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Posted in Film Analysis, Science Fiction

Stuart Gordon’s Space Truckers is Messy Goodness

  • Anthony Darnell
  • posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021
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Space Truckers is B-movie action schlock done on a shoe-string budget. Plus, cheesy special effects and Charles Dance with a chainsaw wang.

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Posted in Featured, Film Analysis

Bullets, Bombs, and Babes: Hard Ticket to Hawaii

  • Evelyn Jackson
  • posted on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
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What do mutant snakes, diamond smugglers, and bikini-clad undercover agents have in common? Find out in Hard Ticket to Hawaii.

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Posted in Film Analysis

Obscene Beauty: A Potted History of Giallo Cinema

  • Patrick Karl Curley
  • posted on November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
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From pulp paperback mystery/thrillers to 70s cinema classics, witness the rise of the great giallo.

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Peter Cushing in Twins of Evil
Posted in Film Analysis, Horror

9 Underrated Horror Movies to Watch this Halloween

  • Phantastiqa Staff
  • posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020
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If you’re looking for an underrated horror movie to watch this Halloween season and don’t know where to start, check out one of these titles.

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Posted in Film Analysis

When Lesbians Swindled the Mob: Bound

  • Anthony Darnell
  • posted on September 7, 2020September 8, 2020
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When Corky and Violet fell in love, they never thought they’d tackle the mob. Will their hairbrained scheme succeed? Bound is a 90s classic.

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Posted in Film Analysis

Where Have All The Movies Gone (On TV)?

  • Josh Hadley
  • posted on August 20, 2020August 21, 2020
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I grew up watching movies any way I could find them—during the VHS boom on as well as on TV. There used to be so many movies on TV. And […]

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Nomi Malone makes jazz hands in 1995's Showgirls
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Showgirls: Baser Instincts

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
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In 1993, Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas were not friends.  While their 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct, had been a modest success, the director and writer clashed before filming had […]

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Posted in Film Analysis

The Hunting Party: Cinema’s Most Underappreciated Splatter-Western

  • Bob
  • posted on August 5, 2020August 4, 2020
  • 2 Comments

By 1971, American revisionist westerns and their Italian equivalents had pushed the boundaries of cinematic violence and nihilism to previously unheard of limits. Anyone looking to market their movie as […]

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Posted in Film Analysis

(Culture) War is Hell: “The Hunt”

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on July 27, 2020August 4, 2020
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This article includes major spoilers for The Hunt. There is something important going on at the center of The Hunt. You probably noticed it, even though it’s not really highlighted […]

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Posted in Film Analysis

Six Double Features to Double Feature with Scooby-Doo Double Features

  • Saul Berenbaum
  • posted on July 21, 2020August 4, 2020
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With the forty-fourth Scooby-Doo feature film, SCOOB!, now available on demand, and so many of us finding ourselves with so much time on our hands these days, I figured what […]

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