It was originally going to be a thing called Disco High because Saturday Night Fever and Grease were pulling in money, and that was reason enough for Roger Corman. But the legendary Paul Bartel, who was already cast in the film, suggested the Ramones instead, and thank ye gads he did. Allan Arkush put the … Read more
Microwave Massacre stars Jackie Vernon, the iconic voice of Rankin/Bass’s “Frosty The Snowman”. “Happy Birthday..!” Yes, that voice. This culinary skid row creep show haunted video store bottom shelves for most of the 80s, and I rented it more times than I care to admit. It was always there for me when my first choice … Read more
Ridley Scott’s second feature rewrote the rules. It wasn’t the first horror film set in space, but it was one of the first to take that setting to its logical conclusion. The ship wasn’t future-cool or aspirational – it was industrial, corporate and basically just a functional space-faring oil refinery. And that choice shifted the … Read more
I’ll admit I’ve never actually gone to Camp, but thanks to a lifetime spent vicariously living through movies and TV shows, I feel like I have. And I’ve come to have a pretty solid understanding of what goes on there. Arts and crafts, skinny dipping, maybe some competitive white-water rafting, spooky stories around the campfire, … Read more