FINAL CHAPTER: WALKING TALL: The Gothic/Tragic Epilogue Of An American Hero Story
May 17th
The filmmakers behind Final Chapter: Walking Tall did not have an enviable task to pursue. The first two films had claimed the most commercially exploitable action and revenge-film elements from Buford Pusser’s life. All that was left was the slow fade-out part of his story and its tragic ending. Despite these challenges, Final Chapter: Walking More >
Schlock-Wire: Shout Factory To Release The 2nd Season Of THE ROOKIES On DVD
May 16th
It’s a good time to be a fan of Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg’s t.v. productions. Shout! Factory has revived several of their shows on DVD in the last month or so, including new sets of Fantasy Island and S.W.A.T. The latest Spelling/Goldberg show to get a digital video resurrection of The Rookies. This show More >
WALKING TALL PART II: Middle-Movie Fatigue In A Southern Cop Franchise
May 15th
In the wake of Walking Tall’s massive box office success, producers had big plans for a follow up. In fact, they were going to get Buford Pusser to play himself in a depiction of his battles with the State Line Mob. Tragically, these plans were cut short when Pusser died under mysterious circumstances in a More >
Schlock-Wire: The Disco Recharge Series Debuts With VOYAGE Special Edition
May 14th
Big news for discophiles: Mr. Pink, the man behind the amazing (and much loved at Schlockmania) Disco Discharge compilation series, is parlaying that success into reissuing a series of classic disco albums in deluxe editions, complete with all the edits, remixes and bonuses that he can gather up for each album. The series will be More >
WALKING TALL: A Box Office Champion Of Justice Is Born
May 14th
“When’s the last time you stood up and applauded a movie?” That was the question that the newspaper ads for Walking Tall boldly posed to prospective audiences - and for once, it was not drive-in hyperbole. Walking Tall is right up there with Billy Jack as one of the great independent film success stories of More >
CABIN IN THE WOODS: Killing The Horror Genre With Cleverness
May 11th
No horror film released this year is likely to inspire as many nerdgasms as The Cabin In The Woods. Just visit any of the usual fanboy film websites and you’ll see endless pages of praise proclaiming it to be the best horror film in years, a film that reinvents the genre and a “game-changer” for More >
SCHOOLGIRL REPORT VOL. 8: You Can’t Stop The Schlager Smut
May 10th
Part of the appeal of exploitation cinema, particularly that of sex-driven variety, is its honesty: it knows what its audience wants and dishes it up in a straightforward manner free of pretense. When the people making these kinds of films do their job with style and energy, the results can be refreshing, even joyful. And More >
Schlock-Wire: June Brings More Nikkatsu Erotica From Impulse — EROS SCHOOL: FEELS SO GOOD and ZOOM UP: BEAVER BOOK GIRL
May 9th
Impulse knocked out daring cinema cultists a short while ago with their one-two punch of True Story Of A Woman In Jail: Sex Hell and Debauchery. It looks like that knockout streak will continue in June when they release their next two Nikkatsu erotic shockers, Eros School: Feels So Good and Zoom Up: The Beaver More >
THE RAID: REDEMPTION: Action That’s Willing To Bleed For You
May 8th
Asian action cinema remains a top draw (if not the top draw) for action film junkies all over the world because it delivers a visceral, dangerous impact that is hard to find elsewhere. This impact comes from the fact that these films still utilize the kind of stunts and no-cutaway fight direction that Hollywood is More >
Digi-Schlock: 42ND STREET FOREVER BLU-RAY EDITION (Synapse)
May 7th
If you’re a card-carrying cult movie fanatic, you probably have a shelf or two of trailer compilations in your collection. As long as this subculture has had access to home video, they’ve been collecting and trading collections of coming attractions for their favorite films (and the obscurities they wish they could see). Trailer comps are More >
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