ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: Ms .45 (1981)
Thana (Zoë Tamerlis, who also wrote director Abe Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant) is a mute seamstress working in New York City’s Garment District. After she’s assaulted twice — once at gunpoint in an alley by a masked man and then again in her own apartment by a burglar — Thana lives up to her name, which is inspired […]
PARAMOUNT BLU-RAY RELEASE: Smurfs (2025)
Directed by Chris Miller and written by Pam Brady (who has worked with Trey Parker and Matt Stone on their projects going back to Cannibal: The Musical), The Smurfs is the sixth full-length movie for the cartoon characters created by Peyo. Rhianna is Smurfette, following Katy Perry and Demi Lovato, while John Goodman is Papa […]
FANTASTIC FEST 2025: Dildo Heaven (2002)
Allow me to play this broken record again, but it’s astounding just how much the moviemaking of Doris Wishman, Bruno Mattei and Jess Franco line up. At the end of all of their careers, there they are, making movies way past their contemporaries, even if it’s shot on video now. As Bruno would make Zombies: The […]
Good Boy (2025)
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 […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 3: Cult (2013)
October 3: A Found Footage Horror Film Directed by Koji Shiraishi Directed and written by Kōji Shiraishi, this starts when Tomoe Kaneda (Sayuri Oyamada) and her 15-year-old daughter Miho catch paranormal activity in their new home on camera. A paranormal TV show sends actresses Yu Abiru, Mayuko Iwasa, Natsumi Okamoto, and Mari Iriki — playing themselves […]
Night of the Reaper (2025)
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 […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 3: The Bloody Ape (1997)
3. SIMIAN CINEMA: Grab a six-pack of bananas and watch a primate film. Something appeeling. Directed by Keith J. Crocker, who co-wrote it with George Reis (who organizes the twice-a-year drive-in events), this is also known as Son of Sweetback vs. Kong. Lampini (Paul Richichi) runs a carnival, and when you do that, you get a […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Invocación Satánica (1989)
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 works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: Bleeding Skull! I love that the VHS […]
B & S About Movies podcast Episode 103: Lady Frankenstein and Monster of the Opera
Oh man, Italian gothic! Put on your white diaphonous dress and grab a candlabra! It’s Lady Frankenstein and Monster of the Opera. You can get them in the Severin Danza Macabra: The Italian Gothic Collection Volume 1 set or watch them on Tubi: Lady Frankenstein: TUBI Monster of the Opera: TUBI You can listen to the show […]
W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last week of Tales from the Crypt content, as I got through all of the Perversions of Science episodes. Do you have another anthology you’d like me to tackle? W.E.I.R.D. (Wilson Emery Institute for Research and Development) It is a place where the world’s most intelligent scientists get unlimited budgets to come […]
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