APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: My Uncle John Is a Zombie! (2016)
After being drafted into the army for a two year tour, John Russo came back to Pittsburgh and started working with The Latent Image, making commercial films but always planning a feature someday. Russo crafted a rough idea about a young man stumbling upon a host of ghouls feeding off human corpses, then George Romero wrote […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: Lady Beware (1987)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A.C. Nicholas, who has a sketchy background and hails from parts unknown in Western Pennsylvania, was once a drive-in theater projectionist and disk jockey, Currently, in addition to being a writer, editor, podcaster, and voice-over artist, he contributes to Drive-In Asylum. His first article, “Grindhouse Memories Across the U.S.A.,” was published in […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: Heartstopper (1989)
Back in my Fangoria fanboy mania, I kept seeing the Pittsburgh-made Heartstopper get listed and it supposedly had tons of Savini gore, as well as a role for him as a police detective. Every con Savini was at, I asked, “Is Heartstopper coming out yet?” And he’d laugh and say, “I hope so.” It took me 33 years […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: Midnight 2: Sex, Death and Videotape (1993)
I’m so on record for my love of John Russo’s Midnight that my words appear on the back cover of Severin’s new blu ray release of the film. So imagine my surprise that there’s a sequel to it and even better, it’s a lo-fi video exploration of the only survivor of the cult from the first […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Based on Marc Behm’s novel and a remake of Claude Miller’s 1983 French thriller Deadly Circuit, this Stephan Elliot-directed (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) was originally optioned by producer Philip Yordan (yes, I can get a Night Train to Terror mention in for every movie) for Charlton Heston, but it took decades to […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: Santa Claws (1996)
John Russo lives in Glassport, which I can see from my house, and he wrote the idea that became Night of the Living Dead, which would probably be enough, but he also helped make Return of the Living Dead happen. And he also made Midnight and The Majorettes, two movies that fall into that strange genre that can only come from […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12
Day twelve of the B&S About Movies April Movie Thon is about 4-1-2. Pittsburgh-made movies! April 12: 412 Day — A movie about Pittsburgh (if you’re not from here that’s our area code). Or maybe one made here. Heck, just write about Striking Distance if you want. All April long, we’ll have thirty themes as writing prompts. […]
ARROW UHD RELEASE: RoboCop (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: RoboCop is one of my all-time most loved films. I’m so excited to have the Arrow UHD! This originally was on the site on January 12, 2020 and has been updated for the new release. RoboCop was written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, inspired by a poster for the Blade Runner. Neumeier asked a friend […]
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