In 1993, the sci-fi action genre was reshaped by Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Its success sparked a wave of dinosaur movies, with filmmakers eager to capture a piece of that magic. Among them were low-budget auteurs The Polonia Brothers, who quickly jumped on the trend with Saurians, released just a year later in 1994. Many […]
Stars: Noyes J. Lawton, Ken Van Sant, Titus Himmelberger, Jeff Kirkendall, Natalie Himmelberge, Mark Polonia | Written by Mark Polonia, Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia Director Mark Polonia and co-writer Aaron Drake, the guys who gave us Amityville in Space, are back and taking everyone’s favourite franchise to a new frontier in the […]
Stars: Titus Himmelberger, Brice Kennedy, Jeff Kirkendall, Marie DeLorenzo, Ken Van Sant | Written by Tyger Torrez | Directed by Mark Polonia Mark Polonia is back with Cocaine Werewolf. But after Cocaine Bear, Cocaine Cougar, Cocaine Roach and Polonia’s own Cocaine Shark, is there anything new that can be done with the creatures on cocaine genre? […]
From legendary cult director Mark Polonia (Amityville in Space, Cocaine Shark, Splatter Farm), Mummy Shark stars Mark Polonia, Jamie Morgan, Jeff Kirkendall and Tim Hatch, and sees the mummified remains of an alien shark are discovered in ancient Egypt. Deep within the hidden chambers of an ancient Egyptian pyramid, a shocking discovery is made: the […]
Stars: Yolie Canales, Tim Hatch, Michael Korotitsch, Jeff Kirkendall | Written and Directed by Mark Polonia [Disclaimer: Nerdly’s Managing Editor, Phil, is listed as an Executive Producer on this film. However, that will not, and does not, affect the impartiality of this review] Teddiscare began life as another Winnie the Pooh horror film, but after […]
Stars: Jamie Morgan, Jeff Kirkendall, Tim Hatch, Michael Korotitsch | Written by Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia What would Christmas be without a Yule Log? To make sure we don’t have to worry about it, Mark Polonia has followed up such wonderful seasonal films as Feeders 2: Slay Bells and Sister Krampus with […]
First came Cocaine Bear and now comes… Cocaine Shark! Directed by Mark Polonia and written by Bando Glutz, Cocaine Shark, which stars Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Natalie Himmelberger and Titus Himmelberger releases on DVD July 11th from Wild Eye Releasing. A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called […]
Stars: Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Michael Korotitsch, Tim Hatch | Written by Mark Polonia, Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia Somehow I managed to miss Amityville in Space when it was released earlier this year. Doubly odd as it’s not only an Amityville film, it was directed by Mark Polonia who co-wrote it with […]
Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia [NOTE: With the film now out on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Sand World, formerly Dune World, from its digital review last year] With Denis Villeneuve’s […]
Wild Eye Releasing, known for distributing some of the wildest low-budget genre films, have announced two more crazy-sounding titles from their catalogue – Freak, from writer/director Lucky Cerruti; and Amityville in Space, yes you read that right, from director Mark Polonia (Jurassic Prey, Return to Splatter Farm). Check out the details on both films below: […]
Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, (Virus Shark, Shark Encounters of the Third Kind) is here to cash in with Dune World. And not […]
Stars: James Carolus, Steve Diasparra, Danielle Donahue, Jamie Morgan, Ken Van Sant, Sarah Duterte | Written by Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia I think I’ve watched more films by Mark Polonia during this past year in lockdown than I have in the rest of my life. Which is apt given this, his latest […]
Stars: Titus Himmelberger, Natalie Himmelberger, Jennie Russo, Steve Diasparra, Jeff Kirkendall | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia Ahhh, the late ’80s/early ’90s… the heyday of shot-on-video horror. Where anyone could pick up a camera, make a movie and get it into video stores; well at least in the US. This […]
Remember going to video store in the 90s and finding some weird bizarre horror film, taking it home and discovering it was a shot-on-video (SOV) sleazefest made by a bunch of guys on the weekend? Whilst they never really took off here in the UK, there’s a HUGE fan following for SOV films and filmmakers […]
Stars: Danielle Donahue, Jeff Kirkendall, Bob Dennis, James Carolus, Steve Diasparra, Ken Van Sant, Todd Carpenter, Austin Dragovich, Laurie Smith, Frank Humes, Houston Baker | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia I’m not going to lie, the oeuvre of the Polonia Brothers is somewhat of an acquired taste. Always low budget, […]
