WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Savage Seven (1968)
Produced by none other than Dick Clark, this isn’t just another flick meant to wither away at a drive-in. It’s a kinetic, countercultural collision of genres that deserves its place in the pantheon of exploitation classics. It takes place in a world fraught with tension, set on a reservation where modern-day Native Americans are trying […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Satan’s Cheerleaders (1977)
Ms. Johnson (Jacqueline Cole, director Grayden Clark’s wife) has perhaps the smallest cheer squad ever at Benedict High School. Just four girls — Debbie (Alisa Powell, The Toolbox Murders), Sharon (Sherry Marks), Patti (Kerry Sherman, Eyes of Fire) and Chris (Hillary Horan, Young Doctors In Love) — who are more interested in playing touch football […]
Karen the Beauty Queen Butcher (2026)
Directed and co-written by Zachary Snygg—known for his work on Zombiez—Karen the Beauty Queen Butcher arrives as an ambitious attempt to blend the slasher subgenre with the rapidly evolving frontier of artificial intelligence. The film centers on Karen (Jasmin Flores), a woman whose singular obsession is achieving fame through beauty pageants. This — and the […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Rulers of the City (1976)
Also known as The Big Boss, Mr. Scarface and Blood and Bullets, this was directed by Fernando Di Leo. He started his career mainly as a writer, including A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Massacre Time, Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man and many more. He co-wrote it with Peter Berling, who was often in […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. John Waters claimed that this movie showed him what an underground movie was, so […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Roommates (1973)
Carla (Marki Bey, Sugar Hill herself!), Heather (Pat Woodell, The Big Doll House), Beth (Roberta Collins, Eaten Alive, Unholy Rollers), Brea (Laurie Rose AKA Misty Dawn, the wife of John Holmes) and Paula (Christina Hart, The Stewardesses) take a summer vacation together on Lake Arrowhead. This would seem to be a very Corman nurse movie […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Princess Warrior (1989)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Princess Warrior was on USA Up All Night on November 15, 1991; October 17 and November 1, 1992; January 10 and November 6, 1993; April 9 and December 30, 1994; May 6 and November 15, 1995. Ovule (Sharon Lee Jones, 9 1/2 Ninjas!), a princess from the matriarchal planet Vulkaria, should be queen upon the […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Rome Armed to the Teeth (1976)
Poliziotteschi is but one of the many waves of Italian exploitation and one that takes American inspiration — Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Death Wish — and uses it to explore the Years of Lead, a time of social unrest, political upheaval, political and terrorism, rising crime and outfight mob warfare from the 1960s to 1980s. Much like the […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Eyewash (1959)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. Robert Breer occupies a singular space in the history of experimental animation. His work—often […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Fraternity Vacation (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fraternity Vacation was on USA Up All Night eleven times: March 25 (twice), August 19 and December 30, 1989; August 24, 1990; January 25 and 26, July 20 and November 11, 1991 and February 15 and 28, 1992. We start not just in cold, snowy Iowa, but in black and white. Two fraternity brothers, Larry […]
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