Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Eyewash (1959)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. Robert Breer occupies a singular space in the history of experimental animation. His work—often […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Fraternity Vacation (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fraternity Vacation was on USA Up All Night eleven times: March 25 (twice), August 19 and December 30, 1989; August 24, 1990; January 25 and 26, July 20 and November 11, 1991 and February 15 and 28, 1992. We start not just in cold, snowy Iowa, but in black and white. Two fraternity brothers, Larry […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Fragment of Seeking (1946)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. Curtis Harrington had a career trajectory that oscillated from occult underground circles to the […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Lunchbox (1992)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lunchbox was on USA Up All Night on November 8, 1991; May 9 and December 26, 1992; January 29, July 16 and October 9, 1993. CC (Brad J. Silverman, who directed and wrote the religious movie Selfie Dad) and Waldo (Johnathon Gorman, a veteran of teen staples like Hot Times at Montclair High and Virgin […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Ballet Mecanique (1924)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. A Dadaist post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by Fernand Léger in collaboration […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Babe Watch (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Babe Watch was on USA Up All Night on April 18, 1987 and December 13, 1997. Rick Sloane is the undisputed king of the USA Up All Night movie, and with Babe Watch, he manages to capture that specific lightning-in-a-bottle stupidity that makes his work—like the Vice Academy series—beloved works of, well, I guess art […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Body Slam (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Body Slam was on USA Up All Night on July 19, 1991 and January 20 and July 28, 1995. This movie nearly didn’t come out. Dirk Benedict, who stars in Body Slam, has said that he and director Hal Needham (Megaforce, Rad) fought with the film’s writer-producer team, Steve Burkow and Shel Lytton. Burkow had no other […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: POE (2012)
Week 3 (July 5 – 11) – Maverick Entertainment Group One of the most overlooked and consistent low-budget film companies of the 21st century, they’ve been full steam ahead in the streaming era while other indies have cratered. From the Maverick Entertainment Group website: Founded in 1997, Maverick continues to be a leading distributor and producer of […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Mugsy’s Girls (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mugsy’s Girls was on USA Up All Night on June 26, 1992; July 14, September 3 and December 3, 1993; February 5, April 4 and May 7, 1994. “Everybody knows wrestling is fixed.” Also known as Delta Pi, this is a movie where the stakes are simple, classic and absurd. A group of sorority sisters discovers […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: The Deadly Bees (1966)
Based on H.F. Heard’s 1941 novel A Taste for Honey, this Freddie Francis film-part of UK science fiction and horror history-predates the 70s killer bee craze by nearly 10 years. You know, singers don’t just get exhausted today and have to escape from reality. They used to in 1966, Vicki Robbins (Suzanna Leigh, Lust for a […]
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