FUCKED UP FUTURES: Gas-s-s-s (1970)
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It would be the last movie that Roger Corman would direct for AIP. And it would be the last film he’d helm for nearly twenty years, too. Why? Turns out Corman was unhappy to the cuts made to the film (AIP and Corman […]
FUCKED UP FUTURES: Idaho Transfer (1973)
Karen Braden just got out of a mental hospital. Now, her father and sister, Isa, have taken her to a secret government facility in Idaho where they’re working on matter transference. However, they’ve learned how to travel through time instead, which has taught them a sad fact: an ecological event will soon wipe out civilization. […]
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
I was in a meeting with some business friends early this year when we started to discuss the troubling nature of how films from the past seem horrifying when viewed through the prism of today’s more woke culture. In fact, that conversation is exactly when I decided to take our podcast and turn it into this […]
FUCKED UP FUTURES: 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
One of the nice things about an Italian ripoff film is that it allows us to revisit the worlds of our favorite movies. You don’t need any exposition or set up — you already know all about how New York City got even worse from Escape from New York. Just sit back and enjoy, because Enzo G. […]
FUCKED UP FUTURES: A Boy and His Dog (1975)
There’s nothing like the bond between a man and his dog. So many of the entries on this site are written in the middle of the night, as our dog likes to wake me up at 3 AM to go for a walk, then I can’t go back to sleep. Vic (a very young Don […]
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (2017)
Few things get me more emotional than Andy Kaufman. Even hearing a few words of R.E.M.’s “Man on the Moon” makes my eyes well up. I remember watching his early appearances live on Saturday Night Live and the night he got into a fist fight on Fridays. And while I was alive for his descent into pro […]
FUCKED UP FUTURES: Logan’s Run (1976)
In the 23rd century, life is total pleasure. Except, you know, you die when you’re 30. If you can live with that, you can be part of Logan’s Run. 1970’s science fiction — pre-Star Wars is intellectual, overthought and sometimes, really slow. That’s my best explanation of this film. If you’re expecting an action-packed rollercoaster of a film, you’re […]
The Return of the Exorcist (1975)
I discovered this film at Cult Action, where they described it as “one of the most ridiculous clones of The Exorcist of all time,” and after a month or more of watching films that were — shall we say — influenced by that film, this one lives up to the hype. This one has tons […]
The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave (1971)
Emilio Paolo Miraglia created two giallo — this film and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. This one goes more into the horror realm than the typical themes of the genre. Lord Alan Cunningham starts this movie off by running away from an insane asylum, a place he’s been since the death of his redheaded […]
Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
Based on the 2001 book Beware the Night by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool, this film claims that it was inspired by the actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant, a throwback to 1970’s Satanic film. Directed by Scott Derrickson (Dr. Strange, Sinister), it’s a stylish modern take on those films and their various tropes. Where those […]
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