Femme Fatale (1991)
Joseph Prince (Colin Firth) somehow scores the beyond-beautiful Cynthia (Lisa Zane), a bad girl who might seem out of the league of a park ranger/artist. On the night of their honeymoon, she disappears. He spends days, months, and years looking for her while being laughed at by his best friend Elijah (Billy Zane, and yes, […]
Tales from the Crypt S6 E5: Revenge Is the Nuts (1994)
Directed by Jonas McCord (he directed Paul Hardcastle’s video for “19” and wrote Malice) and written by Shel Willens, “Revenge Is the Nuts” is about a home for the blind. There, owner Arnie Grunwald (Anthony Zerbe) makes life horrible for the patients — Samuel, Armelia and Osgood (Isaac Hayes, Bibi Besch, and Tim Sampson) — […]
B&S About Movies podcast Episode 68: Invitation to Hell
Robert Urich. Soleil Moon Frey. Joanna Cassidy. Patty McCormack. Michael Berryman. Barret Oliver. Kevin McCarthy. Susan Lucci! Invitation to Hell! You can listen to the show on Spotify. The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Amazon Podcasts, Podchaser and Google Podcasts.
Private Obsession (1995)
In Italy, when erotic thrillers became big sellers on cable and video, old masters came back, like Martino and Mattei, to make Giallo movies that were softcore or adult thrillers or whatever title people wanted to sell them as. And in America, I wondered, why didn’t the names of the past come back? Brad Sykes […]
SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE
This Saturday, February 2 at 8 PM EDT, we’re back on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels with two tough ladies ready to take on the world. Want to know what we’ve shown before? Check out this list. Have a request? Make it here. Want to see one of the drink recipes from a […]
Asia-Pol (1966)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joseph Perry writes for the film websites Gruesome Magazine, The Scariest Things, Horror Fuel, The Good, the Bad and the Verdict and Diabolique Magazine; for the film magazines Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope and Drive-In Asylum; and for the pop culture websites When It Was Cool and Uphill Both Ways. He is also […]
Maligno (1986)
Made by a teenage Joe Zaso, this movie was exactly what I was looking for: a SOV Giallo that’s “Phenomena meets Eyes of Laura Mars by way of an ABC Afterschool Special.” Made in the director’s teen years — he was 15 — it finds Susan Galligan (Karen Komornik) starting at a new school by the name […]
To Kill For (1991)
Also known as Fatal Instinct — the most “we’ve got that erotic thriller at home” title ever — this movie was directed by John Dirlam (a camera op on Silk Stalkings, which had to prepare him for this, as well as the cinematographer of The Vineyard and If You Don’t Stop It…You’ll Go Blind!!!) and written by George Putnam, […]
Poison Ivy (1992)
Katt Shea launched her directing career with Stripped to Kill, which is, as I always say, way better than it should be. She followed that up with several movies for Roger Corman — Dance of the Damned, Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls and Streets, which led to this movie. Since then, she’s made The […]
Playmaker (1994)
Playmaker, also known as Death Date and Private Teacher, was recommended to me by Brad Sykes, who knows a thing or two about erotic thrillers, as he directed two movies in the last days of the genre, Demon’s Kiss and Loving Angelique. Producer Peter Samuelson saw two people standing on a Hollywood street corner holding a sign “looking […]
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