Loron Hays

Gothic horror gets its kink on in 1962’s The Horrible Dr. Hichcock . This is one of the movies that you really have to wonder how in the hell it got made. Like ever. Like ever ever. Directed by Riccar...
Beheadings! Bosoms! Blood! Welcome to the dark side of the 1950s. Made for a mere $29000 in 1959, The Monster of Piedras Blancas looks like a million bucks in high-definition in 2016. Down with the fu...
Perhaps there is no other movie that best exemplifies the highs and lows of the 1980s than 1989's Road House . It's got mullets, monster trucks, martial arts, naked chicks, big hair, and a bunch of wh...
When it comes to b-grade entertainment, there is literally NOTHING quite like 1987’s Blood Rage . As ballsy as it is shoddy, this poorly acted slasher is in fact quite effective in is delivery of a tw...
The border. Joni Mitchell sang about it. Cormac McCarthy’s prose is filled with its beauty. As a nation, we are obsessed with its divide. For Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar, borders are to be explored b...
He’s baaack! Thank the Maker for director James Wan because he knows how to navigate a film through one hell of a frightmare, complete with creaks and groans and ghouls and dark, dark shadows. Everyth...
...in which the whole Nature VS Nurture argument finally gets its hands bloody. Okay, so maybe Morgan isn’t all that original. The story about an artificial intelligence being raised in a laboratory a...
"Put your weight on it, put your weight on it, put your weight on it,” shouts comedian Rudy Ray Moore as he spins the latest disco record on the dance floor for his patrons. His tight powder-blue leot...
As fond as I am for Anthony Perkins’ acting talents, I have to say that Psycho IV: The Beginning is a film best suited for those looking to complete the Norman Bates experience only. It is interesting...
“Now are you ready to tell me the secrets of the death ray,” snarls Bela Lugosi as the all-black wearing villain in Chandu the Magician . He plays Roxor, an evil mastermind hell-bent on ruling nations...
Embracing a joyously retro-generated vibe of all things bursting with rainbows, unicorns, NES, comic books, and Michael Ironside, Turbo Kid laser blasts its way onto blu-ray with the single mission to...
Arthur Bishop is back. He’s also pretty irritated. You should NEVER mess with him while he is trying to eat. And, as showcased by the always-charismatic Jason Statham, the specialist of accidental dea...
Shelley Winters unhinged is some scary-ass shit. And that’s a fact. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? presents the actress as a civilized AND extremely wicked woman who longs to be reunited with her dearly dep...
Microwave Massacre is the type of low budget horror-comedy that few have patience for. It’s slapped together from long first takes (because the producers had no money to waste) and, as the opening cre...
To this day, The Adventures of Bukaroo Banzai remains one helluva wild ride. There is no other film that quite matches its new wave swagger. Nothing comes close to its style or its wit and, while a co...