WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Critters (1986)
We start in an asteroid prison, where the Krites hijack a spaceship and escape to Earth. The warden hires Ug (Terrence Mann) and another shapeshifting bounty hunter to follow them. As they study Earth transmissions, Ug takes the form of rock star Johnny Steele and the second remains blank. You will hear the song “Power […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Country Hooker (1974)
Sue (Rene Bond) and Jan (Sandy Dempsey) look like they’re stranded and two musicians, Dave Anderson (Bond’s man Ric Lutze) and Billy B (John Paul Jones), pick them up. The truth is, they’re setting them up to get taken by their pimp Mike (Louis Ojena ) and forced to play as his band, but they […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Country Blue (1973)
Also known as On the Run and One for the Money, Two for the Show, Country Blue has the balls to rip off a Janis Joplin song for its tagline, “For Bobby Lee and Ruthie, Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” I like this one more: “Young and in love, she broke […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Directed and written by Ossie Davis, based on the book by Chester Himes, Cotton Comes to Harlem is an early blaxploitation film. It starts big and bold, as Deke “Reverend” O’Malley (Calvin Lockhart) is raising money for a ship to sail black people back to Africa when armed and masked men attack, stealing the cash. This […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Corruption (1968)
As the trailer will tell you, Corruption is not a woman’s picture. That’s debatable. What is not is that Corruption is a ripoff of Eyes without a Face. But hey — some of my favorite movies are total rip-offs. Renowned plastic surgeon Sir John Rowan (Peter Cushing) starts the movie at a swinging 60s party with his beautiful […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Jobe’z World (2018)
Aug 18-24 indie comix week: When I was a kid, I used to read Mad Magazine and Cracked, so when I got a little older, it didn’t take much convincing to pick up Eightball and Hate. I’m an OG in the “complaining about superheroes” game, and my scars were anointed on the Comics Journal message […]
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