2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Blood Quantum (2019)
14. HALLOWED GROUND: Made by an indigenous filmmaker or has featured indigenous cast members. Blood quantum is the measurement of the amount of “Indian blood” that people have and is used to determine Native American status and tribal citizenship. It’s calculated by dividing the combined degree of “Indian blood” of an individual’s parents in half. […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2024: Night of Fear (1973)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Australia Terry Bourke made both this and Inn of […]
I HOPE YOU SUFFER OCTOBER FILM CHALLENGE: Amityville Karen (2022)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The I Hope You Suffer podcast said that “Since everybody is doing these movie challenges now, we made the only one worth doing.” Bring the pain. The true Amityville curse is that I must watch all of these films. Just look at this ever-expanding article and Letterboxd list. Has everything been done in the world of […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Famously Haunted: Hollywood (2024)
Look, this movie references The Entity so if that’s all it did, I would have liked it. Go figure, Hollywood is haunted. Well, you know how many lives were ruined there, so you can only imagine that there has to be some paranormal activity or at least crazy people willing to tell you that there is. […]
Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018) / CIA Drugs R Us! A Drugs as Weapons… Sequel (2024)
These movies are based on the book Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA’s Murderous Targeting of SDS, Panthers, Hendrix, Lennon, Cobain, Tupac, and Other Activists by John L. Potash. Within the pages of that tome, you’ll learn how a group of opium-trafficking families came to form an American oligarchy and eventually achieved global dominance. Sure, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Last Woman On Earth (1960)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Last Woman On Earth was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 5, 1964 at 11:10 p.m. and Saturday, October 24, 1964 at 1:00 a.m. Harold Gern (Antony Carbone) is a rich man constantly getting in trouble with the government. He’s in Puerto Rico with his new, younger and very attractive wife Evelyn […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Godzilla vs. Megalon was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 10, 1979 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 1980 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 14, 1982 at 1:00 a.m. This film came out in the U.S. when I was four years old and for a kid that watched Godzilla films every time […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Horrors of the Black Museum was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, June 3, 1967 at 11:20 p.m. Producer Herman Cohen was inspired by reading a series of newspaper articles about Scotland Yard’s Black Museum. He got to visit the museum and wrote this with Aben Kandel. Many of the weapons in this — […]
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