Directed by: Vick Campbellruntime: just a lil over 2 hrs. I have vague memories of channel-surfing during the more dreary mornings of the summers of my youth. It was on one such occasion that I would happen upon the Spanish channel, and see a soap opera resplendent with occult themes and imagery. The episode was … More Review: Black Roses Symphony (2019)
Directed by: Gerald Cormierruntime: 87 mins I believe it was the legendary Irish sportsman Shaquille O’Neal who famously said “necessity is the mother of invention.’ Well in 1990 a man named Gerald Cormier found it absolutely necessary for this world to have a movie where Frankenstein’s monster rips exploding farts. But if you asked me … More Review: Franky and His Pals (1990)
Directed by: David R. Williams, Tilke Hillruntime: 83 mins The struggles of being a creative… Not creating takes so much out of us. Sometimes the stars just aren’t aligned for our visions to come to fruition. That can lead to various forms of depression, and some visceral trips to dark places. But creating isn’t always … More Review: Rust Belt Driller (2022)
Directed by: Matt Jaissleruntime: 72 mins. I know I’ve been inactive for awhile. I had to go away. During that time I’ve learned and grown. Yeah, it’s true! And I’ve watched such awe-inspiring features as TITANIC 666 and SORORITY SLAUGHTER. Yet I realize I haven’t been here to provide you the chuckles and yuks you’ve … More Review: The Necro Files (1997)
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
Virtues: Bloody Bloody Bible Camp fills every promise it makes in its premise and title. It’s a campy camp slasher with a biblical twist. There are quite a few top-notch kills, my favorite probably being this one: Take a drink for every dick joke and you’ll get to where you need to be to enjoy … More A Red-Letter Review of Vito Trabucco’s Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012)
directed by: Scott Philip Goergens Albert Fish was one of the sickest, most depraved humans ever to live. He was known as the Werewolf of Wysteria. He was also known as a serial killer, child rapist, and cannibal. He was also also known as the guy who was discovered to have shoved 29 needles into … More The Scum Gutter: 29 Needles (2019)
directed by: Herb Robinsruntime: 90 mins THE WORM EATERS is a funeral dirge played entirely on kazoo. My disappointment with this movie is boundless. In my endless naivete, I assumed that a movie called “THE WORM EATERS”, wherein worms are eaten, and people subsequently turn into gigantic worms, would be right up my alley. Boys … More Schlock du Jour: The Worm Eaters (1977)
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)
Carter the Great, the world’s greatest magician, discovered some sort of super substance called raw zeta which seems to be some form of hasheesh. When it’s introduced into the human body it becomes deadly zeta or some shit which grants the conduit’s voice the power to control humans or something along those lines. Carter vanished … More The Merits of Sin: Alabama’s Ghost (1973) (USA)
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