The Cannon Cruisers

WolfCop (2014) — Horror Comedy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we're diving into WolfCop (2014), a Canadian horror comedy about an alcoholic small-town cop who gets turned into a werewolf and solves crimes. Directed by Lowell Dean and written by Barnaby Dillon, this partially crowdfunded B-movie delivers exactly what the title promises: a cop who is also a werewolf. The film takes its time get...

Trilogy of Terror (1975) & Trilogy of Terror 2 (1996) — Halloween Special — Horror Anthology Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! Happy Halloween! This week we're celebrating with a special double feature covering Trilogy of Terror (1975) and Trilogy of Terror 2 (1996), two made-for-TV horror anthologies created by director Dan Curtis and writer Richard Matheson. The 1975 ABC original stars Karen Bla...

V/H/S: Halloween (2025) — Found Footage Horror / Anthology Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we're closing out spooky season with V/H/S: Halloween (2025), the latest Shudder original from the found footage anthology series. Released just days before Halloween, this collection features five shorts wrapped in "Diet Phantasma," a darkly comedic frame narrative that might be the best in the series....

Found Footage Horror / Anthology / Sci-Fi Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we're diving into V/H/S: Beyond (2024) , the seventh entry in the found footage franchise and what many consider the strongest of the Shudder originals. Directed by Jordan Downey, Virat Pal, Christian Long, Justin Long, and Kate Siegel with a script by Mike Flanagan, this sci-fi horror anthology abandons VHS for digi...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re continuing our deep dive into analog horror with V/H/S 2 (2013), a sharper, bloodier follow-up that raises the bar for found footage anthologies. Directed by genre heavyweights like Adam Wingard, Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto, and Jason Eisner, this sequel features four new shorts and a stronger frame narrative that connects directly to the first film. Joi...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we crack open V/H/S (2012), the analog horror anthology that reignited the found-footage craze. Directed by a lineup of rising filmmakers including Adam Wingard, Ti West, David Bruckner, and the Radio Silence collective, the film stitches together six disturbing shorts framed by a story of petty criminals breaking into a house to steal a mysterious VHS tape. We...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re looking at Remote (1993), a Moonbeam Entertainment family comedy directed by Ted Nicolaou. Starring Chris Carrara as Randy Mason, it follows a gadget-obsessed teenager trapped in a model home when three criminals move in, setting off a Home Alone–style showdown with RC cars, planes, and toys. We talk about its padded runtime, oddball choices like Gunther...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re diving into Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006), directed by Scott Glosserman. This cult horror mockumentary mixes dark comedy and slasher terror as an aspiring serial killer lets a film crew document his journey to become the next Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger. We explore how this meta slasher cleverly deconstructs horror tropes while cel...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we dive into Happer's Comet (2022), a unique film written and directed by Tyler Tower. With a cast of the director's family and friends, this midnight mosaic of a suburban town explores isolation and alienation through vignettes that unfold under the night sky. We unpack the film's dreamlike structure, where dialogue is absent and characters exist i...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re stepping into the ring with Penitentiary II (1982), directed by Jamaa Fanaka. Leon Isaac Kennedy returns as Too Sweet, an ex-con trying to build a new life but pulled back into violence when his old rival, Half Dead Johnson (Ernie Hudson), escapes and comes gunning for him. With Mr. T in a supporting role, the film doubles down on the mix of prison drama,...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re stepping into the dreamlike chaos of Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998), directed by Don Coscarelli. Michael Baldwin returns as Mike Pearson, who travels through time and alternate dimensions in search of answers about the Tall Man’s origins, only to uncover more questions than resolutions. We look at the way this sequel ties back to the original, its surreal s...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re heading back in time with Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004), directed by S.S. Wilson. Set a century before the original, Michael Gross returns as Hiram Gummer, an ancestor who finds himself way out of his depth when the first “dirt dragons” rise up in a Nevada mining town. We look at the Western backdrop, the practical effects that bring the early grabo...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re stepping back into the ring with Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite (1996), directed by Alan Mehrez. Daniel Bernhardt takes the lead as Alex Cardo, a thief turned fighter who’s guided by Master Sun, played by James Hong, and pushed into the brutal underground Kumite. Donald Gibb also returns as Ray Jackson, tying the sequel back to the original. We cover the...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re howling at the moon with Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985), directed by Philippe Mora. Christopher Lee joins Reb Brown in this off-the-rails sequel, where Brown’s character learns his sister has become a werewolf and sets off on a bloody, chaotic quest to stop her. We talk about the wild tonal shifts, the over-the-top performances, and the stra...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re stepping back into the ring with Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), directed by Albert Pyun. Sasha Mitchell takes over as David Sloan, the last surviving Sloan brother, who’s pulled into a new fight against Tong Po and a shady network of villains played by Peter Boyle and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. We talk about the film’s darker tone, the heavy body count, an...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re diving into the strange and surreal world of Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), directed by Don Coscarelli. JD and Randy return to the madness with the Tall Man, played once again by Angus Scrimm, as Reggie teams up with new characters Tim and Rocky for another round of dream logic and deadly spheres. We talk about the shift toward a more action-heavy...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re heading back to Perfection, Nevada with Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001), directed by Brent Maddock. Michael Gross returns as Bert Gummer, now facing a new Graboid evolution known as the Ass Blasters. This direct-to-video sequel takes the franchise in some strange and unexpected directions. We dig into the film’s mix of practical effects and early 200...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re stepping into the underground fight scene with Best of the Best 2 (1993), directed by Robert Radler. Eric Roberts, Philip Rhee, and Christopher Penn return, but this time the sports drama takes a hard turn into revenge territory, with a no-rules tournament and a brutal new villain to face. We talk about the shift in tone, the intense fight scenes, and the...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re hopping back into the chaos with Critters 2: The Main Course (1988), directed by Mick Garris. Set two years after the original, the story returns to Grover’s Bend just in time for Easter, as a batch of leftover critter eggs hatches and unleashes another round of small-scale terror. We talk returning cast members, the film’s mix of horror and comedy, and t...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re diving into the infamous cult oddity Troll 2 (1990), directed by Claudio Fragasso. Despite the title, there are no trolls—just vegetarian goblins, a ghostly grandpa, and a kid trying to stop his family from becoming plant food in the town of Nilbog. Yes, it’s just “goblin” spelled backward. We break down the awkward dialogue, head-scratching plot, and leg...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re plunging into Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (1991), directed by Charles Band. Picking up six years after the original, we find Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) facing a time-twisting mess—killer Trancers, corrupt future cops, and yes, two wives from different timelines. It’s as delightfully messy as it sounds. We talk familiar cast and new faces, the sequ...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re trudging through the murky waters of Gorgo (1961), a British kaiju film directed by Eugène Lourié. The story follows a young sea monster captured by treasure hunters and hauled to London for profit, only for its towering mother to come crashing through the city to get it back. Sound familiar? It should. We break down the film’s clear nods to Godzilla , it...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re taking a wild ride through Razorback (1984), an Australian horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy. It opens with a giant wild boar crashing through a house and only gets weirder from there. The story follows a man out for answers after his fiancée, an American wildlife reporter, is killed by the beast, dragging him into a world of local madness and outba...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re diving into the absurd world of Lieutenant Jangles (2018), an Australian send-up of 1980s cop movies that’s loud, crude, and completely over-the-top. Matt Dickey stars as the foul-mouthed Lieutenant Jangles, who blasts his way through crime, chaos, and more than a few groin shots in a film packed with low-budget mayhem and nonstop vulgarity. We take a loo...

Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, we’re blasting through Turbo Kid (2015), a post-apocalyptic action-adventure directed by the trio known as RKSS. Set in the wastelands of 1997, the film follows a comic book-obsessed teen who takes on the identity of his favourite hero to survive brutal warlords, deadly traps, and buckets of gore, all while riding a BMX bike. We dive into the film’s lo-fi charm...