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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

New York, and for those with a tight budget, Toronto, has always been the prime location for movies requiring a grey, gloomy setting. Chi...

The Killer Inside Me (1976)

Note: Please excuse the quality of the stills. The DVD of this film is OOP and I had to pull the pics off the YouTube link a kindly user ...

The Killer Shrews (1959)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. Fearsome mutants with nasty big pointy teeth! An island overrun with giant, hundred-pound vermin hu...

Nowhere (1997)

You know what I miss? The end credits roll call. In Gregg Araki’s final film of his “Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy,” Nowhere (1997), the dyn...

C.H.U.D. (1984)

When you’re referenced by The Simpsons, you’ve made it. When I think of New York, there’s a million other things that come to mind beside...

The Exterminator (1980)

“Show, don’t tell.” Thanks to modern technology, theatrical productions can utilize state-of-the-art equipment and techniques to create a...

Mesa of Lost Women (1953)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. I’d like to suggest a more accurate title. Mesa of Knowing Glances. Here’s another. Mesa of Stupid ...

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

My daughter is afraid of bugs. Period. She can admire them from afar, but let a fly loose in the house, she’s either freaking out or armi...

Spotlight (2015)

(I'm using this cast image because the poster fails to acknowledge Brian D'Arcy James) Have you ever felt that pang of superiority when s...

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

It was July 4, 1994. The sun had set and my friend Danny joined our family on the long walk to the neighborhood pool. We were heading ove...

Glen or Glenda (1953)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. My dad once told me that Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) scared the hell out of him as a kid. That s...

The House on Sorority Row (1982)

Slasher movies, like Rodney Dangerfield, don’t get no respect. There are certain hierarchies of slasher movies, not just in terms of arti...

Fear No Evil (1981)

"More ambition than sense.” That was literally the slogan of a production company and a director I once worked with. To be clear, when I ...

Chained for Life (1952)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. The first Tony Awards broadcast I ever saw was in 1998. My sister, being a much bigger musical thea...

Vigilante (1983)

What a long and wonderfully unpredictable career William Lustig has had. Most of the players in the exploitation/grindhouse movement of t...

Bill and Coo (1948)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. Thanks to an extreme case of social awkwardness, my first filmmaking ventures consisted of posing a...

Ticks (1993)

“I’M INFESTED!!!!” A meme and gif-worthy moment that gives me all the right feels. Cult actor and national treasure Clint Howard, in an e...

Hitler - - Dead or Alive (1942)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. -Nelson Muntz. Patriot. Bully. As Lisa Simpson notes, this essay contest is “fiercely pro-American....

Child Bride (1938)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set There are many qualifiers for great acting, but versatility might be the most important. Sure, some ...

The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)

Part of the Weird Cinema DVD Box Set. There’s an early Robot Chicken sketch featuring the “B-Team,” a budget-friendly alternative to the ...

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