The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: A Name for Evil (1973)
Rene Bond week (August 11 – 17) Rene Bond could brighten up even the most dreary productions, and she was in plenty of them. In the early adult scene she was one of the better actors, particularly when it came to comedy, though she could squeeze into some leather and throw the whips around when […]
SHAWGUST: Corpse Mania (1981)
Not all slashers are domestic, as we again test the “Is it giallo or is it slasher?” game with the Shaw Brothers-produced 1981 film Corpse Mania. It’s directed by Chih-Hung Kuei, who would go on to create the strange Curse of Evil and the “I don’t have a word good enough to properly convent the level of […]
Tales from the Crypt S4 E8: Showdown (1992)
This episode was taken from Two-Fisted Tales, which was a pilot that HBO hoped would reproduced the success of this series. “Showdown” was written by Frank Darabont and directed by Richard Donner and is the story of a gunfighter’s last stand. “Howdy, illgrim. Wah-huh. It’s die noon, and you know what that means, don’t you? […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 43: Devil Returns
Jing hun feng yu ye is a 1982 Hong Kong horror film that steals liberally from several movies, most notably Halloween. Known as Devil Returns, it’s not available commercially outside of the gray market. Yet even though it’s taking so many things from so many films, it has a pretty even handed discussion of post […]
SHAWGUST: The Convict Killer (1980)
Also known as Iron Chain Assassin and Iron Chain Fighter, this Chor Yuen-directed revenge movie about Teng Piao (Ti Lung), who has been released from jail after 15 years for a crime he didn’t commit. He wants revenge on the person who sent him behind bars, Black Leopard and his seven killers, and teams with Shang Lin […]
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