Category Archives: Exploitation films

New Trailer for Mold!

Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2011 by Robert Hood

Mold, muck, blood and mayhem! It’s the latest trailer from Neil Meschino’s ’80s-styled horror flick, Mold! embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direct In classic 1980′s fashion, Mold! is to be released on VHS tape, at least initially. This will be accompanied … Continue reading →

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Watch out! The Muckman’s Here

Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Robert Hood

Earlier this year I reviewed Brett Piper’s latest b-monster epic, the swamp-stained, ooze-splattered Muckman — from a screener copy. I liked it, despite its low-budget limitations, or maybe because of them. Anyway, now I find that my name appears on … Continue reading →

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Exclusive! First Look at Maggots!

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2011 by Robert Hood

Bobby Bragg has been in the film business for quite a while now, mostly as a stuntman and actor, but also in other major roles from writer to director and producer. In a career that spans several decades from the … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Release News: Dino Wolf

Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2011 by Robert Hood

We just heard from Fred Olen Ray that his film Dino Wolf — formerly known as Dire Wolf but now having embraced the current monster throwback conceit, in the tradition of Dino-Shark – will be out on October 18 on the … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Images: Empress Vampire

Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 by Robert Hood

Ah, vampire movies! There’s been so many — and they’re so varied. Well, this one’s got fangs, blood, bare flesh, blood on bare flesh, entrails, lots of cleavage, gaudily lavish costumes, beautiful female vampires, and a van Helsing or two. … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Jurassic Shark

Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2011 by Robert Hood

Giant and/or mutant sharks aren’t showing any sign of abandoning their attack on our cultural sensibilities! Latest news from the irrepressible Brett Kelly  — B-film exploitation dynamo — is that he has begun pre-production on Jurassic Shark, the story of … Continue reading →

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New El Monstro Trailer

Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 by Robert Hood

Ah, murderous femmes, exploitation violence, an aging seer (of the Aussie kind) and a huge tentacled monster. It’s multiple festival award winner El Monstro del Mar (Australia-2010; dir. Stuart Simpson) — and while we’re waiting for the DVD, here’s the … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: First Image of the New Killer Shrews

Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2011 by Robert Hood

Okay, so I’d just finished putting up some video material shot on the location set of Return of the Killer Shrews (US-2011; dir. Steve Latshaw) — the sequel to the 1959 exploitation horror cheapie, The Killer Shrews — when the … Continue reading →

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Another Imprecise Stab at Feeding the Gods

Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Robert Hood

H.G. Wells’ brilliant genetic-manipulation novel, Food of the Gods, has been rather indifferently filmed over the years. The 1976 version by Mr B.I.G. (Bert I. Gordon) is, well, a Bert I. Gordon film. It’s set on a remote island off … Continue reading →

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Mega Piranha and Giant Anaconda in Monster Mash-up

Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2011 by Robert Hood

There’s a new monster mash-up on the way. Once upon a time, a “monster mash-up” referred to a film that featured two or more monsters taking part in a head-to-head punch-up. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (US-1943; dir. Roy William … Continue reading →

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