Abominable Advent Calendar Day 23: Latitude Zero (1969)
Sealab 2021 with Caesar Romero in a campy underwater lounge-lair and rubber monsters. Christmas came early this year.
Abominable Advent Calendar Day 22: Shocking Dark (1989)
What could possibly be better than a Bruno Mattei Aliens-Terminator ripoff with rubber monsters and '80s exploitation stars penned by the writers of Troll 2 and shot in what looks like the locker room of a municipal swimming pool? Nothing, my friends. Nothing.
Abominable Advent Calendar Day 21: The Devil’s Sword (1984)
Alligator people; car-headlight-eye cyclops; flying guillotines, limbs, and heads; magic mushrooms; booby traps; laser-eye dragon statues; and all sorts of other goofy stuff—in other words, schlock-and-awe moments around every corner.
Abominable Advent Calendar Day 20: Terror in the Jungle (1968)
If you’re a true fan of bad movies—if The Room and Fatal Findings are the bad cinema kiddie pool as far as you’re concerned and you need a fresh fix—meet your new favorite fixation: Terror in the Jungle.
Abominable Advent Calendar Day 19: Queen of Blood (1966)
Astronauts John Saxon, Judi Meredith, Basil Rathbone, and Dennis Hopper must fight a feral, oversexed, alien CindyLou Who
Abominable Advent Calendar Day 18: All’s Faire in Love (2009)
Hail, good gentlefolk, and welcome to the post in in whiche I describe the travestye and odd charme of the lifeless rom-com in whiche the ultimate goth girl, Christina Ricci—whom thou mayest know as Wednesday Addams—did find romance at a Renaissance faire.
