Month: June 2024

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Red Eye #6: Dracula Sovereign of the Damned (1980)

If you think there’s censorship in America today, well, let me tell you…after the comic book trials of the 1950s, in which Dr. Fredric Wertham’s book Seduction of the Innocent led to Congress having trials amidst the belief that comic books caused juvenile delinquency, the Comics Code Authority was born. Every comic needed the code and […]

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Red Eye #5: Nate and Hayes (1983)

Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and written by Lloyd Phillips, David Odell (the writer of Masters of the Universe, Supergirl and The Dark Crystal, as well as the director of Martians Go Home and “No Strings” and “The Yattering and Jack” episodes of Tales from the Darkside) and John Hughes — yes, that John Hughes — I […]

The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (1979)

Uschi Digard week (June 23 – 29) Digard is best known for her work with Russ Meyer but she became an SWV fan favorite for two gargantuan reasons, her charm and her prolific career. The Swiss actress fled to America in 1968 and began a long career filling the silver screen from corner to corner […]

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