Though filled with grief and depravity, there is an undeniable heartbeat to “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo” that harmonizes well with the holidays. A bereaved …continue reading The Daily Dig: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo (1972)
“And Soon the Darkness” is a methodical mind game that capitalizes on the dreadful isolation of being alone in a foreign country with a …continue reading The Daily Dig: And Soon the Darkness (1970)
A couth tale of selling your soul to indulge impulses and immortality, “The Mephisto Waltz” is a mystery/thriller with a giallo sensibility. A dying …continue reading The Daily Dig: The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
A textbook exploitation film, “Nurse Sherri” has that quintessential seventies luster, while delivering on action way beyond its means; a worthy watch. A Nurse …continue reading The Daily Dig: Nurse Sherri (1978)
Eerily prophetic, “Demon Seed” is a tech-horror that will make you yearn for simpler times when we didn’t ask the pill-shaped voice about the …continue reading The Daily Dig: Demon Seed (1977)
A slick looking period piece from the Hammer-adjacent Amicus Productions, this is an easy and enjoyable watch about demonic insemination. Newly married and moved …continue reading The Daily Dig: And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
You can stuff this turkey under the “so bad it’s fun” folder, pour a drink, sit back, and laugh until Mom says dinner’s ready. …continue reading The Daily Dig: Blood Freak (1972)
A heavy dose of black humor strikes a nice balance with the macabre plot in “Burke and Hare”; it’s 70’s sexploitation flare with a …continue reading The Daily Dig: Burke and Hare (1972)
The Stigma of Maternal Brooding: Digging Deep into Themes of Motherhood, Melancholia, and Mental Health in David Cronenberg’s “The Brood” Roger Ebert described David …continue reading Digging Deep: The Brood (1979)
A film banned as part of the Video Nasties Panic about a young nurse working in an insane asylum run by the inmates.continue reading Tubi Tuesday: Don’t Look in the Basement (1973)