As each state slowly outlines plans for opening up businesses and re-booting the economy I am reminded of the scene in The Wizard Of Oz where Glinda the good witch sings for the Munchkins to, “come out, come out, wherever…
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While surfing Amazon Prime the other night I came on an Italian thriller I have been hunting for that never surfaced on home video in America. It was The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, a 1974 film directed by Giuseppe Bennati…
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One of the most startling things I heard during this endless pandemic was the statement, “I’m even sick of porn!” I can sympathize- to a point. I’m not about to give a thesis on porn or weigh the social and…
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I am so overjoyed that I soon will own a Blu-ray box set of the films of one of my favorite Exploitation auteurs- Al Adamson. Not to mention new Blu-ray restorations of other favorites like the fantastic “giallo” The Strange…
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When Roger Corman‘s biker movie The Wild Angels was unleashed in theaters 1966 it made a killing at the box office, made a star out of Peter Fonda and spawned scores of similar exploitation movies. But I remember at the time…
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Despite the outrageous premise, writer/director & star Tyler Cornack’s film plays it (sort of) straight, which makes for an unforgettable, jaw-dropping, 99 minutes of celluloid madness. Cornack plays the lead- sad sack Chip Gutchell, an office IT drone in a…
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Something wicked this way comes to a small lakeside resort town in brothers Brett & Drew Pierce’s skillful, genuinely creepy, chiller. Troubled teen Ben (John-Paul Howard) has been sent to live with his dad (Jamison Jones) and work the summer…
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There are times when I have to escape watching the news, which endlessly describes invisible terrors one is powerless to fight. That’s when I head to YouTube looking for more creature features that make me laugh. I adore crummy sci-fi…
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There is a galvanizing, homoerotic, punk-rock energy coursing through director Justin Kurzel’s unorthodox retelling of the oft-told tale of mythic 19th century Australian bandit Ned Kelly (here played with fierce intensity by “1917” star George Mackay). Raised in a tin shack…
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I can’t pretend to predict what life will be like after months of self-isolation. I will, however, be glad not to turn on my TV and see another Zoom-created collection of celebrities (their entitled faces in little boxes filling up…
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