I've always dismissed the TV movie as pop culture filler. Sure, there are classics like THE NIGHT STALKER and DUEL, but those are the exceptions, not the rule. And beyond the allure of B-level stars slumming it on the small screen, TV movies were a product that had a...
#1 Cheerleader Camp – Beneath the Bottom of the Barrel By Bob Blaschuk Let's talk about "Late Night Comedy," the sub-genre #1 Cheerleader Camp falls under. This term encompasses the type of film you would find on during the darkest hours of late night television....
I'm a sucker for a film that's so odd, so singular in its vision, and so personal that it doesn't matter much if it 'works' or not. Such is the case with ALONE IN THE T-SHIRT zone, a slice of forgotten 80's VHS detritus whose mild notoriety comes from the fact that...
"I love you" said the sexy digital woman on the portable computer. Our hero doesn't respond. "Are you crying?" she asks. We can't see his eyes because his entire head is wrapped in bandages. He was scalped. Only his mouth peaks out. "Get me the hell out of here" the...
As a kid SPECIES was the ultimate example of "This is for adults." It was advertised heavily on the back covers of all the comic books I read and you could almost see a boob! The VHS box said it was about a sexy female alien that slept with men and killed them! My...
"Burning Bright" is apparently based on a poem from 19th century English Romantic Age poet William Blakes called "The Tyger". I would not be offended, nor would I know if you took the time right now to go and read this short poem. I recommend you take note of the line...
I've been friends with Adam 'The Riot' Thorn for almost a decade now and no one I've known in person has had more of an influence on my cinematic tastes. He introduced me the joy of working at a video store (the still active EYESORE CINEMA), we did hundreds of...
When are they going to get to the fireworks factory? It's a question I asked myself often while watching Netflix's adaptation of the long running action/adventure video game series CASTLEVANIA . It's got an amazing pedigree: Warren Ellis (of PLANETARY and...
Comics books were banned in my house. My mother either thought they were too violent, obscene, or that a Bart Simpson was telling people to "Eat his shorts" in them or something. The reasons were never clear, but the cold hard rule was that no funny books (unless...
Ghostquake - The Haunted Dreams of Danny Trejo By Bob Blaschuk So, Ghostquake (a.k.a. Haunted High) is bad. That line alone is probably enough to stop most people from watching this movie. Still, what's worse than bad is that Ghostquake is just extremely boring. See,...
