2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 17: And Soon the Darkness (1970)
DAY 17. EVIL IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: Scary stories aren’t just for the night time. A movie that’s referred to as “a sun-drenched nightmare” on its poster, Robert Fuest’s And Soon the Darkness is nearly forgotten today, which is a real shame. Fuest is probably better remembered for The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again than he […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 16: Goodbye, Franklin High (1978) and Hanging on a Star (1978)
Day 16 Rock ‘n’ Roll Miscreants: Give some screen time to the punks and/or metal heads (and Lane Caudell gives us a two-fer!) The horror-centric webzine Bloody Disgusting recently posted a story about a gritty, low-budgeted horror film, Getaway Girls (2020), written and directed by Toran Caudell who, as a teen, found success as an […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 16: Thunder Alley (1985) and Second Time Lucky (1984)
Day 16 Rock ‘n’ Roll Miscreants: Give some screen time to the punks and/or metal heads (and Roger Wilson gave us a two-fer: for it’s all about the watch options) Confessions of a Fan Ask any male teenager haunting the racks of video stores in the ‘80s who their two favorite actresses were—this writer included—and […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 16: duBeat-e-o, aka Du-Beat-e-o (1984)
Day 16 Rock ‘n’ Roll Miscreants: Give some screen time to the punks and/or metal heads Strap yourself in. Get ready for the rock ‘n’ roll adventures of film and television visionary Alan Sacks (aka Alan ‘duBeat-e-o’ Shapiro) and the film debut of Joan Jett. (And fair warning: this review is admittedly unhinged . . […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 16: Stunt Rock (1978)
Day 16. Rock ‘n’ Roll Miscreants: Give some screen time to the punks and/or metal heads. “It’s super human, super music, super magic and super amazing! You’ll be compelled over the edge of sight and sound and under the spell of mind-boggling action and music! Pushed to the danger zone! It’s a death wish at […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15 Option 2: Blue Sunshine (1978)
DAY 15. PICK YOUR POISON: One with some drugs in it. Turn on, tune in…and freak out! You know why I’ve never done acid? This movie right here. After all, it has an “inspired by true events” square up in the end credits. After a series of seemingly unconnected murders in Los Angeles, only one […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: Skidoo (1968)
DAY 15. PICK YOUR POISON: One with some drugs in it. Turn on, tune in…and freak out! Otto Preminger was the king of the issue movie. To wit: The Man With the Golden Arm (drug addiction), Advise & Consent (homosexuality), Anatomy of a Murder (rape), Hurry Sundown (racial and sexual taboos) and The Cardinal (which touches on everything from […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge: Day 14: The Neptune Factor (1973)
Day 14 S.T.D Madness!: Science, Transformations & Dabbling: A cracked scientist’s creative palette This writer was a wee lad when 1973’s The Neptune Factor played at the neighborhood duplex. Equipped with nothing but the television and print ads we, the grade school-era Ralph McQuarries, feverish drew our Neptune submarine art class recreations, anticipating our parents […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Blue Monkey (1987)
DAY 14. S.T.D. Madness: No, not syphilitic symptoms! Science, Transformation & Dabbing; a cracked scientist’s creative palette. Producer Sandy Howard (A Man Called Horse, The Neptune Factor — look for that one in oh, a few hours on our site, The Devil’s Rain!, Meteor) had a three-picture deal with RCA-Columbia back in the glorious days of […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 13: Lucky Ghost (1942)
DAY 13. DO YOU FEEL LUCKY, PUNK?: A film about luck; good, bad or ugly. William Beaudine — as we discussed back when we watched Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter — came back from England in 1937 and had a rough time re-establishing himself with American studios. He ended up directing all-black films, realizing that […]
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