CRUST and THE CALAMARI WRESTLER
An example of the type of filmic simultaneity that I enjoy investigating: two films released within a year of each other headlined by man-sized aquatic critters
Remembering That Which Is Better Forgotten: NEWSIES and SWING KIDS
An entire book can be written on the Mouse Factory’s ealry 90s output, which is of definite interest to cult movie buffs
GRIZZLY II: REVENGE
Where to start with this one?
1982: The Year in Bedlam
What follows are the type of little-known films that tend to comprise my “Look Back in Bedlam” listings, of which this is the 1982 entry
SODOM AND GOMORRAH: THE LAST SEVEN DAYS
Another 1970s era dispatch from the Weird Porno category
PROPHECY
This 1979 ecologically-minded monster fest is not to be confused with the 1995 Christopher Walken film of the same name
1984: The Year in Bedlam
Continuing with my Year in Bedlam year-end overviews, we arrive at 1984
TV Flashback: AMAZING STORIES
With a rebooted AMAZING STORIES debuting on Apple TV+ next week, it seems like a good time for a look back at the show’s 1985-87 inspiration
Remembering that Which is Better Forgotten: 666 and 1000
An example of “Prophecy Fiction” describing the events of the rapture and resulting tribulation period, 666 was not the “first” book of its kind, but it was a trailblazer
STRANGERS IN PARADISE
This ridiculous sci fi musical from the late R.W. Fassbinder acolyte Ulli Lommel wants very much to be a cult sensation a la REPO MAN or THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, but fails spectacularly