Exploitation
Celebrating 40 years of ‘Fist of Fear, Touch of Death’
Nobody thinks 1980’s notorious “Bruceploitation” opus Fist of Fear, Touch of Death is a good movie — probably not even the people who made it. In a subgenre infamous for its shamelessness, the clumsil...
Eight Grindhouse Movies That Need To Be Rediscovered
There is a prevalent fascination with Grindhouse cinema that persists even though most casual horror fans didn’t even know what it was ten years ago. This whole style had been long-forgotten, dug up b...
Why Deranged is the Best Ed Gein Movie We’re Ever Gonna Get
Ed Gein is one of the most notorious names in American history. He was not, conclusively, a serial killer. He killed only two people that we know of for certain with a third victim being widely accept...
Why The Toolbox Murders Might be the Sleaziest Art Film Ever
The original Toolbox Murders is a hard movie to pin down. It’s hard even to explain how I feel about it. At this point, I would say most people have discovered the Tobe Hooper remake. The original doe...
Bait [Frightfest 2015 Review]
A few years back, an Australian horror movie called Bait pitched a group of plucky survivors against a tide of hungry sharks, displaced in a flooded supermarket after a devastating tsunami. It wasn...
Review: The Green Inferno
Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) is a pretty divisive figure in the horror community. Some treat him like the second coming of Wes Craven, while others write him off as a flash in the pan torture cinema...
Curse of the Swamp Creature: Cult Corner
Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick… Larry Buchanan’s Curse of the Swamp Creature. Curse of the Swamp C...
Drafthouse Acquires North American Rights to World of Kanako
The blood-soaked Japanese thriller World of Kanako has been acquired for North American distribution by Drafthouse Films. The picture is directed by Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls, Confessions). It...
Gorgon Gears Up for Exploitation Double Feature in March
Gorgon Video is releasing a grindhouse double bill to DVD and Blu-Ray in March 2015. Both films are from notorious exploitation director Arthur Marks. The films will be released as a two-disc combo pa...
