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…
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There’s a gang of teenage bullies and a vengeful schoolgirl with a scythe, what could possibly go wrong? Nothing. Nothing can go wrong. Absolutely everything is right thanks to The Machine…
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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…
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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 lifetime ago, I lived in a gentrifying neighborhood. Where, on one…
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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…
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This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Here’s what I did when I was 23 years old: Go to…
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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…
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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.…