Coming Attractions

A list of other Canadian b-films of interest. Some coming soon, some lost forever.

A

• Abducted (1986): Roberta Weiss plays a jogger abducted by a gruff mountain man who lives in the Rockies.

• Alien Warrior (1985): Ed Hunt's tale of an alien from another dimension that saves Earth from a " Great Evil."

• All In Good Taste (1983): In search of a story, a writer visits several adult-oriented businesses with the typically nude results found in most early Anthony Kramreither films.

B

• Believe (2000): This ghost story features Elisha Cuthbert.
• Beyond the 7th Door (1987): Ontario horror film that Bozidar Benedikt adapted from his own novel!
• Big Deal (1985): Jeff Wincott comedy produced by RSL.
• Blood Clan (1990): An Irish girl is adopted by the judge that sentenced her family to death. She seeks revenge.
• Blood Symbol (1994): Maurice Devereaux directs and stars in this film about a cult that believes that blood makes them immortal.
• Blue Man (1985): George Mihalka's horror film career continues with this oddity about reincarnation.
• Boy's Club (1997): John Fawcett's (Ginger Snaps) first film about a fugitive who seeks refuge in a teenager's secret hideout.
• The Bride (1974): (AKA Scream, The House That Cried Murder) When a newlywed finds her husband in bed with a mistress, she converts the house into a torture chamber. Jean-Marie Pélissé directs.
• The Brotherhood III: Young Demons (2002): Prolific US cult film director David DeCoteau moved up to Canada and made this sequel to a sequel in Winnipeg.

C

• The Child (1994): Identity confusion is again the source of horror in this later film by George Mihalka.
• City in Panic (1987): Similar to Seige, this is a horror film about a serial killer targeting the gay community.
• The Club (1994): Brenton Spencer directs this slasher flick about time-freezing at a prom.
• Coming Out Alive (1984): Director of American Nightmare does it again with this hired killer yarn staring Michael Ironside.
• A Cool Sound From Hell (1959): (AKA The Young and the Beat) Jazz, beatniks, drug gangs and... skydiving? This early entry by Sidney J Furie (A Dangerous Age) appears to be lost forever.
• Creature of Comfort (1968): Donald Pleasance makes a cameo in this "lost" horror film about a killer comforter that absorbs evil people who sleep with it. Made in Toronto, and possibly never released. 
• Cross Country (1983): Yep, another ski film--it's a Paul Lynch crime pic about an interracial couple. With Nina Axelrod and Michael Ironside.

D

• Dead End (1996): Saskatoon-shot martial arts film from the esteemed Jalal Merhi camp.
• Dead Innocent (1996): Thriller with Genèvieve Bujold and Graham Greene.
• Dead Stop (1995): Organ donor horror directed by Nick Rotundo.
• Death Ship (1980): THE Canadian tax shelter classic about Nazis on a boat. Directed by Alvin Rakoff. 

• Dogpound Shuffle (1975):  Early Vancouver-set comedy about a man looking for his missing dog.
  

E

• Electra (1995): Superhero serum can only be transmitted through sexual intercourse?! Damian Lee teams up with Shannon Tweed.
  
• Explosion (1969): The first film to get CFDC funding, Julian Roffman produced this story of murderous Vietnam draft dodgers in Canada.
  
• Elvis Gratton: XXX (2005): Elvis returns with a title that's guaranteed to get me more hits from people searching for naughty pictures! 
  
• Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain (2002): Richard Grieco, Mark Borchardt, Ginger Lynn Allen and Jenna Jameson all star in a gut-muncher made in Quebec.
  
• Expect to Die (1995): Expect another Jalal Merhi crap-fest about a killer computer game.

F

• Fearless Tiger (1994): Jalal Merhi stars in yet another martial arts actioner. With Jamie Farr?!
  
• French Without Dressing (1965): Mon dieu! Ted Leversuch enlists stripper Ruby Diamond in this Toronto-shot nudie cutie.
  
• Future Fear (1997): What is it with all these damn Canadian sci-fi films about viruses?!

G

• Gladiator Cop (1987): A shirtless Lorenzo Lamas stars in the sequel to The Swordsman.
  
• Going the Distance (2004): A MuchMusic misstep that tries to bring the Porky's magic back north.
  
• Graveyard Shift (1986): Not to be confused with the Stephen King adaptation. Jerry Ciccoritti directs this vampire story about a cabbie.
  
• Graveyard Shift II: The Understudy (1989): There's a sequel!
  
• Graveyard Story (1990): Bozidar D. Benedikt wrote and directed this low-budget Changeling rehash.

H

• Hawke's Vengeance (1995): More Cinepix action film madness in the vein of Snake Eater.
  
• Higher Education (1987): A screwball comedy about a college student who can't decide between his girlfriend and his teacher. Directed by the writer of Bullies.
  
• Highpoint (1982): Peter Carter's final film features a show stopping leap off of Toronto's CN Tower.
  
• Hired Gun (1961): (AKA The Last Gunfighter, The Devil's Spawn) Here's a rarity-- Lindsay Shonteff directed this Canadian anti-western before he left for England to make great schlock like Devil Doll.

I

• I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978): (AKA Drop Dead Dearest, Left for Dead) Based on a true story, this murder thriller by Murray Markowitz was briefly banned in England as one of the infamous " Video Nasties."
  
• Intern Academy (2004): SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas directs this comedy about a wacky medical school.

K

• Killer Party (1986): Bill Fruet slasher!
  
• The Killing Machine (1996): A Damian Lee production of a David Mitchell film of another Terminator rip-off.
  
• Kinky Coaches And The Pom Pom Pussycats (1980): (AKA Crunch) Intriguingly titled frat comedy about two rival football teams.

L

• Lady of the Lake (1986): Maurice Devereaux (Blood Symbol) gave ten years of his life to this story of a lake haunted by the ghost of a murdered gypsy.
  
• The Last Chase (1980): Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors " raises awareness" of potential ass kicking feeling you get when driving cars in a future where cars are banned.
  
• Last of the Warriors (1989): (AKA Empire of Ash III) More apocalyptic madness from Lloyd Simandl and Michael Mazo. See Maniac Warriors.
  
• Liar's Edge (1992): Shannon Tweed lets loose in Niagara Falls!

M

• Maniac Warriors (1985): (AKA Empire of Ash II) In post-apocalyptic Idaho (!), warrior clans duke it out.
  
• Mondo Macho (1983): After his first two Mondo films (see below) Anthony Kramreither switches sexes and offers a little something for the ladies!
  
• Mondo Nude (1979): Anthony Kramreither's " documentary" made at a Miss Nude competition.
  
• Mondo Strip (1980): The second entry in Kramreither's Mondo trilogy is another Miss Nude competition.
  
• Music of the Spheres (1984): More cyberpunk chicanery about telepathic computers from Phillip Jackson.

N

• National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995): Yet another teen sex comedy.

O

• Operation Golden Phoenix (1993): More of the same from Film One Productions, as martial artist Jalal Merhi directs himself in a tale of ancient stolen pendants.
  
• Overnight (1986): A famous Czech director comes to Canada to enlist unemployed actors in a porn film.

P

• Paris, France (1993): Another NC-17 rated Jerry Ciccoritti film.
  
• The Plague (1978): Ed Hunt unleashes deadly bacteria on some unsuspecting no-name actors.
  
• Pleasure Palace (1974): More 70s exploitation by Ed Hunt starring Vicki Gabereau!
  
• Possession (1987): Simandl's frequent collaborator Michale Mazo's attempt at a horror film.
  
• Powderheads (1979): Before Ski School, there was...
  
• Power Games (1989): Teens training for the " National Power Commando" championship games find themselves in a paint ball war with drug dealers. Mychel Arsenault (Cursed) strikes again!
  
  

R

• Recommendation for Mercy (1976): (AKA Teenage Psycho Killer) After making a lesbian love story for Budge Crawley, Murray Markowitz made a couple true crime films. This was about a juvenile delinquent who rapes and kills his girlfriend.
  
• Red Eyes (1983): Another Montreal crime film by Yves Simoneau about a voyeur.
  
• Replikator (1994): Phillip Jackson's cyberpunk future in which cloning is big business.
  
• Rip Off (1971): The Shebib/Fruet team (Goin' Down The Road) put together a story of four disillusioned high school graduates going across Canada in a van.
  
• Ripper: Letter From Hell (2001): Jack the Ripper-inspired murders on campus.

S

• Scandale (1982): The director of My Bloody Valentine made this quickie soft core comedy in Quebec based on a story that the Quebec legislature had used video equipment to make a porno film!
  
• Scanners III (1992):  Cronenberg had no involvement with this sequel! 
  
• Sexcula (1974): Insanely rare sex/horror film from Vancouver.
  
• Sex and the Lonely Woman Part II (1971): Part I may have been a Uruguay co-production(!), but this Ted Leversuch softcore epic, billed as an " Unusual Film" is pure canuck and pure sleaze. 
  
• Shadow of the Hawk (1976): Creepy thriller starring Jan-Michael Vincent
  
• Shoot (1976): Ernest Borgnine in yet another rural revenge film, about two groups of rival hunters. Directed by Harvey Hart (The Pyx).
  
• Sins of the Fathers (1949): Venereal disease exploitation film made by the Federal Department of National Health and Welfare. When a councilman's daughter contracts the clap, her crooked politician father goes on the straight and narrow.
  
• Some Do It for Money, Some Do It for Fun (1981): From the director of Mondo Nude and Mondo Strip comes this third " documentary."
  
• Space Fury (2000): That title pretty much says it all, doesn't it?
  
• Strange Horizons (1992): In the 23rd century, there's a war between men and women. More Phillip Jackson phun. 

• The Supreme Kid (1976): B.C.-shot comedy about a trio of down-on-their luck guys who travel across the country.
  
• Switch In Time (1988): (AKA Norman's Awesome Experience) Norman goes back in time to teach the ancient Romans to rock. Paul Donovan obviously renamed this one to cash in on Bill and Ted's excellent popularity.
  
• The Swordsman (1992): Lorenzo Lamas stars as a sword fighting cop who may or may not be the reincarnation of Alexander the Great. Or something like that. I'm sure he won't be wearing a shirt in any case.
  
• A Sweeter Song (1982): (AKA Snapshot) A racy comedy about a sports photographer.

T

• Take Her by Surprise (1967): (AKA Violent Love) A mobster hypnotizes a sex degenerate and sends him to a backwoods Canadian cabin to kill his wife. Rare!
  
• Talons of the Eagle (1992): Film One Productions martial arts film starring Billy Blanks.
  
• Tanya's Island (1981): Models fight an ape on a tropical island. What? With Vanity (AKA D.D. Winters), one of the Darrins from Bewitched and Xaviera Hollander.
  
• TC 2000 (1993): Typical Film One Productions martial arts film with a sci-fi twist.
  
• Tiger Claws III (1999): Cynthia Rothrock and Jalal Merhi are kickboxing cops that fight supernatural forces.
  
• Tiki Tiki (1971): Gerald Potterton (Heavy Metal) re-edits a Russian kid's film with new animated scenes. The result? Monkey child-rescuing, astronaut scientists.
  
• Tomcat (1993): Paul Donovan takes on cats in this horror starring Richard Grieco.
  
• Twin Dragon Encounter (1987): More McNamara Brothers kung-fu insanity. This time they're off to save kidnapped girlfriends, just like Double Dragon!

U

• Under The Cover Cops (1980): Harry Reems takes a comedic turn in a non-porn role about a hated police chief.
  
• Ups and Downs (1981): (AKA Prep School) Another Porky's rip-off, shot with many non-actors.
  
• Urban Flesh (1999): Four cannibals in search of a warm body.

V

• The Vindicator (1985): (AKA Frankenstein '88) Maury Chaykin appears in this Robocop-like action film from Montreal.
  
• The Visitor (1974): An early time-travelling thriller made in Calgary.
  
• Voodoo Dolls (1990): Killer voodoo dolls terrorize an all-girl Catholic boarding school.

W

• The Wisher (2002): Saskatchewan leaps in the fray with their own self-reflexive horror film