A KARATE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
A film whose “qualities” are summed up by its title
A VERY NUTTY CHRISTMAS
One of the weirder Lifetime movies I’ve seen, offering a cockeyed inversion of THE NUTCRACKER and a message that fully lives up to the “nutty” designation: that true holiday cheer is possible only through the intercession of a doll in human form
The Bad Christmas Movie
Christmas movies are eternally revered, but in recent years a (relatively) new format has gained in popularity: the Bad Christmas movie
ORGY OF THE DEAD (Film)
From Ed Wood, a charmingly archaic sexploitation outrage that was apparently conceived as a loose sequel to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
THE DISASTER ARTIST: MY LIFE INSIDE THE ROOM, THE GREATEST BAD MOVIE EVER MADE
A hilarious and endearing account of the making of “The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” and the friendship that forged it.
WHORE vs. SHOWGIRLS
Here’s a pairing that hasn’t been made too often, but it’s a valid one: WHORE, a low budgeter from 1991, and SHOWGIRLS, an expensive tentpole release from 1995
DEATH WISH CLUB
Exploitation, gender confusion, suicide games and true love—a bad movie classic!
2024: Bedlam in Print
Another year, another underwhelming showing from the mainstream publishing industry
WITH LOVE, MOMMIE DEAREST: THE MAKING OF AN UNINTENTIONAL CAMP CLASSIC
All about the making of MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)
Roger Corman: 1926-2024
R.I.P.