Tough Films For The Rough Crowd

Original art by Andy Vanderbilt!   Love’s in the air! It’s like a fine mist. This week’s question came from our pal McBeardo, so he’s up first…   WHAT MOVIE DO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY?       MIKE McBEARDO McPADDEN: THE BRIDE (1985) — saw it at the…

    The name Jess Franco is synonymous with Spanish exploitation cinema. With over two hundred directing credits to has name from 1957 until his death in 2013, Jess Franco (an Americanization of Jesús Franco) earned a place in the annals of the horror genre with the release of THE…

On this week’s BEYOND YACHT ROCK podcast, the guys who coined the term go “wild on the fives” with a deep dive into 1993’s JUDGMENT NIGHT soundtrack. Each week, J.D. Ryznar, Hunter Stair, David B. Lyons, and Hollywood Steve Huey create an arbitrary genre of music, counting down ten primo…

    While I was a teenager, The Playboy Channel was always a mysterious, alluring force on the cable dial.  Nestled in between the premium channels like HBO and Cinemax and the “Pay-per-View” channels in which you called a number to have $4 added to your cable bill so you…

  This week, we will finally get to see the second movie installment of the FIFTY SHADES phenomenon. The FIFTY SHADES DARKER previews are lush, extravagant, and filled with erotic imagery that surrounds co-protagonists Ana Steele and kinky billionaire Christian Grey. The preview has Ana and Christian declaring, “no rules, no…

In my late twenties, I went out on a date with a young lady from the Chicago suburb of Northwest Indiana. She was an exotic dancer whose stage name was Raven and she owned a hearse, so you know exactly what she looked like. She and I met on a…

      Many film fans who stayed current on the latest productions were up in arms long before the film opened. Months of speculation on its content and production troubles resulted in numerous pieces written about it, although no one at all had actually seen it. A big studio…

  The trailer for THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER, implies that Oz Perkins has another trick up his sleeve. Originally released as FEBRUARY in the festival market, THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER follows a girl portrayed by Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper herself) who is left behind at school during break. It’s during this time…

    Any video store kid of the late ’80s and early ’90s know that the erotic thriller subgenre does not refer to big budget films like FATAL ATTRACTION or BASIC INSTINCT. Big stars, slick cinematography, and a Joe Eszterhas script do not necessarily equal anything erotic or thrilling. Sure,…

      I really don’t know how well Daredevil is selling these days, but it must be doing alright since Marvel is launching no fewer than three spin-off titles under their new “Running With The Devil” umbrella label this month. Kingpin hits next week with Elektra following the week after, but first out of the gate is Bullseye #1,…

      Some of us watch a LOT of movies. Some of us enjoy many of those. When all you ask for from a movie is a better and more interesting experience than one would receive by simply sitting and staring out a window doing nothing, it’s a fairly…

    To say that the 1970s were a magical time for onscreen sexuality in France would be an understatement of the highest degree. Jean Rollin’s THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE (1968) kicked off the director’s spree of erotic horror films that would see eight produced over the next decade; people…

    I am not going to pretend that ANTIBIRTH is a perfect movie. But I have a lot of affection for low-budget horror films that commit to their absurd premises and pull out all the stops in their efforts to shock or surprise. The debut feature by writer/director Danny…

    Everyone has their secret desires. Some might be deemed too embarrassing to share, while others are considered too taboo. It’s these desires that awaken a different kind of energy within people, and can often make one feel more alive when they find someone to share it with. Today’s…

  To be honest, HARDBODIES is not a movie I think about all too often. It’s a good example of the kind of movie I think about if somebody mentions “softcore movies” (whether or not it even counts), but outside of that designation there’s really not too much to engage…

    This week at Daily Grindhouse, we’re celebrating sexuality on film in all of its forms – from sophomoric T & A comedies, to sleazy mysteries and thrillers, to more sophisticated journeys into kink. In this modern day, there seems to be less sex going on in film—perhaps because…

    Near as I can tell, 2017 looks like it’s gonna be a pretty rough year — what with an insane, mouth-foaming lunatic in the White House and everything — but on the plus side, it’s also the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest genius to ever…

A ghost assisting in their own murder investigation is nothing new to film. Movies like THE LOVELY BONES and even GHOST have tackled the subject matter in their own subjective ways, but it’s their style that helps differentiate them from the next. Unique filmmakers and unexpected casting can help create…

    I’ve always enjoyed Barry Manilow’s wistful 1978 version of “Can’t Smile Without You.” The iconic romance ballad has infused itself into pop culture over the years, showing up in everything from Jerry Lewis’ telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, to a memorable scene in HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN…

It is hard to imagine a major studio franchise more schizophrenic in nature than the ROBOCOP films. While the second and third entries in the series had the unenviable task of following up Paul Verhoeven’s damn near perfect first film, they have their own idiosyncratic elements and some diehard defenders. Those…

TRAILER TRAUMA 3: ‘80s HORROR-THON is the third entry in GARAGEHOUSE PICTURE’S genre trailer compilations. The collection features 250 of the scariest and goriest trailers that crept into theaters from during the Reagan era. All of the trailers have been transferred and digitally mastered in 4k and the sound remastered…

Indie horror writer and director Jeff Ferrell has just completed his second feature, DEAD WEST, in which a “charismatic serial killer embarks on a murderous cross-country road trip in search of true love.” Brian Sutherland of Ferrell’s previous film GHOSTLIGHT turns in a compelling performance as the killer and a…

Since we feel it is important here at DAILY GRINDHOUSE to remember the “Grindhouse” part of our name, we are always on the lookout for projects that honor the sleazy aesthetic associated with the legendary New York grindhouses of the past. OUR LADY OF THE INFERNO, a new novel by…

When writer / director Rian Johnson released the title of the new STAR WARS flick it was literally seconds before social media nerf herders began jumping to conclusions and losing their minds. It didn’t take much longer for a few different common fan theories to present themselves in people’s heads. I’m…