As his great aunt’s sole living heir, Tony (Roberto Guinar) inherits her Mexican mansion — lush landscape, spacious back patio and creepy clown doll included. The doll, named Payasito (“Little Clown”), is played alternately by a limp bag of rags and dwarf Margarito Esparza Nevares, whose white-greasepaint face suggests the unholy union of Bob Hope … Continue reading Herencia Diabólica (1993)→
To, ahem, wrap things up from the outset: With Mummy Movies: A Comprehensive Guide, Bryan Senn does it again! Fresh from the slopes of 2022’s Ski Films, the prolific author unearths 138 mummy films in total after the applying all his filters: no shorts, no TV episodes, no hardcore porn, no fleeting appearances and no … Continue reading Mummy Movies: A Comprehensive Guide→
Although Italy unquestionably dominated the James Bond wannabe subgenre, Mexico got into bed with the spy-fi craze, too. None other than Mexploitation royalty René Cardona Jr. (1978’s Cyclone) helmed S.O.S. Operation Bikini (aka S.O.S. Conspiración Bikini in its home country). It’s the first and last screen adventure of Agent 00100 Alex Dinamo (Julio Alemán, Vacation … Continue reading S.O.S. Operation Bikini (1967)→
For any psychotronic trailer compilation worth its salt, like Only the Good Parts: Volume 2, the intermission is the mission. Film Trauma‘s follow-up to first portion packs nearly 40 uncut previews into 70 fun-filled minutes, nary a one wasted and many featuring narration by guys who pronounced “horror” as “har-uh.” With grindhouse icons like Al … Continue reading Only the Good Parts: Volume 2 (2022)→
Two guys I could not tell apart head to Santa Fe for a shared purpose: a burnin’ yearnin’ to kill its sheriff. That’s because the lawman put one behind bars and stole the other’s wife — both valid reasons for a Western, although no longer (?) for modern day. When they meet horny gunslinger El … Continue reading Guns and Guts (1974)→