BRAIN DEAD
Fact: Roger Corman did manage to turn out some interesting films in the 1990s, with the superbly tippy BRAIN DEAD near the top of the list
Fact: Roger Corman did manage to turn out some interesting films in the 1990s, with the superbly tippy BRAIN DEAD near the top of the list
The latest in a long line of unasked-for Hollywood reboots is Rob Zombie’s 2022 take on the classic TV sitcom THE MUNSTERS
This novel, about a man who makes decisions according to a roll of the dice, is said to have inspired many people around the world to live in just that manner
A “modern tale of the macabre” that worked better in its movie adaptation: the 1981 teen comedy PRIVATE LESSONS
In which the UK’s new wave science fiction scene came (briefly) to Hollywood, courtesy of director Richard Lester
In tallying the output of the late Jonathan Demme, I find that the criminally underrated SOMETHING WILD ranks near the top
A surrealist prank of a movie from the incomparable Luis Buñuel
Angels, demons, Catholicism and Skee Ball, courtesy of Kevin Smith
Say what you will about Ivan Reitman, but he knew how to make movies
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications