GEORGE ROMERO TRIBUTE: Knightriders (1981)
Following the success of Dawn of the Dead — and the cottage industry that it brought to Italy with the near insta-sequel Zombi 2 and many lesser rate retreads — George Romero made another play to escape the horror genre with an incredibly personal film — Knightriders. Inspired by the Society for Creative Anachronism — one need only drive […]
GEORGE ROMERO TRIBUTE: Martin (1978)
In the five years between The Crazies and Martin, much had changed, both in the life of George Romero and his adopted hometown of Pittsburgh. After the post-World War II economic boom, an outdated manufacturing base — that had already been overextended for the past two decades — was further taxed by hostile relationships between management and […]
GEORGE ROMERO TRIBUTE: The Crazies (1973)
After the lessons of There’s Always Vanilla and Season of the Witch, The Crazies (also known as Code Name: Trixie) brings George Romero back to familiar territory: the towns surrounding Pittsburgh and how they deal with the collapse of society in the wake of a science fiction-related calamity. Shot on location in Evans City and Zelienople — 30 miles north of […]
GEORGE ROMERO TRIBUTE: Season of the Witch (1973)
The more you get into exploitation films, the more you get used to the same movie being released under many different names. Like this film, which started as Jack’s Wife, was retitled and recast as a soft core porn movie called Hungry Wives, then became Season of the Witch after the success of Dawn of the Dead, then became a lost film for […]
GEORGE ROMERO TRIBUTE: There’s Always Vanilla (1971)
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be reviewing several of George Romero’s most well-known — and in this case, least known — works. As a filmmaker that came from Sam’s hometown, as well as one of most interesting voices in American genre filmmaking, there’s plenty to celebrate. Rather than focus on a film like Night of […]
GEORGE ROMERO WEEK IS NEXT WEEK!
In case you didn’t know, we’re from Pittsburgh (actually, I’m from Ellwood City, PA — feet away from where Day of the Dead was filmed and Becca is from Detroit/Las Vegas, but spent summers here). As we’re both horror fans, the passing of George Romero is a big deal. I’ve decided to watch some of his films […]
NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: Rocktober Blood (1984)
I could have been the best, I could have had it made. Because of you and all the rest I wound up in a grave. In my dying day, revenge I swore I’d take. Now your time is running out! Let’s kill for killing’s sake! 1984’s Rocktober Blood starts with Billy “Eye” Harper singing “I’m Back” while […]
NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare (1987)
I’m 2:25 into this movie and I’m already screaming at the TV in glee. A farmhouse, somewhere that feels like Canada, with a mother — who has hair that feels like the 80s — is making eggs and calling everyone to eat. Then, a scream, to which her husband replies with all the intensity of […]
Episode 70 – The Paperboy
This episode, we’re watching the 1994 Canadian thriller The Paperboy. A kid who wants a family so bad, he’ll kill just about anyone and everything to get it — or maybe he’s just Canadian and a little bit off. Either way, you can listen to it here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/bandsaboutmovies/episodes/2017-07-19T20_38_46-07_00
NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: The Gate (1987)
Tibor Takács (director of I, Madman) and a young Stephen Dorff take pre-teen trauma and metal love to the limit in this one. (And thanks to Scarecrow Video’s 2020 Psychotronic Challenge for October, it’s now off the list!) Glen (Dorff, who smokes those blu cigs in commercials and makes Becca sigh and was also bad […]
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