Kiss My Grits (1982)
No. This movie isn’t about an aspiring singer working in an Arizona greasy spoon starring actress Polly Holliday spoutin’ her “kiss my grits” catch phase—that’s the 1976 to 1985 CBS-TV series, Alice. (How did the CBS network not sue the makers of this movie for usurping the title?) In this hicksploitation tale, the lead actress […]
Mudhoney (1965)
Mudhoney is based on Raymond Friday Locke’s novel Streets Paved With Gold and it’s probably the most serious of any Russ Meyer film I’ve ever seen. The auteur said, “That’s when I thought I was Erskine Caldwell, John Steinbeck and George Stevens all in one.” The film was a financial failure, Meyer later saying, “I made […]
What Comes Around (1985)
When I was a kid, I had no illusions. I was probably never going to grow up to be Burt Reynolds. I was probably going to grow up to be Dom DeLuise. But in my heart of hearts, I was kind of hoping that I’d grow up to be Jerry Reed, who was always the […]
Drive-In Asylum Summer Shark Special next month!
I’m beyond excited that this issue is on the way! Get ready for page after page of chum and gore-soaked waters, as the crew of Drive-In Asylum tackles everything from Jaws through Jaws the Revenge and everything else in their wake, including 100% brand new articles from me on those two movies, Cruel Jaws, Monster Shark and Deep Blood! I’ve rewatched […]
The Devil’s Eight (1969)
Oh American International Pictures. You knew exactly what the kids wanted. In 1969, they wanted their own version of The Dirty Dozen. Who better to give it to them than you? Based on a story by AIP story editor Larry Gordon and the first draft was by James Gordon White. It was eventually rewritten in ten […]
Texas Lightning (1981)
Gary Graver was many things — a film director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and as Robert McCallum, the director and cinematographer of 135 adult movies. He’s in the Adult Video News Hall of Fame for his work, which includes Amanda By Night, Coed Fever, Suzie Superstar and Unthinkable, which won the AVN Award as Best All-Sex […]
Ellie (1984)
If there’s a hicksploitation hall of fame, Shelley Winters should probably be in it. She’s in one of the movies that defines so many of the genre’s themes, The Night of the Hunter, as well as some of its best — and most exploitative examples — films, such as Bloody Mama and Poor Pretty Eddie. She also plays […]
Viva Knievel! (1977)
Evel Knievel steps up to the mic and addresses his fans: “Before I make the jump, there’s something I’d like to say to you, that’s been bothering me for a long time. I go to Indianapolis every year to see the Indy 500. I go there with friends to drive and race. Every year when […]
Evel Knievel (1971)
Robert Craig Knievel was the hero of my childhood. After all, who else was brave, insane or dumb enough to attempt more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps in his life, a life that should have ended way shorter than the 69 hellacious years that he lived on this planet with? How does one become a […]
Jackson County Jail (1976)
As you may have learned by now, I absolutely love movies that are based on true stories that aren’t really true. This is yet another, directed by Michael Miller, who also brought us National Lampoon’s Class Reunion, a slasher spoof written by John Hughes, the martial arts/slasher Chuck Norris-starring Silent Rage and the TV movies A Crime of Innocence, Danielle […]
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