Films Of The Year

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…

One day we’ll all look back at 2021 with fondness. Instead of remembering the pandemic’s unnecessary sequel, we’ll remember how we spent most of the year still “stuck” inside researching and…

Clearly 2020 will be a year we remember and one we rather forget. We hope from the bottom of our black little hearts that you remained healthy and sane (but not…

In Anyab, the Egyptian rip-off of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ali faces the camera and says gravely, “If someone can think a little, he can understand everything.” Then, a ludicrous…

We’re not going to lie — 2016 was a giant dumpster fire. We lost Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Gene Wilder, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali, Ted V. Mikels, and the godfather…

If there’s one thing we want to say here at Bleeding Skull! it is this: Thank you. Thank you from the depths of our hearts, which will hopefully be pulled out…

We were standing on the porch of a farm house in Lufkin, Texas. To the right side of the door was a plaque that read, “BRAMMER PETROLEUM INC. — J.A. BRYAN…

“Please give a big, warm welcome to the men behind Black Devil Doll From Hell and Tales From The Quadead Zone — Chester and Keefe Turner!” The beyond-sold-out crowd at Cinefamily…

I spent a lot of 2013 on a plane, which means I spent a lot of 2013 reading and watching movies and trying not to kill the guy poaching my armrest.…

Like me, you’ve probably lived on this planet for your entire life. In that time, you’ve seen it all. Mayors. Food fights. Snowmen. The works. Let’s face facts. There’s nothing new…

Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, I went to a party in Hollywood. I was introduced to a guy who “made movies” because “you like movies too, and it would be…

This morning, a package was left on my doorstep. It was quite heavy. There was no address, no return address, and no postage — only a small stain near the bottom,…

Our setting: the unkempt office of Dr. T. Honest Truth, traveler, lecturer, amateur comedian, and world-renowned psychoanalyst. A bust of W.C. Fields leers over his desk, while the requisite chaise lounge…

A few months ago, I had a conversation with a co-worker named Mike. Mike: “So, you like horror movies?” Me: “Yeah.” Mike: “Sweet. Seen anything scary lately? I like the scary…

William Castle kicks off his biography, Step Right Up! I’m Going To Scare The Pants Off America!, with an age old question. What attracts people to horror films? Why do they…