When the first Hot Topic opened in 1989 it was hard to find band t-shirts, or even black clothing, at your average mall. The goth and...

Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a quintessential late stage proto-slasher (one Patrick and I briefly covered during the prototype...

Some people think rapping is easy, but have you ever heard "Sexy MF"? Even Prince couldn't rap well. It doesn't take an education to rap...

Not to be confused with John Hough’s underseen 1982 film of the same name, Leslie Stevens’ 1966 film Incubus was one of two films...

Contrary to popular belief, humans of the 19th century had familiarity with the difference between art and reality. They knew that the...

Normally when I write these reviews, I write my own version of the film's synopsis for the opening paragraph, but in this case...

PREPARE YOUR SIX-GUNS AND YOUR BOLOGNESE AS WE DIG INTO THE TWO-FISTED ITALIAN COWBOY TALES OF THE BIGGEST YEAR IN SPAGHETTI WESTERN...

Almost a decade before he wrote and illustrated his magnum opus, Uzumaki (1998), gaining international fame, and stamping his trademark...

Pulp author Edogawa Rampo (real name Tarō Hirai) was a vital component in the development of modern Japanese literature, having penned...

Inglourious Basterds is, with all due respect to his mostly fantastic filmography, Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece. It is a perfect...