From the Grindhouse to the Arthouse
The grindhouse and the arthouse: two distinct modes of cinema that would appear to be leagues removed–and for the most part they are.
Grindhouse Nostalgia: Myth and Reality
Everyone, it seems, loves grindhouse cinema
The New Beverly Cinema: A Personal History
The New Beverly Cinema is a Los Angeles repertory theater that in recent years has attained legendary status, in large part because of its current owner, the one and only Quentin Tarantino, and its staunch commitment to 35mm exhibition
CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS!
Don’t you hate it when a “classic” horror movie turns out to be…well, like this one?
CANNIBAL GIRLS
So-bad-it’s-rotten comedy-horror from Canada, notable only for the fact that it was an early effort by director Ivan Reitman
THE CANDY SNATCHERS
I caught up with this 1973 obscurity fairly recently, but it immediately jumped to the top of my grindhouse fave list
WOLFGUY: ENRAGED LYCANTHROPE
Kung Fu and lycanthropy: an irresistible combination if you ask me, and this fun Sonny Chiba movie proves it!
WHIRLPOOL
Another “lost” film unearthed, a Danish-made grindhouse classic from the famed Spanish sleazemeister Jose Larraz
MY FRIENDS NEED KILLING
A cheap, tawdry and, ultimately, extremely powerful exploitation film from the seventies
THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN
An agreeably trashy Hong Kong production from the seventies, THE MIGHT PEKING MAN was a remake of KING KONG that’s as exploitive and ridiculous as anyone could possibly desire