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)
Fangboner, or as I like to call it: The Greatest Crotch Vampire Story Ever Told Starring: Brian Papandrea, Emily Hilborn, Sadie Tate, Sheri Darling Director: Nathan Rumler Company: Rock Bottom Video Year: 2015 How does one even go about reviewing the greatest crotch vampire story ever told? It’s not easy, I tell you. I can … More Fangboner
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
There’s some things I don’t recommend slipping back into. Heroin addiction, last week’s unwashed Brazilian flag speedo, collecting candid snaps of Mark Wahlberg on the toilet…you know, the usual. I once believed that picking up on your anthology wraparound five years later fell into that category but I’m happy to say that I was so … More The Merits of Sin: Chills Down Your Spine 2020 USA Dead Lantern Pictures ****1/2 NSFW
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)
Small town boredom and a rapid fire imagination merge into a flawed but magically bizarre Florida SOV nightmare. Logic is left behind almost from the get go and we’re dropped headfirst into a world of skateboarding, punk/thrash culture, non-sequiturs and (of course) death. Paul is a kid who loves skateboarding. Charles is a kid who … More The Merits of Sin: Twisted Issues (1988) (USA)
At the age of 29, in the year 1993, director Fabio Salerno committed suicide. Leaving behind a handful of little distributed horror films that sit comfortably in the ever popular bizarre landscape of backyard horror. Sadly for Mr. Salerno he snuffed out his own candle a few decades before the boom in SOV and amateur … More The Merits of Sin. Fabio Salerno: Unsung
As a fan of world horror there’s a few regions on this stupid rock I’m absolutely in love with. Mexico offers some of the best genre output this gringo has ever come across. They can get wild but if you’re in the mood for some serious pants shitting horror they throw it out with equal … More A Magical Evening in Indonesia
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