Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
The title of this movie refers to the last two years of the turbulent life of Jayne Mansfield, as she careens through bad relationships, addictions, lowered career expectations and, perhaps, membership in the Church of Satan. This movie somehow unites so many of my favorite people, including Kenneth Anger, John Waters, Mary Woronov, Mamie Van […]
Stationary (2020)
Over one tense afternoon in a car, Jimmy (Xavian Russell, Top Boy) comes back home and comes to terms with former drug buddy Che (Rebekah Brookes-Murrell). This film also features Aaron Thomas Ward, who was in Accident Man. The beauty of this film is how it uses its limited setting to tell a much larger story. Credit […]
It’s a double Amicus Drive-In Asylum Double Feature!
Next Saturday at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook, we’re watching two examples of the venerable Amicus anthology films! Up first is the movie that promises — “Come to the asylum…to get killed!” That’s right, it’s the 1972 portmanteau Asylum! As you may know by now, there’s a drink for every movie. Get ready to layer up […]
Genevieve (2020)
Nicholas Michael Jacobs is a young man who sends us movies every once in a while, like Night, Urban Fears and Tales from Six Feet Under. Genevieve is a spin-off of that last film. In this five-minute-long story, Ted Morris is attending his son’s funeral while two criminals are breaking into his home. Those criminals want one thing: […]
Female Jungle (1955)
Lawrence Tierney plays Detective Sergeant Jack Stevens, a lawman so drunk that he doesn’t even remember killing a famous film star. Or maybe he didn’t. Life is imitating art here, as Tierney was a maniac on the order of a Kinski. Quentin Tarantino referred to him as “a complete lunatic” and an opportunity to play […]
Promises! Promises! (1963)
This 1963 movie — released betweeb the end of the Hays Code and the start of the MPAA rating system — was the first Hollywood motion picture release in decades to feature a mainstream star nude. And that star was Jayne Mansfield, bearing Marilyn Monroe in the buff in 1962’s uncompleted Something’s Got to Give. […]
Diamonds to Dust (2014)
Jayne Mansfield possessed an IQ of 163, played violin and piano at a concert level, had a degree in science, spoke 5 languages fluently and yet was known as a dumb blond. Her career was as short as her life was turbulent, with three ex-husbands, five children, addictions to booze and pills, and a car crash […]
Mill Creek Savage Cinema (and “Fast and Furious Week”) Recap!
Yeah, you know the drill . . . it’s all about those Mill Creek box sets and this Savage Cinema 12 Movie Collection pack served as the perfect fodder in supplying us with a nifty batch of obscure and off-beat, rubber-burning drive-in epics for our “Fast and Furious” tribute week to Universal Studios’ Fast and […]
Exploring: The Clones of the Fast & Furious
Note: Sadly, along the way, some of the trailers we included for your enjoyment either were blocked, deleted, or age-restricted by their respective hosting platforms. Those embeds were removed. Please feel free to copy and paste any title into the video host of your choice to find trailers or clips to decide if you want […]
Fast Company (1979)
David Paul Cronenberg. The man who gave ex-pornographic actress Marilyn Chambers a vampiric armpit. The man who made us lifelong fans of Micheal Ironside (John Saxon, Part Deux!) when he exploded his head via psychic brain waves. The man who knew we couldn’t pass up a film where Oliver Reed causes Samantha Eggar to “birth” […]
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