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Joseph A. Ziemba

  • Reviews

    Alien Beasts (1991)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Human beings need empathy. It’s what keeps us healthy and our minds…

  • Home Video Catalog

    Blonde Death (BS-001)

    Buy Now Shot for $2000 on video by “James Dillinger” (aka author James Robert Baker) and produced by Los Angeles art collective EZTV, BLONDE DEATH is a savage blast of underground…

  • Reviews

    Bad Magic (1998)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. A few years ago, I was shocked to learn that eating ice…

  • Reviews

    Conrad Brooks vs. the Werewolf (1994)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. “What’s it feel like to be in a Rocky Nelson movie?” That’s…

  • Reviews

    The Oracle (1985)

    It’s not easy being a Roberta Findlay fan. In an interview that appears on the Blu-ray of The Oracle, Findlay admits that she hates horror movies (“I don’t like them at…

  • Reviews

    Beasties (1991)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. There isn’t a science to success. But projects are more likely to…

  • Features

    Shorts That Tore Our Heads Off: Volume 8

    Short films are like Hi-Chews — bite-size flavor explosions that should be savored before moving onto the next one, and the one after that. Given the bottomless well of compelling shorts…

  • Reviews

    Terror on Tape (1985)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Here’s even more proof that everyone involved in the early 1980s home…

  • Reviews

    The Shape (2004)

    If nothing else, fan films like The Shape prove that the music of White Zombie will outlive us all. SOB. Michael Myers is dead . . . but his mask sure…

  • Reviews

    UFO Kidnapped (1984)

    It’s 2 a.m. You are awoken from a sound sleep by a green light emanating from the window. You step outside to investigate. The glow is coming from a dense group…

  • Reviews

    Bugged (1996)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. My co-worker’s sister graduated from college last year. I can’t remember what…

  • Reviews

    Creatures From the Abyss (1994)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Italians and Floridians are responsible for the most inconceivable trash-horror movies to…

  • Reviews

    HERENCIA DIABÓLICA (1994)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Everything is better in Mexico, including Child’s Play. Tony and Annie are…

  • Reviews

    Terror on Tour (1980)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. The end credits just rolled on Terror on Tour. I think I…

  • Reviews

    Das Buch Der Blutigen Geschichten (1987-91)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I haven’t seen every movie starring Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, but…

  • Reviews

    Evil Night (1992)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. A skater named Todd Cook gets some major air off of a…

  • Reviews

    Darkness (1993)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Sometimes, all you need out of life is to see a dummy…

  • Reviews

    Ritual of Death (1990)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. In 1976, the theatrical release of Snuff was promoted with this tagline:…

  • Reviews

    Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (1987)

    Everyone remembers the first time that a personal computer changed their life. From obsessing over Minesweeper on Windows 3.1 to video chatting on an iMac G3, these moments are seared into…

  • Features

    Shorts That Tore Our Heads Off: Volume 7

    Short films are like Hi-Chews — bite-size flavor explosions that should be savored before moving onto the next one, and the one after that. Given the bottomless well of compelling shorts…

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