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24 December 2012 8:24 PM, PST | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »

Interviewed by Michael Juvinall, More Horror.com

Most of today’s horror fans are very aware of Sid Haig and his role as the notorious Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil’s Rejects (2005). But what many fans aren’t aware of is that Sid Haig’s career dates back to 1960 with over 60 film and over 350 television appearances. He’s been in the business for over 50 years and has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Lon Chaney Jr., Omar Sharif, Sean Connery, George Lucas, and Quentin Tarantino. Haig started making a name for himself while working with director Jack Hill in his exploitation films such as Spider Baby (1968), Pit Stop (1969), The Big Doll House (1971), and The Big Bird Cage (1972). He continued working in Hollywood in a variety of villainous roles including Diamonds are Forever (1971), Coffy (1973), Foxy Brown (1974), Savage Sisters (1974), Jackie Brown (1997), and Kill Bill vol. »

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11 November 2012 9:10 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Grindhouse Aficionado: Issue 2 (June.06) by Kevin Klemm

Grindhouse Aficionado

Bringing you the best of Grindhouse cinema (without the sticky floors).

This month’s triple feature: Deadbeat At Dawn, Combat Shock, and Switchblade Sisters.

This month you are in for a special treat. We have Jim Van Bebber’s Diy gang masterpiece, “Deadbeat at Dawn”, followed by Buddy G’s hallucinatory Vietnam vet pic, “Combat Shock” and last but not least, “Switchblade Sisters”, by my favorite exploitation director- Jack Hill.

So grab your popcorn and your favorite beverage, the first feature is ready to begin.

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Deadbeat At Dawn (1988)

When one thinks of cinematic hot spots, Cleveland Ohio doesn’t necessary jump to mind. But it was here that the outlaw film director Jim Van Bebber, directed his first full length feature film, “Deadbeat At Dawn”. Shot on 16mm, Deadbeat took over three years to make and was a homage »

- Rob Galluzzo

24 April 2012 7:11 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

A 35-minute cut of The Giant Spider Invasion will be shown on Super-8 sound film at Super-8 Giant Monster Movie Madness next Tuesday, May 1st at The Way Out Club in St. Louis.

Wisconson-based regional filmmaker Bill Rebane’s no-budget wonder The Giant Spider Invasion was a hilariously cheesy 1975 throwback to the giant-monster flicks of the 50s, a trend then enjoying a revival with films like Empire Of The Ants and Food Of The Gods. This outrageous mix of giant monster motifs and backwoods sleaze plays like a hybrid of Tarantula and The Blob with its mixture of giant spiders and falling meteors. I saw The Giant Spider Invasion at the long-shuttered Ellisville Cinema in West St. Louis County (on a double bill with the David Niven vampire comedy Old Dracula). I recall the poster in the lobby which featured a gargantuan spider bearing down on a group of terrified people. »

- Tom Stockman

8 April 2012 8:04 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »

Our 5 most popular trailers. Find out what they are below!

The love for the Nsfw-quality of Tromeo and Juliet not withstanding, you guys are getting a little predictable. As with last week, three holdovers in the top five and two new ones enter. If you want to see something else, get over to our YouTube channel and start exploring.

Lloyd Kaufman on Tromeo and Juliet

The Bard gets Troma-tized. The story’s the same, but Troma adds all the toilet humor, explicit sex scenes and gratuitous gore that old Will thoughtlessly left out of his version.

Jack Hill on The Big Doll House

Jack Hill recalls the making of his mega-hit, the Roger Corman/Cirio Santiago jungle prison flick that started the avalanche of busty-broads-behind-bars pix that packed the drive-ins throughout the 70s.

John Landis on King Kong vs. Godzilla

Original Kong animator Willis O’Brien never got credit (nor »

- Danny

1 April 2012 12:38 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »

Last week’s most viewed commentaries!

Three titles hold over from last week, two new enter the battle.  So let’s just get right to it. Same rules as last week; new releases don’t count.

Jack Hill on The Big Doll House

Jack Hill recalls the making of his mega-hit, the Roger Corman/Cirio Santiago jungle prison flick that started the avalanche of busty-broads-behind-bars pix that packed the drive-ins throughout the 70s.

Lloyd Kaufman on Tromeo and Juliet

The Bard gets Troma-tized. The story’s the same, but Troma adds all the toilet humor, explicit sex scenes and gratuitous gore that old Will thoughtlessly left out of his version.

David DeCoteau on Inseminoid

Judy Geeson is a universe away from to Sir With Love as an astronaut abducted and inseminated by a yucky alien who causes her to start slaughtering and devouring her fellow crew members before giving birth to slimy muppet-like baby aliens. »

- Danny

25 March 2012 1:24 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »

Last week’s most viewed commentaries!

Let’s try this: every week, we’ll put together a list of fan-favorited videos from the last week, judging simply by what’s been the most popular (and excluding any of last week’s new releases, which tend to tip the scales unfairly). Over the years, we’ve accumulated a massive library of titles,  so if nothing else, it should be fun to see what’s been jumping on and off people’s radars. So here they are, the top 5 most viewed Trailers From Hell commentaries for the week of March 18th.

Jack Hill on The Big Doll House

Jack Hill recalls the making of his mega-hit, the Roger Corman/Cirio Santiago jungle prison flick that started the avalanche of busty-broads-behind-bars pix that packed the drive-ins throughout the 70s.

John Landis on Fellini Satyricon

The maestro’s thumb-through of Petronius finds ancient Rome »

- Danny

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