By Isabella Acuña Once a upon a time in the early ’80s there was a show on ABC called Fridays. It appeared every Friday at midnight as a rival to NBC’s Saturday Night Live which, at the time, was suffering from low ratings. What made Fridays different was that it … Continue reading
By Steven M. Ronquillo EPISODE ONE: ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW This series of articles is about the gimmicks and techniques that make movies fascinating, not the movies themselves, so none of the titles I discuss will be critiqued. From how we see them, to how we hear them, … Continue reading
a.k.a. In Defense of Daughter of Darkness If you’re familiar with this movie, you’re almost definitely a Stuart Gordon fan or you just happened to stumble upon it during its initial broadcast in 1990-91. This vampire flick has been pretty much forgotten, and those who do still remember Daughter of … Continue reading
By Richard Brooks EPISODE THREE: THE HARD EIGHT In the first installment of this feature, my fellow R-Massive scribe, Steven Ronquillo, produced a list of hard-to-find films which he considered worth seeking out. Tonight, I do the same. DANGEROUS OBSESSION (1986) – DIRECTED BY LUCIO FULCI Here’s a movie that … Continue reading
By Nate Bradford & Steven Ronquillo We pop culture. EPISODE NINE: MOCKUMENTARY-A-GO-GO In the past few years, the mockumentary has gotten a bad rap. People are so sick of the shaky cam / found footage aesthetic, that many deserving films and television shows are sadly being left to fall by … Continue reading
