Your Next
“You’re Next” is a gory slasher movie in which a cast populated by real-life indie directors gets shot with arrows, stabbed with screwdrivers, garroted with piano wire and beaten to a pulp. The script is by Simon Barrett, who’s been…
Roger Corman, Teacher
Chris Nashawaty, author of a new book on film legend Roger Corman talks about the director/producer/actor’s role in kickstarting the golden age of cinema and his knack for identifying market opportunities and making lots and lots of movies. Roger Corman’s…
A Ghost Shark Rises
GhostShark.jpgSyfy’s “Ghost Shark” has hopes of scaring up “Sharknado” size ratings.Syfy The “Jaws” theme could have been playing as TV’s background music this summer. You survived the “Sharknado” craziness, the showings of “Jaws” and its sequels, and the Discovery Channel’s…
Hell Drivers
Vintage movies have given us several parameters for measuring masculinity: being a professional pilot (good), taking out a gaggle of Nazis single-handedly (better), driving trucks at devil-may-care speeds along the most dangerous routes imaginable (off the charts). That’s what the…
3 films by James Cullen Bressack
As a James Cullen Bressack fan once his films start there should be a disclaimer saying welcome to the disturbingly creative mind of James Cullen Bressack. The first review of his Trilogy of Terror is HATE CRIME. “A Jewish family,…
Blood On Satan’s Claw
“Are you bent on reviving forgotten horrors?” You could apply that line to pretty much the entire British horror genre, so obsessed has it been with the unearthing of powers that have lurked, dormant, ready to wreak havoc once released…
Elmore Leonard dies aged 87
Elmore Leonard has died, aged 87. He had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke in early August. Writing on the author’s Facebook page, Gregg Sutter, Leonard’s researcher and webmaster said, “The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to…
Sinking Your Teeth Into Shark Movies
IN fact Oscar season is one of my favourite times of year, not just for the red carpet fashion but to see who impresses the critics. Like the Barry Norman’s, Jonathan Ross’ (and irritating Claudia Winkleman’s) before me I appreciate…
B-Movie Legend Albert Pyun Retires
“While the screening went well in Albuquerque, my health has deteriorated further over the past 3 days. I now have complete numbness and pain on my entire right side (face, arm, chest, legs, even my butt! – sorry for that…
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head. Both are annoyed at the success of the Reverend Deke O’Mailey who is selling trips back to Africa to the poor on…
The Stuff, A Film By Larry Cohen
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good. The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known…
Glasgow’s Prepartions For A Sharknado Attack
The British summer appears to have vacated our shores once more, and you could be forgiven for looking at the sky with more apprehension than normal. But if you are concerned about being hailed with man-eating sharks, fear not –…
A Zombie Invasion In The UK
Great Yarmouth is preparing to respond with a surprising level of readiness to a zombie apocalypse on Saturday. For while an invasion of the undead may seem more in keeping with a B-movie horror a very real version is set…
B Movie Inspires
French-born photographer Francis George kept thinking bigger while envisioning his next Las Vegas project. “I wanted to do something different because everything is bigger than life here,” he said. His voila moment came when he recalled a poster for the…
American Hippie In Israel
His latest find, a 1972 epic called An American Hippie in Israel, screens midnight tonight and tomorrow at The Belcourt on the heels of the trailer above (which may permanently damage your retinas). An excerpt from his convo with Coco:You…
Albert Pyun: Road To Hell
Writer-director Albert Pyun may not be a household name, but his films took up a sizable chunk of real estate in video stores throughout the ’80s and ’90s. Look up his resume and you’ll find nearly 50 films—just about all…
Barbara Crampton
Barbara was born in Levittown, Long Island, New York and was raised in Vermont. She spent summers while growing up travelling the country with the carnival. Barbara studied acting in high school and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in…
Chopping Mall
“I’m sorry. It’s not you, Ferdy. I guess I’m just not used to running around a shopping mall in the middle of the night being chased by killer robots.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?[v=RLMyInUPQ2g] “Eight teenagers are trapped after hours in a high tech…
Tormented
Tom Stewart, the “best jazz pianist in the world,” is getting married to a young, rich beauty in a week…but not if his clingy, shapely ex-girlfriend can stop it. Vi Mason, a smoky singer with a body to rival Jayne…
Beginning Of The End Of The Superhero Movie
If history has taught us anything, it’s that even the most venerable, immovable dynasties eventually crumble. Rome, Ottoman, Soviet, they’ve all gone the same way. It’s no different in the world of the arts. Five years ago, it would have…