WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Silent Partner (1978)
Based on the Anders Bodelsen novel Think of a Number, this Daryl Duke-directed (The Thorn Birds) and Curtis Hanson-written (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, L.A. Confidential, Sweet Kill) film was an early Carolco film and also one of the earliest films to take advantage of Canada’s Capital Cost Allowance incentive plan, which gave production companies tax inducements […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Keiko In Danger (1990)
Week 8 (Aug 9 – 15) – Trash-Mex picks Hey, Mario Almada was in over 300 movies, someone’s gotta help us find the good ones! Since 2010 Armando Hernandez has been one of the only people discussing Mexican genre pictures through his website trashmex dot com and the Trash-Mex podcast with co-host Joey Diaz. There’s ORO AUTÉNTICO on this list! […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
Monte Hellman started his career by directing Roger Corman’s Beast from Haunted Cave before working with Jack Nicholson on the westerns The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, as well as creating the films Two-Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter. He also shot second unit on RoboCop and executive produced Reservoir Dogs. The original script was thrown out and rewritten in one week, with […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Shock Waves (1977)
When some tourists head out on a cruise, little do they know that the boat’s engine will fail. And no one expected a strange orange haze that messes with the navigation. Is this a Blind Dead movie? No. Next, as night falls, a massive, rusted cargo ship materializes out of nowhere and sideswipes their vessel […]
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