THE DEAD DON’T DIE (2019): The Artsy-Oddball “Hang Sesh” Of Zombie Movies

DonJune 18, 2019
AIRPLANE!: The Craft Behind The Machine Gun Lunacy

DonJune 11, 2019
YEAR OF THE DRAGON: An 80’s Celluloid Bad Boy Trio Takes You Down To Chinatown

DonMay 28, 2019
THE TAKE (1974): When The Cops Are Also The Robbers

DonMay 21, 2019
THE ADVENTURERS (1970): Continental Sleaze And Soap, The Robbins Way

DonMay 14, 2019
ORGIES OF EDO: Pioneering Pinky Violence With Teruo Ishii

DonMay 7, 2019
Schlockmania’s Favorite Episodes From STARSKY & HUTCH: Season 1 – Part 2

DonApril 30, 2019
MOTT THE HOOPLE – MOTT: 43 Minutes’ Worth Of Bitter Glam Rock Wisdom

DonApril 26, 2019
SATAN’S BLACK WEDDING: Surreal Madness For The 3 A.M. Mindset

DonApril 23, 2019

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AMG DIRTY DOZEN 04/19/19: Two Of Mr. Big’s Biggies, Triple Savageness And Gals With Guns Galore

DonApril 19, 2019

Easter is almost upon us so here an Easter basket for you in the form of a new edition of the AMG Dirty Dozen. This one has a few unique attributes: namely, th...

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Schlockmania’s Favorite Episodes From STARSKY & HUTCH: Season 1 – Part 1

DonApril 16, 2019

Starsky & Hutch is one the most beloved of double-lead cop shows in television history. It's a polished product of Aaron Spelling's '70s t.v. production fa...

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DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE: Draw Your Own Hard-Boiled Conclusions

DonApril 9, 2019

It's hard to tell how much of the controversy was intentional but Dragged Across Concrete has become the top debate topic of cult cinema in the first quarter of...

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WONDER WOMEN: Brawling B-Movie Babes On Paradise Island

DonApril 2, 2019

If there was a place you could consider "Paradise Island" for exploitation filmmaking, it had to be the Philippines. From the late '60s well into the mid '80s, ...

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US (2019): Shadow Twins, Social Thrills And Sophomore Success

DonMarch 29, 2019

One of the problems with the horror film scene today is the distinct lack of auteurs. Frankly, it's starving for modern-day answers to Cronenberg, Romero, Crav...

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JOE (1970): The Silent Majority Goes Out For Blood

DonMarch 19, 2019

The 1970’s was a truly explosive era for filmmaking. The tumultuous nature of the times and new freedoms offered by the R-rating resulted in a number of film th...

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THE KILLING KIND: Stylish Psychosis In The Land Of Quiet Desperation

DonMarch 12, 2019

If you're looking for an esoteric auteur of cult cinema to obsess over, you'd do well to check out the work of Curtis Harrington. He's still not as well-known ...

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CRIMINALLY INSANE: Millard’s Macabre Masterstroke

DonMarch 5, 2019

Nick Millard is a grindhouse auteur who was truly born into the profession: his father, S.S. Millard, was a producer of sexploitation-themed films in the late '...

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PENITENTIARY II: Grindhouse Goes Funhouse In The Fanaka Style

DonFebruary 26, 2019

Penitentiary was the kind of hit that came out of nowhere, a film that was successful because it was so utterly unique and filled a niche that Hollywood either ...

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MANIAC (1980): A Serial Killer Prototype Infiltrates The Slash-Pack

DonFebruary 19, 2019

Maniac spent many years being considered the odd man out of the slasher genre, the kind of film that even made gorehounds squirm with discomfort. The reason for...

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PENITENTIARY: Bustin’ Out With Jamaa Fanaka

DonFebruary 12, 2019

Jamaa Fanaka isn't thought of as a top name in black filmmaking history, perhaps because he made films that could be considered exploitation fare, but he was a ...

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WATERWORLD: THE ULYSSES CUT: Pulp Goes Epic Aquapunk

DonFebruary 5, 2019

At some point in history, the entertainment press decided to become the journalistic equivalent of Las Vegas bookies and handicap the potential success of films...

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