GENREBLAST FILM FESTIVAL: ManFish (2022)
The GenreBlast Film Festival is entering its sixth year of genre film goodness. A one-of-a-kind film experience created for both filmmakers and film lovers to celebrate genre filmmaking in an approachable environment, it has been described by Movie Maker Magazine as a “summer camp for filmmakers.” Over the next few days, I’ll be reviewing several […]
Surrogate (2022)
Rose (Taysha Farrugia) has just turned nine and every night, she asks her mother Natalie (Kestie Morassi, Wolf Creek) if they can check under the bed for monsters. Even though she does the best she can for her, Natalie still worries that not having a father will hurt her daughter. Now, she has an even […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Teen Wolf Too (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This movie wasn’t produced by Cannon but was released on video by them in the Netherlands on the Cannon Screen Entertainment label. Todd Howard (Jason Bateman) is the cousin of Scott Howard from the first movie and that won’t do Bateman any favors, as at this point in his career he seemed like […]
The Beast from the Beginning of Time (1965)
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 […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS PRESENTS WICKED WEEKEND!
Just in time for the spooky season, Popcorn Frights has announced its annual Wicked Weekend program celebrating all the eerie, weird, wild, and strange things that go bump in the night! The event, running September 28 through October 2 at Savor Cinema Fort Lauderdale, will feature nine film events plus a host of filmmakers, restorations, […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: The Sound (2022)
Two years ago, Lily (Sabrina Stull) experienced an incident that caused her to spontaneously start bleeding and lose her hearing. Now, two years later, she attempts to relax with her sister Alison (Emree Franklin, War of the Worlds: Annihilation) but worries that the strange phenomena that impacted has come back. The Sound is a quick film that […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Black Torment (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cannon didn’t produce this movie but did release it on video in Germany on the Scotia/Cannon label. Made by Compton Films, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and written by Derek and Donald Ford. I watched this because those three men also made one of the wildest British horror movies, Corruption, which we all know is […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Prey (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bill Van Ryn wrote this for the site on June 27, 2021 when we did an entire week of Norman J. Warren movies. Cannon didn’t produce this, but did release it on video in Germany as Scotia/Cannon. Check out Bill at Groovy Doom and Drive-In Asylum. Norman J. Warren’s unique brand of low budget […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Terror (1979)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally appeared on February 16, 2021. Cannon didn’t produce this movie but did release it in Germany as Killing House on the Scotia/Cannon label. You can also read Jennifer Upton’s take on this film here. Norman J. Warren is the kind of director that knows exactly what you want. You aren’t coming to one […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Catholic Boys (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This movie is really Heaven Help Us, which wasn’t produced by Cannon but was released under the name Catholic Boys in Germany by Cannon Screen Entertainment. Heaven Help Us was originally written in 1978 as a masters thesis by NYU student Charles Purpura who based it on his childhood in Catholic schools. Purpura soon dropped out of NYU […]
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