Comic book artist Rob Liefeld couldn’t draw feet to save his life, so he made sure there was always something in the panel to mask them. If you can only draw two expressions, and one involves gritted teeth? Write stories where every beat requires gritted teeth. Play to your strengths, mask your weaknesses, deliver exactly … Read more
For a brief stretch in the late ‘80s and early ’90s, we were waist-high in billowing satin sheets, backlit blinds, and droning synths. The ‘erotic horror’ genre littered the horror shelves – but they really did deserve their own section. Somewhere between Dawn of the Dead and Witchboard, you’d find titles like Meridian, To Sleep … Read more
This film was such a big deal. Tarantino took decades of accumulated pop cultural detritus and alchemised it into something that got a standing ovation at Cannes. The film told a generation of overqualified underachievers that their encyclopedic knowledge of blaxploitation flicks and sitcom trivia wasn’t worthless cultural debris – it was a language unto … Read more
One of the most emblematic movies of the 90s. “So… what are we doing for New Year’s?” It both perfectly summarizes, and effectively flicks-off the light switch on that cinematic decade. Of course mileage varies based on one’s subjective pop radar, but this one checks all my 90s boxes in the best possible way: The … Read more
Horror, Humanity, and Mid-90s Morality I love horror anthologies, it’s easily one of the best go-to genres for a late night Halloween spook-a-thon. And while the 90s experienced a bit of a drought, one the better ones to come out of the decade was Rusty Cundieff’s Tales from the Hood. See, I’m one of those … Read more
A Valentine’s Day Classic With Bite The Silence of the Lambs was released on home video today in 1991, after a February 14th theatrical release. Valentine’s Day. Best enjoyed with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti. I like to keep this timeless classic on the ‘Ed Gein’ shelf along with Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, … Read more