about 2 months ago - No comments
Schlockmania is a big booster of Temple Of Schlock, the excellent cult film blog from Chris Poggiali. Thus, it makes Your Humble Reviewer happy to announce that Chris has started a new blog called The Paperback Film Projector. It’s the online component to a book he’s working on about the world of movie tie-in paperback. More >
about 3 months ago - No comments
As we edge closer to Valentine’s Day, perhaps you should think about your love of offbeat and cultish cinema. Indulge your inner eclectic cinephile with this smörgåsbord of picks: the fare includes Sam Peckinpah’s most uniquely personal film, an underrated entry in Hong Kong’s “heroic bloodshed” genre and a film where Stuart Whitman gets in More >
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If any subgenre of horror proves how the commercial always trumps the critical, it’s the slasher movie. They’ve been discriminated against by film critics from the very beginning — even Halloween got nasty reviews until a few savvy critics decided to champion it — but the audience was always there, in droves. Despite a glut More >
about 4 months ago - No comments
Welcome back for part two of The Year In Schlock Cinema, 2011 (if you missed out on part one, click here). The final half focuses on the home video experience, exploring the interesting titles that Schlockmania covered via new DVD’s and blu-rays. The first list is devoted to “Retro Discoveries”: simply put, it’s a dozen More >
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The beginning of the new year brings with an opportunity to take stock of the previous year’s strengths and weaknesses. With that in mind, Schlockmania presents the first installment in a two-part look at the Year In Schlock Cinema, 2011. This part is devoted primarily to theatrical releases, give or take the odd film festival More >
about 4 months ago - No comments
Whether you accept them or hate them, remakes are an unavoidable part of the modern Hollywood film landscape. The best a filmgoer can hope for is that the people involved in helming a remake distill the essential concept of the film they are remaking, bring a fresh perspective or interesting twist to the storytelling and More >
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Sam Peckinpah was one of cinema’s great provocateurs. He had greater range than he is usually given credit for (see The Ballad Of Cable Hogue or Junior Bonner for a look at his gentler, more reflective side) but he found his greatest success in being confrontational. He specialty was digging into the darkest, most difficult More >
about 6 months ago - No comments
Richard Fleischer is a director whose career is way overdue for a reappraisal. Though some of his films are acknowledged as classics — Narrow Margin and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea are two good examples — he is often dismissed as a mere studio journeyman. Like any prolific director, he’s got some duds in his More >
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
Some titles are destined to be visited again and again by DVD companies. It can be done for any number of reasons — new technology, an anniversary, etc — and if a fan is lucky, the presentation the film will evolve with each release. Take Lucio Fulci’s Zombie, for instance: the Anchor Bay DVD beat More >
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Dawn Of The Dead was one of the most influential horror movies of its time, offering a blend of horror, action and social commentary that filmmakers all over the world rushed to capitalize upon. Italy was one of the first places it made that influence felt, mainly because co-producers Dario and Claudio Argento acted on More >
