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Category Archives: Exploitation
Top 10 One-Eyed Bastards
Have you ever had one of those days where you got an eyelash stuck up under your eyelid and no matter how much you rub it or splash water on it you can’t get at it? That was the majority of my morning, and it got to a point where I seriously considered gouging out
Django Caulder: Unchained
One of the reasons that we recently picked the 1966 Django flick to cover on the podcast was because of the impending (at the time) release of Quentin Tarantino’s new spaghetti-infused western Django: Unchained. Having seen the Sergio Corbucci original a few times I was really looking forward to what QT was going to put
Do you like exploding heads and body parts?
Well, you clicked this, so I have to assume the answer is yes. And that’s good, because so do I. (Don’t worry, there’s no judgement here. You’re in a safe place.) In fact, I love exploding heads and body parts so much I created this compilation video of cult films (and one really great exception
Remembering Home Video, Long Live Videodrome!
Without a doubt, growing up in the middle of the home video boom of the 80s made me the film lover that I am today. The experience of walking up an down the aisles of the local mom & pop video rental store, examining each and every VHS box for exciting cover art and my
Cult Film Club Podcast Episode #2: Talking Cult, Part 2
Paxton, Jaime and Shawn are back with the second part of Episode 2 of the Cult Film Club. For this episode we side-stepped discussion of a particular film in lieu of talking more generally about cult movies and our personal experiences with the genre. Whether it was benefiting from older sisters, taking in 99 cent
Cult Film Club Podcast Episode #2: Talking Cult, Part 1
Paxton, Jaime and Shawn are back with the second meet-up of the Cult Film Club. For this episode we decided to side-step a discussion of a particular film in lieu of talking about cult movies as a genre. We attempt to break down what makes a film “cult” (is it the content, the audience, or
One last look at The Wraith
Rounding out our coverage of this month’s 1st Cult Film Club movie pick, The Wraith, I thought it would be fun to share some of the background research we used when putting the show together, as well as taking one more look at the badass Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor… Inspired by the Porsche 962, this
Newspaper ad for The Wraith (1986)
Back on November 28, 1986, this ad was published in The Deseret News for The Wraith. How could the people in the sleepy town of Salt Lake City know what awesome-ness lay within? And why isn’t the CAR on the ad?
Cult Film Club Podcast Episode #1: The Wraith
For the inaugural meeting of the Cult Film Club, Paxton, Jaime, and Shawn convene to watch and discuss the 1986 sci-fi, western, carsploitation flick, The Wraith. Directed by Mike Marvin, The Wraith stars Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassevetes, Matthew Barry, and more importantly, the $1.5m Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor. Plot
