The culture of the 1970s has always fascinated me: a disgraced American president and subsequent political conspiracy theories, shag carpeting, station wagons, hideous earth-tone plaids, key parties, punk rock, NASA space probes, New Age/occult trends, […]
Fans of extreme cinema and brutal horror tend to forgive and expect low production quality in exchange for visceral and realistic gore, top-notch practical effects, and often buckets and buckets of bodily fluid. The general […]
Each month The Grumps bring you a selection of what’s new and now in the Action genre. Strap in for Round-house Round-Up! from brian miller: FORTRESS OF AMERIKKKA (1989) [REISSUED ON BLU RAY BY VINEGAR […]
Classifying films by genre can be a harrowing experience and not for the faint-hearted. Last year, a mere one year into the pandemic, a Twitter user caused online apoplexy by daring to ask if Alien […]
As described by the label itself, Gold Ninja Video is “The Criterion of Public Domain Bargain Bins: A boutique film distribution label that focuses on releasing neglected films with lots of new special features.” That’s […]
“If God wanted that movie to be good, He would have willed it so from the beginning.” This sort of Greater Plan attitude is the subconscious spiritual implication of a capitalist art industry. While the […]
1992: the year it felt good to be a gangsta; the year one pop diva went unplugged and another charted with her bodyguard; the year Britpop really started roaring and grunge got cozy. It was […]
Each month The Grumps bring you a selection of what’s new and now in the Action genre. Strap in for Round-house Round-Up! from andrew gimetzco!: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) [new in theaters] […]
Grumpire 17, Half Baked 0 Once upon a time, there was a nerdcore rapperHe had an opinion that a film should be in the crapperA stoner comedy of mid-’90s fame the one that gave Dave […]
Grumpire 16, Black Christmas 1 Season’s Greetings, Christmas Creeps! It’s time to iron out your Santa socks and stare blankly at your fruitcake because we’re back to ruin your yuletide cheer with a seasonally appropriate […]
Each month The Grumps bring you a selection of what’s new and now in the Action genre. Strap in for Round-house Round-Up! from brian miller: FUTURE COPS (1993) [REISSUED ON BLU-RAY FROM PANORAMA CORP] The […]
IT’S A BLOODY PISS TAKE! WOULD YOU EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM US GRUMPS? To the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”/“Silver Shamrock Theme”:It’s been a week since Halloween, Halloween, HalloweenIt’s been a week since […]
I’ve always found watching British horror films to be strangely comforting. Unlike their American counterparts, British horror has a different vibe, a patina of politeness masking the terror lurking beneath the surface; that well-furnished study, […]
There are numerous horror films from the mid-century era that I could have chosen to discuss. In fact, many of them are far better films than the one I chose. You see, 1962’s regional horror […]
The terminology is new, but the concept of “elevated” horror isn’t. As long as there’s been cinema, there has been a subset of both critics and fans who treat the perennial popularity of horror films […]
