B&S About Movies is all about, well, movies. It's owned and operated by Sam Panico. He is the sole proprietor and chief writer. All others are guest contributors.
Man, I never would have survived the 1970s. It was too full of sin and sleaze, too many drugs, too many cults. I’m reminded of this every single time I watch a piece of cinematic insanity from that most bonkers of all decades. What can you say about a movie that starts with a young […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Crucible of Horror was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 28, 1973 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, February 8, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, November 22, 1975 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 9, 1978 at 11:30 p.m. Walter Eastwood is the kind of domestic tyrant nightmares are made of. Played with chilling, razor-edged […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Survival was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 17, 1979 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, March 21, 1981 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, September 4, 1982 at 1:00 a.m. When it comes to 70s family wilderness movies, you expect rough cinematography, slightly stressed-out animal wrangling and a family stranded far from the nearest payphone. […]
Before Donald Cammell blew minds with Nicolas Roeg on Performance, he cooked up the story for this quintessential piece of late-60s Swinging London psych-pop fluff. Directed by Robert Freeman—the legendary photographer behind the album covers for The Beatles’ With The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles for Sale, Help! and Rubber Soul—The Touchables plays out […]
Torso is such a simple title. I’d rather call this film by its Italian name: I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale, or The Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence. Either way, Sergio Martino directed it, and it features none of the cast he had used in his past films, like George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov or Edwige Fenech. […]
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Made for TV It’s graduation night at a […]
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again host a fundraiser for Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: Made for TV About the Author: Parker Simpson […]
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again host a fundraiser for Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: Taiwan About the Author: Parker Simpson is a writer […]
28. THE BLACK AND THE YELLOW: We’re partial to this palette, so please enjoy a film that includes this visual motif. There is bad cinema, there is high art, and then there is that sacred, lightning-in-a-bottle overlap where absolute absurdism collides with a $40 million budget. Neil LaBute’s 2006 remake of The Wicker Man doesn’t […]
This movie excites me not only because it’s a slasher and a Cameron Mitchell movie, but also because it’s a “based on a true story” riff, which is always fascinating. Los Angeles producer Tony Didio wanted to make a low-budget horror film after seeing how well The Texas Chain Saw Massacre did. He knew the […]
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