Tag: Exploitation Cinema
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The Rule of Three: Halloween 2023, Part Two.
Continuing on with the horror trilogies for 2023, here is part two. Here there are more cult classics, modern gems and even an action horror franchise. Hope you enjoy. Now excuse me, I have to go outside and investigate a noise alone in the dark. I’ll be right back. Urban Legend (1998) Urban Legend is…
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The Rule of Three: Halloween 2023. Part One.
Hello there Boils and Ghouls. This Spooky season at Exploiting Wonderland, I’m did something something different with the horror films I reviewed. They weren’t individual films, but trilogies. That’s right Horror Hounds, I tried to get through as many horror trilogies I could in thirty days, in, what I’m called, the Rule of Three. On…
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Lost in the 90s – Warrior Women Edition.
While big studios where um-ing and ah-ing about strong female characters leading a major film (because studios heads where and remain out of touch) the smaller studios and independent producers where still trying anything and everything they could to make an impact. Most of the time, that was in the lucrative Straight-to-video market. Here the…
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Re-Watch – Things are Getting Hairy: A Brief Look at Werewolves on Film.
I love werewolves in fiction. There are so many great stories I have read and watched over the years. And while they have not been as popular or as reinvented as vampires or Frankenstein’s monster, I have always had a soft spot of the lycanthropes. So, I had a look at some notable entries in…
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Warlock No More: Goodbye Julian Sands.
Today, with a heavy heart and the eyes of a clairvoyant guiding the way, I have to mention the passing of an actor whose work I have loved and admired for a long while, Julian Sands. Sands got a career boost in two critically acclaimed films in the 80s, the war drama The Killing Fields…
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Films With Friends Collection 6: Citizens on Patrol
Body Parts (1991) This horror sci-fi film was co-written and directed by Eric Red, the man who wrote the now cult classic Near Dark, The Hitcher and Blue Steel. And if you have ever seen any of those flicks, you would be impressed. Trust me. Jeffy Fahey is Bill Chrushank, a psychologist working with convicted…
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Films With Friends Collection 5: Eternal Sunshine of a Twisted Mind.
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973) Thriller: A Cruel Picture, or They Call Her One Eye, as it was later named in the U.S., is a Swedish revenge exploitation film, written and directed by Bo Arne Vibenius. Although it was released in 1973, it didn’t arrive in English speaking countries until 1974 and 75. Madeleine, as…
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Re-Watch 4: Once More With Feeling.
Number One With A Bullet (1987) In the 80s, with films like 48 Hours and Running Scared, the buddy cop genre was starting to take off. Before Lethal Weapon would define the genre, Cannon films made their own. But unfortunately, it was Number One With a Bullet. It features two cops with conflicting personalities (shock!).…
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Re-Watch Collection: With a Vengeance.
Visiting Hours (1982) Visiting Hours is a Canadian psychological thriller directed by Jean-Claude Lord, that also sits comfortably in the slasher genre of horror films. It’s a film that I’ve only seen once before, and I remember not liking it. Well, I can confirm, my younger self was wrong. Deborah Ballin (Lee Grant) is a…
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Films With Friends Collection Part 3: The Search For Spock
Galaxy of Terror (1981) When your friend discovers a movie they haven’t seen, sometimes you just wanna be there and watch it with them just to see their reactions to the film. And today’s film is just one of those. Galaxy of Terror is a 1981 sci-fi horror film from New World Pictures and Roger…
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