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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Joseph A. Ziemba
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At one point during Into the Black, a roundhouse kick is intercut with a close-up of someone cracking a can of Stroh’s beer. It feels so nice to be back in…
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Not since Ogroff have children been dismembered with such spectacular gusto as in The Curse of Kazuo Umezu. But that tracks. Kazuo Umezu’s The Drifting Classroom is my favorite horror manga…
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1974: The Possession of Altair proves once again that every horror movie would be better if it was shot on Super 8 film. Somewhere in Mexico, Altair and Manuel celebrate their…
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Book 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…
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Book Now Closing the gap between dreams and reality, Fabio Salerno’s films are the missing link between Dario Argento and George & Mike Kuchar. Deep Night—the first feature-length horror film from…
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Book Now Closing the gap between dreams and reality, Fabio Salerno’s films are the missing link between Dario Argento and George & Mike Kuchar. The Other Dimension—Salerno’s accomplished horror anthology—delves into…
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All About Mighty Lady isn’t the Dolly Parton biopic that we’ve all been waiting for. But it’s something just as delightful. After a miniature Death Star flies over Earth, the superhero…
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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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During the opening minutes of this movie, a narrator says: “Due to a rare embryonic mutation, two infants were joined as one flesh and came into this world as freaks.” I…
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In an interview on the Blu-ray of The Shining, filmmaker Ernest Dickerson said: “The best horror movies are the ones that follow you home.” I love that quote. It’s so simple…
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AGFA + Bleeding Skull was a collaboration with our friends at the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) from 2018-22. Purchase the Fuck the Devil Special Edition Blu-ray here. Exploding out of the…
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One night, I was really high. I floated down a YouTube rabbit hole, as one is wont to do when high. That’s when I discovered video game walkthroughs, which are recordings…
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I don’t want to bring the room down. But out of all the schemes concocted to exploit a celebrity death, none is more ghoulish than Dana Plato’s Last Breath. This CD-magazine…
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This is the Robocop sequel I’ve always wanted to see. In 1969, Toei Company launched the Toei Cartoon Festival, an annual summer event that showcased their upcoming TV shows in theaters.…
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At some point, every generation inevitably feels that all the good stories have been told and there’s nothing left to say. It makes sense, especially in the 21st century. The more…
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I wish that I wasn’t allergic to cats. Because if that was the case, I could adopt one. And then, in addition to all the head bumps, cuddles, and belly rubs…
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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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AGFA + Bleeding Skull was a collaboration with our friends at the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) from 2018-22. Purchase the Wicked World Special Edition Blu-ray here. In 1989, filmmaker Barry J.…
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Fun fact: The artwork on vintage arcade game cabinets is one of the most significant cultural achievements of humankind. From the backlit haze of the marquees to the wild collages on…