There’s a certain look of a feel-good, fun-for-the-whole-family horror-ish film from the Eighties. It’s got poofy hair, oversized geometric-print tops, and pink windbreakers. Somewhere, a girl is wearing big earrings and…
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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…
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This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. In college, I lived in a co-op, which is basically a boardinghouse…
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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…
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Love it or hate it, found footage has earned a spot in the pantheon of horror, alongside slashers, possessions, the occult, haunted houses, beasties, and shitty kids. I’m the first to…
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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:…
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The first ten seconds of Robotrix tells you everything you need to know: the son of an Arabian oil tycoon slithers into a pool with three topless ladies who argue over…
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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…
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There are certain elements we’ve all come to expect from low-budget, DIY action films: amateur karate, workout montages, bad haircuts, amped up dialogue delivered in a strong regional accent, a foot…
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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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My beloved friends, come gather around me and a few well-heeled Miss Asia contestants so I can tell you a little story about a curse. It’s a special curse—a blood curse.…
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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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Geek Maggot Bingo begins with a quote: “If you cut a face lengthwise, urinate on it and trample on it with straw sandals, it is said the skin will come off.…
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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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The Godfather is considered to be one of the most influential and greatest films blah blah blah it’s 175 minutes long. And sure, it doesn’t actually feel 175 minutes long. Maybe…
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Hey! We made it! You made it! We’ve reached the end of 2022, which for us—and hopefully you—was a year full of cinematic discoveries beamed directly from other worlds. Bleeding Skull…
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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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Citizen Kane. Psycho. Jaws. Star Wars. No doubt, America has made major contributions to film. But perhaps the most iconic hallmark of American cinema is the archetype of a death-hungry maniac…