BIKER WEEK: The Pink Angels (1972)
I have no idea who this movie is for. I would imagine that gay folks would either find it camp or be offended by its horrible stereotypes. Then, I think that bikers would also be upset by the fact that it sends up their culture and points out the homoeroticism at its core. And then, I […]
DRIVE-IN CHALLENGE REPLIES!
Awhile back, I asked readers to select what movies they’d show at their dream drive-in show. Thanks to these folks who replied! John S. Barry: Sonny Boy, Curtains, Disconnected, Phantasm 4, Fathers Day, Town That Dreaded Sundown, Mutant. Tried to get into the idea of sitting outside in Kansas in the summer as a young man. I’m […]
BIKER WEEK: Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
Is a biker movie not enough action for you? What if I told you that a biker gang named The Devil’s Advocates happen upon some warlocks and then one of them is bitten by a female werewolf and transforms under the full moon? How’s that sound? I literally just told you the entire plot of […]
BIKER WEEK: Psychomania (1973)
Is there such a thing as a perfect movie? Maybe. Maybe not. But if you ask me, this combination of the occult and biker culture ranks really close. Tom Latham (Nicky Henson, Witchfinder General) leads The Living Dead, a motorcycle gang that causes trouble and occasionally dabbles in black magic. The worm filled apple didn’t fall far from […]
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
I’ve been thinking about that song “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe” by Whale a lot. The song is pretty crazy, best described as a dancy punky ditty about, well, who the fuck knows what it’s about. The video is even stranger, highlighted by lead singer Cia Berg cavorting about with red frizzy hair and braces. The […]
Hellraiser (1987)
One of my interns at work asked me the other day, “You watch all of these horror movies. Don’t they scare you?” No, they really don’t. Not anymore. Some of them disturb me, like the cannibal films. But only one still kind of scares me. And that would be Hellraiser. There was a time, before the […]
Microwave Massacre (1983)
I love horrible movies. I always wonder, “What’s my limit? How bad can it get to make me hate a movie?” The new barometer for bad has been found and it is Microwave Massacre. Donald (Jackie Vernon, a raunchy comedian who was also the voice of Frosty the Snowman, which still kind of blows my mind) […]
THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE CHALLENGE
After watching The Last Drive-In all last weekend (look for more about that soon), I debated what I would show if I had to pick my dream drive-in line up to show. And now I wonder, readers, what would you pick? You get 2 nights with 4 movies each, along with 8 trailers per night […]
Rampage (2018)
I was shopping at The Exchange — it’s a used DVD store you can find in both the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas — and I was listening to a kid excitedly describe a movie to his dad, breathlessly detailing how a space station crashes and all these boxes fall into zoos and game preserves and […]
The Final Terror (1983)
Call it Carnivore. Or Campsite Massacre. How about one of its working titles, like The Creeper, The Forest Primeval, Three Blind Mice or Bump in the Night? Or the name that it was released as, The Final Terror. What you get is a backwoods slasher film packed with actors before they got famous, like Daryl Hannah, Adrian Zmed, […]
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