Tag Archives: Something Weird

Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast (Blu-ray box set)

Gruesome Seventeensome The release of this 17-disc retrospective box set, especially arriving the month following the pioneering filmmaker’s death, brings on insistent waves of nostalgia. It may seem odd to apply the word “nostalgia” to material that includes scenes of … Continue reading

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Psychotronic king Dave Friedman dead at 87

Another psychotronic icon has succumbed to heart failure this month. We’re not near done mourning the passing of Tura Satana, and now we’ve learned of the death on Monday of exploitation legend David F. Friedman, producer of Blood Feast and … Continue reading

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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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Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular DVD

Ghosts-a-poppin’ at the midnight chasm of spasms! Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and witness something that few eyes have seen before: a true DVD masterpiece! On this slim disc you will find not only a collection of the craziest … Continue reading

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Mantis in Lace DVD

The Swingin’ ’60s – swingin’ a big butcher knife! Producers Harry Novak and Peter Perry (who first got together for the sex/comedy/monster picture Kiss Me Quick) decided to make a feature that they could sell as either a sex show … Continue reading

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Horrors of Spider Island DVD

Eight babes versus eight armed horror In 1960, sexuality had only begun to become more explicit on U.S. screens in imported art films, or cloaked in the nervous laughter of nudie-cutie pictures shown in downtown grindhouses. Horror films were still … Continue reading

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Another Day, Another Man

Continued from previous post… Another pure product of its time is Another Day, Another Man, shot with much of the same cast and locations as Bad Girls. Steve (Rod Reagan) has news for his wife Ann (Barbie Kemp, spelled “Kenmp” … Continue reading

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Bad Girls Go to Hell DVD

Another DVD, Another Wishman Though this DVD is billed as a “Something Weird Video Drive-In Double Feature” of Bad Girls Go To Hell/Another Day Another Man, in the mid-Sixties, films like these were more likely to be shown in seedy … Continue reading

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Nude on the Moon DVD

Lunar nature camp Okay, all you ladies — scram! I want to talk to just the men for a while. Go check out the Buffy bulletin boards for a while or something. Are they gone? Good. Hey cats, ever want to see … Continue reading

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A Taste of Blood DVD

H. G. Lewis’ Vampire With a running time of nearly two hours, this is Herschell Gordon Lewis’ longest feature. He also considers the film to be his lone stab at some kind of mainstream film, shot in Eastmancolor with production … Continue reading

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