B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - GULAG (TV 1985)

This month B-Movie Gazette dives into the prison genre and who doesn't like a good prison flick? Gulag is an extremely well-produced TV movie originally made for HBO before wandering out to obscurity-land. David Keith is in top form as a sportscaster and while covering an event in Moscow is framed by the KGB. Unable to prove his innocence a prison escape is now inevitable, just how will he do it? Malcolm McDowell co-stars, this is a good one folks! 2.75 stars/2.75

Thursday, October 7, 2021

THE "IT'S ALIVE" BABIES ARE BACK... THEY'RE HUNGRY AND HAVE GROWN IN NUMBERS IN LARRY COHEN'S IT'S ALIVE III : ISLAND OF THE ALIVE (1987)

 
BOO!
Larry Cohen's string of 80's classics such as Q The Winged Serpent and The Stuff seemingly came to a close with this eighty percent turkey, the third and final film in his own It's Alive trilogy. Cohen teams up once again with his favorite actor Michael Moriarty which helps the proceedings much and funny man Gerrit Graham does his campy best as a lawyer in a courthouse scene. 

The courthouse scenes are more entertaining than the island stuff! Once the mechanical babies come in the film starts to meander and somehow the babies themselves are not realistic as should be. Karen Black is a bit miscast and underused. One of those "worth at least one watch" films - sage advice from an amateur movie critic heheh. 1.75 stars/2.75
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B-MOVIE GAZETTE RATING SYSTEM

5 Stars - Only awarded to the precious few.
4 Stars - Excellent, see by all means.
3 Stars - Very Good, you should like.
2 Stars - Fair, like a frozen dinner.
1 Star - Poor, like a spoiled dinner.

ALL B-MOVIES, DRIVE-IN MOVIES AND TV MOVIES HAVE A MAX AWARD OF 2.75 STARS.