Snorenstein, Borenstein, and “Blackenstein” a.k.a. “Black Frankenstein” (1973) – Blaxploitation Horror #3
by Chloe Brett Re-visiting William A. Levey’s Blackenstein was not a stop on my journey that I was looking forward to. When I first saw it back in the day I found it pretty lacklustre, monotonous, and not to get to grandiose with my language, but just straight up...
The Feminine Side of Horror Films
By: Ian Butt Recently I caught a double-bill of Jackie Kong features presented by The Muff Society, a group which screens movies championing women in film. The second film, Blood Diner, featured a scene early on that involved a cheerleading squad performing topless...
STRANDED and MOSCOW ZERO – VIDEO DUMP #3
by Mark Hanson Cinematic artist and all-around Renaissance man Vincent Gallo once said, “Europeans are animals” and “I don’t relate to those monkeys”. I’m pretty sure this had a lot to do with how The Brown Bunny was received at the Cannes Film Festival, yet it was...
ICC #22 – The Baadessssst of the Baadassssses
The Important Cinema Club Episode #22 - The Baadesssst of the Baadasssses, Melvin Van Peebles Listen to more episodes of The Important Cinema Club>> Justin and Will talk writer/director/actor/composer/renaissance man Melvin Van Peebles and watch his incendiary...
William Brent Bell: An Exhausting Examination
by Keenan Tamblyn First let me start off by saying William Brent Bell is a terrible filmmaker, he's bad, his movies are bad, I've seen all of them and laughed every single one off screen. Now that being said it's also worth noting that he's the director behind one of...
Gorillas, Motocross, and “The Thing with Two Heads” (1972) – Blaxploitation Horror #2
By Chloë Brett I’m going to be honest, I watched this movie over two weeks ago and then promptly forgot just about everything that happened in it, which meant that I had the ever fun task of re-watching it! That probably doesn't do much in the way of saying that this...
Watcher in the Woods – Review
by Keenan Marr Tamblyn Imagine if I told you that Disney of all companies made one of the best Gothic horror movies of the 1980s (ok well it's only vaguely Gothic but stick with me here), would you believe me or would you actually have the audacity to balk at such at...
Enter the Niche with “Blacula” (1972) – Blaxploitation Horror #1
By Chloë Brett Allow me a brief/probably long preamble here because without a hint of sarcasm or irony, William Crain’s 1972 film Blacula changed my life. Back about 10 or so years ago I wandered into my local BMV, looking for some fresh new movies to watch. As I...
Welcome to the Jungle – Video Dump #1
by Mark Hanson When there’s no more room in the video store, the dead titles will… hit the sell-off bin? Here I subject myself to some of these movies before they get lost in the abyss. The film JCVD is one of two actually great movies that the actor/kickboxer...
An Aussie Expedition #5: Story time with “Ten Canoes” (2006)
By Chloë Brett And so our journey through the wastes of Australia comes to a close with Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr’s film “Ten Canoes”. I knew absolutely nothing about this going in but luckily it turned out to be exactly the type of film that I’d want to end a...
