By mid-June we’re all reasonably starting to feel the heat of the summer sun. Undoubtedly it’s time for chilling in the shade with our besties, enjoying some (very) cold drinks, and cranking up the volume […]
SHOULD WE ABOLISH THE HORROR COMMUNITY?
Recent antagonism running rampant in the online Horror Community has led some of us to wonder why this group of like-minded individuals has taken to eating itself. Is the only peaceful solution to rid ourselves […]
THE “BEYOND THE VALLEY OF NORMAL” MIX
This week’s BHYH is again eclectic (sorry, we can’t help it), with a range of recommendations from slammin’ summer hip-hop, chainsaw-wielding adrenaline boosters, a whole slew of alternative black voices, unifying ska sounds, and a […]
SIMPLE CONFUSION VS. COMPLEX CONFUSION, OR HOW ALIEN IS A BETTER MOVIE THAN UNDERWATER
Have you ever been in a car accident? It doesn’t have to be anything dramatic; it can just have been a little bump while you were sitting at a red light or someone trying to […]
MAKEOUT INFERNO, VOL. 1
As restaurants and bars begin to open back up across the nation in the wake of the COVID-19 quarantine, it seems as if dating may be on its way back to “normal.” Resident casanova Mike […]
TRAUMA BEGETS TRAUMA: THE MOTIVATION OF PAMELA VOORHEES
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain WHO has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their trigger, if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
HOME IS WHERE THE HORROR IS IN PETER TSCHERKASSKY’S OUTER SPACE
Experimental cinema is a strange beast. Often treated as something different to more conventional styles of film, it can feel like a sub-genre that’s drowned in the academic, made impenetrable or unable to be understood […]
THE “DO THIS SH*T MY WAY” MIX
This week’s BHYH is an eclectic mix of soda pop doo wop suited for the most John Waters-y of us, a well-crafted DJ/rap track that reminds us of the King of Cartoons, a dip into […]
TFW FRANK SINATRA’S HARD BOILED AFFAIRS SEEPED INTO HIS MOVIE CAREER
A book has recently taken my life over, Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan. In case you didn’t see me mention it first in a “But Have You Heard” article for Grumpire, The Chairman covers Frank Sinatra’s career from the […]
MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRLS GONE WILD
Vera Chytilova graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in 1962, but when she entered the Academy, she stood in front of a board of resident […]
MIXTAPE: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN – KISS
If KISS had broken up three albums in—before the release of Destroyer—they’d be remembered as a top-notch glam rock act existing on the fringes of the New York City punk rock movement: an all but […]
BAVA IN SPACE: PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES REMAINS A COLORFUL EXPLORATION
Blending science fiction and horror together on film often creates both excitement and dread among cinephiles. There is a feeling of excitement because of a universe of possibilities for clever filmmakers to create cosmic calamities […]
MIXTAPE ADDENDUM: MIKE VANDERBILT’s PURPLE PLAYLIST
On Friday May 14th, the Prince estate hosted a livestream of a 1985 concert to support the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The concert, taped on March 30th, 1985 at the Carrier Dome […]
MIXTAPE: FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson seemingly has been on everyone’s minds lately, no doubt due to Sirius XM debuting a new station devoted solely to The Artist earlier this week, along with YouTube’s epic Prince & […]
TRASH TALK: THE UNBELIEVABLY FASCINATING CHARACTER OF MORTON DOWNEY JR.
PUMP UP THE COLUMN EXPLORES THE MANY INTERPRETATIONS OF PUNK AESTHETIC USED IN CINEMA In my first “Pump Up The Column” piece I mentioned that the definition of punk varies. If you ask some maybe […]