Mike Mendez

The Profile

Mike Mendez is an American film director known for horror and horror-comedy films.

Known for directing genre films including Big Ass Spider!, Lavalantula and The Gravedancers. Lavalantula is an Asylum-style creature feature discussed in the provided review.

Trashman's review celebrates Lavalantula as a peak of Asylum-style trash cinema, praising its gleeful absurdity. The film is described as a volcanic tarantula monster romp in the vein of Sharknado. Overall the review treats the film as entertaining, deliberately excessive fun.