From the vault: a revised version of Matty and Dave’s look at David DeCoteau’s cheap n’ cheerful sci-shocker, as originally published in 88 Films’ now out-of-print Blu-ray. Featuring interviews with screenwriter Dave Eisenstark and production designer Royce Mathew!… Read More Acid Rain & Bio-Goo: A Look Back at Creepozoids (1987)
From the vault: a revised version of Matty and Dave’s mammoth look at the making of Empire Pictures’ spooky western, as originally published in 88 Films’ now out-of-print Blu-ray. Featuring interviews with C. Courtney Joyner, Duke Sandefur and Mike Deak, and an exclusive guest contribution from director Richard McCarthy!… Read More A Fistful of Corpses: Ghost Town (1988)
Matty finds a few points of note in David DeCoteau’s most mercenary assignment. … Read More Totem (1999): Poles Apart
Matty has a ball with the cult auteur’s latest Full Moon assignment. … Read More Jim Wynorski’s Murderbot (2023): A Babe in Droidland
Dave checks out former Empire/Full Moon regular Peter Manoogian’s final collaboration with Charles Band.… Read More King For a Day: The Midas Touch (1997)
Matty revisits one of the best Full Moon flicks of recent years and contemplates Charles Band’s influence on the films that inspired it. … Read More The Resonator: Miskatonic U (2021) — Charlie Was ‘Ere, or ‘The Butler Did It’
Matty chats to director Peter Manoogian about his distinctly un-Charles Band-like Empire flick. … Read More Enemy Territory (1987): Ghetto Blasters
Matty waxes lyrical about his favourite Buechler flick. … Read More Cellar Dweller (1987): John Carl… Beastler!
While not the biggest fan of the film itself, Matty looks back at an important title in the Empire Pictures library. … Read More Troll (1986): He’s With the Band
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