BADass SINema Unearthed - Where we dive into the wild, weird, and wonderfully wicked world of classic grindhouse cinema. We celebrate the raw energy and unapologetic style of vintage exploitation films — from the slick swagger of Blaxploitation and the lurid allure of sexploitation to the gnarly thrills of monster mayhem and cosmic horror.
Inside Jack Potter there’s a hero trying to get out! Innerspace hit theaters on July 1, 1987, and I wore it out that summer as a fat 12-year-old. I went back more than once. Couldn’t help it. The movie felt alive—loud ...
There’s a certain breed of film that doesn’t just ride the coattails of a blockbuster—it clings to them like a half-feral stowaway, gnawing through the luggage and emerging somewhere deep in the jungle with a machete ...
Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow remains an absolute joy ride through pure imagination. It is - by design - retro in feeling, high on nostalgia, pulpy in its comic book fantasy, and - thanks to Shout! Factory - now hitting its stride on home video thanks to this 4K treatment. It seems the times ...
Discount Raiders of the Lost Ark on a sugar rush? Sign me up! Okay, okay. So, yeah, Jungle Raiders is a total mess, but somehow a lovable one. It’s basically a bargain bin rip of Raiders of the Lost Ark assembled ...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 has always been a splinter in the fandom—loud, messy, and impossible to ignore. That’s usually a sign that something interesting is happening. How do you follow a landmark horror film? If you’re Tobe Hooper and ...
Some films whisper their intentions, films that seduce you with craft, and then there’s Scum of the Earth!, which grabs you by the collar like a chain‑smoking uncle at a family reunion and hisses, “Kid, lemme tell you how the world really works.” This is Herschell Gordon Lewis before the gore geysers ...
Dreams have been answered—From Beyond finally arrives on 4K, crawling out of the void slicker, louder, and more gloriously unhinged than ever! ...
The Wizard of Gore opens with a promise and a threat. “What you are about to see is real.” Or close enough. The house lights dim. The stage breathes. You lean in before you realize you’ve leaned ...
"There aren't any condoms in heaven, Dr. Riffleson. Nor any that bite" Is it body horror . . . or something else entirely? Whatever label for this trasherpiece you land on, the film delivers it in excess. This deliciously warped, Gremlins-by-way-of-grindhouse ...
Robo Warriors—not robot warriors, mind you, but Robo Warriors—kicks the door down with the kind of loud, unapologetic energy that tells you exactly what you’re in for. This isn’t sleek, polished sci-fi; it’s scrappy, neon-soaked, VHS-era ...