THE FILMS OF WILLIAM GIRDLER: Abby (1974)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on December 26, 2017. Warner Brothers’ lawyers must have had the best holiday season ever in 1974, thanks to all of the work they were getting shutting down ripoffs of The Exorcist. The success of Abby — $4 million in a month for its distributor, American International Pictures — led […]
THE FILMS OF WILLIAM GIRDLER: The Zebra Killer (1974)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on December 17, 2020. A police officer becomes obsessed with The Zebra Killer, who has kidnapped his girlfriend and has kept on murdering people. The Get-Man of the title refers to this cop, who goes by Lt. Frank Savage and is played by Austin Stoker. In real […]
THE FILMS OF WILLIAM GIRDLER: Three on a Meathook (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on October 15, 2020. While the slasher genre really starts in 1978 (or 1979, when Halloween really took off), there are movies before that are nascent starting points. This was William Girdler’s second film after Asylum of Satan, made with money from his trust fund. It’s based on Ed Gein, […]
THE FILMS OF WILLIAM GIRDLER: Asylum of Satan (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: You can read another take on this movie here. William Girdler was born on October 22, 1947 in Jefferson County, KY and this was his first of nine movies in six years, ending only when he died while scouting locations in the Philippines for his next film. After he finished with the Air […]
Junesploitation: Drop Dead Fred (1991)
June 18: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is 90s comedy! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. I never saw Drop Dead Fred — I was 19 when it came out and despite my love of The Young Ones and everything […]
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