SWEET TRASH (1970, Dir: John Haynes) “Some people are born to be Sweet Trash” Michael (Duncan McLeod, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) is a down on his luck drunken longshoreman whose life takes a weird and potentially deadly twist when he clashes with Dan (William Connors in his only role), a loan shark with […]
Stars: Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey, Thomas Bair | Written by Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck | Directed by Michael Thelin Whether it’s trashing the house, raiding the fridge or having guests over partaking in substances and acts that they shouldn’t really be doing, we have all heard those babysitter horror stories. Well, this […]
Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Kate Ashfield, Ryan Simpkins, Ty Simpkins, Eric Michael Cole | Written by Adam Mason, Simon Boyes | Directed by Adam Mason I can’t imagine what it must feel like to return home after a family holiday, only to find your house as well as your belongings trashed by an intruder. That’s exactly what happens to Aaron […]
CRYPT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1973, dir: Julio Salvador & Ray Danton) “THE UNDEAD DIES…AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN!” One night whilst snooping round a luxurios island villa, archaeologist Professor Bolton (Mariano García Rey, Shaft in Africa) is attacked by crazed writer Peter (Mark Damon, Black Sabbath). Bolton is left for dead under a tomb. When […]
ANTICIPATION (1981, dir: Carlos Tobalina) “Beyond Temptation…” Joyce (Sheila Parks, Casanova II) and Jerry (Jesse Adams, Deep Rub) are newlyweds who, after some mind numbingly awkward conversation, make love for the first time. After breaking in the cheap motel bed (how romantic!), the pair talk about Jerry’s brother Steve (Joey Silvera, Carnal Haven), who apparently […]
1972 | Directed by Joy N. Houck Jr. (a.k.a Dirty Dan’s Women, Is the Father Black Enough, The Ace of Spades) “Southern Revenge” When Denise (Susan McCullough, in her only credited role) returns home to New Orleans with the news that she is pregnant and due to wed back in New York, her oldest brother […]
Stars: Gaylen Ross, Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones, Jan Claire, Alexander Murphy Jr., Tom Candela, Frederick Neumann, Michael Sullivan, Paul Ehlers, Tom Veilleux, Stephen Clark, Vicki Kenneally, Shelley Mathes, Lori Mathes | Written and Directed by Joe Giannone Regular readers will know that I am not a big fan of the slasher genre. A […]
Stars: Dean Cain, Paul Wight, Michael Eklund, Ben Hollingsworth, Adrian Holmes, Matthew MacCaull, Kyra Zagorsky, Aleks Paunovic, Jonathan Walker, Dee Jay Jackson, Juan Riedinger, Leo Rano, David Allan Pearson, Garfield Wilson, William Stewart | Written by Justin Shady | Directed by Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska “Get Ready for Hell in a Cell” The Soska Twins […]
Stars: Ashley Lynn Caputo, Caitlyn Dailey, Lilly Dickenson, Eigh8t The Chosen One, Scott Gabbey, Lucio Giovannelli, David Hood, Curse Mackey, Rogan Russell Marshall, Jim Van Bebber | Written and Directed by Stephen Biro “Japan’s darkest secret has become America’s newest nightmare.” I am a massive fan of the original Guinea Pig series (ギニーピッグ Ginī Piggu). […]
(1979, dir: Scott McHaley) “A probing of sensual space…” We are thrown in to the future. 1995 to be exact! We join the all female crew of the Feminist Regime Starship Eros headed by big haired Commander Venus, played by Lily Rogers (Indecent Exposure). Her crew consist of the cute and sex starved newcomer, Executive […]
(1981, dir: Scott McHaley) “With Every Lap She Will Shift Your Gears!!!” Fast Cars Fast Women opens up with a cute little blonde named Kristy, played by Sylvia Benedict (The Bitch Goddess), getting pulled over by a cop. Even though she is more than willing to ‘cooperate’ with the officer, she still gets the ticket! No […]
NOTE: For the review of Powder Burns‘ Peekarama DVD double-bill feature, Little Sisters, check out this episode of Mondo Squallido…. (1971, dir: Alex deRenzy) “Outlaw Men – Wild Women” After a montage of the vastness of the desert (we’re nearly in Herzogian territory here!) we are thrown balls deep in to a small shoot out. […]
On this episode of Mondo Squallido, we are looking at another film from bizarre maestro, Alex de Renzy. It’s been a while sine I got balls deep with his unconventional cinema, The film in question is Little Sisters from 1972. This film is dubbed as one of his more strange efforts. To be fair we […]
In todays episode we look at a film which has a reputation for being so bat shit insane and trashy… Mad Foxes! Throw action, violence, sleaze and nazi bikers (as well as naked mustached Erik Falk) in to one somewhat homerotic cocktail and this is what we get. You guys know I love my trash […]
THE CUT-THROATS (1969, dir: John Hayes) “…A Blood Bath! Filled With Men and Women Obsessed With Death…” We are thrown straight in to Nazi Germany (well, looks more like the American desert than the lush forests of Germany, but I won’t be THAT guy!) at the close of the war. After we witness one of […]
Recent years have been VERY good for fans of psychotronic cinema, especially when it comes to documentaries. We have had Jake West’s Video Nasties: Draconian Days, his follow up to Video Nasties: Moral Panic Censorship & Videotape, Andrew Leavould’s Search for Weng Weng, Wiktor Ericsson’s The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies and my personal […]
Stars: Dieter Laser, Laurence R. Harvey, Bree Olsen, Eric Roberts, Robert LaSardo, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, Clayton Rohner, Jay Tavare, Michael Flores, Carlos Ramirez, James Darnell, Akihiro Kitamura, Chris Clanton | Written and Directed by Tom Six The wait is finally over ladies and gentlemen! One of this years most anticipated horror films is finally here! […]
COME UNDER MY SPELL (dir: Carlos Tobalina, 1979) “The film that will bring you up to a joy you’re paying for!” The film opens up in hip and swinging San Fransisco and instantly we are introduced to some heavy student action. Before the memories of university life get the better of me (yeah right!), we […]
a.k.a The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger 1978, dir: Rene Martinez The film opens up in the laboratory of pint-sized Dr. Dippy, played by Peter Conrad (Porky’s), where we find himself and his attractive laboratory technician are working on a serum to give people superhuman strength. Unfortunately, those who use it will die within a few […]
Leslie Bovee (Maraschino Cherry) stars as Champagne, a young, attractive and majorly successful advertising executive and vice president of her fathers cosmetic company. She’s on the search for a new chauffeur. Thankfully, she may be in luck. Enter Harry ((he’ll be doing that a lot), a simple everyday Joe, played by John Leslie (Dracula Sucks). […]
