At one point in this movie, Santa Claus gets shoved down by Billy, our hero, and he yells, “What the hell is wrong with that kid?” And I yelled in defense, “Santa raped his mom, you fucking asshole!” Merry Christmas, everyone, it’s time to descend into the absolute nadir of scummy movies and watch something […]
Anytime a film comes down the pipe that’s directed by an ex-rock video director or somehow connected to a musician, Sam passes that flick my way. (Grazie, amico mio.) And if it’s a forgotten, classic flick that I am reviewing for an “Exploring” or “Drive-In Friday” featurette, or a tribute week — such as, for […]
In light of B&S Movies Post-Apoc Week coinciding with the recent controversy surrounding the Hillary Swank-fronted post-apoc flick The Hunt (Wikipedia link),* it’s time to take another look at Elio Petri’s influential sci-fi/pop-art “human death sport” romp. (The film was previous reviewed by Sam as part of B&S Movies “Deadly Game Shows“ week**). While the […]
Cauldron Films has outdone themselves with three mind melting Italian blu ray releases. Do you need them? You fucking NEED them. In fact, I’m going to spend the rest of this post explaining to you in great detail why you need these movies. You can get the bundle of all three from Cauldron. Off Balance (AKA Phantom […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was on the site on September 10, 2019 but has new info added from my interview with Allan Arkush. Deathsport unites everything I love about late 1970’s junk film all in one place. It’s set after a nuclear war. It has David Carradine in it. Claudia Jennings, too. Throw in Richard Lynch, motorcycles, lucite […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was on the site on August 25, 2019. Cannonball is why I watch movies. It stars a cast of people that honestly, only someone like me would care about, and it’s made by people just as colorful, a crew of folks that would go on to dominate the film industry after emerging […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on May 24, 2020. I was telling someone who doesn’t watch movies like I do — well, that could be just about anyone — that this film has a cast packed with stars. That’s when I realized that Hollywood Boulevard has a cast that is all famous to […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on August 31, 2018. There are people that say there’s no such thing as a perfect movie. Those people have never seen Death Race 2000, a film that’s packed with pop culture references, ultraviolence, black humor, political commentary and great character moments. After the “World Crash of ’79”, […]
Also known as A Kiss from Eddie and The Arousers — that’s a title! — this is the first film that Curtis Hanson (The Little Dragons, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Eight Mile) directed. He also wrote The Silent Partner and The Dunwich Horror. The star of this movie, Tab Hunter, was a huge deal at one point. He […]
According to Stephanie Rothman, Roger Corman started this film by having James Gordon White write it, but he didn’t like the results. She, her husband Charles S. Swartz and Frances Doel plotted the idea and had Don Spencer write the actual script. Corman wanted her to direct it, but she turned it down. Enter Jack […]
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