GENRE BLAST X: This House Is Totally Haunted (2026)
Following up on 2024’s The Ceremony is About to Begin, Sean Nichols Lynch returns with This House is Totally Haunted, a film that doesn’t just subvert the genre’s rigid rulebook; it gleefully takes a sledgehammer to it. The premise hits the ground running when a cryptic letter from “Surviving in Shasta” lands on the lap […]
GENRE BLAST X Shorts Blast #1: Tripping the Sci-Fantastic
Here’s the first lineup of shorts I watched at Genre Blast. Wooly Bully (2025): What a rough watch. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I mean that in an “I have lived this movie” way. My dad’s descent into dementia was not easy to navigate, and as always, avoidance and denial were probably […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: An American Werewolf In London (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: An American Werewolf In London was on the CBS Late Movie on January 2 and September 18, 1987 and April 22, 1988. There must have been something in the waters of the Los Angeles River in 1981, as The Howling, Wolfen, Full Moon High and this film all came out in those same twelve months. While all three […]
GENRE BLAST X: Hollow Lake (2025)
Newlyweds Max (Anthony Dain) and Baker (Santiago Sky) find themselves trapped in a deteriorating relationship, with Max seeking validation through hookup apps and Baker entirely consumed by his work. Desperate to add a spark and explore new territory, Baker pressures Max into an illicit encounter. They decide to head to a remote property owned by […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E12: Miss May Dusa (1987)
Jimmy James (Gary Majchrazak) is laying down smooth saxophone melodies in a gritty New York City subway station when he crosses paths with an enigmatic, distressed woman. After Jimmy suggests she introduce herself as May Dusa (Sofia Landon), she suffers from severe amnesia and wears sunglasses to hide her eyes. Earlier, May woke up in […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Beneath the Skin (1981)
The first film by Cecilia Condit, Beneath the Skin, is based on a real-life incident in the artist’s life. At one point, she dated Ira Einhorn, also known as the Unicorn Killer after he murdered his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux, and hid her corpse. Condit was taking medication that deadened her sense of smell, so she […]
B & S About Movies podcast Episode 153: Death Is Not the End
This episode, I’m going deep into Death Is Not the End, a totally lost documentary about past and future lives. You can read a lot about it here. This is the kind of high-level weirdness that I love the most, so get ready for me to talk your ear off breathlessly for a long time. […]
Talking Starcrash on the Making Tarantino podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Phillip is joined by friend, movie lover, host of the B and S About Movies Podcast, co-host of Drive-In Asylum on YouTube and also co-host of a new podcast called Nightmare USA, Sam Panico. You can listen to us discuss Starcrash! Phillip starts the show by reading the general […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Initiation of Sarah was on the CBS Late Movie on January 1 and July 7, 1982. Originally airing on February 6, 1978, this movie reminds me of a very important lesson: the occult was everywhere in the 1970s, and it was ready to mess up your life. The film opens with Sarah (Kay Lenz, House), […]
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