Feeling a bit shaky after the big Halloween party? Soothe your haunted hangover with this eerie mix of tunes that’s sure to put the demons inside you at rest. Featuring: PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Sonic […]
ADAM WINGARD’S ‘THE GUEST’ IS PURE CELLULOID BDE
Set during Halloween, Adam Wingard’s 2014 film The Guest may be confusing. That’s not meant in a “it’s so deep and mysterious, people don’t get it” kind of way; it’s that the film teeters between […]
A COLD LOOK AT CANADIAN HORROR IN BRANDON CRONENBERG’S ANTIVIRAL
When Americans think of Canada, they usually think of preternaturally-polite hosers sitting in igloos, drinking Molson or Labatt beer, watching hockey on the CBC as they dunk their Tim Hortons doughnuts in maple syrup, all the while […]
MIXTAPE: SLEAZY WEENIE
Holy hell, this week’s mix is a psycho-freak out of a set list! Full of vintage trailer trash, rockabilly classics, and modern greasy sleaze, we’ve got your rock’n’roll house party covered! So, light the bonfire, […]
THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T IS A DARK CHILDREN’S TALE THAT DR. SEUSS PROBABLY WISHED WE’D FORGET
My fascination with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T started a year ago. Like all memorable achievements made in movies, it was Svengoolie who introduced me to it. It had to be when something starring Lon Chaney, […]
JUSTIN HARLAN DOESN’T LIKE SUSPIRIA
Grumpire 2, Suspiria 0 Welcome to Episode 2 of Grumpire, the movie podcast that isn’t afraid to speak its mind. In this episode, we’re taking on a beloved Italian horror classic, Dario Argento’s 1977 witchy […]
MIXTAPE: MONSTER PARTAY
This week’s mix has that old castle on top of a spooky mountain smell to it, you know? It’s the maddest mod monster party in town, and you’re invited! Grab all your ghastly friends and […]
1977’S SLAP SHOT IS STILL A ROUGH & TUMBLE TALE OF “OLD TIME HOCKEY” & THE WORKING MAN’S STRUGGLE
October is the first full month of autumn, a time for stylish jackets and sweaters as the air crisps and cools, a celebration of all things Halloween, but it’s also the start of a perennial […]
MIXTAPE: HALLOWEEN IS, LIKE, SO PASSÉ
This week’s mix is maybe a bit too cool for even the coolest ghouls. Forget heavy metal horror soundtrack cuts — we’ve got your hipster Halloween covered. So cue up your favorite mumble-gore movies, pour […]
TWO MOON JUNCTION HAS A LOT TO, UM, OFFER
WEIRD BONERS IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE WEIRD WAYS FILMS AFFECT US SPIRITUALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, AND OF COURSE, PSYCHO-SEXUALLY When it comes to weird boners, Two Moon Junction is in the hall of fame. It’s the type of […]
Grumpire presents: Draculene
About a month before the Grumpire launch, Elbee and I were goofin’ off, drivin’ around, when for some forgotten reason, probably a wordfart, I said “Draculene”…Gasped, paused, then proclaimed that I would design a shirt/poster […]
JOAN CRAWFORD’S GOT CLASS! A Psycho biddy double feature
BARGAIN BINNED DIGS DEEP INTO THE RANDOM AND FASCINATING TITLES FOUND IN THE CLEARANCE AISLE Do you remember when Mill Creek pretty much exclusively released terrible transfers of public domain movies in gigantic combo packs […]
THE STRANGLER IS EARLY TRUE CRIME EXPLOITATION AT ITS DAMNEDEST
MID-CENTURY MACABRE IS HERE TO REMIND US THAT HORROR EXISTED BEFORE 1980 Horror movies are a place where memorable character actors finally get to display their talent in a leading role. The first examples that […]
1987’s million dollar mystery IS A BIT MORE THAN JUST OLD TRASH
To jaded 2019 film viewers an unofficial remake of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World designed as a viral marketing campaign for a trash bag sounds more like the stuff of a throwaway Simpsons […]
BLUE VELVET, and how david lynch made me a pervert
WEIRD BONERS IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE WEIRD WAYS FILMS AFFECT US SPIRITUALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, AND OF COURSE, PSYCHO-SEXUALLY Don’t blame me, blame David Lynch. In the late 1980s, my family and I lived in St. […]