Features
Tuesday, January 10 2012
The Guilty Pleasure Films of 2011
You may snicker when looking over this list, but these are the films of 2011 that made us feel guilty for loving them so -- and love them we do.
Tuesday, January 5 2010
The Guilty Pleasure Films of 2009
Someone, the same old suspects show up on this list - cheesy horror films, goofy gross out comedies, and the occasional certified WTF title. Lucky for us, 2009 was no different when it came to culpable schlock.
Friday, February 13 2009
State of the Slasher Address 2: We've Come a Long Way, Baby
Stephen Graham Jones revisits the slasher film genre in the wake of My Bloody Valentine 3D to show how we may just be on the verge of another slasher renaissance.
Reviews
Monday, February 28 2011
Drive Angry 3D
One could accuse Drive Angry 3D of trying too hard, straining to climb completely over the top.
Monday, January 19 2009
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
The 3-D version offers something you can't find in discount bins: bits of viscera appearing to fly at a grateful audience of teenagers and horror geeks.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Dracula 2000 / Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - PopMatters Film Review )
Frankly, it doesn't seem coincidental that these films are being released around the holidays; certainly Dracula's bloodsucking lust appeals on some level to our own holiday consumer frenzies.
Blogs
Thursday, June 2 2011
Pedal to the Grindhouse Metal: 'Drive Angry' (Blu-ray)
Certainly, no one is claiming that Drive Angry is art, but in a world of prepackaged high concept action ordinariness, it's something very special - and seedy, and sinful - indeed.
