I was never in a band growing up, but if I had been, I probably wouldn't have found a weird monster to drive me around in a van. But if I had, I definitely would have written a song about it. Uncle Peckerhead is the tale of one such band, joyfully named Duh, that does … Continue reading Uncle Peckerhead (2020)
Yeah, a Spaghetti Western. I know how much you guys love Spaghetti Westerns, which is to say, not at all. Too bad, this one is worth watching. It's got cannibalism, rape, blood, and violence. It's also got Lucio Fulci's name there on the poster. You owe it to yourself to watch it now. Stubby Preston … Continue reading Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Westerns don't get a lot of love these days, and weird westerns, which combine elements of fantasy, science fiction, or horror with the western setting, have almost always been a rare thing in cinema. That's not to say they don't exist, just that there are relatively few of them. Even fewer are worth watching. If … Continue reading Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Some movies ooze style over substance. This movie is practically gushing with it. It's the perfect representation of what was being done in 1970s horror: violent, shocking, twisted, nightmarish. It's also an incoherent mess, but that isn't exactly unusual for 1970s horror either. Lots of horror of this decade works more as a dreamscape, particularly … Continue reading Messiah of Evil (1973)
Rob Zombie likes gore, vulgarity, and violence as spectacle, and 31 is pretty much exactly that with his usual psycho redneck types. Also it's set in the 1970s, which is something else he loves. In short, 31 is basically a stereotype of Rob Zombie movies. Basically a group of carnies get kidnapped and forced to … Continue reading 31 (2016)
Eli Roth has had an interesting career. He's mostly stayed in the horror realm with his writing, producing, and directing, at least up until 2017, and even many of his acting roles have been in horror films. But his horror films are sometimes reviled for dabbling in some particularly nasty subjects, such as torture and … Continue reading The Green Inferno (2013)
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