The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Bunny Yeager’s Las Vegas (1964)
BONUS WILDCARD WEEK (September 22 – 28) Go order something from the SWV website and watch it! You know, this movie isn’t very good, but I just want to talk about Bunny Yeager, so indulge me. Linnea Eleanor “Bunny” Yeager was born in Wilkinsburg, one of the suburbs of Pittsburgh, and moved to Florida when she […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Atomic Rulers (1957)
BONUS WILDCARD WEEK (September 22 – 28) Go order something from the SWV website and watch it! There are nine Sūpā Jaiantsu (Super Giant) movies that were first shown in Japan. Takeo Nagamatsu’s 1930 kamishibai The Golden Bat (Ōgon Batto) may have been Japan’s first modern superhero and Gekkō Kamen (Moonlight Mask) the first hero to be on […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Alice In Acidland (1969)
BONUS WILDCARD WEEK (September 22 – 28) Go order something from the SWV website and watch it! Rescued by Something Weird, Alice In Acidland starts as a nudie cutie before its black and white sequences go full color once that acid gets dropped. Alice (Sheri Jackson, The Babysitter, Love Camp 7) is a good college girl who goes to […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: The Witch’s Mirror (1960)
BONUS WILDCARD WEEK (September 22 – 28) Go order something from the SWV website and watch it! The Witch’s Mirror is why I love 1960’s Mexican horror. Some movies of that era only hint at witchcraft and the occult and this one goes full in, showing rituals and all manner of Satanic mayhem. Ah, Mexico. Long may […]
CANNON MONTH 3: Star Slammer (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the journey through Cannon continues, this week we’re exploring the films of 21st Century Film Corporation, which would be the company that Menahem Golan would take over after Cannon. Formed by Tom Ward and Art Schweitzer in 1971 (or 1976, there are some disputed expert opinions), 21st Century had a great logo and […]
CANNON MONTH 3: Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the journey through Cannon continues, this week we’re exploring the films of 21st Century Film Corporation, which would be the company that Menahem Golan would take over after Cannon. Formed by Tom Ward and Art Schweitzer in 1971 (or 1976, there are some disputed expert opinions), 21st Century had a great logo and […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2024 Primer
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA on September 27 and 28, 2024. Admission is still only $15 per person each night (children 12 and under free with adult) and overnight camping is available (breakfast included) for an additional $15 per person. You can buy tickets at the […]
Tales from the Crypt S4 E14: Curiosity Kills (1992)
Directed by Elliot Silverstein (Cat Ballou, The Car) and written by Stanley Ralph Ross, who developed Wonder Woman for TV, this story has Jack (Kevin McCarthy) find the secret to youth in the woods. He gives it to his friends Harry (J.A. Preston) and Lucille (Madge Sinclair), but they keep it a secret from his wife Cynthia (Margot […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 49: The Black Room and Club Life
This week, I’m talking about two of the movies by Norman Thaddeus Vane, The Black Room and Club Life. So many of his movies were based on his absolutely wild life and these are no exceptions. You can get The Black Room from Vinegar Syndrome. You can watch Club Life on YouTube. Hidden Films referenced article […]
The Substance (2024)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. She currently works as a freelance ghostwriter of personal memoirs and writes for several blogs on topics as diverse as film history, punk rock, women’s issues, and international politics. For links to her work, please visit https://www.jennuptonwriter.com or send her a Tweet @Jennxldn Ahhh, to be […]
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