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TODD FRENCH is resident of Fountain Valley CA and a longtime enthusiast of Fantastic Cinema, especially giallo maestro Dario Argento. He wrote two (produced) scripts for the 3rd season of MTV’s AEON FLUX, co-wrote a proposed sequel for Kevin Lindenmuth’s ADDICTED TO MURDER series, and is currently working on a screenplay. He has had reviews published in Orange Coast Weekend, The Daily Pilot, and has had poems and short fiction published in various genre semi-pro ‘zines, including The Magazine of Space and Time.

“What if it [The Rage Virus] comes back again?”–Major Scarlett
“We kill it.”–General Stone
The geopolitical allegory is biting (no pun intended!), bleak and[mordant. A U.S.-led NATO force enters an England transformed by the “Rage Virus” into an empty, ravaged wasteland. The victims of the virus have all died of starvation, the infected bodies have been disposed [...]

‘It is man’s responsibility to control science and technology”–The Chairman
“The dense forest turns into a shopping district. The 24-bit eggplant will be analyzed!”–Victim of the DC-Mini
It is hard not to be decked by this film. The first few minutes blast past with such mind-bending, visual élan that it could almost, in itself, stand as an [...]

“A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.” –Ronald Reagan
Okay, I am ashamed to admit it. I’m a David Arquette fan.
There’s something about his grating, twitching, teeth-clenching performances that remain infectious, no matter how off-putting and obnoxious. There’s a gonzo brio behind them that’s hard to resist and [...]

“He smelled of blood, sweat and fear. He excited me.”
–Meredyth Herold, Singapore Sling
Occasionally, one comes across a truly original, cinematic one-off that has no genre antecedent. Such is the case with Nikolaidis Nikolaidis’ SINGAPORE SLING, his 1990 neo-noir nightmare, now released on DVD by Synapse Films. If one could wrap one’s mind around the idea [...]