Albert Pyun turns post-apocalyptic spy-story into a visceral thrill ride of sleekly designed action sequences driven by a dancing camera and a breakneck editing rhythm.
Albert Pyun takes a simple premise–dozens of criminals are armed and sent to kill one another–and turns into a non-stop action frenzy driven by rapid-fire editing and a mambo beat.
Director Jacques Tourneur and producer Val Lewton launched an amazing run of B-horror films built on mood, suggestion, and psychology with this masterpiece of poetic horror.
Beloved character actor Dick Miller takes one of his only leading roles in the black comedy set in the 1950s beatnik coffeehouse culture of poets, artists, and wannabes.
