NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: The Gate (1987)
Tibor Takács (director of I, Madman) and a young Stephen Dorff take pre-teen trauma and metal love to the limit in this one. (And thanks to Scarecrow Video’s 2020 Psychotronic Challenge for October, it’s now off the list!) Glen (Dorff, who smokes those blu cigs in commercials and makes Becca sigh and was also bad […]
NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: Trick or Treat (1986)
The director of A Dolphin’s Tale and A Dolphin’s Tale 2, Skippy from Family Ties and one of the stars of A Chorus Line made the most metal film ever. Let that sink in. I grew up a fat, bespeckled child in a small town with crushing self esteem issues, a love for gore movies and a sarcastic mind that […]
NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: Black Roses (1988)
Growing up, two things both saved and damned me: heavy metal and horror movies. They go together like guitar and bass, guns and roses, beer and weed, leather and denim. Off the top of my head, I can name plenty of bands for whom horror movies are a central element: Electric Wizard, Hooded Menace, The […]
George Romero (1940-2017)
If you grew up in Pittsburgh loving horror movies, you knew who George Romero was. Even if you didn’t grow up here, you knew. Night of the Living Dead, his initial effort, made a lasting impression on not just the horror genre, but American film. It took awhile to create the follow up, Dawn of the Dead, […]
STARTS MONDAY! NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK!
Starting this Monday, we’re proud to present our very first theme week! We’ve specially curated only the finest films to bring you the most in movie watching joy. Do you like heavy metal? Do you like horror movies? Would you like to chocolate in your peanut butter these two tastes into one blood drenched, Satan […]
The Dungeonmaster (1984)
Let’s face it. I love portmanteau movies. From Tales from the Crypt to Asylum, The House that Dripped Blood and The Monster Club, a good part of our DVD collection is devoted to these films (mostly of the Amicus variety). 1984’s The Dungeonmaster attempts to be both a narrative and portmanteau all at the same time — to sometimes uneven results. […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 69: Terror House part 2
Bill and Mark are back to finish our review of Terror House! We discuss how this film is way too close to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; how horror movies have taught us so much about life; why Sam hated kids who watched The Waltons and Highway to Heaven; watching TV at your grandparents; the shitty […]
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
The late 60s pop art/spy fad produced some of my favorite films ever. Sure, they’re very much of their time, but they’re also rich with ideas, sumptuous design and color and great looking men and women risking life and limb to protect (or steal from) the world. From Batman to James Bond to Matt Helm, In Like Flint and Barbarella, […]
The Beyond (1981)
What can you say about Fulci that hasn’t already been said? I wonder that as I begin writing this in the middle of a rainy night. This isn’t a post that’ll change anyone’s mind about his work and the relative artistic merits (or total lack of them). But it’s one of my favorite films and […]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
There are movies. And then there are movies that change your entire life. Buckaroo Banzai is the film that changed mine. Why did I just have to be one thing when Buckaroo could be a neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and probably the last hope of the human race? “Is, ahh… is somebody… is somebody […]
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