Abominable Advent Calendar Day 24: Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
Who Killed Captain Alex? is “Uganda’s first action movie.” Full of “supa action!” and filmed primarily in the Wakaliga slum of Kampala, Uganda in 2010, it was made with a whopping budget of US $85. Yes, $85.
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