GENRE BLAST X: Debone (2025)
Director Lee Dae-han’s feature debut Debone, shot on a $ 23,000-or-less budget, is a punishing, pitch-black entry into South Korea’s rich tradition of uncompromising crime-thriller horror. The film is the tale of Gyutark (Lee Gyu-tark), a young man whose life is derailed by an initial act of primal self-preservation: killing his abusive father to protect […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Stingray (1978)
When you talk about late 70s regional drive-in cinema, Stingray is an absolute slice of Midwest exploitation action that demands respect. Directed by Southern Illinois University film professor Richard Taylor, this isn’t just another post-Smokey and the Bandit gearhead flick—it’s a gritty, weird, relentlessly paced indie bullet-and-asphalt thriller that somehow bridges the gap between pure […]
GENRE BLAST X: The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025)
Agnes Applewhite (Lauren Kitchen) is a blossoming young woman trapped in a claustrophobic home with her sanctimonious mother (Brooklyn Woods) and tightly wound sister, Liberty (Harlie Madison). Defying her family’s strict expectations, Agnes takes a job as a shampoo girl at the lively Hairbrain Beauty Salon. Surrounded by a colorful, welcoming crew of misfits—including a […]
GENRE BLAST X: The Black Hills Night Hike (2026)
While horror fans immediately hear “Black Hills” and think of Burkittsville from The Blair Witch Project, The Black Hills Night Hike broadens the lens to the entire state of Maryland, framing the region as an interconnected web of tall tales trapped between the western mountains and the eastern bay. The narrative backbone of The Black […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Steele Justice (1987)
“The only law is the Black Tiger’s. The only justice is John Steele’s.” How are people not losing their minds about this movie? Directed and written by Robert Boris (the writer of Electra Glide In Blue and Doctor Detroit), this is the story of Vietnam vet John Steele (Martin Kove) and his struggle to fit in with the […]
GENRE BLAST X: The Barn Part III (2026)
Remember when Sam and Josh battled The Boogeyman, Hollow Jack and The Candy Corn Scarecrow? Or when Michelle and Charlie also got messed up in the battle against the forces of Hell? That was thirty years ago, and everyone has either walked away or forgotten what happened, except for Josh — now Pastor Josh (Courtney […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Starcrash (1978)
After the Star Wars became an international sensation, Luigi Cozzi (the batshit insane Hercules movies with Lou Ferrigno, Contamination and more) was able to round up a decent budget to make a film called Empire of the Stars, which eventually became this film. Cozzi battled against food poisoning of the cast and crew and even a Communist worker revolt which led to the […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Night of the Zodiac (2022)
Week 11 (Aug 30 – Sept 5) – Lost in the Static: SOV Horror Directed by Women: I dunno about you, but I wanna see more ladies directing gory, fucked-up SOV horror! Obviously this isn’t everything that’s out there, it’s just the ones discussed in Rachel Herb-Neterer’s book “Lost in the Static: The Untold Stories of Shot-On-Video […]
NIGHTMARE USA PODCAST episode 6: Simon King of the Witches
In this episode, Sam is positive and Adam is negative in their response to the psychodelic shenanigans of Andrew Prine in Bruce Kessler’s Simon King of the Witches. You can listen to the show anywhere you find podcasts, including Spreaker and Spotify. Email us at nightmareusapod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod Follow Adam on Letterboxd: @ashursey Follow Sam […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Something Creeping in the Dark (1971)
Qualcosa Striscia nel Buio may mean Something Crawls in the Dark, but the inexact translation of the original title is what it was played in the U.S. as. A group of travelers heads out into a foreboding evening — it’s a cold, dark night — when they realize that a washed-out bridge means they’re all finding […]
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