Don Stroud Archives

Games (1967)

Rating: ★★★½

May 25, 2016Psycho-Thriller

One of the psycho-thrillers made by he great and underrated Curtis Harrington during the 60s/70s. The film draws much from Les Diaboliques, right down to casting its leading lady. Harrington delivers suspense with an expert hand

Director: Curtis Harrington

Actors: Simone Signoret, Katharine Ross, James Caan, Don Stroud, …

Category: Horror

25 May 201616 February 2026 by Roog

Death Weekend (1976)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 12, 2000Brutality and Torture

A reasonable and effective Canadian entry in the 1970s Backwoods Brutality cycle with Brenda Vaccaro on a weekend getaway with a boyfriend as they are brutaised by three petty hoods

Director: William Fruet

Actors: Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata

Category: Horror

12 August 20003 July 2020 by Roog

The Killer Inside Me (1976)

Rating: ★★★

May 6, 2001Psycho Sheriff

The original film version of the Jim Thompson novel with Stacy Keach as a charismatic and well-liked sheriff's deputy who harbors a psychopathic side

Director: Burt Kennedy

Actors: Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Don Stroud, Keenan Wynn, …

Category: Horror

6 May 200118 March 2025 by Roog

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Rating: ★

Jul 8, 1999Haunted House/"True Story"

Based on a book that claimed it was true story (but was later proven to be a hoax), this haunted house tale was a considerable success and spawned a series of sequels and imitators that continue to this day

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Actors: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, …

Category: Horror

8 July 199924 November 2025 by Roog

Sweet Sixteen (1983)

Rating: ★★

Aug 20, 2020Deadly Teenage Girl/Slasher Film

80s slasher film about a teenage temptress who leaves a trail of dead men around her. An impressive cast but the film sits on a very dubious line

Director: Jim Sotos

Actors: Bo Hopkins, Aleisa Shirley, Patrick MacNee, Susan Strasberg, …

Category: Horror

20 August 202020 August 2020 by Roog

The King of the Kickboxers (1991)

Rating: ★★

Jul 24, 2006Martial Arts/Snuff Film-Making

VHS era martial arts film with Loren Avedon sent to infiltrate the kickboxing tournaments held by Thai snuff movie-makers

Director: Lucas Lowe

Actors: Loren Avedon, Richard Jaeckel, Sherrie Rose, Keith Cooke, …

Category: Horror

24 July 200620 December 2024 by Roog

Precious Find (1996)

Rating: ★

Oct 8, 2005Gold Prospectors in Outer Space

Very cheap-looking attempt to essentially relocate a gold prospectors adventure into outer space

Director: Philippe More

Actors: Rutger Hauer, Brion James, Joan Chen, Harold Pruett, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 October 200513 September 2019 by Roog

Perdita Durango (1997)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 28, 2001Outlaw Lovers/Santeria Sorceror

Spinoff of characters featured in David Lynch's Wild at Heart and a greatly underrated film for Alex de la Iglesia. this pushes into even darker and more anarchic places than Lynch did, featuring outlaw lovers who are black sorcerers on a trail of murder and kidmap

Director: Alex de la Iglesia

Actors: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, James Gandolfini, …

Category: Fantasy

28 February 20013 February 2025 by Roog