A guy (mullet, topless) and a girl (no mullet, topless) are making out in a pick-up truck. A stranger comes out of the misty woods. He’s wearing black boots—a sure sign…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I don’t just live life. I attack it. So when the theme song from Fatal Games told me to “Take it to…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Fatal Images introduced the concepts of wearing one’s pajamas under one’s clothes (“It saves time at night!”) and decorating police stations with…
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This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. When you watch a film by Mark and John Polonia, you understand…
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Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has spent much of his career creating “one-minute sculptures,” in which people hold awkward positions with random objects. Many involve people sticking their head through pieces of…
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Pete Walker made horror films that get the blood pumping. After a slew of fun 1960s softcore romps, creeps became Walker’s stock and trade. Combining social angst with stylized exploitation, Walker…
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I’m always keyed up for a quick trip to Miami. Grinter, don’t fail me now. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Brad F. Grinter, brothers William and Harry Kerwin, Doug…
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Someone went on vacation and brought us a souvenir called Flesh Freaks. FLESH FREAKS!!! College students Barry and Stan have a lot on their minds. Barry has just returned to Toronto…
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I like change. I like it when I’m challenged to grow and adapt to whatever path life takes. Change helps us to focus and make things better. We learn from it.…
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I wouldn’t buy a used car from Donn Davison — I’d buy the entire lot. When it comes to the 1970s Cryptozoology/Paranormal/UFO craze, I don’t ask for much. A brief runtime.…
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Narrator: “The Deadbeat Drive-In. A place where you’re always welcome — no one will bother you.” Dr. Wolf Von Frank: “Get that electricity…uh…set up. Get that antenna set up! I’m not…
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In ninth grade, I was failing geometry. Each problem was an impossible riddle involving points, surfaces, and other trash. My brain refused to accept it. I felt helpless and frustrated. I…
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If it’s Halloween and Jason and Michael Myers are stalking a group of teens AND the film is scored with Beastie Boys songs and Rob Zombie songs AND several of the…
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In 1962, The Crystals sang, “He’s a rebel and he’ll never ever be understood.” The Phil Spector production was a runaway #1 hit in the U.S., but peaked at #19 on…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. If there is any justice in this world, Renee Harmon is now sitting on a cloud next to God. Writer-producer-actor Harmon had…
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When a movie called Fuck the Devil opens with a scene of a baby crawling across a floor, it’s safe to assume that something bad will happen to that baby. Enter…
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After watching Fuck the Devil, I was convinced that the best 40 minutes of my life were over and it was all downhill from there. Then Nightmare Feddy showed up during…
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A prison inmate has escaped and now he’s stealing a car and making a run for it. He goes where all escaped convicts go—the idyllic countryside, where one can find the…
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Reality is the enemy. We escape into movies and books and comics and our homicidal fantasies because the world we live in isn’t as satisfying as it should be. Occasionally, one…
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Psychedelics are having a moment. Denver, Oakland, Ann Arbor, Seattle, and Detroit all decriminalized psilocybin. So if you go there, the cops won’t bother you while you smell sounds and hear…