Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Allan Arkush’s film Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) is a deeply felt, autobiographical expression by the filmmaker within the idiom of early sixties teeny bopper rock musicals. Arkush drew… Read more »
Allan Arkush’s film Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) is a deeply felt, autobiographical expression by the filmmaker within the idiom of early sixties teeny bopper rock musicals. Arkush drew… Read more »
Produced by Roger Corman and released straight to video by New Horizons, Caroline At Midnight (1993) is one of the quintessential erotic thrillers of the nineties, albeit one of the… Read more »
Though primarily a schlocky bit of monster mayhem, Humanoids From The Deep is a classic example of art versus commerce. Director Barbara Peeters originally shot a much more macabre and… Read more »
Joe Dante’s Piranha (1978) is a creature feature with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek. This quicke Roger Corman production was penned by John Sayles and combines the familiar… Read more »
Candy (Candice Rialson) has just arrived in Los Angeles to make it big in the movies. Almost immediately she finds an agent, Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) who gets her a… Read more »
You couldn’t grow up in the eighties and nineties without knowing who Elvira/Cassandra Peterson was. Elvira’s Movie Macabre (1981-86) was a staple for five years and introduced a generation to… Read more »
Twin sisters Mira and Mara (Leigh and Lynette Harris) must stop their evil sorcerer father Traigon (Roberto Ballesteros) before he can summon the wicked god Caligara and an army of… Read more »
Curtis Harrington is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Hollywood. A forerunner in many respects to the New Queer cinema of the nineties, Harrington began his… Read more »
When I met John Sayles at a preview screening of his film Honeydripper (2007) I was struck by two things on my first impression. The first was the size and… Read more »
Stacey (1973) is the directorial debut feature of the infamous Andy Sidaris. Already a number of tropes from Sidaris’ later and more popular films are readily apparent. Sidaris combines sports… Read more »