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The Hummel family—Audrey (Lana Hirsch), her dad Sam (Craig Wasson), and mom Edith (Lisa Fugard)—have their quiet, seemingly normal life upended when Uncle Richard (Larry Pine) drags home a dust-caked dollhouse from an abandoned property, hinting at the episode’s eerie and suspenseful tone. Audrey becomes instantly obsessed with the inhabitants, dubbing them The Geezenstacks. She […]
I’ve been super into John Hayes’ films lately, like Dream No Evil, a film whose heroine grows up in an orphanage dreaming of the day her father will return and then becomes a faith healer in a circus…well, it’s incredible. Six years later, remade it as Baby Rosemary, one of the few times — if only […]
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. “After thirty-three failed assassination attempts, entailing two thousand people, and fifty million dollars, they […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Screaming Tiger was on USA Up All Night on August 3, 1990, as Wang Yu, King of Boxing. Also known as Ten Fingers of Steel and Screaming Ninja — there are no ninjas — this follows Ma Tai-Yung (Jimmy Wang Yu) as he travels to Japan. He isn’t there for the scenery. He’s there because a […]
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. Flaming Creatures is largely non-narrative, transgressive joy. Smith, a visionary working with a shoestring […]
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. “I make my pictures for what Hollywood spends on lipstick.“ Maya Darden may have […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bowery Blitzkrieg was on USA Up All Night on September 21, 1990. The East Side Kids were the scrappy, wise-cracking antidote to the polished studio system, and Bowery Blitzkrieg (released in the UK as Stand and Deliver) is a pivotal entry in that rough-and-tumble canon. Directed by Sam Katzman, this is the flick that officially […]
Produced by none other than Dick Clark, this isn’t just another flick meant to wither away at a drive-in. It’s a kinetic, countercultural collision of genres that deserves its place in the pantheon of exploitation classics. It takes place in a world fraught with tension, set on a reservation where modern-day Native Americans are trying […]
Ms. Johnson (Jacqueline Cole, director Grayden Clark’s wife) has perhaps the smallest cheer squad ever at Benedict High School. Just four girls — Debbie (Alisa Powell, The Toolbox Murders), Sharon (Sherry Marks), Patti (Kerry Sherman, Eyes of Fire) and Chris (Hillary Horan, Young Doctors In Love) — who are more interested in playing touch football […]
Directed and co-written by Zachary Snygg—known for his work on Zombiez—Karen the Beauty Queen Butcher arrives as an ambitious attempt to blend the slasher subgenre with the rapidly evolving frontier of artificial intelligence. The film centers on Karen (Jasmin Flores), a woman whose singular obsession is achieving fame through beauty pageants. This — and the […]
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