Happy Cleaners (2021)
“Have you ever wondered if our family is blessed or cursed?” — Kevin Choi Being a third or longer-generation child in the U.S. is sometimes hard enough: but be a child of immigrant parents steeped in the ways of the old country. My pop’s parents came here from Europe and his dad, my grandfather, never […]
THE EXCELLENT EIGHTIES: Twisted Obsession (1989)
Originally titled El Sueño del Mono Loco (The Dream of the Mad Monkey), this is based on the Christopher Frank book. While it has the 90’s genre of erotic thriller attached to it, this is very much in the world of the giallo. To wit: Jeff Goldblum’s Dan Gillis is a stranger in a strange […]
The Excellent Eighties: My Chauffeur (1986)
This is one assignment that I enjoy and don’t mind re-reviewing, even though we reviewed it before, back on April 19. 2019, as well as including it as part of our “Drive-In Friday: Slobs vs. Snobs Comedy Night” feature. Why? Because we love Deborah Foreman as much as we love innocuous ’80s comedies. So, for […]
The Excellent Eighties: Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
Okay, ye purveyor of B-Trash, let’s unpack the caveats: Now, when you see the dependable name of Enzo G. Castellari — the man who gave us Inglorious Bastards, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, Escape from the Bronx, and Warriors of the Wasteland, you know you’re getting intriguing action, and a bag o’ chips. In a desolate […]
THE EXCELLENT EIGHTIES: Delta Force Commando (1988)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Freese contributes to many different magazines, zines and websites such as Videoscope, Rue Morgue, Drive-in Asylum, Grindhouse Purgatory, Horror and Sons and Lunchmeat VHS. (His most recent piece, about the 80’s video distributor Super Video, can be found here). He also co-hosts the Two Librarians Walk into a Shelf podcast so he […]
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