Just Jaeckin (8.8.1940-9.6.2022) RIP
From the official French press release in English: Just Jaeckin the director of Emmanuelle with Sylvia Kristel died on September 6 in Brittany after a long illness at 82 years. Emmanuelle released in 1974 was a phenomenal and societal success that contributed to the evolution of morals in many countries. This success, however, disrupted and overshadowed […]
SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE: Speak No Evil (2022)
Danish city family — Bjorn (Morten Burian), Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch) and Agnes (Liva Forsberg) — meet a Dutch family from the country — Patrick (Fedja van Huêt), Karin (Karina Smulders) and Abel (Marius Damslev) — and they decide to get together after getting along so well on vacation in Tuscany. Of course, this is a […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Crackhouse (1989)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Crackhouse wasn’t produced by Cannon or its sister company Pathé but was theatrically distributed by them. For another take on this movie, click here. There was a whole day of director Michael Fischa’s movies on the site a few years ago. He specializes in the kind of movies that video rental did best: quick, […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Flodder (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Flodder was not produced by Cannon but was released by Cannon Screen Entertainment on video in the Netherlands. I know Dick Maas from his movies like The Lift, Amsterdamned, Sint and Prey, so watching a comedy by him is an interesting experience. He also directed the sequels Flodder in America and Flodder 3. The series also produced a TV series […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Violent City (1970)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on May 30, 2022. It wasn’t produced by Cannon but was released on VHS in the Netherlands by Cannon Screen Entertainment. Director Sergio Sollima is mainly known for westerns such as Run Man Run, Face to Face and The Big Gundown, the Eurospy movies Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell, Agent 3S3: […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Demons of the Mind (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cannon did not produce this movie but released it on video in Denmark on the Cannon/Mayco label. Between Venom, To the Devil a Daughter and this movie, Peter Sykes is an unappreciated creator of early 70s scummy horror. Written by Christopher Wicking (Cry of the Banshee, Scream and Scream Again), this movie combines insanity, mesmerism, religious fervor, […]
SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE: Hellbender (2021)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on September 29, 2021. You can watch this on Shudder. Toby Poser, John Adams, and their daughters Zelda and Lulu made The Deeper You Dig, a movie that divided Becca and me. For their follow-up, the Adams family has created a movie all about 16-year-old Izzy (Zelda), whose […]
SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE: Mad God (2021)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This incredible movie is now on Shudder. I first watched it at Fantastic Fest on October 1, 2021. We shouldn’t have to tell you who Phil Tippett is. He’s the artist who animated everything from the Star Wars miniature chess scene to ED-209 in RoboCop, the aliens of Starship Troopers and the dragons in Willow and Dragonslayer. He’s […]
SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE: Good Madam (2021)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally ran on September 29, 2021 when I watched this at Fantastic Fest. It’s now streaming on Shudder. The original title of this movie Minguy Wam is from the Xhosa tongue and translates as Good Madam, as the white madam is at the center of this film, a comatose woman being looked after by […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Wild Thing (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This movie was not produced by Cannon, but was released on video in the Netherlands by Cannon Screen Entertainment. For some strange reason, I’ve never seen this despite wanting to watch it for decades. Wild Thing (Robert Knepper) lost his parents to a drug deal and was raised by a homeless woman (Berry Buckley) […]
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