The Daimajin Trilogy from Arrow Video
The Daimajin Trilogy contains the three film series that transplants the legend of the golem to Japan in the 16th century, as an ancient stone god defends the peasant people from the greedy and unjust. These movies barely made it to America — the first played theaters, the second only TV, the third didn’t make […]
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Daimajin is found at the top of a mountain, above a village where an evil lord has forced men into work camps. This sends their sons to rescue them, which takes them past the statue of Daimajin, which they take the time to pay proper respect to. However, the big bad has decided that he […]
The Psychopath (1966)
You know, between Die! Die! My Darling! and the poster for this, which shows the killer asking, Glenn Danzig sure found plenty of ways to be inspired by British horror films. Directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus, this is the story of a series of murders that all have a doll — that looks exactly like the […]
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Directed by Freddie Francis* for Tigon, this film is a thrilling collaboration that pairs the iconic Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It’s a gem from the end of the era of British gothic horror, and despite its occasional silliness, such as Cushing holding a gigantic prehistoric finger that appears as sexualized as it gets, I […]
Corruption (1968)
As the trailer will tell you, Corruption is not a women’s picture. That’s debatable. What is not is that Corruption is a ripoff of Eyes without a Face. But hey — some of my favorite movies are total ripoffs. Renowned plastic surgeon Sir John Rowan (Peter Cushing) starts the movie at a swinging 60s party with his beautiful […]
Junesploitation recap!
We were excited to take part in the 9th annual Junesploitation, a month-long celebration of exploitation and genre film that’s sponsored by F This Movie! Here are the movies that we watched! DAY 1: 80s action Pray for Death DAY 2: Slasher Nightmare Sisters DAY 3: Henry Silva Cry of a Prostitute DAY 4: Western A […]
Junesploitation 2021: Andy Warhol’s Dracula (1974)
June 30: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is vampires. I’ve had the Criterion version of this movie on my shelf for a while, so when Severin re-released this film for their summer sale, I decided that it was the vampire movie that would close out my first ever Junesploitation. Also […]
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Tallulah Bankhead — in her last movie — absolutely owns every scene she’s in here, playing Mrs. Trefoile,the mother of Patricia Carroll’s (Stefanie Powers) deceased fiance. As she comes to London, Patricia decides to get closure by visiting the old woman. Yet within a few scenes, she’s now a captive of the hysterically religious woman […]
Join G.G. Graham and us for a fourth of July DIA Double Feature!
Get ready for some fireworks this Saturday on the Groovy Doom Facebook page starting at 8 PM East Coast Time. We’re starting with the movie that proves that Satan was an acidhead, the transcendent blast that is I Drink Your Blood! It’s on YouTube. Before the movie, we’ll discuss it, share a drink recipe and show […]
Return of Daimajin (1966)
Never released theatrically in the United States — it was shown on TV by American-International Pictures in 1967 — the second film in the trilogy finds Daimajin concerns an evil lord who takes over the villages of Chigusa and Nagoshi. He also shatters the statue of Daimajin with gunpowder, sending what’s left of the spirit to the bottom […]
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