Worst to First: The True Story of Z100 New York (2022)
In 1983, Z100 launched from the swamps of Secaucus, New Jersey, a place where they believed that no artist would venture. A station where the DJs had to buy their own records just to have music to play. And a place where Scott Shannon would rally listeners into going, as the title says, from worst […]
Student Body (2022)
Jane Shipley (Montse Hernandez) and Merritt Sinclair (Cheyenne Haynes) were childhood best friends, but now Jane’s struggling to fit in with Merritt’s friend circle. To make matters worse in her life, teacher Mr. Aunspach (Christian Camargo) oversteps her personal boundaries and no one in power cares, which means that Merritt makes Jane get her own […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983)
Black Boots, Leather Whip is another adventure of Al Pereira (Antonio Mayans), the detective hero of what I’m just going to start calling the Jess Franco Cinematic Universe. This time, he’s hired by Lina (yep, Lina Romay, using the name Candy Coster), who wants to keep some damaging photos from her wealthy husband. So she sleeps […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Revenge In the House of Usher (1985)
So let’s try and make sense of this: There are three versions of this movie, all with completely different plots. Version 1: Usher (Howard Vernon) is a killer facing mortality while dealing with the torment of the ghosts of his victim. This original version, The Hundimiento de la Casa Usher (The Fall of the House […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Lucky the Inscrutable (1967)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally watched this on April 25, 2020 but are bringing it back for this month of all things Franco. Jess Franco. There are no other Francos in our world. Well, maybe Franco Nero. This movie is completely off the rails from the very first minute of screen time. Jess Franco is an acquired […]
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