George Romero (1940-2017)
If you grew up in Pittsburgh loving horror movies, you knew who George Romero was. Even if you didn’t grow up here, you knew. Night of the Living Dead, his initial effort, made a lasting impression on not just the horror genre, but American film. It took awhile to create the follow up, Dawn of the Dead, […]
STARTS MONDAY! NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK!
Starting this Monday, we’re proud to present our very first theme week! We’ve specially curated only the finest films to bring you the most in movie watching joy. Do you like heavy metal? Do you like horror movies? Would you like to chocolate in your peanut butter these two tastes into one blood drenched, Satan […]
The Dungeonmaster (1984)
Let’s face it. I love portmanteau movies. From Tales from the Crypt to Asylum, The House that Dripped Blood and The Monster Club, a good part of our DVD collection is devoted to these films (mostly of the Amicus variety). 1984’s The Dungeonmaster attempts to be both a narrative and portmanteau all at the same time — to sometimes uneven results. […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 69: Terror House part 2
Bill and Mark are back to finish our review of Terror House! We discuss how this film is way too close to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; how horror movies have taught us so much about life; why Sam hated kids who watched The Waltons and Highway to Heaven; watching TV at your grandparents; the shitty […]
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
The late 60s pop art/spy fad produced some of my favorite films ever. Sure, they’re very much of their time, but they’re also rich with ideas, sumptuous design and color and great looking men and women risking life and limb to protect (or steal from) the world. From Batman to James Bond to Matt Helm, In Like Flint and Barbarella, […]
The Beyond (1981)
What can you say about Fulci that hasn’t already been said? I wonder that as I begin writing this in the middle of a rainy night. This isn’t a post that’ll change anyone’s mind about his work and the relative artistic merits (or total lack of them). But it’s one of my favorite films and […]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
There are movies. And then there are movies that change your entire life. Buckaroo Banzai is the film that changed mine. Why did I just have to be one thing when Buckaroo could be a neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and probably the last hope of the human race? “Is, ahh… is somebody… is somebody […]
Sorority House Massacre (1986)
The trailer for this film had appeared in a few compilations and every time Becca and I saw it, we thought, “That movie looks so much better than the title.” Well, we were sort of right. Sorority House Massacre is the only film Carol Frank ever directed. Before this, she was the Assistant Director on 1982’s […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 68: Terror House
Bill and Mark from Groovie Doom join us to explore Terror House, which is also the focus of the new issue of Bill’s zine Drive-In Asylum. We discuss Terror House, of course, and how it predates The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; when movies have too many titles; how to pronounce Ed Gein; Revenge from Planet Ape; […]
Jaws (1975)
I never consider what I write here to be reviews. They’re more celebrations and my thoughts on films. Most criticism is abhorrent to me — how dare someone who created nothing tear down the work of hundreds of artists, all following the call of the auteur — when they are simply throwing a few words on […]
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