CANNON MONTH 2: Cathy’s Curse (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I love this movie so much that I have a full-sized painting of Cathy’s face that lights up — thanks Mark Dockum — and it’s been on the site three times: once all the way back on October 24, 2017, another time when John S. Barry wrote about it on November 15, 2018 and […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Suicide Cult (1975)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I love this movie so much. So much that I have a pull quote on the back of the Severin blu ray. 21st Century re-released this in 1980 and their poster says “a congressman lies rotting in the corpses of the jungle” which totally is to remind you of Jonestown, adding even more […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Prison Ship 2005 (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on May 28, 2022 and I almost did it myself for Cannon Month, but nobody knows Fred Olen Ray movies better than Jenn. Take a look at that catalog from 21st Century. What a year of pure wild cinema! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Sweet Sugar (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: As I finish out Cannon month, I’m looking into the films of 21st Century before Menahem Golan took it over. Sugar Bowman (Phyllis Davis, who was Susan Lake in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) has taken a deal to serve two years working on Dr. John’s (Angus Duncan) sugarcane plantation rather than be […]
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (2020)
Yes, somehow this remake of the 1962 original totally got past me until I got an ad for it on Instagram. I wondered, why would someone make this movie again, but now that I’ve watched it, I think I have my answer. The filmmakers say right on their site that this “is a surprisingly loving […]
How Dark They Prey (2022)
The anthology horror film used to mean a lot more, as Amicus used to make movies that stuck together as a narrative whole instead of just jamming together multiple shorts into one movie and putting them out for content. At least How Dark They Prey has an interesting handheld shot demonic beginning to get us started. […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Tormented (1974)
EDITOR’S NOTES: 21st Century imported this Italian movie which you may know as Sexorcist, The Tormented, Devil Obsession, L’Ossessa, Enter the Devil or its post Rocky Horror title, The Eerie Midnight Horror Show. It’s one of my favorite movies — it’s also total junk in the best of ways — and I originally wrote about it on October 20, 2017. […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Time Pirates (2022)
I went into this movie totally blind with no idea that the band — SM6 — in it was an actual real band. Originally known as Smart Monkeys, they’re an entire family — George, Isabel, Adam, Emily, Eliana, and Jack Jones — from Geneva, Illinois. They’ve built their name over TikTok, which is probably why […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Demon Lover (1976)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Before Menahem Golan took over 21st Century in 1989, it had existed since the mid 70s, as Tom Ward and Art Schweitzer formed the company as a film production company and distributor. It also owned most of Dimension Pictures’ films when that company went into bankruptcy in 1981. 21st Century also released many […]
THE BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP!
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, presented by Shudder, is October 13-20 with screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas. Following last year’s return to theaters, BHFF is thrilled to present its most robust slate to date. The festival will open with the Eva Green starring Nocebo, the latest psychological thriller from celebrated Irish […]
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