BADass SINema Unearthed - Where we dig up blu-rays of the wild, weird, and wonderfully wicked world of classic grindhouse cinema. Celebrates 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.

Lunatic on campus! It’s for a confessional, kiddos. I think Scream is overrated. Blasphemous, I know, but there it is: the ugly truth I keep hidden from public eye. Having said that, let me also say that if it wasn’t for Scream then ...
This mysterious place is, of course, the home of Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Will (Noah Schnapp), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) or, as we like to call them: Scooby and the Gang. But which one is Scooby? And what members are the ...
Michael J. Fox. Kiefer Sutherland. Phoebe Cates. Donald Fagen. That’s right, Donald Fagen of Steely Dan fame. Alongside Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, they are all assembled under the roof of one movie: Director James Bridges’ Bright Lights, ...
The mirrored image of the two children putting lipstick on immediately creates a stellar atmosphere of distrust. Coupled with Howard Shore’s eerie soundtrack and, yes, this thriller gets off on the right foot. ...
You can tell EXACTLY what kind of bonkers film this is going to be by the wacky opening credits as a blonde, eager to strip for writer/director Edward D. Wood, Jr’s 16mm camera, takes her lipstick and starts coloring her nipples with it. Her ass follows. Soon her hairy ...
A baptism of blood. For about the first 20 minutes of The Satanic Rites of Dracula, we are witness to the sacrifice of a nubile young lady. She topless and it is shown – which is apparently a first for mainstream cinema. A chicken is killed. Blood is spilled on the ...
Cat people! Trees that kill! Fauna that feels! Butterflies that bite! And monsters galore! The Blood Island Collection has arrived with matinee mania most foul . . . and TASTELESS! ...
A shell of a building. An empty room. And a line of monitors all tuned in to the same dead channel: a close-up of a corpse. It is the face of Don Luigi Costa, a religious man who gave up his vows after his horrible diagnosis. How bizarre! How eerie! How utterly unusual! What ...
Kebob skewers. They aren’t meant to be shoved straight into the throat. But that’s what happens when one poor girl is pushed to the limits and finds herself without the usual murder weapon. Happy Eating! ...
I hate cats. I have an old joke that I use in the classroom. First day stuff, so students know where I stand on the issue of those nasty fur balls. It goes like this: “Rough start to the day. I ran over a cat on the way to work. (Pause.) Yeah, I had to cross two lanes of traffic ...