America As Seen By A Frenchman (1960)
Known in France as L’Amérique Insolite, or Unusual America, this film is all about the 18 month journey that Francois Reichenbach, who shot the video for Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot’s “Bonnie and Clyde” as well as parts of F for Fake) took across America. With a script by Chris Marker and narration by Jean Cocteau and […]
Wrestlemassacre (2018)
I’ve spent around half my life as a pro wrestler. So when a movie comes out about a man who takes his wrestling knowledge and becomes a killer comes around, I’m going to do what i can to find it and watch it and share it with you. Randy (Bruiser Brody lookalike Richie “The Cuban […]
Ladrón de Cadáveres (1957)
This movie actually played in the U.S. as a bad translation — but one more apt to get people into the theaters perhaps thinking they were seeing another film — The Body Snatcher. It was inspired Universal’s Frankenstein and was an attempt to take as much of that film as possible while avoiding any potential lawsuit. Between […]
Beaks: The Movie (1987)
Not to be confused with Beaks: The Novel, this movie is also known as El Ataque de los Pajaros (The Attack of the Birds), Birds of Prey, Evil Birds and Beaks: The Birds 2, which is some Bruno Mattei-level skullduggery. It was directed by Rene Cardona Jr., who made King of the Gorillas after King Kong, Tintorera after Jaws and Survive! after an Uruguayan […]
REPOST: Night of the Bloody Apes (1972)
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This week, we’re studying up on Mexican horror. That means that we’re also bringing back some of our favorite of la peliculas to share all over again one more time. This movie originally ran on January 1, 2020. Oh René Cardona. Here you are remaking the lucha libre movie you did back in […]
Vacaciones de Terror (1989)
Let’s talk about family tradition. The Cardona family has it. Starting with the senior Rene Cardona, we got films like the brain-melting Santa Claus, Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy and Night of the Bloody Apes. His son would continue the journey with Night of 1000 Cats, Guyana: Crime of the Century and Tintorera. Starting with this film, Rene Cardona III […]
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