WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Pink Garter Gang (1971)
Directed by one-and-done director Jimmy Murphy, who co-wrote it with The Killers screenwriter Ray Chavez Vegas, The iInk Garter Gang is, as the poster tells us, all about Billy Boy and his five girl gang and they’re wired for action! They rob for kicks, fortune and thrills! Some of the ads also say, “These hot pants chicks […]
Murder, She Wrote S3 E19: No Accounting for Murder (1987)
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble again when his boss is found dead and he is the main suspect. Season 3, Episode 19: No Accounting for Murder (March 22, 1987) Jessica investigates when her nephew, a junior executive for a large accounting firm, is charged with tax fraud and the murder of his boss. Who’s […]
PURE TERROR MONTH: Frankenstein ’80 (1972)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bill Van Ryn is the man behind the website Groovy Doom and the zine Drive-In Asylum. He’s the inspiration for me to write more about movies. I’ve seen the movie Frankenstein ’80 a number of times already, and I still can’t point to any reason that it carries this title. If there is an explanation […]
All of the 2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge movies in one place
We did it for the second year in a row! The Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge is a great way to discover new movies and expand your mind. R. D Francis and I spent plenty of time watching some awesome movies, which you can discover below. Check out Scarecrow Video and donate some money to their fine […]
2019 Psychotronic Scarecrow Challenge: Day 31: The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
Day 34 The Gold Watch: One set in a retirement home or elderly community (or elderly Satanic coven) You’d think I would have learned by now to research a film on B&S Movies before I write a review. Hey, it’s an L.Q Jones project and you can never, ever get enough of the very cool […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 31: Homebodies (1974)
Day 31 The Gold Watch: One set in a retirement home or elderly community For next year’s 2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge, one of the days should be “H.B.O Exposed: Movies you first saw in the ‘80s on H.B.O.” Where would I begin: A Little Romance, Breaking Glass, The Great Santini, Hot Stuff, One Trick Pony, […]
Psychotronic Challenge 2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 31: American Gothic
DAY 31. THE GOLD WATCH: One set in a retirement home or elderly community. A fitting wrap-up, eh? John Hough quietly has become one of my favorite directors to seek out. His Hammer effort, Twins of Evil, is one of the best late era films that the studio would make, the perfect blend of Hammer’s […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 30: Don’t Panic (1988)
DAY 30. IT’S YOUR SPECIAL DAY: Brutal birthdays. It appears like director and screenwriter Ruben Galindo Jr. wanted to make his own version of A Nightmare On Elm Street but somewhere along the way he decided to he’d like to make a Mexican version of an American teen sitcom, too. Honestly, if you told me Ruben […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 29: Pandemonium (1982)
DAY 29. COMEDY OF TERRORS: A matter of laughter at the splatter of the matter. A funny one, duh. There was a time, let’s call it 1983, where we couldn’t just sit down and instantly find any single movie from anywhere in the world and any point in time. You might think that that would […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 28: The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989)
DAY 28. A LORELESS YARN: One based on a true story. Based on Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers by Darcy O’Brien, this was the first Hillside Strangler movie to ever be made. It stars Dennis Fraina, acting against type as Angelo Buono and Billy Zane in an ill-looking hairstyle that one suspects is […]
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