Gabe Powers

Over the first three decades of his long career, Lucio Fulci deftly navigated the waves of Italian cinematic fads. Unfortunately, when he finally found himself at the forefront of one of those fads – the gore-soaked horror trend that grew out of Zombie (Italian: Zombi 2; aka: Zombie Flesh Eaters, 1979) – the entire industry began to crash. The already low budgets cratered and the distribution market for exploitation films began favoring home video over theatrical releases (not to mention...

While not a household name outside of specific corners of exploitation fandom, writer/director Norifumi Suzuki was a vital contributor to...

About two years ago, perennial podcast co-host Patrick Ripoll and I recorded a two-part piece on the giallo movies of 1971...