Videodrome (1983)
“The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind’s eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch […]
The Manitou (1978)
“Evil does not die…it waits…to be reborn…” Yet sadly this would be the last movie for William Girdler, who died in a helicopter crash while scouting locations for his next movie. It’s a shame because Girdler had a talent for taking cheap movies with big ideas and making them beyond entertaining. This movie features a […]
Damien: Omen II (1978)
David Seltzer was asked to write this movie but refused, as he didn’t believe in sequels. Producer Harvey Bernhard outlined the story himself and Stanley Mann was hired to write the screenplay. Mike Hodges — Flash Gordon‘s director! — started the film but was replaced with Don Taylor (The Final Countdown). It was decided that the […]
Junesploitation 2021: Cry of a Prostitute (1974)
June 3: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie — is a movie with Henry Silva in it. Henry Silva is 92 years old and if life works out the right way, he’ll outlive us all. He was so good as a student at the Actor’s Studio that when they did A […]
START JUNE OFF RIGHT WITH THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE
Join us Saturday on the Groovy Doom Facebook page starting at 8 PM East Coast Time. Just a reminder — we introduce the films, give you drink recipes, show you ads for the films and then discuss the movies when we come back! Our first movie is The Bride, AKA Last House on Massacre Street and The House That Cried […]
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
There is nothing I can say about this movie that can add or distract from it. It is a force of nature and in my opinion, the most perfect of movies. I’ve debated adding it to the site numerous times, but my worry was that it’s so ingrained in my heart that there was no […]
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
Right after The Munsters finished up on TV, this movie was released. Everyone from the show but Pat Priest came back, with Marilyn now played by Debbie Watson. Even its director, Earl Bellamy, had worked on the show before. The other major change in this movie is that it’s in color. The decision to make the […]
Plan B (2021)
Sure, a lot of this movie feels like Booksmart, which was the female-centric Superbad, but that’s a very superficial review, as both movies are about the relationship between two girls as they grow up in their last year of high school. And much how all of us are different people despite surface similarities, this film can stand […]
Cruella (2021)
Patton Oswalt once famously yelled of the Star Wars prequels, “I DON’T GIVE A SHIT WHERE THE STUFF I LOVE COMES FROM! I JUST LOVE THE STUFF I LOVE!” This was in a time before movies like Joker took the villains from our favorite old films and made them someone that we could care about and perhaps […]
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