Nipple inpalements, even in a movie, are just too painful to watch. Bloody Moon is probably director Jesús Franco’s most accessible movie. I’m not saying it is his best movie, mind you, but – consider...

“She’s not crazy, she’s being chased by a cheetah!” And in this way, Italian filmmaker Franco Prosperi brings animal attraction to a whole new level. Having broken free of the mondo documentaries he i...

The Survivor has finally made its landing on blu-ray. Never heard of it, eh? Honestly, I’m not surprised as it is an interesting experiement in horror that doesn't always do what it needs to do in ord...

Every single time Keanu Reeves is written off or dismissed, he comes bouncing back with a powerfully charged character. Hell, he even got booed for his performance in Knock Knock . I think I was one o...

Ah, the 1970s! There are few things more terrifying than cinematic vanity projects – especially when the results are far from fantastic. Vinegar Syndrome – now diving into Crown International’s backlo...

There’s a solar eclipse this Friday. There’s also a visible green comet streaking across the skies. It will, in addition, also be a full moon that night. If you are a teacher, get a substitute. If you...

We’re baaaack!!!! Poltergeist III is a better idea than it is a movie. Maybe it should never have been connected to the franchise at all. But it was and – due to the sudden death of Heather O’Rourke –...

Written, directed and produced by Ken Russell, The Lair of the White Worm remains a phallic-obsessed journey through an endless barrage of serpent double-entendres by way of Bram Stoker. Russell would...

It is a dark night. The sky is pregnant with distant stars. A lone fire lights the desert canyon wall. Two Native Americans sit next to it. There is chanting. Soon, spirits are inhaled. If the opening...

A girl watches a video. A girl receives a phone call. A girl answers. A girl is told of seven days to live. A girl investigates. A girl knows not why. A girl becomes a no one. Jaqen H'ghar, you are so...

Exploitation filmmaking rarely gets ANY trashier than with 1980’s Don’t Answer the Phone . Shot in and around Los Angeles, it is definitely one of the scuzziest flicks produced during the beginning of...

From the brassy swing of the Perez Prado mambo to the hot pink splash of the movie’s title against the front of an Oldsmobile, the opening to director Bob Balaban’s Parents suggests this horror film i...

Japanese film director and screenwriter Kinji Fukasaku ( Battle Royale ) has certainly left his mark on filmmaking. Notable for his extensive use of shaky camera techniques in the 1970s, his influence...

King Tut, how’d you get so funky? Comedian Steve Martin certainly knew the reasons why. Famed B-movie producer Roger Corman thought he knew why and offered this slow-moving excavation of the 18th dyna...

Dun Dun Duuuuun! Even the island of Maui is not immune Roger Corman’s monster-making machine. Up from the Depths is a salvage film. Rescued from the Philippines by legendary B-movie producer Roger Cor...