Death Match (1994)
John Larson (Ian Jacklin) has lost a friend to the underground fighting world. Man, the fight clubs from the early direct-to-video 90s continue to make me so happy to watch old films that no one cares about but me. Anyway, Ian Jacklin was a karate champ, and that was enough in 1994 to get him […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Bad Ronald (1974)
The beauty of made-for-TV movies is that they can be way, way weirder than anything you’ll ever see on the big screen. For a blast of pure insanity — as long as you can get your brain to agree with the major reality-bending events you’ll witness — you can’t go wrong with spending a little […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Autopsy (1975)
Armando Crispino really only did two horror films, 1972’s The Dead Are Alive and this 1975 giallo, which is a shame, as this is a pretty decent entry in the genre. Known in Italy as Macchie Solari (Sunspots), it does indeed feature sunspot footage from space before we see any major murders. And if you’re looking for […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Ator the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Let’s list the reasons why this movie made it to our site: Joe D’Amato directed it. Where do we even start with his filmography? Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals? Antropophagus? Endgame? It’s an Italian ripoff of Conan the Barbarian, which means it will be better, worse and more inventive than the movie that inspired it. It’s written by Michele Soavi […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Apple (1980)
The first time I saw The Apple, I was in the throes of losing my job, starting a new company and feeling lost. This movie not only made me feel like I could go on but also inspired me to start writing more about films and why they mattered to me. You know how everyone thinks […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Animals (1971)
Also known as Five Savage Men, this starts with everyone on a stagecoach being killed, other than schoolteacher Alice McAndrew (Michele Carey, The Choirboys), who is assaulted and left for dead by Pudge Elliot (Keenan Wynn) and his henchmen, who include Peyote (Joe Turkel, not tending bar for Jack Nicholson) and Jamie (Pepper Martin). I mean, they […]
Hotel Underground (2021)
I have a friend who loves James Storm so much that whenever someone complains, he always sends them a picture of him that says, “Sorry about your damn luck.” Even people in our friend group who have no idea who he is—a star for TNA Wrestling for some time—love him now. In this, Storm plays […]
Spare Parts (2020)
Ms. 45 is a punk band that seems like they fight the audience as much as they play songs. Sisters Emma (Emily Alatalo) and Amy (Michelle Argyris) only get along when they’re on the stage, while Cassie (Kiriana Stanton) and Jill (Chelsea Muirhead) get along so well that they’re expecting a child. However, on their […]
Fight Valley (2016)
When Tori (Chelsea Durkalec) is killed — maybe in Fight Valley, an underground MMA club and come on, she totally died there because why would this movie even get made and why would it be named Fight Valley otherwise — her sister Windsor (Susie Celek) moves back home and meets up with her girlfriend Duke (Erin […]
Raze (2013)
Elizabeth (Sherilyn Fenn) and Joseph (Doug Jones) have kidnapped fifty women, who will all fight to the death, or their loved ones will get shot by a sniper. The elite will watch the action, as they always do. How do these rich people build these underground empires filled with fight clubs? Anyways, Zoë Bell plays […]
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