WEIRD WEDNESDAY: They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
Directed by Elliott Hong and written by David B. Randolph and Tim Clawson, They Call Me Bruce? begins with a young Bruce watching his grandfather die and being unable to save him. He tells the boy that a beautiful woman in America will take care of him. Then we see that Bruce (Johnny Yune) has become […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Texas Lightning (1981)
Gary Graver was many things—a film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer — and, as Robert McCallum, the director and cinematographer of 135 adult movies. He’s in the Adult Video News Hall of Fame for his work, including Amanda By Night, Coed Fever, Suzie Superstar and Unthinkable, which won the AVN Award for Best All-Sex Video […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 23, 1966 at 1:00 a.m. Directed, written and produced by Michael Carreras (with a little screenplay assist from Alvin Rakoff), The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb drops us straight into Egypt in the year 1900 as Englishmen John Bray (Ronald […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2026: Ghost Son (2007)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again host a fundraiser for Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: Bava (Mario or Lamberto) Lamberto Bava is not his […]
WEIRD WENESDAY: Terrorvision (1986)
Movies like this are why we created this website. Terrorvision is a lunatic voyage into the 80s, with its tongue planted so firmly in its cheek that it’s gorily popping out the other side. It’s one of the strangest films you’ll see. And it gets a high recommendation from us. Why? Ted Nicolaou directed more than […]
2026 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: The Secret Cinema (1966)
14. SUBJECT TO SURVEILLABILITY: Ever feel like you’re being watched? Decades before reality TV, live-streaming and The Truman Show, Paul Bartel’s surreal paranoia classic, The Secret Cinema, proved that someone is always watching. Before he gave us the glorious, dystopian carnage of Death Race 2000 or Eating Raoul, Bartel cobbled together $5,000, snagged leftover black-and-white […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Terror (1978)
Norman J. Warren is the kind of director who knows exactly what you want. You aren’t coming to one of his movies to learn some life lesson or to go to a salon and debate afterward. No, you’re here for all the reasons that you watch horror and exploitation movies. You want to be shocked, […]
NIGHTMARE USA PODCAST episode 9: Crazed
In this episode, Adam and Sam watch their Ps and Qs as they explore the tortured minds of Grahame and Karen in Richard Cassidy’s 1978 film Crazed (AKA Slipping Into Darkness AKA Bloodshed). You can listen to the show on Spreaker and Spotify. Watch Crazed on YouTube here Email us at nightmareusapod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @nightmareusapod Follow Adam on Letterboxd: […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The X from Outer Space (1967)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The X From Outer Space was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 30, 1968 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, December 13, 1969 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, August 22, 1970 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, August 21 1971 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 18, 1973 at 1:00 a.m. Thanks to American International Television (AITV), The X from […]
WEIRD WEDNESDSAY: Terminal Island (1973)
Terminal Island has been created as an offshore island prison after the abolition of the death penalty by the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, first-degree murderers are sent there to spend the rest of their lives battling to remain alive in what has become a lawless place. Kind of like Escape from New York, only eight […]
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