After waxing the classic Argus, Wishbone Ash found themselves a short distance from becoming
one of the world's top rock bands. Wishbone Four was the fol...
If you love cinema in that orgiastic, "explore all
avenues" way that defines cult movie obsession, there's an above average
chance that you also love the art o...
Kiss's non-makeup years started in 1983 and came to a
close in 1996 with the reunion of the original four-member group. It's a short
period in the context of t...
It's ironic that Kiss, the most visuals-conscious hard
rock act of their era, had taken off their famous makeup by the time MTV really
got rolling. During the ...
If there's a subgenre of the exploitation film that was tailor-made for the movie trailer, it's got to be blaxploitation. These films not only were often fille...
If you were directing exploitation movies between 1972
and 1976, there was an above-average chance you would make at least one
blaxploitation movie. Tons of to...
In the latter half of the twentieth century, rock and
roll slowly, gradually shifted from novelty youth music to enduring
institution. The musicians involved i...
In 1975, Rudy Ray Moore became an unlikely success at the boxoffice with Dolemite. Three years later, he made Disco Godfather: he considers this to be th...
If a band is lucky, they achieve a moment where their
ambitions, abilities and communication merge into a kind of alchemy that
produces a perfect album. In the...
Zombie occupies a special place in the hearts of horror fans of a certain age. It was the first taste of Italian horror for some of these fans, one that was so...
If you're lucky, you will have a "road to
Damascus" moment as a cult fan where you realize that a film's
entertainment value matters as much as whether it is o...
It took a few decades but the members of Kiss's original lineup have all written their autobiographies. Gene Simmons wrote an amusingly egocentric light read, ...
Schlockmaniac #1, alias Your Humble Reviewer.
The person behind this affront to High Culture is Don Guarisco. He has a BFA Degree in Film from Florida State University and has written professionally about pop culture for over a decade. His work in the online arena includes reviews and essays for Yesterdayland (now known as Retroland), All Music Guide, All Movie Guide, AVManiacs and The Temple Of Schlock. His reviews have also been published in several All Music Guide publications and DVD Delirium 3.
