The Merits of Sin…The Book Spook du Jour alum and oddball cinema connoisseur Brennan Dortch has published his first book, which is a mighty doozy mind you, and so I figured it would behoove me to say a few words: There’s a shit ton of heart and a severe lack of narrative control which is … More The Merits of Sin…The Book
directed by: Emilio Vieyra, Jerald Intratorruntime: 87 mins It’s February, you know what that means! Twitterpated teens with hearts for eyes, their wings and gills all aflutter. Love is in the air! What better time, then, to share this review with you for THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP Dr. Humpp is a mad doctor who performs … More (NSFW) Schlock du Jour: The Curious Dr. Humpp (1969)
wax ramblemic verb 1. To ramble without clear direction. 2. To speak in a manner that suggests the words are spewing out, as vomit. Origin from wax (“increase” or “become”) + ramble + bulimic (relating to the eating disorder “bulimia”) Pardon me as I wax ramblemic. The seasonal treat candy corn, while pleasing to the … More Schlock du Jour: Scary Movie (1991)
I’d like to share a different sort of review today. It’s no secret that I am an avid AGFA supporter. AGFA’s upcoming release of THE FILMS OF SARAH JACOBSON may be their best release yet. While not horror or “genre”, I don’t remember the last time I spent time with a release that felt this … More Buy it or Die: The Films of Sarah Jacobson
There’s magic happening in Wakaliga, Uganda. For those of you who don’t know, Wakaliga is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT UNIVERSE that makes unhinged action movies that are not concerned with making you escape reality. The VJ constantly reminds you that you are indeed watching a movie, and movies are awesome. You will however escape reality as … More Schlock du Jour: Bad Black (2016)
Shem-ham-forash! Hail Satan! A few weeks ago I hailed the sinful merits of SATAN’S CHILDREN. Today I discuss the other film on that wonderful release from AGFA, SATANIS: THE DEVIL’S MASS. SATANIS gives an appetizer of a gaze into the burgeoning world of 1960’s Satanism in San Francisco. No narration exists in this documentary, rather … More Satan du Jour: Satanis: The Devil’s Mass (1970)
Arriving in the Spook du Jour headquarters mailbox hot off the presses from AGFA is the double bill of SATANIS: THE DEVIL’S MASS and SATAN’S CHILDREN. While SATANIS has its own merits of sin as the 1970 interview montage with Anton LaVey, his disciples, and his neighbors regarding the early days of the Church of … More Schlock du Jour: Satan’s Children (1975)
Knowing that those around me have witnessed my floundering lows makes me feel…exposed. Even once the depression cycle has ended, I have to exist knowing that they have seen me in that state. It is for this reason that Schlock is my friend. Schlock doesn’t judge. Schlock only supports me. Schlock is love. Shlock is … More Schlock du Jour: Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
Say hello to your new favorite bad movie. It is said that every 300 years a movie lifts its head proudly to the sky like Horus, the LAZER FALCON, and spews a beam of technicolor plasma so hot that it melts the sun and the suns of 1000 other galaxies, and in that awesome devestation … More Schlock du Jour: Ritual of Death (1990)
directed by Mark Bessenger runtime: 87 mins Sometime around 2006 I was in college and there was this seemingly random resurgence in the fascination with ninjas and pirates. The world was forced into taking sides. I imagine many an undergrad getting laid after relating to their intoxicated coeds about ninjitsu’s superiority to swashbuckling or vice-versa. … More Schlock du Jour: Ninja Zombie (1992)
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