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.
Shout Factory has taken us back to the grit and grime of the Los Angeles streets circa 1973, thanks to their restoration and release of Jack Hill’s blaxploitation cult classic, Coffy, which is part of their Blaxploitation Classics, Vol. 1 release, a set which features THE BADDEST CATS TO STEP ...
“I know what you're thinking: 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I ...
Essentially, Battle Beyond the Stars can be described as Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai meets Star Wars on a restricted budget that employs egg and milk cartons for its interior spaceship designs. It remains nothing but a good time! ...
"Alright, who's next? Who wants some?" With that classic phrase uttered from Bruce Campbell's lips, Raimi's stop-motion ode to all things Ray Harryhausen roars to supernatural life in home theatres everywhere, blowing the heads off of all the "primitive screwheads" in his quest to return ...
With Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre as its reference point, Motel Hell is a seriously delicious horror film that exploits all the typical genre markers for the sake of comedy. And it’s all because director Kevin Connor (From Beyond The Grave, At The Earth’s Core) came aboard. What ...
The election’s over, friends. It’s time to chew bubblegum and kick ass again! Director John Carpenter had a nice run, didn’t he? Between the late 1970’s and the early 1990’s, Carpenter was king of science fiction and horror. Even if – as is the case with 1988’s They Live – his stories were recycled B-movie ...
When it comes to auteurship, Russ Meyer was a total badass. There’s simply no other way to put it and his films, everything from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, stands as a testimony for his pioneering work in cinematography and his DIY attitude ...
Want some cheese with your Christmas? Because Vinegar Syndrome and Something Weird Video have plenty of it with this historical (or is that hysterical?) release! Something is wrong with the children of Mars and only Santa Claus can solve their mystery moodiness. With enough ...
Go ahead. Revoke my membership to the cool kids table at the lunchroom. I guess I simply don’t care to hear anymore from anyone about how goddamn awful Cherry 2000 is. It’s not. Not in the least. I originally saw this during a summer film fest when I was younger. And it stayed with me ever ...
Russ Meyer was a total badass. There’s simply no other way to put it and his films, everything from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, stands as a testimony for his pioneering work in cinematography and his DIY attitude ...
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