In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about an overlooked and neglected horror comedy with a fantastic cast – The Vagrant (1992). Directed by Chris … Read More
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about my favorite grindhouse movie of all time – Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)! Produced by gangster/pornographer/murderer Michael Thevis … Read More
The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes (1955) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about one of Roger Corman’s very first creature features – The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes (1955)! Produced by … Read More
The Dead Pit (1989) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, filmmaker Vincente DiSanti joins me to talk about a late 80s zombie/slasher mashup – The Dead Pit (1989)! Shot on … Read More
Alucarda (1977) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about one of the bloodiest and most hysterical horror films ever made – Alucarda (1977)! Directed by Juan … Read More
Black Zoo (1963) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a nearly forgotten horror obscurity that is so strange it almost defies classification – Black Zoo (1963)! … Read More
The Dentist (1996) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a 90s horror flick from the people who brought you Re-Animator (1985) and Society (1989) that is guaranteed … Read More
Night Warning (1982) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a criminally neglected cult gem that is also one of my favorites of the notorious Video Nasties … Read More
Deranged (1974) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a gruesome 70s horror film premised on the real life crimes of notorious ghoul Ed Gein – … Read More
Film Review: WEINER
Few political sex scandals have burned as bright as Anthony Weiner’s infamous sexting improprieties, wherein (among other things) the former Congressman accidentally tweeted—to thousands of followers and constituents—a picture of … Read More
Film Review: THE PHENOM
The Phenom is a baseball film with almost no baseball in it. The film’s young protagonist, Hopper Gibson Jr. (Johnny Simmons), takes the mound maybe three times. We never see … Read More
TV Review: THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE
The Girlfriend Experience—a Starz original program based on Steven Soderbergh’s low-budget 2009 film of the same name—is a strange beast. Oppressively atmospheric and cold to the touch, The Girlfriend Experience … Read More
Film Review: GHOSTBUSTERS
Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters has had a long, strange odyssey to the big screen, doing battle with sirens and cyclopes in the form of grown men throwing five year old pounding … Read More
The Best of the Beast – Summer ’16 Off the Wall Recommendations
Summer is here. With the Memorial Day mullarkey safely behind us and the election winding down, or heating up, depending on your viewpoint, it’s time to get to the matter … Read More