Check Sam out on The Necrocasticon podcast!

Want to hear Sam talk way too much about drive-ins, wrestling, his love of horror and pick his top ten drive-in horror movies? Good news. He guest starred on The Necrocasticon podcast, which blends horror fiction with heavy metal. Each week they find a common link between a horror property and heavy metal music and talk about it.

The esteemed panel of experts in the field of metal and all things that are scary on the show includes our host and moderator; fledgling horror writer, veteran podcaster and internet journalist Token Tom Clark, musician Maxx Axe, and horror fan Smoking Walt Hades.

Of course, Sam had to bring up Trick or Treat, because if you want to talk metal movies, that’s the best choice there can be.

You can listen to it right here.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Week Round Up!

Phew! We did it! Sam and I set out to spend a week reviewing rock n’ roll flicks for the week of July 19th to the 25th and went overboard – as is the B&S About Movies modus operandi — with 55 films. Things got so nuts — why do I let Sam’s brilliant ideas for “theme weeks” get me into these messes — that we also did a special “Drive-In Saturday” featurette to go with our usual “Drive-In Friday” weekly feature.

And we still didn’t get to them all!

So be on the lookout for our “Rock ‘n’ Roll Week II” rolling out the week of September 20th to the 26th with another 50-plus films.

No Sleep ’til Sunrise!

Image courtesy of My Hot Posters/text courtesy of PicFont

Here’s the list!

American Satan (2017)
Another State of Mind (1984)
Battle of the Mods (1966)
Blackhearts (2017)
Blank Generation (1980)
Breaking Glass (1980)
Bula Quo! (2013)
Cha Cha (1979)
Color Me Obsessed (2011)
Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)
Cotton Candy (1978)
Daddy-O (1958)
Dangerous Youth (1957)
Darktown Strutters (1977)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization III (1998)
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
Down On Us (1984)
duBeat-e-o (1984)
Exploring: Ten Tangerine Dream Soundtracks
GG Allin: All in the Family (2017)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
Hair (1979)
Hanging on a Star (1978)
Hangin’ Out (1983)
Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies (1993)
Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
I Am Thor (2015)
It’s a Complex World (1991)
Josie and the Pussycats (2011)
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
Lo Sound Desert (2015)
Musical Mutiny (1970)
The Mentors: Kings of Sleaze (2018)
Never Too Young To Rock (1976)
Pennsylvania Hardcore (2014)
Rock-a-Die, Baby (1975)
Rock All Night (1957)
Rockbitch: Bitchcraft (1997)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel (1983)
Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956)
Rocktober Blood (1984)
Rocktober Blood 2
Rollercoaster (1977)
Saturday Night Special (1994)
Second Time Lucky (1984)
Seven Notes of Terror (1984)
Sex & Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll (2010)
Shake, Rattle and Rock (1956)
Shock ‘Em Dead (1990)
Son of Dracula (1974)
Song of the Succubus (1975)
Space is the Place (1972)
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)
Stunt Rock (1978)
Suburbia (1983)
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
Thunder Alley (1985)
Theory of Obscurity (2015)
20th Century Oz (1976)
Until the Light Takes Us All (2008)
Vinyl (2012)

Drive-In Friday: Movie Punks
La Venganza de Los Punks (1987)
Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains (1982)
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)

Drive-In Saturday: Punk Night II
Punk In London (1977)
The Punk Rock Movie (1978)
D.O.A (1980)
Urgh! A Music War (1980)

And here’s a couple of older “Drive-In Fridays” concerned with rock . . .

Musician Slashers Night
Zombie Nightmare
Blood Harvest
Kiss Daddy Goodbye
Blood Song

Heavy Metal Horror Night
Monster Dog
Blood Tracks
Terror on Tour
Hard Rock Zombies

And it all began back in June 2017, then April 2018, with out first theme weeks!

No False Metal Week
Messed Up and Musical

WHAT? MORE ROCK? Don’t forget that there is a “Rock ‘n’ Roll Week II” to jam on! And there’s a third installment week coming in the last week of August. We’re crazy that way.

My Light Stratocaster” courtesy of Rome-based artist-photographer Andrea/Flickr.

Happy viewing . . . and rock!

About the Author: You can learn more about the writings of R.D Francis on Facebook. He also writes for B&S About Movies and publishes short stories and music reviews on Medium.

ROKU users: Check out Midnight Movie Unchained!

Today, MVD and Rue Morgue sent us word of their new ROKU service, MIDNIGHT MOVIE UNCHAINED.

This FREE horror-centric curated channel offers free with ads movies “carefully selected from the vast MVD film catalog, from underground horror to cult classics.”

For those curious about Midnight Movie Society — their paid service — this new channel is a great way to see what they have in store.

A quick scan of the offerings shows some good picks like FrancescaMrs. ClausPatrickThe VelocipastorShark ExorcistNext of KinHouse SharkSecret SantaThe Neon DeadInvasion of the Blood FarmersDark WatersThe Other Hell, Jess Franco’s Devil HunterDeath Warmed UpThe UncannyZombie 3Eaten Alive! and many more.

For more details, visit the Roku Channel Store.

New movies on Tubi from Wild Eye Releasing!

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You may have noticed that we review quite a bit of films from these guys. That’s because they put out some fun content!

Beyond their DVD and streaming releases — and a ROKU channel — they also have been posting plenty of stuff free on Tubi.

Of these movies, we’ve only seen Soft Matter. Check them out — want to review them for our site? We’d love that!

Remember! Only boring people are bored! Stay sane! Watch an insane movie!

Tubi Wild Eye

Accommodations released May 5

Accommodations is available to stream on VOD on May 5, 2020.

Distributed by Distribution Solutions / Alliance Entertainment and GVN Distribution, it will be available to stream on Amazon, Fandango Now, GooglePlay, iTunes and MovieSpree, plus cable platforms Charter, Cox, Comcast, Spectrum, and Shaw (Canada).

A Manhattan wife and mother, with an enviably luxurious lifestyle, disrupts her family’s status quo when she decides to quit “accommodating” those around her and embarks on a self-styled creative journey to find fulfillment.

Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross (The Pleasure of Your Presence), Accommodations stars Kat Foster (Bad Teacher) and Patrick Heusinger (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back) and Deborah Rush (Orange is the New Black).

Thanks to Distribution Solutions / Alliance Entertainment and GVN Distribution for giving us advanced info on this movie. Look for a review soon!