At first glimpse, the premise for The Entity seems so tacky that it could only be lurid exploitation:
simply put, it's a movie about a woman who becomes the se...
Mandingo became a big box office hit in 1975. Even as the critics rejected it, audiences flocked to see a well-made and powerfully acted film that explored the...
If you're a Lucio Fulci fan, there's a strange poignancy
to watching The House By The Cemetery
today. This film found him in the middle of what was arguably th...
With All The World's A Stage, Rush established a pattern of making every fifth album in their Mercury Records run a live album. This pattern was continued in 1...
The problem inherent in the word mockumentary is that it
leads the audience to expect outright mockery of the film's subject matter. It
doesn't leave a lot of ...
Few things can make your skin crawl like trying to buy a
car at a car dealership. The process is as close to a criminal enterprise as
business laws allow: the ...
Just two weeks ago, Schlockmania covered the first two installments of Popoff's Top 20, a new series of list-styled essays delivered in eBook form by Martin Po...
If 2112 is the album that proved Rush could have a career, Moving Pictures is the album that ensured they would stay in the business on a long-term basis. A lo...
The 1980s, particularly their first half, were a golden
era for Italian genre productions. It was a time when a modestly-budgeted project
could get a name star...
There are certain movies that become massive hits without ever earning respect from critics or the public at large. One could argue that this has always been H...
Between his countless publications, podcasts and YouTube appearances, it's hard to determine if Martin Popoff ever sleeps. It seems like there's something new ...
As the '80s dawned, progressive rock was becoming an endangered species. Bands were either fading out or knuckling under to record company pressure to find a m...
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.
