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Don wrote a new post, RUSH – SIGNALS: Old-Guard Prog Catches A New Wave 18 hours, 50 minutes ago
If they had wanted to, Rush could have easily coasted on the success of Moving Pictures. Its savvy blend of progressive mindset and accessible arena rock elements would have made a sturdy formula to follow to […]
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Don wrote a new post, Top Trailers: HANNA D. – THE GIRL FROM VONDEL PARK 3 days, 18 hours ago
One of the great things about watching old exploitation
film trailers is that they often give you a visceral sense of the place and
time that spawned their parent films. Exploitation filmmakers had to make […] -
Don wrote a new post, LIMELIGHT: RUSH IN THE '80s: The Challenging Middle Era Of A Prog Colossus 1 week ago
With Anthem, Martin Popoff initiated his ultimate Rush book project: a history of the band that mixes deep-dive explorations of each album and in-depth interviews drawn from a previously untapped archive of […]
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Don wrote a new post, 1990: THE BRONX WARRIORS: A Five Course Feast Of Post-Apoc Celluloid Junk Food 1 week, 3 days ago
Enzo G. Castellari was one of Italy’s great journeyman
directors during that ’60s to ’80s era when that country’s genre film mill was
at its most productive. His filmography from this era is packed with films […] -
Don wrote a new post, CATALOG CRAWL: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, Part 3 (1977-1979) 1 month ago
Bachman-Turner Overdrive didn’t score any hit singles or
albums post-1976 but their recording career continued on for another three
years, producing an album each year through the decade’s close. The first […] -
Don wrote a new post, THE READTHRU: HAUNT OF FEAR Part 1 (15-17, 4) 1 month, 1 week ago
E.C. Comics clearly had faith in their line of “New Trend” horror comics from the jump because they launched a third title one month after the first issues of Tales From The Crypt and Vault Of Horror. Haunt Of […]
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Don wrote a new post, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (1999): Getting Under The Skin Of A Porn Star 1 month, 1 week ago
Porn documentaries all really have the same basic things
to say: the business isn’t a pretty one, it takes a heavy toll on those
involved and the people involved often are grappling with demons. So why is
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Don wrote a new post, CATALOG CRAWL: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, Part 2 (1975-1977) 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Here’s another jumbo helping of pop-friendly Canadian
boogie for you. This trio of albums captures the middle part of the band’s
career, including their last two charting studio albums and a lesser-known […] -
Don wrote a new post, THE CONCRETE JUNGLE: The Forgotten Foundation of '80s Women-In-Prison Fare 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Billy Fine racked up a half-dozen credits during the first half of the ’80s, either as producer or executive producer, on a set of films that were noteworthy VHS and cable favorites in their day. For example, you […]
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Don wrote a new post, POPOFF ARCHIVE 3: HAIR METAL: The Introspection Under The Hairspray 1 month, 3 weeks ago
One of the major appeals of Martin Popoff’s books on
hard rock and heavy metal is the fact that they primarily utilize new
interviews conducted by the author himself rather than relying entirely on
older books […] -
Don wrote a new post, SHINING SEX: The Debauched Tone Poetry Of Dr. Jess 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Appreciating the work of Jesus Franco poses multiple
challenges. The first is that his filmography is massive, including some genres
that certain viewers refuse to watch (i.e. porn films and hardcore variants […] -
Don wrote a new post, CATALOG CRAWL: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, Part 1 (1973-1974) 2 months ago
Randy Bachman wanted to prove he was no flash-in-the-pan
after leaving the Guess Who. After a solo album and a country rock-ish outfit
called Brave Belt, he created Bachman-Turner Overdrive with fellow […] -
Don wrote a new post, Top Trailers: BLACK DYNAMITE 2 months ago
Black Dynamite is the definitive blaxploitation parody: not only is it funny from start to finish but it actually manages to channel the genre it is sending up by taking on its stylistic quirks with sincere love […]
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Don commented on the post, THE READTHRU: VAULT OF HORROR Part 1 (#12-16) 2 months, 1 week ago
Thanks for reading, Mark. I plan on working my way through the run of all the major E.C. titles so stay tuned for more.
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Don wrote a new post, THE READTHRU: VAULT OF HORROR Part 1 (#12-16) 2 months, 1 week ago
The
Readthru is designed to take you through the issue run of a comic book or
magazine. It will be an ongoing series of capsule review guides to famous
titles of yesteryear.After a few horror-oriented tales […]
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Don wrote a new post, Schlock-Wire: Pre-Buy Your Copy of BAD GIRLS, The New Film From The Director Of THE THETA GIRL 2 months, 1 week ago
The world may be struggling with coronavirus but filmmakers carry on. Case in point: Christopher Bickel, the South Carolina-based filmmaker who made such a distinctive debut with The Theta Girl, wrapped […]
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Don wrote a new post, CATALOG CRAWL: VAN HALEN, Part 2 (1981-1984) 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The second half of Van Halen’s “Roth Era”
delivered three albums that doubled as testaments to the mighty battle of wills
going on behind the scenes for the band’s destiny between guitar whiz Eddie Van
Halen and […] -
Don wrote a new post, LEMORA: A Deep Cut That Still Draws Blood 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Every horror fan has got their pet obscurities, those
little “deep cuts” of genre cinema that only the faithful know and
obsess over. Sometimes these films linger in the memory for nostalgic reasons
but there are […] -
Don wrote a new post, POPOFF'S TOP 20 ROUNDUP: PAT TRAVERS, BLACKFOOT, DERRINGER and RAINBOW 2 months, 3 weeks ago
We’ve reached the point where the new Popoff’s Top 20
electronic essays by Martin Popoff have gone from new side-project to supplementary body of work. Since
Schlockmania last posted about this series, he has […] -
Don wrote a new post, THE DEAD ZONE (1983): Still The King Of King Adaptations 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Adaptations of Stephen King novels have always been a
dicey proposition for horror fans. His
often-cinematic premises seem tailor-made for silver screen success in theory
but many of them lose something in the […] - Load More