Showing posts with label Exploitation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exploitation. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

AGFA And Shout! Factory Team Up To Bring 50 Cult Classics Back To Theaters


Well hot damn, this is like Christmas morning! The fine folks at the American Genre Film Archive and Shout! Factory have teamed up to bring 50, count ‘em 50, cult classics back to the big screen this year. 

Friday, April 6, 2018

'The First Purge' Trailer Lights It Up



As a film series, The Purge films fluctuate wildly. The first had a cool concept, but turned in a mostly middling home invasion yarn. The Purge: Anarchy is an exploitation-style throwback that opens up the world and, IMO, is the best of the bunch. The Purge: Election Year tried to up the crazy, with mixed results—there’s good and less good. But these movies are also cheap, quick to produce, and crazy profitable. Which is why The First Purge is upon us, and you can watch the first trailer now and gawk at a new poster.

Monday, July 17, 2017

'Karate Kill' (2016) Movie Review



Kurando Mitsutake’s Karate Kill may not have much in the way of plot, but it certainly has an excess of violent martial arts fights, blood, and gratuitous nudity. So that’s something for the Gun Woman director to hang his hat on.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Syfy Greenlights 'Death Race 2000' Style Throwback 'Blood Drive'


Anytime Syfy greenlights an awesome sounding TV show, I have to take it with a grain of salt. They don’t have the greatest track record of late. The Expanse is based on one of the best sci-fi books I’ve read in recent years, so I’m trying to be optimistic. And now they’ve given the go ahead to another promising series, Blood Drive, a ‘70s-inspired, grindhouse-esque show about a badass car race.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

This 'Bound To Vengeance' Trailer Tweaks The Revenge Thriller Formula


Well Bound to Vengeance certainly looks like a grim piece of exploitation/revenge horror, but one that puts enough of a different spin on the subgenre to keep it from getting stale. Distributed by IFC Midnight, this new trailer gives you a good idea of what it’s all about. Check it out below.