Shaft in Africa

The first Shaft film is a remarkable achievement. While folks generally focus on its infectious, Oscar-winning theme song, the movie itself is a watershed event […]

Communion

When are these city folks going to learn? STAY HOME!!! Haven’t they seen Deliverance? I’ve lost count of the number of flicks where rich urbanites […]

Two Moon Junction

Alright, we got fogged up camera lenses and a 1980s sax-to-sex-by soundtrack, so it can only be a flick by none other than the great […]

The Blood Spattered Bride

Fire-breathing lesbians are an inescapable staple of exploitation cinema. One doesn’t have to look long before encountering bazillions of womens prison movies, featuring goose-stepping female […]

Night of the Living Dead

This is the harrowing story of seven strangers, hiding in a Pennsylvania farm house, who find out what happens when people stop being dead, and […]

Possession

When most people saw Possession (1981, 123 minutes) it was 45 minutes shorter than writer/director Andrzej Zulawski‘s cut. Either way it’s certain I’d still be […]

Showgirls

When it pranced out, Showgirls (1995, 131 minutes), was director Paul Verhoeven‘s much-anticipated follow up to the sinfully successful, Basic Instinct. But the film tripped […]

The Gore Gore Girls

Also see H.G. Lewis Goreography One of the sickest, sleaziest movies it has been my pleasure to witness. Abraham Gentry (Frank Kress) is a smirky, gentleman […]

Deep Red

Something’s going on here. They just sent me two more I-Talian horror movies. Regular readers of my ramblings — all, um, ONE of you — […]