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.
A patient wakes up in a hospital room. It is cold and sterile. This is definitely not his mob-funded home. The confusion wears off when he realizes he should be dead. A vampire – his boss – devoured him last night. So how is this possible? His eyes begin to glow ...
This is the story of what happened when Joe met Kate ... and then rented the Debbie Reynolds workout tape. Psychos in Love is a fully realized version of Annie Hall by way of Psycho. It is, from beginning to end, a very funny film. Forget the horror aspects, man, this is an ...
It is suggested in Ed Wood’s last fleshy fable that, “to love the cat is to be the cat.” Criswell’s own princess of the dark says that to him, peering up at his noodle-blonde hair. Bring out the pussycat for the whipping then is the command. They are born to be spanked. Come again ...
Sun-bleached and seedy as hell, Trip with the Teacher features a rather torturous teenage death as one student is slammed headfirst into desert sands and then held down to choke on every grain. Talk about choking on a sandwich, Mama Cass. ...
Inspired by ‘The Case of Charles Dexter Ward’ by H.P. Lovecraft, The Resurrected continues to be the Lovecraft film adaptation that is most Lovecraftian. It was a film that was pretty much yanked away from its perfectionist director and, sadly enough, completed by the ...
What’s he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? Now, before I go too far down the Tom Waits rabbit hole, you should not be alarmed. It’s only Tobor the Great being constructed! Esteemed among men and future space explorer, Tobor, even before the ...
Based on the true story John Hughes, who turned down the job of directing because he didn't want to he be anywhere near Hollywood, outlined in National Lampoon, Mr. Mom is a true comedy classic. It outgrossed Hughes' own Vacation when it was originally released in theaters ...
“Do you live here? Is this your place?” Those are the two questions quickly asked to the old woman who surprises three travelers who, after being stranded by a snow storm, have broken into an old hotel in the middle of nowhere. They assumed it was vacant. ...
It’s with a bit more political bite than expected that The Great Alligator lands in this b-movie fanatic’s Code Red collection. JAWS, while far more successful of a film, never got this provocative with its social commentary. Gobble, gobble, gobble, munch, munch ...
Ah, the 1990s. When gunning down an entire hospital’s staff and then later opening up fire with a machine gun inside a famous movie theatre as a porno plays was greeted with a big grin and a thumbs up. Sex and violence, man. Good times. Good, good times. ...