Reminiscing about her 1950s escapades in Hollywood, Maila Nurmi (aka Vampira) turns to the camera and says, “Of course, I thought I was from another planet.” That’s why we love her.…
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Joseph A. Ziemba
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The Transylvania Chamber of Commerce just opened their second bottle of French cognac tonight. They’re celebrating because they’ve figured out a surefire way to drum up some cash-flow during the tourist…
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The moldy scent of pointlessness has shuffled into the living room. I’ll do what I can to help. Screams of a Winter Night is a PG-rated, low-budget anthology horror film from…
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Remember the days of pining for ratty copies of films like The Atomic Brain aka Monstrosity on VHS? Possibly forking out $15-20 a piece? Sure, there was a certain romanticism to photocopied covers from…
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For a full exploration of the 1980s SOV revolution, pick up BLEEDING SKULL! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey (Headpress, 2013). It’s a brisk Friday night in June, 1987. You shuffle into Dave’s…
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Spending a few minutes with The Thrill Killers is like leafing through a vintage copy of Monster World in your parents’ attic, watching an old VHS of The Beatles on Ed…
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It’s funny how the passage of time can affect a film. Take this one, for instance. Ridiculous? An absolute bore? To stuffy minds of earlier decades, perhaps those descriptions are apt.…
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Poor Eduardo. With Blood of the Vampires, fab director Gerry De Leon returns for his second and final atypical vampire film for Hemisphere Pictures. Like The Blood Drinkers (1966), De Leon…
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For a full exploration of the 1980s SOV revolution, pick up a copy of BLEEDING SKULL! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey (Headpress, 2013). It’s a brisk Friday night in June, 1985. You’ve…
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This movie opens with forty-three seconds of orchestral exotica and slime monsters hanging out in a motel parking lot. Sold! For no good reason, ten-foot-tall Slime People have risen from the…
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After 90 minutes of duotone dreams, I’m certain of one thing: The Blood Drinkers is a vampire film like no other. Director Gerry De Leon, a Hemisphere Pictures/Blood Island mainstay, steeps…
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As a fly-on-the-wall peek into the sleazy side of late 1970s Hollywood, The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher is captivating. As a narrative film, it’s utterly pointless. But that’s…
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This might be the longest 77 minutes of your life. But at least it’s filmed in Psycho-Rama. There’s nothing quite like a Stinker With A Gimmick. Allegedly presented in Psycho-Rama, a…
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You’re just in time. Our tiny vessel was beginning to leave port. As the salty air swifts clearer and the sleaze bubbles just below the water’s surface, I believe I detect…
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Blood Of The Zombie opens with this declaration: ”For all you lovers of high class music and art, The Breeding Room has a special treat for you!” So does director Barry…
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Gentlemen, I’m glad you’ve brought your cumberbuns. Ladies, those “special occasion” broaches look awfully nice. The needle has just hit vinyl on Shoji Yokouchi’s Romantic Latin Guitar LP. Now that we’re…
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“I know that you think this is just a story. Well, it’s more than that. It’s a true story that happened ALMOST this way.” — Moonshiner’s Woman (1968) Duncan yo-yo champion.…
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After watching this movie for 86 minutes, I have no answers. But I’m not alone — the synopsis on the back of the DVD case couldn’t even get the facts straight.…
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“The Shoes Of Nude Murder Victim Are Still Missing!” That’s a newspaper headline from The Fat Black Pussycat. I should mention that this particular scene appears only in the outtakes. The…
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“This man’s name is John Austin Frasier. He lived in Chicago, Illinois. He now resides at the state mental hospital. We are saddened to tell you that this tragic condition was…