MAMA
Fairy-tale musical fantasy, like a kid-friendly MARAT/SADE or perhaps a grown-up H.R. PUFNSTUF
ALEX JOSEPH AND HIS WIVES
The very definition of a curio: a 1977 quasi-documentary by the late schlockmeister Ted V. Mikels about a notorious real-life polygamist
HORRIBLE AND FASCINATING–JOHN BOORMAN’S EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
A gripping exploration of the making of “one of the most unintentionally silly films ever released by a major studio.”
MARDI GRAS MASSACRE
In which the 1978 Southern-fried slasher of that title gets the Brad Carter novelization treatment
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE MYSELF
Here’s something that’s been a long time coming: a fully authorized biography of the late African American actor/comedian/filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
One of the most notorious Hollywood flops of the seventies, and indeed of all time
CRY FOR ME, BILLY
One of the more obscure entries in the revisionist western craze of the 1970s, this quasi-art film (given new life by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary) hails from 1972
Ruggero Deodato: 1939-2022
My thoughts on the recently deceased director of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
ZACHARIAH
This, the world’s “First Electric Western,” hails from 1971
SAVAGES (1972)
The very definition of a Cult Film: odd, esoteric and appreciated by only a select few