Cinematic Void January Giallo 2025: Torso (1973)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this tonight at 7 p.m. at the Sie Film Center in Denver, CO. (tickets here). It will be hosted by Theresa Mercado with very special co-host James Branscome of Cinematic Void. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Torso is such a simple title. I’d rather call this film by […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2025: Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will play this Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7:00 p.m. at Central Cinema, Knoxville, TN with The Psychic (tickets here). It’s also playing on Friday, Jan. 24 at midnight at The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, TN (tickets here). For more information, visit Cinematic Void. When a movie starts with a fashion model dying […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2025: The Psychic (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7:00 p.m. at Central Cinema, Knoxville, TN with Strip Nude for Your Killer (tickets here). For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Before Fulci became known as the godfather of gore, he made movies in nearly every genre. This is the next to last film […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 64: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machines and Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
In a world before Austin Powers, Dr. Goldfoot had a Bikini Machine and Girl Bombs. A movie filled with AIP deep cuts and a second that is the only movie Mario Bava made with Vincent Price. Yes, it’s a Eurospy trip along with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. Bonus: Check out The Weird, Wild World of Dr. Goldfoot on […]
Tales from the Crypt S6 E1: Let the Punishment Fit the Crime (1994)
As we start a new year, it’s time to begin a new season of Tales from the Crypt. The sixth season premiered on HBO on October 31, 1984 — along with “Skin Deep” and “Whirlpool” — and was directed by Russell Mulcahy (The Hunger, Highlander and early innovations in music videos like Ultravox’s “Passing Strangers,” Billy Joel’s […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2025: Cruising (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing on Saturday, January 4, at midnight at the Little Theater in Rochester, NY (tickets here) and Friday, January 17, at 7:30 PM at the Little Theater in Rochester, NY (tickets here). For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Despite being approached several times with New York Times reporter Gerald Walker’s […]
Body of Evidence (1993)
Directed by Uli Edel and written by Brad Mirman (who scripted and produced another American Giallo, Knight Moves), Body of Evidence was yet one more attempt for Madonna to find the screen success that she had in Desperately Seeking Susan as a lead and not a supporting character. But just like Shanghai Surprise, Who’s That […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2025: The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 PM at the Little Theater in Rochester, NY (tickets here). For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Chris Miller (former Spanish child star Marisol; when she married dancer Antonio Gades, Fidel Castro acted as their godfather) lives with her stepmother Ruth (Jean Seberg, the […]
Jade (1995)
Jade brings together the Dracula and Frankenstein of sleaze, as Robert Evans produces and Joe Eszterhas writes with William Friedkin there to direct — and change the script so many times that Eszterhas needed a $4 million payoff from Paramount to keep his name on the movie. Friedkin later claimed he let everyone down on […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2025: The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this film on January 6 at 7:00 PM PT at Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles, CA. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. For tickets, visit this site. Can’t make it to the movie? Watch it on Tubi. One of my favorite things about giallo are the alternate […]
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