Smart House (2023)
In 1966, Dennis Feltham Jones published one of the first tales of A.I run amok with the novel Colossus (adapted as 1970’s Colossus: The Forbin Project), concerned with a self-aware military defense system. In 1973, Dean Koontz personalized the tale as Demon Seed (itself adapted into a 1977 film): a Frankenstein-meets-Rosemary’s Baby tech-horror about a […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Enter the Video Store – Empire of Screams: Dolls (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on September 25, 2017. It’s back as it’s now part of the Enter the Video Store — Empire of Screams box set. Extras include new audio commentary by David Decoteau, an archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon and writer Ed Naha and a third archive audio commentary with […]
The Last Hunter (1980)
The Italian exploitation industry is one of the joys of my life because just when it feels like you’re running out of films from one genre, you find another one to fall in love with, often with many of the same directors, writers and actors. Can’t find any new poliziotteschi you love? Get back into […]
School of Fear (1989)
Directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti (nearly every Italian movie that you love), Roberto Gandus (Macabre, Madhouse) and Giorgio Stegani (Cannibal Holocaust), School of Fear is part of the second series of TV movies that Bava was hired to make. Known as Alta Tensione (High Tension), the other movies in this series are The […]
Tiger Joe (1982)
Known as Fuga dall’arcipelago maledetto (Escape from the Cursed Archipelago) in Italy, this Antonio Margheriti-directed and Tito Capri-written film stars David Warbeck as Tiger Joe, a former US Army Special Forces Vietnam Veteran who works with “Midnight” Washington (Tony King, Atlantis Interceptors) and Lenny (Luciano Pigozzi) to airlift all sorts of cargo but mostly guns. When he gets […]
Junesploitation: The Wild Beasts (1984)
June 13: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Animals! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. There are a lot of people who reckon with the art versus artist and worlds of troubling media all the time. Like, well, […]
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