Retro Review: ‘Smokey and the Bandit’
A few months ago I was fortunate enough to see horror movie host/film critic Joe Bob Briggs present his famed lecture “How Rednecks Saved Hollywood”. Naturally, he discussed a number of the...
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Beware! Children at Play’
Like some of you reading this, part of my Black Friday was spent going through the Blu Rays available from the good people at Vinegar Syndrome. Amid their vast collection of grindhouse, cult, and...
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Solomon King’
One constant threat to the art of cinema that has been recognized is that of films being lost. Thankfully preservationists both at the studios and in nonprofit organizations have been hard at work...
View ArticleRetro Review: Satanis: ‘The Devil’s Mass’
In 1966, occult fanatic and counterculturalist Anton LaVey founded the Church of Satan in San Francisco. Naturally founding a church devoted to the entity believed to be the father of all evil is...
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Death Spa’
The 1980’s saw an explosion in people looking to don bright colored spandex and start working out. Of course in an era when filmmakers were putting slashers into every conceivable place one of the...
View ArticleA Weird NES Game About Disney World: A Review
The other night we were scrolling through an emulator looking at all kinds of unusual NES games. Designers had to get creative to work within the technical limitations of the hardware, so there are...
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Scissors’
In the early 1990’s, Sharon Stone became a superstar thanks to the then trend of Hollywood to delve into dark sexually charged thrillers which did big business among hip, urbane adult moviegoers....
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Talons of the Eagle’
I believe I may have a medical condition that when I encounter a cheap, B-grade action flick from the 80’s or 90’s I am sold 110% on it. So during the last Vinegar Syndrome sale when I came across...
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Devil Story’
The shores of France are renowned for their beauty and heritage. One would can see why there are those who would shudder the thought of transforming such a place into a film set, much less for a...
View ArticleMovie Review: ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’
Director: Pete Browngardt Cast: Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Fred Tatasciore, Laraine Newman, Wayne Knight Plot: Daffy Duck and Porky Pig take jobs at a chewing gum factory, where they...
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