CANNON MONTH 2: Amsterdamned (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally was posted on October 10, 2020. Amsterdamned was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Scotia-Cannon. Dutch director Dick Maas started his career directing the videos for Golden Earring, including “Twilight Zone” and “When the Lady Smiles,” which was controversial as it showed a man about to assault a nun. He […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Requiem for a Scream (2022)
A killer is trying to compose a symphony made up of the screams of his victims. At the very same time, Artemis ( Cassandra Scerbo) is planning a party at her parents’ vacant lake house, which is right next door to the RV that a killing machine named Caleb (Michael X. Sommers) is using. Yes, […]
CANNON MONTH 2: White of the Eye (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: White of the Eye was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Cannon Film Distributors (UK) Ltd. Donald Cammell reportedly spent his childhood on the knee of Aleister Crowley, he went from a painter to a writer to a director. While a good chunk of his career was confounded by trying to […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Hills Have Eyes II (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally was posted on October 6, 2019. The Hills Have Eyes II was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Cannon France in association with Adrienne Fancey, VTC and New Realm Entertainment. Seven years after the original film, Wes Craven would return to the desert, bringing more folks back into the near […]
GRINDHOUSE RELEASING DEBUTS THE BEYOND: THE COMPOSER’S CUT
Grindhouse Releasing has teamed with legendary composer Fabio Frizzi to present a brand-new version of The Beyond, director Lucio Fulci’s 1981 horror masterpiece starring Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck and Cinzia Monreale. Premiering this fall in theatrical release from Grindhouse, The Beyond: The Composer Cut features Fabio Frizzi’s new score for The Beyond with a brand-new […]
Tales from the Darkside episode 12: “In the Cards”
Carolina (Dorothy Lyman, Naomi from Mama’s Family) does Tarot card readings and is popular with her customers, as she always brings them the best of news. Once her competitor — Madame Marlena (Carmen Matthews) — switches out her deck, the fortune change to be filled with death. The cards can’t be destroyed, but can Carolina change her fortune? […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Mannequin (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mannequin was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by w ild Cerebus-like triple headed bease known as Columbia-Cannon-Warner. Michael Gottlieb directed and wrote Playboy Mid Summer Night’s Dream Party 1985 before this and one imagines being part of that star-filled TV special — Timothy Leary! Sarah Douglas! Buck Henry! Robert Culp! Ed Begley Jr.! Fred […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (1979)
Also known as Island of Sister Theresa, this was the last movie that director Joseph Pevney (Man of a Thousand Faces) would make, working from a script by Gary Sherman (Dead and Buried) and Sandor Stern (The Amityville Horror). When wealthy Gordon Duvall (Peter Lawford) uses his private plane to get Danny, one of his […]
ARROW 4K ULTRA HD AND BLU RAY RELEASE: Flatliners (1990)
Directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Peter Filardi, for some reason I never saw Flatliners. I would assume in 1990 I was somewhere between my gorehound and art film phases and a mainstream Hollywood horror movie with major stars would hold no interest for me. But as I grow older, I see the mistakes of […]
DEMONS AND ALIEN VAMPIRES ON THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE
Join Bill, Mike Justice and me Saturday night at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two wild movies — as always — but perhaps consult your priest before viewing. Up first — Evils of the Night which you can watch on Tubi. Every week, we make drinks, we look at ads and we talk. […]
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