1978)
- THE MARK (2008)
- MARWENCOL (2010)
- NIGHTMARES IN RED,WHITE & BLUE (2010)
- THE NINE LIVES OF TOMAS KATZ (2008)
- NO MORIRE SOLA (2008)
- PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (2010)
- PINK FLAMINGOS (1972)
- [REC] (2007)
- [REC]2 (2009)
- RED, WHITE AND BLUE (2010)
- THE REEF (2010)
- RESURRECTING THE STREET WALKER (2009)
- RETROACTIVE (1997)
- SPLICE (2009)
- STAKE LAND (2010)
- SURVIVE STYLE 5+ (2004)
- TARGETS (1968)
- TAXIDERMIA (2006)
- THIS IS ENGLAND '86 (2010)
- TROLLHUNTER (2010)
- TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2001)
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2011)
FEATURES:
- A BRIEF INTERLUDE OF SICKNESS & 'EXODUS' (a short by Chuck Palahniuk)
- AMERICAN NIGHTMARES: THE CINEMA OF BUDDY GIOVINAZZO
- FILMS OF THE YEAR (2009)
- FILMS OF THE YEAR (2010)
- THE LAUGHING SHADOW: a very short story
- WHERE THERE IS NO IMAGINATION, THERE IS NO HORROR: A personal selection of cinematic scares
LINKS:
- SexGoreMutants - The Independent Home of Horror
- FAB Press Online: Quality Cinema Merchandise
- Midnight Eye: Visions of Japanese Cinema
- Mondo Macabro: The Wildside of World Cinema
- Andrzej-Zulawski.com
- Strange Things Are Happening: Excess All Areas
- Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience
- Blue Underground: DVD & Blu-ray cult classics
- Shameless Screen Entertainment
RETROACTIVE (dir. Louis Morneau, 1997)
Reminiscent of those mid-to-late 80s pulpy B-movie gems that Hollywood would throw out, this trashy and completely entertaining genre mix is well worth switching off for ninety minutes.
When a female psychiatrist is run off the road in the Texan desert, James Belushi and his subservient wife pick her up. What follows will drop most jaws as this sci-fi / revenge thriller hybrid begins to unfold involving time travel, multiple shootings, and a few opportunities for impressive - and certainly enthusiastic - pyrotechnics.
Belushi, probably miscast, yet entertainingly sleazy as his angry Elvis-wannabe type shouts and swears at his female counterparts. With Frank Whaley and the always welcome M Emmet Walsh providing bit parts, this only goes to further bolstering the films cult appeal.
As ever with these outings, chance and coincidence play a large part in keeping the narrative moving along, with many plot holes to be found if you were that way inclined. But suspend disbelief and you’ll find one of the more enjoyable 90s US action thrillers - it’s certainly one of the most far fetched, and all the better for it.
