Op-Ed
The Wrong Turn Franchise Pt. 2: A (Ch)Op-Ed
The next four films rank among some of my favorite sequels. They amp up the story, the setting, the nudity, and the gore. They truly find their rhythm and figure out who they are and […]
Retro Review
Op-Ed
The Wrong Turn Franchise Pt. 1: A (Ch)Op-Ed
I have a soft spot for inbred killers. There’s just something about that special familial connection that can only be achieved by boning your cousin and giving birth to a crazed cannibalistic maniac. Whether it’s […]
Op-Ed
The Xtro Trilogy: A (Ch)Op-Ed Piece
The Xtro trilogy is a weird one. The first is such an underseen cult classic, and one that I am consistently recommending. And yet the next two are such pieces of shit. But are they […]
Retro Review
Rawhead Rex: Deep Cuts #27 (1986)
Rawhead Rex is one of those movies I feel like I have seen, but whether it was on Channel 11 some late night in the edited form, or I rented it as a youngin’, for […]
Retro Review
Skinner: Deep Cuts #26 (1993)
Skinner is a 1993 slasher film that keeps appearing on my recommendations list on Amazon, but I have been able to resist it for some time now. I came across it on my streaming website […]
Retro Review
Kill, Baby, Kill (1966): Deep Cuts #25
I have always been a fan of Lamberto Bava, so much, that I had decided to dabble in his father’s works. Kino Lorber had a sale on Blu-rays, and I picked up a few of […]
Retro Review
Body Parts (1991): Deep Cuts #24
I have so many great memories of renting VHS tapes, first from the local mom and pop store back home, then from Blockbuster and Family Video once they had taken over. One of those memories […]
Retro Review
Death Screams (1982): Deep Cuts #23
Death Screams is a movie I had never heard of before I got my buy one get one coupon for Vintage Stock. Imagine my surprise when I found Arrow editions of Death Screams, Death Walks […]
Retro Review
A Bay of Blood (1971): Deep Cuts #20
I bought the DVD of Twitch of the Death Nerve some 20 years ago. Being labeled as the grandfather of slasher films, the inspiration for the body count film, and always listed as one of […]
Retro Review
Full Moon Fever Creature Feature Edition: (Ch)Op-Ed #20
I’m such a fan of Full Moon/Empire, that I have decided to go back into the vaults and watch some of the films that I either missed when they came out, or ones that I […]