Not all movies are good. American Psycho 2 and Caddyshack II are two examples of that. In fact, one of them was never meant to be a sequel.
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What’s a sleepwalker? How about shapeshifting energy vampires that survive off the energy of virgins, who can cast illusions, move things with their minds and transform into werecats? Oh yeah and their biggest weakness is cats, who can see them and kill them with their claws. And before we forget, the only way the males can feed their female mothers is by having sex with them. Got all that? Then if you can get your head around all of that, you’re ready for Sleepwalkers.
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You can see why the movie happened. Producer Allan Carr was riding high off the success of Grease. Disco had finally hit the mainstream with Saturday Night Fever. And there was probably so much coke going around that everyone had a constant nasal drip. The time was ripe for what people had been clamoring for: the origin story of the Village People. Except that, well, maybe people didn’t want that by the time the movie was made.
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I was on Making Tarantino to discuss Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss.
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In a Mexican convent and orphanage, a new girl named Justine arrives. She becomes close with another orphan named Alucarda, who was born in a mysterious barn and may be evil before this film even starts. In fact, she often appears in the film out of the shadows, filled with menace and questioning everyone’s faith.
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Legend has it that David Cronenberg for the idea for the torture TV channel that lends its name to his opus Videodrome from this Joe D’Amato film, which is also known as Trap Them and Kill Them. Think of this — a film that upset Cronenberg for its mash-up of snuff, cannibalism and sex. Take it from me. This one totally lives up to its promise. Or lives down. You almost have to appreciate it for how lurid it is, as if it just screams at you, “I am the kind of movie you should feel ashamed for watching.”
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You can buy this as part of Severin’s Black Emanuelle box set.
Night Train to Terror is a movie — well, three movies — that has fascinated me for years. I’ve written about the film more than once but I decided to put a video essay together on just how strange it is and how wonderfully odd the people who made it are.
Get ready for nearly half an hour of a deep dive into everything I know about this movie, creator Philip Yordan, the actors, the music and more.
Thanks to genre historian Mike Justice for contributing to this video.
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Robert Urich. Soleil Moon Frey. Joanna Cassidy. Patty McCormack. Michael Berryman. Barret Oliver. Kevin McCarthy.
Susan Lucci!
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The future is not a nice place. That’s what Peter Fonda wants to trip us out with. Idaho Transfer is this week’s movie.
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I had a great time talking about the Vinegar Syndrome Black Friday releases on this great podcast. Like usual, I talked for hours. Check it out and thanks to Chris for having me on.
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