This week in the grindhouse we’ll be taking a look at Stuart Gordon’s follow up to his cult classic Re-Animator with 1986’s From Beyond. Also based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this twisted little tale proves to be much weirder
With Drafthouse Films re-releasing it in theaters, it only seemed fitting to pick 1979’s The Visitor as this week’s Grindhouse Weekly feature. Directed by Giulio Paradisi, this trippy genre-bender was eviscerated by critics during its release, but as with many
Naturally, with Halloween coming up in just a few days, we picked a film that takes place on April Fools’ Day for this week’s Grindhouse Weekly- 1986’s Slaughter High. Much like Cloud Atlas, this campy Friday the 13th clone featured such an
Many people know director Abel Ferrara for his provocative films like Bad Lieutenant and King of New York, but this week in the Grindhouse we’re going to be looking at one of his very first films, The Driller Killer. This dirty video
Demented children, creepy masks, yellow rain coats, and a ten-year-old Brooke Shields, this week in the grindhouse we’re taking a look at the 1976 horror classic Alice, Sweet Alice by Alfred Sole. Probably the closest thing I’ve ever seen to American
With Halloween approaching, we’ll be covering nothing but horror films in the grindhouse for the entire month of October. To kick off the month, I checked out the 1968 film Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told, written and directed
Just a few weeks ago, we discussed the Canadian exploitation film Screwballs, which wasn’t the best way to jump into Canuxploitation, so we’re trying again this week with Mark L. Lester’s Class of 1984. Completely by coincidence, this film features a
This week in the grindhouse we’re exploring the evil mutant baby film It’s Alive from 1974, written and directed by Larry Cohen. Just a few weeks ago we discussed another Cohen film, Q: The Winged Serpent, which came out eight years later, however
This week in the grindhouse we’re taking a trip up North for some Canuxploitation with the absolutely terrible sex comedy Screwballs from 1983. In an example of exploitation at its purest, this film features almost no discernible plot other than that there’s a group
Although The Toxic Avenger is by far Troma’s most popular franchise, this week we’ll be talking about my personal favorite of the Troma slate, Class of Nuke ‘Em High. Admittedly I’ve only seen a fraction of their huge library of films,
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a giant mysterious winged creature suddenly appeared in New York City and began randomly eating its citizens? Well then Larry Cohen’s cult classic Q: The Winged Serpent is the
Mario Bava’s 1968 classic Danger: Diabolik has been on my watch list for years, and I’m pleased to say I finally sat down to watch it and was blown away with just how much I loved this film. Any
This week in the grindhouse, we’re going to be talking about one of my all-time favorite 80s slashers, Sleepaway Camp. Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik and released in 1983, this film combines 80s camp, gruesome death scenes, and a
Back in the sixties and seventies, director Herschell Gordon Lewis made a name for himself by cranking out B movies like nobodies business. Many of his shoots would last only two days, and from ’61 to ’72 he released 34 feature length
What happens when you combine Alien, Star Wars, and John Carpenter’s The Thing? 1982’s Forbidden World is what happens. A low-budget sci-fi horror film that wears its influences on its sleeve in the worst kind of way. The over the top violence
Although Nazisploitation is one of my least favorite sub-genres of exploitation cinema, I haven’t really discussed any on this feature, so I decided to check out a cult classic (and Criterion entry) titled The Night Porter. This 1974 film directed
