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LIST CANDIDATE: RUBBER (2010)
NOTE: Rubber has been promoted onto the List of the 366 Best Weird Movies of All Time; the official Certified Weird entry is here. DIRECTED BY: Quentin Dupieux FEATURING: Stephen Spinella, Jack...
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CAPSULE: THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)
DIRECTED BY: Roger Corman FEATURING: Jonathan Haze, Mel Welles, Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Charles B. Griffith PLOT: Mild-mannered delivery boy Seymour breeds a new plant in an...
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CAPSULE: TROLLHUNTER [TROLLJEGEREN] (2010)
DIRECTED BY: André Øvredal FEATURING: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Mørck, Tomas Alf Larsen, Urmila Berg-Domaas PLOT: Three journalism students traipse about the Norwegian countryside...
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BEHIND THE SCENES OF JOHN SEMPER’S “CREEPORIA”
* This is the first in a three-part series. Patrick Greathouse, of the Asylum House and Asylum Productions, was excited when he called me. With Patrick, that is the norm. Since returning to Indiana, I...
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BEHIND THE SCENES OF JOHN SEMPER’S “CREEPORIA” PART 2
*This is the second in a three-part series; here’s part one. In regards to John Semper[1], Patrick Greathouse asked the question, “Why partner with the Asylum House?” I put this question to Mr. Semper....
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BEHIND THE SCENES OF JOHN SEMPER’S “CREEPORIA,” PART 3: INTERVIEW
* This is the third in a three-part series (although we will publish a short interview with “Creeporia” stars Camille and Kennerly Kitt this weekend). Catch up on part 1 and part 2. Interview with John...
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LIST CANDIDATE: JOHN DIES AT THE END (2012)
NOTE: John Dies at the End has been promoted onto the List of the 366 Best Weird Movies of All Time; the official Certified Weird entry is here. DIRECTED BY: Don Coscarelli FEATURING: Chase Williamson,...
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SPIDER BABY, OR THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD (1968)
When a film opens up with a raspy-voiced Lon Chaney, Jr. ardently singing the title song, it almost comes with a guarantee of a weird trip ahead. Spider Baby (1964) does not disappoint. Some...
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PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)
Brain De Palma, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and John Waters were among the directors whose films we passionately watched and discussed in that now extinct haven once known as art school. It was De...
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ROGER CORMAN’S A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959)
The Roger Corman cult favorite Bucket of Blood (1959) was ahead of its time, literally pioneering the phrase “supplemental feature.” Having finished A Bucket of Blood ahead of schedule, Corman...
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CAPSULE: BAD MILO (2013)
DIRECTED BY: Jacob Vaughan FEATURING: Ken Marino, Peter Stormare, Gillian Jacobs, Stephen Root, Patrick Warburton, Mary Kay Place, Toby Huss PLOT: An accountant finds that his searing intestinal pains...
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LIST CANDIDATE: FIDO (2006)
DIRECTED BY: Andrew Currie FEATURING: Kesun Loder, Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss PLOT: The usual cloud of radiation has caused the Earth’s dead to rise from the grave and feed on the flesh of the...
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CAPSULE: MIDNIGHT SKATER (2002)
DIRECTED BY: Lucas Campbell FEATURING: Cory Maidens, Ezra Haidet PLOT: A killer chops up his fellow students on a college campus while a zombie plague brews. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Even if this...
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179. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)
“The reason Fox found it unwieldy — the scabrous humor about the music industry, the unhappy love story and the weirdness of some of the characters — are exactly the reasons why people love it...
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BUD ABBOTT AND LOU COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
For some inexplicable reason, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are often confused with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Apart from the skinny guy/fat guy theme, the two comedy teams have nothing in common...
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MAD MONSTER PARTY (1967)
Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass may just be the weirdest animation team in history. Most of their stop-motion Christmas toons have become perennial classics, despite such bizarre characters as a...
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182. SPIDER BABY (1967)
“In pinning its narrative to a weird family’s desperation to keep its own shadow from touching the outside world, Spider Baby anticipated a score of disparate works… Regardless of what may have...
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JAMES WHALE’S THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) ON BLU-RAY
“With a few exceptions, The Bride of Frankenstein represented the last gasp of the horror film as a serious genre,” claimed Andrew Sarris. The late critic had a point. By now, Whale’s blackened horror...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: EARTHWORM HEART (2014)
Earthworm Heart is about as cute and cuddly as we care to get on the day after Halloween: somewhat, and only temporarily.
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LIST CANDIDATE: WITCHING AND BITCHING (2013)
Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi DIRECTED BY: Alex de la Iglesia FEATURING: Hugo Silva, Carolina Bang, Mario Casas, Jaime Ordóñez, Carmen Maura, Terele Pávez, Gabriel Delgado PLOT: Small-time crooks bump...
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