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Overlooked Exploitation Films You Need to Rediscover

The grindhouse era exploitation craze is a fascinating thing. The term exploitation film is both incredibly niche and at the same time all-encompassing. Under the umbrella of exploitation, you’ll find...

Hobo with a shotgun title screen with Rutger Hauer - directed by Jason Eisner.

Hobo With A Shotgun is Rife With Guns and Gore [Retrospective]

The titular character in Hobo with a Shotgun rides the rail to a place called Scum Town. He intends to save up enough money to purchase a lawnmower and start over. Unfortunately Hobo’s dreams are put ...

The ridge

Cult Corner: The Ridge

Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick…Brett Haley’s The Ridge. The Ridge starts off with a pretty familia...

Cult Corner: Bloody Mary (2006)

Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick…Richard Valentine’s Bloody Mary. I’m assuming that you’ve heard of ...

A Beginner’s Guide to Troma

When you think of horror what comes to mind? Masked slashers hiding in the darkness? Terrified victims being tortured in a warehouse? Horror is a genre that can be dark and disturbing, but that’s not ...

Hobo With a Shotgun poster

Five Modern Exploitation Films to Tide You Over Until the Release of WolfCop

Are you excited for Wolfcop? Good. You should be. It’s a fantastic little slice of Teen Wolf meets Robocop viewed through an old-school splatter film lens. Ever since the release of the much-bel...

Basket Case

Cult Corner: Basket Case

[soliloquy id=”17630″] Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick… Frank Henenlotter’s Baske...