Mysteries of the Gods (1976)
In 1976, William Shatner was seven years away from the end of Star Trek and three years from the theatrical movie, so he was taking whatever work he could get, which meant The Tenth Level, A Whale of a Tale and the TV series Barbary Coast. And oh yeah — Mysteries of the Gods. Let me tell you, the seventies […]
Crucified (2021)
The MAJOR selling point on this Italian import from Uncork’d Entertainment is right there, on top of the theatrical one sheet: writer and director Claudio Lattanzi. Lattanzi worked as an assistant director under Michele Soavi on the 1985 documentary Dario Argento’s World of Horror and made his own directing debut with Zombie 5: Killing Birds […]
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010)
Herschell Gordon Lewis has informed both sides of my life, from his work in direct marketing teaching me the ways of marketing and his propensity toward making shameless exploitation showing me the ways of the world. Directed by Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case) and Jimmy Maslon, this film takes you through the life of Lewis with the […]
Freewheelin’ (1976)
Scott Dittrich directed several surf and skate videos, including Asian Paradise and Rolling Thunder. This is one of the earliest ones in the form, showing the original Zephyr team, including Stacy Peralta and his team. The story isn’t really necessary — I hated when even my era’s skate videos had a narrative when all I […]
Teenage Conflict (1960)
Donna and Joe are two clean-cut American white kids who love science. In fact, dangerously so, as their love of the rational explanation for why things are is starting to get in the way of their love for God. Joe is pretty smart. How smart? The dude made a satellite tracker in his bedroom, which […]
Incendio (1974)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Herbert P. Caine is the pseudonym of a frustrated academic and genre movie fan in Pennsylvania. You can read his blog at https://imaginaryuniverseshpc.blogspot.com. Incendio is a brief but disturbing documentary distributed by the National Fire Protection Association documenting the Joelma Fire in Sao Paolo, Brazil. In February 1974, the Joelma Building, a […]
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