Reliving The Cinema of Wes Craven Thru the Movie Poster
A sure fire cult name, Wes Craven will forever be identified with the horror genre thanks to a number of box office hits and two franchise story lines that continue […]
Open Season (1974)
This film from director Peter Collinson almost serves as a precursor to the realities the horror genre would unleash in the years to come when the real monsters are those around us […]
Now Playing August 17th, 1977
Under the circumstances of Burt Reynold’s passing, the time seems appropriate for joining me in a look back to the week that was when Burt was KING at the box […]
Spasms (1983)
For this Canadian low budget production, we find the burly hellraiser Oliver Reed taking center stage with some able assistance from Peter Fonda as the pair attempt to capture and […]
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Flawed and uneven this western spoof may be and it’s surely attempting to cash in on the popularity of Support Your Local Sheriff, yet, having said that there is an […]
The Limey (1999)
After revisiting 1984’s The Hit for the first time since it’s release on the home video market and thoroughly enjoying it, I couldn’t help but follow it up with this […]
TCM Festival 2016 : The Movies Part 1 and The Great Fire Alarm Adventure
I’ll first start by saying it’s impossible to catch all the movies as there are major decisions to be made going in. Should I catch It’s Wonderful Life with a […]
Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
This provocative title is another in the long line of motorcycle pictures under the AIP banner that came late in the era of the nomadic biker drive-in flicks. And while it doesn’t […]
Race With The Devil (1975)
Wrapping up our countdown to Halloween it’s time for Speakeasy’s Kristina and myself to turn our attentions to a horror title that we consider to be among our personal favorites […]
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
Taking a breather from a succession of Corman/Poe tales, Vincent Price stars as the hero of this rather bizarre tale of human trafficking at the turn of the century San […]
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
When I learned that Janet aka Sister Celluloid was hosting the “Love Hurt” blogathon as a tribute to the work of John Hurt I immediately thought of two films to […]
Truck Turner (1974)
When Isaac Hayes won acclaim for the theme song to Shaft in 1971 it only made sense that he would turn up in a tailor made film of his own […]
The Brood (1979) Oliver Reed Fest. Day 1
David Cronenberg meets the ferocious whispering of Oliver Reed. To start my mini fest of Oliver Reed films I thought it best to start with a film he made right […]
The Warren Oates Factor
If you have been a regular visitor here over the past year then you should know by now that Warren Oates is one of those actors I love to champion. […]
Can You Remember the Drive In Experience?
Looking back I realize that the drive in craze was pretty much coming to an end during my childhood days and I am hard pressed to recall very many trips […]
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
This saga of a stubborn family of loggers pitted against the local union and on going strike offers us the first film that Paul Newman not only starred in but […]
