By Nate Bradford MONDO MOVIES BLACK CHRISTMAS (1975) Bob Clark, future director of Porky’s and A Christmas Story, helms this effective and chilling slasher flick from the early days of the genre. Margot Kidder and Olivia Hussey star as sorority sisters, terrorized by an obscene caller. Their refusal to heed … Continue reading
By Richard Brooks EPISODE FOUR: A DIRTY DOZEN Continuing our discussion of hard-to-find films which are well-worth seeking out. MANIAC (1980) – DIRECTED BY WILLIAM LUSTIG Everything you’ve ever read or heard about this movie is absolutely, one-hundred percent true. Joe Spinell sweats and screams his way through ninety-one minutes … Continue reading
By Nate Bradford EPISODE ONE: RUBBER WHORE HELL Welcome to Homemade Horrors, a new feature where we discuss low-to-no budget films. Tonight’s flick is Rubber Whore Hell, an independent short from the wilds of Massachusetts. I first became aware of this movie back in 2009 when a friend turned me … Continue reading
Based on a novella in the Stephen King collection Just After Sunset, N. is a story within a story based around a mental patient whose obsessive-compulsive disorder may or may not keep the veil between two worlds from being lifted. Is he delirious? Is it contagious? Or are his compulsions … Continue reading
By Steven M. Ronquillo DIVERSION PART 1 – IVAN, HAROLD, MAUDE, AND BABS After the success of El Topo there was a decade-plus boom in “midnight movies” which provided a safer niche for off-beat films. This niche allowed films to “cruise”, lessening the pressure of needing to make big, big … Continue reading
