The Divide’ is Another Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare
“Not exactly the Garden of Eden.” Surveying the basement where he’s now sealed off...
The Hidden Mythos of ‘Police Academy’
What do Joseph Campbell and Officer Carey Mahoney have in common? Odysseus. Prometheus. Moses....
It Came From Pittsburgh-Happy Birthday George
Today is George A. Romero’s Birthday and to celeb rate I’d thought I’d revisit...
Bill Hinzman,First NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Zombie Dead at 76
He was the silver screen’s first zombie and today he passed away. George Romero’s...
Lust In The Dust
A controversial spoof on the Spaghetti western (some love it, some hate it), Lust...
Journey To The Seventh Planet
Searching for new ways to produce B movies as cheaply as possible, AIP outsourced...
James Whale
The Case of James Whale James Whale is certainly a known quantity both inside...
Raquel Welch:Cinematic Goddess
She had a shelf full of beauty-contest prizes — Miss Photogenic, Miss La Jolla,...
Alex Stapleton:Corman’s World
If you love B-movies with plenty of camp, comedy and gore, then you’ve probably...
American Battleships
Back when there were still video stores, there were lots of movies that helped...
Are Movies Fading?
At the outset, let me state unequivocally that I have had a lifetime love...
In Memoriam: Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara died on Friday, at the age of eighty-one. He’s one of the...
Troubled Movie Theatres
A gradual recovery in business and consumer spending and the lagging recovery in unemployment...
Slow Horror, ‘The Innkeepers’
There’s a kind of horror movie you don’t have to be a horror fan...
Get Angry: With Kelley Baker
In 2000 Kelley Baker set out to make a full length feature film for...
Nightbeasts
During his 17 year career as an animator at Walt Disney, Wes Sullivan lent...
Adieu B
When Speakeasy interviewed Roger Corman recently about the DVD release of a late-’70s sci-fi...
A Plate Full Of Spaghetti
Why it’s daunting: Europe’s fascination with the American West dates back to before the...
ITALIA 2012 TO BE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT ITALIAN DIRECTOR SERGIO CORBUCCI
ROME — The 7th Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival will celebrate Italo...
The Intimitable Kroger Babb
Babb is best known for his presentation of exploitation films, a term many in...