5 Things: Hospital Massacre (aka: X-Ray) (1982)
(1) Playboy playmate Barbi Benton is the star, and here’s the thing: she’s probably the best actor in the movie. I’m pretty confident it was her turn as a playmate […]
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Poster Freak: Killer Force (1976)
(aka The Diamond Mercenaries) This is a fantastic one sheet. Killer Force is a heist/double-cross film from 1976, directed by Val Guest (who also directed the Hammer classic The Quatermass […]
Great Moments In Skeleton Cinema
Dario Argento edition. Inferno is one of my favourite Argento films. The second of the “three mothers” films and not nearly as accessible as its predecessor Suspiria, what this film […]
Great Moments in Skeleton Cinema
Peter Cushing Edition Favourite Peter Cushing films: Horror of Dracula – one of the best Hammer films, period. The Curse of Frankenstein – if you only watch two Hammer films, […]
PSA: Bava, Netflix, and Black Sabbath
Netflix has a bunch of Mario Bava films available, which is great, but be aware that one of the offerings, Black Sabbath, is a mostly bad cut of a really […]
5 Things: Race With The Devil (1975)
An orgy maybe? (1) Warren Oates co-stars in this film with Peter Fonda. Oates is a movie fan’s character actor, with a resume that includes Bring Me The Head of […]
Two tickets please
I can get behind this double feature: “Without Warning” has been covered here before and is really essential. “Contamination” is Luigi Cozzi’s classic Alien rip-off. It doesn’t always make sense, […]
Relentless soundtrack for a relentless film
The soundtrack for Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn’t normally one of the first things people talk about when they talk about the film. It should be. Performed by director Tobe Hooper […]
Public Service Announcement: DON’T
A lot of these are actually great movies: Don’t Look Now is a classic that every genre fan should see. Don’t Torture A Duckling is essential giallo from Lucio […]
The Editor & Obsessive Technical Artists
Astron-6’s The Editor debuts tonight at Midnight Madness at TIFF. A note perfect giallo-comedy that is equal parts tribute and satire, it’s an easy film for me to recommend. Genre […]