BADass SINema Unearthed - Where we dive into the wild, weird, and wonderfully wicked world of classic grindhouse cinema. We celebrate the raw energy and unapologetic style of vintage exploitation films — from the slick swagger of Blaxploitation and the lurid allure of sexploitation to the gnarly thrills of monster mayhem and cosmic horror.
Remakes usually suck. Legacy sequels spend half their running time reminding you how much better the original was. Evil Dead 2 says, "Fuck all of that." Sam Raimi looked at The Evil Dead, tore the damn thing apart with a chainsaw ...
Some horror movies get a shiny new coat of paint when they hit 4K. Zombie Flesh Eaters gets more worms. More rot. More flesh. More reasons to wonder what the hell was going through Lucio Fulci's wonderfully twisted ...
Remember when Wes Craven would just throw absolutely every goddamn idea he had at the screen? No restraint. No studio-mandated "elevated horror." No worrying about tone. Just a filmmaker asking himself, "What if I made ...
Remember when vampires were monsters? Not misunderstood heartthrobs. Not emotionally unavailable boyfriends with perfect hair. Not sparkling immortals who spent eternity staring longingly into each other's eyes. Actual fucking monsters. ...
There are movies...and then there are video store movies. You know, the kind you discovered because the box art looked too damn cool to ignore. The kind your mom probably didn't want you renting because there was a barbarian swinging ...
After Howard the Duck’s surprise appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy, I knew it was only a matter of time before Universal went into their vaults and hatched our fowl friend’s blu-ray debut for audiences ...
George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead has been released on home video more times than the zombies have stumbled through Monroeville Mall, but not every edition earns a permanent place on the shelf. Originally released ...
"They'll eat anything. They'll eat anybody." There are movie rip-offs...and then there's Piranha. Released on August 3, 1978, barely a month after Jaws 2 hit theaters, Joe Dante's Piranha looked like exactly what Roger Corman ...
“Can you still do the things with your eyes? You’re not crazy if you can still do the thing with your eyes.” I will never forget the first time I saw Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I wouldn't go outside in ...
Provocative and psychological, Deep Red remains an incredible statement on the beauty of film as an art form. More than fifty years after its release, Dario Argento's masterpiece hasn't lost an ounce of its power. If anything, ...