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Uncle Sam wants you… dead! One of the best tag lines ever for a horror film! It’s also one of the most memorable posters and VHS boxes to ever grace Blockbuster shelves in the 1990s. In a time where the confluence of a genre reinvigoration by Scream and the decline …

The days keep flying by. Summer is officially here! What does that mean for horror fans? An all new, all awesome, curated horror programming slate from our friends at Shudder! On tap for July: horror classics, originals, documentaries, and original series! Read on for all the details! From The Shudder …

The age of excess produced several films parodying the American consumer of the times: Chopping Mall (1986 – read our retro review here), The Night of the Comet (1984 – read our retro review here), and TerrorVision (1986) come to mind.  But none of them captured the true spirit of …

As soon as the news came down the pike from the man himself, I haven’t been able to wipe this grin off my face! The Last Drive-In starring Joe Bob Briggs (read our interview with him here) has been officially picked up for a second season, and Drive-In Mutants across …

Dark Star Pictures is bringing Steve Mitchell’s King Cohen home to a video on demand service near you. The award winning documentary tells the true story of genre writer, producer and director Larry Cohen, the low budget horror and thriller film guru responsible for titles like Maniac Cop, Black Caesar, It’s Alive, Q: …

Larry freakin’ Cohen!!!! I just had to let that out from the get go.  I’m an admirer, to say the least. He was the Tarantino of the Golden Age of Grindhouse and paved the way for guys like, well, Tarantino! If they used Roger Corman’s essence to develop a super …

Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Steve Mitchell’s King Cohen. The upcoming documentary tells the true story of genre writer, producer, director, Larry Cohen. Cohen is the low-budget horror and thriller film guru responsible for titles like Black Caesar, It’s Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff. …

Perhaps best recognized for her role in Robert Aldrich’s All the Marbles and the 1982 hit comedy Airplane 2: The Sequel, Laurene Landon went on to give outstanding performances in Hundra (1983), Maniac Cop (1988) and Maniac Cop 2 (1990) before going on an unexpected hiatus. Recently, Landon returned to the silver …

I have a second confession to make. See my first confession here. I have never seen Maniac Cop 2. I only just discovered the trilogy. I know this is a shame. I might expect the horror cops to beat on my door at any moment. However, one thing I love …

I have a confession to make. Despite being a connoisseur of all things horror, I have never seen the underrated cult gem that is Maniac Cop. That’s right, I have not seen every horror film to emerge from the motion picture industry. Shocking, right? Written by Larry Cohen (It’s Alive 1974, The …