Black Mandala has shared a poster and trailer for director Michael Stasko’s sci-fi horror-comedy Vampire Zombies… From Space! Set in 1957, the film sees the citizens of the small town of Marlow finding themselves the victims of an otherworldly invasion when the space-residing Dracula has plans to turn them into an army of vampire zombies. […]
Blu-ray Review – Cursed Films
Cursed Films, 2020. Directed by Jay Cheel. Featuring Phil Nobile Jr., Ryan Turek, Mace Neufeld, Wade Davis, Kane Hodder, Linda Blair, Michael Berryman, Eileen Dietz, Richard Donner, and Lloyd Kaufman. SYNOPSIS: Documentary series focusing on five of the most famously troubled horror movie productions. You could argue that every movie has its production troubles, from […]
Movie Review – 18 1/2 (2022)
18 1/2, 2022. Directed by Dan Mirvish. Starring John Magaro, Jon Cryer, Bruce Campbell, Richard Kind, Willa Fitzgerald, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ted Raimi, Lloyd Kaufman, Catherine Curtin, Sullivan Jones, Marija Abney, Alanna Saunders, Claire Saunders, Gina Kreiezmar, and Chris Quintos Cathcart. SYNOPSIS: In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she […]
Legendary cult filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman opens up about the Toxic Avenger reboot
In development since 2019, Legendary Entertainment plans to bring the world of Troma and The Toxic Avenger back to the fans. While it’s unlikely to prove as much of a cult favourite as the original, there are still chances for a lot of good with the new film, and one person who happy about this […]
Movie Review – The Last Blockbuster (2020)
The Last Blockbuster, 2020. Directed by Taylor Morden Featuring Sandi Harding, Kevin Smith, Doug Benson, Brian Posehn, Paul Scheer, Samm Levine, Jamie Kennedy, Ron Funches, Lloyd Kaufman, and Ione Skye SYNOPSIS: A documentary about the last remaining Blockbuster Video store located in Bend, Oregon. Blockbuster Video, and the magic of the rental process in general, […]
The B to Z of Movies: The Independent Mavericks, and a Lasting Legacy
Continuing in our look at the B to Z of movies, Tom Jolliffe looks at the rogue film-makers who operated away from the studio systems, from the 50’s through to the prolific video era… What do Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme, James Cameron, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and host […]
Troma releases trailer for Lloyd Kaufman’s Shakespeare’s Shitstorm
Some 25 years after the release of Tromeo and Juliet, Lloyd Kaufman and the folks at Troma are revisiting The Bard with Kaufman’s latest film, a Troma-fied adaptation of The Tempest entitled Shakespeare’s Shitstorm. Check out the trailer and synopsis here, courtesy of Dread Central… Prospero, the brilliant and generous pharma scientist, had his life and career […]
Movie Review – Death House (2018)
Death House, 2018. Directed by B. Harrison Smith. Starring Tony Moran, Adrienne Barbeau, Kane Hodder, Sid Haig, Dee Wallace, Bill Moseley, Barbara Crampton, Tony Todd, Michael Berryman, Felissa Rose, Lindsay Hartley, Sean Whalen, Vernon Wells, Debbie Rochon, Cortney Palm, Lloyd Kaufman, R.A. Mihailoff, Bill Oberst Jr., Cody Longo, and Vincent M. Ward. SYNOPSIS: During an […]
Guardians of the Galaxy and Its Exploitation Influences
Ben Robins on Guardians of the Galaxy and its exploitation influences… Exploitation is a bit of a nasty word no matter the context, and in the movie world, it usually means something cheap and in many cases, derivative. It’s never properly been defined, and doing so here without page after page of background would prove […]
