“I hadnt realized what an obnoxious bitch you really are, Karen!” Take 1986’s RAD, replace the BMX bikes with snowmobiles, meddle it with a DEMON WIND reduction, and serve it in Wisconsin. You’re watching THE CHILL FACTOR. It starts like a made for TV movie, shows us some sick snowmobile hangtime, and then introduces us … More Schlock du Jour: The Chill Factor (1993)
Blue tinted intro, English version Arrow Video Giallo films and I don’t have the best relationship. To be candid, the genre makes me sleepy. But at the time of this writing, my home state of Nebraska is largely under water. The massive flooding saw 75 cities and 65 counties make emergency declarations, and 29 counties … More Schlock du Jour: Strip Nude for your Killer (1975)
This is the true story, of seven five strangers, picked to live in a (murder) house, and have their lives taped. Find out what happens, when people stop being polite, and start getting real dead. This movie made me scratch my head so hard I hit bone. There’s a legitimate reason it remained overlooked for … More Schlock du Jour: Kolobos (1999)
More than a year after some mental troubles, a pretty musician takes her son and moves into an old house with her former psychiatrist now boyfriend. One hundred and thirty years before the house was under the ownership of one slave owning son of a bitch named George Masterton. Fed up with his cruelty, a … More The Merits of Sin: Scared Stiff aka The Masterson Curse (1987) (USA)
directed by Richard Friedman runtime: 77 mins Arrow Video A Playboy playmate, a Penthouse pet, a man named mom… This isn’t a riddle, it’s Doom Asylum! Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay. While you’re here, make sure to enjoy the whole host of cartoon characters. From yuppie alimony attorneys, to hungover coroners, to … More Schlock & Gore: Doom Asylum (1987)
The Sewer System is my new video review series where I review screeners I’ve received. In this inaugural episode I review Arrow Video’s THE ADDICTION and DOOM ASYLUM. I also review Wild Eye Releasing’s SWAMPHEAD. There is a good chance that Doom Asylum and Swamphead could receive written reviews in the future, but without further ado – Watch The … More The Sewer System Episode 1
If you want movies about elevators, then boy is this your week! Maybe you’re a Stephen King completest. Well then we have you covered. Either way, there’s tons of great stuff coming out this Halloween, so pick up a Blu-ray or two and support The Basement by simply clicking on the image to head over … More Blu-Ray Round-Up (Week of Oct. 31)
We are one week away from The Big Day, ladies and gentlemen, and there is no better time to stock up on some horror gems screaming out to be added to you collection. This week we gain a personal shopper, we go to night school, and Mr. Romero’s underseen films get their time in the … More Blu-Ray Round-Up (Week of Oct. 24)
When our buddy Sean McCarthy texted me with an idea for a topic a couple months ago I was intrigued. He had an idea for a concept where we would discuss sequels that were remarkably worse than the movie that came directly before it. I loved the idea, but I knew (because I don’t like … More [Show Notes] #80 Sequel Drop-Offs: Alien 3
We love Billy so much that we had him back two times in the same year. Billy was our first show of 2017 (listen to it here), and when someone a few months back brought up Rob Zombie’s Halloween II and their disdain for it, Billy immediately texted me and said he wanted to come on … More [Show Notes] #77 Halloween II w/ Billy Peck
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