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
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
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
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
