Let’s Ride #27! What happens when you combine frog worshiping cultists, a rich boy with a motorcycle gang, and a desire to live forever? You get 1973’s absolutely insane Psychomania! Known as The Death Wheelers in the United States, Psychomania tells us the story of Tom Latham, a well-to-do bad boy who leads a motorcycleContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Psychomania (1973)”
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Revenge Of The Slashers: “Billy”
“Filthy Billy. I know what you did, nasty Billy!” Although we barely get a glimpse of him in the film, “Billy” is easily one of the creepiest slashers on my list this year. Appearing in 1974’s Black Christmas, “Billy” terrorizes a houseful of sorority sisters by making obscene phone calls to them and then killingContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: “Billy””
Revenge Of The Slashers: Frank Zito
“You want to look pretty, don’t you?” Although panned by critics and released in varied censored versions, 1980’s Maniac still managed to develop quite a cult following and even spawned a 2012 remake starring Elijah Wood. The film focuses on the internal conflicts of Frank Zito, a man with a severe psychological disorder thanks toContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Frank Zito”
Cult Classic: Mortuary (1982)
“Hey Boogeyman! Let’s boogie!” Christie Parson loses her father in an apparent swimming accident, but she believes that he was murdered. When more people in her town go missing, she and her boyfriend, Greg, zero in on the local mortuary owner, Hank Andrews, and his bizarre son, Paul, as potential suspects. Throw in a fewContinue reading “Cult Classic: Mortuary (1982)”
Cult Classic: Graduation Day (1981)
“They were all on your team.” When senior track star Laura Ramstead collapses and dies after winning a race, her teammates mysteriously begin dying at the the hands of an unknown killer in 1981’s Graduation Day. Critically panned, the film was still a financial success, pulling in over twenty million dollars against a budget ofContinue reading “Cult Classic: Graduation Day (1981)”
Cult Classic: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)
“Let me die…..let me DIE!” Equal parts campy, exploitative, and just plain dumb, 1962’s The Brain That Wouldn’t Die has its moments of brilliance, but they get lost in a sea of silliness that made this film a cult classic. The film stars Jason Evers as Dr. Bill Cortner and Virginia Leith as his fiancee,Continue reading “Cult Classic: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)”
Cult Classic: Santa Sangre (1989)
“My hands! My hands!” Alejandro Jodorowsky takes viewers on a mind-bending ride in 1989’s Santa Sangre. In the film, a young man named Fenix goes on a killing spree at the request of his mother. The audience has to determine whether or not everything that is happening in the film is real or just aContinue reading “Cult Classic: Santa Sangre (1989)”
Cult Classic: Piranha (1978)
“There’s nothing left to fear.” With zero intentions to disguise their intent of cashing in on the success of Jaws (1975), Roger Corman, New World Pictures, and Piranha Productions gave the world 1978’s Piranha. The film was shot for roughly $600,000 and raked in a whopping sixteen million dollars at the box office. It featuredContinue reading “Cult Classic: Piranha (1978)”
Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!
1953 This week I’m taking the Wayback Machine to the 1950’s, a great time for film thanks to the release of such great classics like The Ten Commandments (1956), The Wild One (1953), and Some Like It Hot (1959). It was also an exceptionally wonderful time for science fiction. Classics like Invasion of The BodyContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!”
Arts And “The Craft”: Days O’Horror #8!
California, 1996 The 1990’s were an excellent time for me. I graduated from high school and college during the decade, listened to multiple one-hit wonder bands, and got to see films like The Quick and the Dead, Empire Records, Interview With The Vampire, Mortal Kombat, what seemed like a ton of Jennifer Aniston films inContinue reading “Arts And “The Craft”: Days O’Horror #8!”
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