During the exploitation boom of the late sixties through the seventies, many low budget gorefests achieved notoriety through playing at the grindhouses on Times Square. One such film that became a cult hit was David E. Durston’s I Drink
This week, we’re heading back to prison to talk about one of the later released women in prison films, titled Reform School Girls. Released in 1986 and Directed by former porn producer Tom DeSimone, this film is much
When exploitation cinema had its boom in the 70s and 80s, the US wasn’t the only country that hopped on the bandwagon. Australia produced a slew of great titles during this time, such as Road Games, Wake
Of all the subgenres of exploitation and grindhouse, the Giallo is by far one of my favorites. The term translated means “yellow” and is derived from a popular series of pulp novels released in Italy that were noted for their yellow
This week in the grindhouse we’ll be exploring one of the darkest and most deplorable sub-genres of exploitation known as the cannibal film. These sick little films were made popular with such entries as Cannibal Holocaust and the film we’re
For this entry of Grindhouse Weekly, I wanted to discuss an animated feature and while there certainly aren’t many, they do exist. Of the handful of notable releases, the granddaddy of them all is 1972’s Fritz the Cat. Based on
It’s no secret that I love films of the 80s. The birth of VHS paved the way for countless numbers of classic pieces of schlock, and the video boom helped the film industry become as large and prevalent as we know
With the upcoming release of the Maniac remake, it seemed fitting to discuss the original 1980 cult classic directed by William Lustig and written and starring Joe Spinell. Though the Alexandre Aja produced remake differs from the source material, at its
Last House on Dead End Street is a particularly horrific and gruesome exploitation horror flick released in 1977 from writer/director Roger Watkins. Some of the mysteries surrounding it prove to be more interesting than the film itself, with everyone involved using
1980’s The Exterminator is a nasty little revenge thriller from director James Glickenhaus that plays out like a poor man’s Taxi Driver or Rolling Thunder. It’s doesn’t break new ground in the way of plot, or character development, or anything at all
When discussing classic 70s blaxpolitation, it would be simply criminal to not include D’Urville Martin’s 1975 classic Dolemite in the conversation. As a fan of this popular sub genre I feel ashamed that I have not experienced this film until just this week. While
For our 18th entry in this feature, I decided it was time to discuss a kung fu flick. The 70s brought us an influx of martial arts movies and the market quickly became saturated with dozens of Chinese imported action-fests. Most of
This week we’re going to take a bit of a departure from our traditional grindhouse viewings and talk about a contemporary exploitation flick with Father’s Day. This delightful piece of trash from Astron-6, a Canadian film collective, is one of the latest
With the resounding success of the world’s first mega-blockbuster, Steven Spielberg’s classic Jaws, the mid-to-late seventies were inundated with the “When Animals Attack” genre. Within a span of four years more than a dozen films were released where nature struck
1982’s Slumber Party Massacre is completely summed up in its three word title. It’s a by the numbers slasher that contains zero originality or flare, and proves to be a generic bore of a film. With so many interesting, if not
James William Guercio’s Electra Glide in Blue is a slightly odd film to categorize. At its core it’s a 70s bike flick, but tonally, it’s all over the place. It originally premiered at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and was
