BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: The Great Alligator (1979)
Sergio Martino directed some of my favorite films of all time, such as The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, All the Colors of the Dark, 2019: After the Fall of New York, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key as well other completely out there films like Hands of Steel, Torso, American Tiger, The Mountain of the Cannibal […]
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
There hasn’t really been a new Christmas tradition since Elf. Well, I don’t know, your family’s traditions may include other films. In our house, we watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (and Black Christmas when the parents go to sleep). Netflix is hoping that this new Santa story will be one you come back to more than a few Christmases […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: Piranha (1995)
In case Piranha wasn’t enough for you, Roger Corman produced this 1995 Showtime movie that’s a shot for shot remake of the original. It gets better — or worse — because instead of shooting new special effects for the film, Corman recycled the special effects and the screenplay from the original minus the humor. If you listen […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: Santa Jaws (2017)
It’s the holiday season and friend of the site Paul Andolina loves tracking down new and weird holiday movies. Luckily, one of his Christmas movies ties directly into our shark-related film season, too! Want to read more of what Paul has to say? Then check out Wrestling with Film. It just wouldn’t be the holiday season if […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: The Last Shark (1981)
Appearing under a variety of titles, like Great White, The Last Jaws, Jaws Returns and L’ultimo Squalo, this movie made $18 million in its first month of U.S. release. Universal Pictures had been trying to block Film Ventures from even releasing the film in America, but the request was denied in U.S. District Court. However, about […]
Drive-In Asylum Holiday Horror special is out!
This issue has got it all. By all, I mean holiday movies like The Dorm that Dripped Blood, Last Stop on the Night Train, Terror Train, Silent Night Bloody Night, Santa’s Slay, Batman Returns, New Year’s Evil, Home for the Holidays and Black Christmas. I contributed a bunch to this issue, including all new reviews of Elves, Santa Claus vs. the Devil and Tales from the Crypt that are […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
Any movie that starts with a couple taking off their scuba equipment to make love underwater inside sunken ship and then being devoured by a school of mutant flying piranha before a James Bond style graphics sequence is immediately going to rocket to the top of any to watch list there is. Get ready: Pirahanha II: […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: Piranha (1978)
Piranha almost never made it to the theater. Universal Studios had considered obtaining an injunction to prevent it from being released, particularly as they had Jaws 2 out that year, but the lawsuit was called off after Steven Spielberg himself gave the film a positive comment (he also called the film the “best of the Jaws ripoffs”). Joe […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
The Florida based director William Grefe has brought many swamp-tinged bits of exploitation goodness — or badness — to the screen, such as Alligator Alley, The Wild Rebels, The Hooked Generation and so many more. As one of the first films made to take advantage of the shark craze in the way of Spielberg’s success, this film’s sympathetic view […]
An Hour to Kill (2018)
Two assassins who couldn’t be more different in age or demeanor have an hour to kill before their next hit — which might pit one against the other. To help pass the time, they share horror stories with one another. Seems like a good set-up and as you know, we sure do love our anthology […]
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