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Upcoming P-flicks screenings

Here’s a couple of notes on locally playing psychotronic films of note to note. Santa as monster? See what happens when an ancient being is freed from an icy prison to wreak havoc in , a cracked Finnish flick playing at … Continue reading






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The Corpse Streamers

Ted V. Mikels, the auteur behind such psychotronic classics as Astro-Zombies and The Corpse Grinders, announced that many of his films are now available to watch online for $2.99 each. For details and a list of what’s available, go to … Continue reading






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New psychotronic releases coming from VCI

VCI has announced a 2/1/2011 release date for several psychotronic titles on DVD. They’ll be serving up the rare film noir thriller The Prowler, a Precode Hollywood Double Feature of Hell Harbor and Jungle Bride, and a big 12-flick set … Continue reading






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Maintanenance…

Sorry for the post-Halloween slowdown – been upgrading our workstation and doing general clean-up chores. Will be making it up to you soon.






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Ten Movie Alternatives for Halloween

A list

In 2001, Larry Potash, anchor of the WGN Morning News show, asked me come up with some sort of list of recommended movies to watch on Halloween. Not wanting to simply send a list of the same old titles, I came up with the following list of alternatives.

Naturally, whoever transcribed the list hacked it down and misspelled a whole lot, but it got us some exposure. It’s a bit dated at this point – in the post-DVD age, everything is a little more accessible and cult items better known – but I think it still stands up.






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B-Fest 2011 dates announced

The folks at A&O Productions have officially announced the dates for the next B-Fest –  January 28 & 29, 2011! For those that don’t know, B-Fest is practically the psychotronic Christmas – 24 hours straight of trashy flicks with only … Continue reading






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Sinister Cinema unearths Russian sci-fi

Just received the latest flyer in the mail from Sinister Cinema, the legendary video mail order label famous for making unknown or hard to find genre titles available during the first decade or so of the home video age.

Among the titles in their “25th Annual Bumper Crop” offerings available just in time for Halloween are a couple of rare Russian sci-fi epics. The Robots of Ripley (AKA Gibel Sensatsii – “Death of Sensation”) was long thought to be a 1935 adaptation of Karl Capek’s play R.U.R., for which the term “robot” was coined. Though this is not so, from Sinister’s description it sounds like a lot more fun!






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Herschell Gordon Lewis – The Godfather of Gore!

PFS’s Mike Flores interviews a horror legend A Chicagoan who changed the way film portrays violence is Herschell Gordon Lewis.  Yes, the Godfather of Gore is back!  His films — Two Thousand Maniacs, She-Devils on Wheels, The Wizard of Gore and … Continue reading






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