Month: September 2026

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 […]

GENRE BLAST X: Demonetize (2026)

Influencer culture is the new slash-and-burn territory for horror, providing many victims in movies today. It’s the perfect target—vain, desperate, and begging to be offed. Alexander Boyd Watson’s Demonetize takes that premise and runs it through a meat grinder. A washed-up paranormal investigator, Martin (Sean Carrigan), is desperate to reclaim his glory days. He figures […]

WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)

Shot in Hollywood, Florida, this tale of Stanley (Wayne Crawford, under the name Scott Lawrence; he also wrote Valley Girl, Barracuda and Jake Speed) and Paul (Abe Zwick in his lone acting role) begins after they escape from Baltimore and go on the lam. Paul begins to dress in drag and act as Stanley’s Aunt Martha while falling […]

Back To Top