Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Merlin and Arthur The Lion King (2011)
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina This animated adventure takes the timeless Arthurian legend and gives it a wildly unique spin. Merlin isn’t just a wise old sorcerer; he’s an eccentric, mentorly […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Drive Angry (2011)
Week 1 (June 21 – 27) – Welcome to HELL The summer’s here, so get ready to broil! I have a real soft spot for Nicholas Cage. Sure, he’s been in some shit movies, but he’s our generation’s John Carradine, taking role after role because he’s a working actor. Who else could give us the magic of “No, […]
SRS BLU RAY RELEASE: Truth or Dare? Legacy (1986, 1994, 1998, 2011)
Originally released in 1986, Truth or Dare: A Critical Madness has become a cult horror classic. This low-budget film, shot on 16mm, still resonates with fans of 1980s horror. It gained renewed attention when Elijah Wood called it his all-time favorite horror movie. Truth or Dare remains one of the first direct-to-video, and it’s high […]
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury (2011)
I don’t know how director Garrett Brawith (who also made FDR: American Badass!) and writer Ross Patterson (Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves) got Kevin Sorbo to say some of the dialogue in this, but this movie is less a film than an exercise in saying really off-color things and then claiming that it’s a joke. Poolboy is […]
The Booth at the End (2010-2012)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Exploitation-film historian A.C. Nicholas, who has a sketchy background and hails from parts unknown in Western Pennsylvania, was once a drive-in theater projectionist and disk jockey. In addition to being a writer, editor, podcaster, voice-over artist, and sometime actor and stand-up comedian, he’s a regular guest co-host on the streaming Drive-In Asylum […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 31: Halloween Fan Films: Halloween Nightfall (2023), Michael Myers: Absolue Evil (2016), The Nightmare Ends On Halloween II (2011)
31. I REMEMBER HALLOWEEN: This night, anything goes. I hate that in the new Halloween films, we’re told the sequels no longer exist, yet they’re still endlessly referenced. Sure, I could be happy with just watching the first two films, but every year, with every new Halloween, the movies that came before seem to get […]
Mad In Italy (2011)
Director Paolo Fazzini also made Hanging Shadows: Perspectives on Italian Horror Cinema, so he understands Giallo. He is telling us about Davide (Gianluca Testa), a blue-collar worker who has lost his job, so he kidnaps “the girl” (Eleonora Bolla), an exotic dancer who is the daughter of a rich factory owner, taking her away from […]
VISUAL VENGEANCE ON TUBI: Sinister (2011)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Did you know that Visual Vengeance has a ton of movies on Tubi? It’s true. Check out this Letterboxd list and look for reviews as new movies get added. You can find this movie on Tubi. No, not the 2012 movie Sinister, but instead the 2011 Steve Sessions film. Gerard Prewitt (Lucien Eisenach) starts this movie by […]
VISUAL VENGEANCE ON TUBI: Rat Scratch Fever (2011)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Did you know that Visual Vengeance has a ton of movies on Tubi? It’s true. Check out this Letterboxd list and look for reviews as new movies get added. You can find this movie on Tubi. I’m ten minutes into this movie and I’ve already met the cybernetic Dr. Christopher Steele (Randal Malone), a krimi looking […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 22: The Whisper In Darkness (2011)
22. CTHULHU’S COHORT: Wrap your tentacles around a “weird fiction” tale. Directed and produced by Sean Branney, Andrew Leman and David Robertson, this movie was distributed by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, a group of live action role players of The Call of Cthulhu role playing game. That game’s creator, Sandy Petersen, contributed money to complete the […]
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