Nuking The Cat

I’m a part of a dying breed. Sure, usually when I say that, I’m depressed or speaking hyperbolically…or both. But given the steady downward trend in the population of Drive-In theaters, only around 330 remain and there ARE states that have none, yes, those of us who have partaken in the drive-in experience are similarly dropping in number. Now, I’m not going to retread someone else’s turf here, there is a patron saint of the Drive-In in the person of Joe Bob Briggs. So, ho

It was total happenstance. I’d just come off of the BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival and, aside from the parking debacle [Detailed here. – Ed.] I’d enjoyed myself. I had been surrounded by like-minded folks and even though I’m pretty socially awkward and didn’t talk to a soul there (aside from Lowell Dean, director of motherfucking WOLFCOP!)…I felt like I belonged. It felt great. Although I wasn’t out searching for another experience like that…well, events have a way

Having wrapped up one long-running series here with the Blind Dead films, let’s turn our attention to our favorite Brazilian ne’er do well…Coffin Joe…as we take a look at the next film in the series: This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse. And once again, we find ourselves in a peculiar blend of surrealism that would make Crazy Uncle Jodo proud and sets/photography that fit right in with the old Universal Monster movies. Like nearly any horror franchise, the opening of the fi

It’s been a while, but let’s finish this series off! Today we’re taking a look at the final chapter of the Blind Dead films…Night of the Seagulls. It’s worth pointing out that this and the previous film, The Ghost Galleon, are the only films in the series that even remotely feel connected. The first film, Tombs, set up the world while Return offered an almost immediate reboot. At the conclusion of The Ghost Galleon, we find that the undead Templars contained within the sh

[NOTE: On the player above, skip to track 5 to hear the latest Podcat!] In an effort to try and be more relevant, [But never timely. – Ed.] we’ve opted to reformat the podcast. In the past, we’ve rambled on about the movies we’re looking at for over an hour and in the day of dwindling attention spans, well, we though we probably ought to shorten it up. So instead of talking about the movie in an almost commentary style, we’re boiling each film down to five points. These mi

Esperanto: A constructed language that was first introduced to the world back in 1887 for the following purposes: To render the study of the language so easy as to make its acquisition mere play to the learner. To enable the learner to make direct use of his knowledge with persons of any nationality, whether the language be universally accepted or not; in other words, the language is to be directly a means of international communication. To find some means of overcoming the n

For many low-budget horror movies, the series grinds on until one of the following sequel premises arise: “…on a boat” or “…IN SPAAAAAAAACE”. As the Blind Dead series moves into its third installment (after a soft reboot in the second), they opted for the first, less complicated option…and so, we have The Ghost Galleon. Does this turn into cliché show that the series is running on fumes…or does it prove a worthy twist in what has so far been a surprisingly creepy, why-on-ea

Sorry for the long headline, but it looks like we’ve got ourselves a bit of a crossover here with our latest movie review: Zombie Fight Club. Just from the title alone, you're thinking one of two things...either we've become so oversaturated with zombie movies that we're inserting them into films that have come before (after all, there is a Pride & Prejudice & Zombies) or you're convinced that this might be the greatest film idea ever. After watching the movie, if I were to t

While it is the second film in the Blind Dead series of films, Return of the Evil Dead was the first film of the series that I’d heard of and the gateway that led me down this particular rabbit hole. Like many low budget or exploitation films of the late 60s and early 70s, this film also has other aliases…Return of the Blind Dead, Attack of the Blind Dead or the aforementioned Return of the Evil Dead, as it was called for US distribution and is the name on this DVD version f

At the time, the joke couldn’t have held any meaning for me…and yet I found it funny. You see, when I was growing up and we finally got cable in my middle school and high school years, Nick-At-Nite used to run classic Saturday Night Live episodes from the opening days of the long-running sketch show. These were the original ‘Not Ready for Prime-Time Players’. The joke I’m referring to was from an old Weekend Update, then hosted by Chevy Chase…with help for the hearing impai

We've actually been getting some movie suggestions here at the Cat. Kinda surprising actually. Anyway, one came in that, after doing the due diligence on the film, came as a no brainer and a perfect fit for Impulse Buy Theater...and all I need to say is two words: Vampire dogs. I'm gonna say it again. VAMPIRE. DOGS. Seriously, if that doesn't light at least some fire in your belly to track down Zoltan: Hound of Dracula, then you are on the way wrong website. Close your br

This Impulse Buy Theater is going to be a deep pull. You see, not too many people have heard of Coffin Joe, or, at least not too many outside of Brazil. Hell, we even asked our resident horror movie expert and his response was “Coughin’ Joe? Nope, but get that bastard to the Halls of Medicine…I just got over that shit and don’t want to catch it again.” That’s kind of a shame, because given the current cultural inclination toward child-worship in many of today’s parents, wel

I remember when the remake of Dawn of the Dead came out and many a zombie fan were critical of the "fast zombies" depicted therein...which, was to be expected. Not only did this violate what was established in the original film but it also flew in the face of the convention set forth and adopted by nearly every single zombie movie (there are exceptions of course)...which, naturally was established by the writer/director of said original Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero. S

Every movie has a core idea…a central nugget from which all other aspects of the plot/story, visuals and everything comprising the film are rooted in. The only thing I can think of at the center of the film we’ll be taking a look at is the following: What if cream filling was sentient and tried to kill us. I’m not even exactly sure how one gets to that point. Was it a mad Twinkies binge? Maybe someone’s family had to stage an intervention over Jet-Puffed marshmallow creme

This is likely to be an experience limited to my generation…those that grew up with video stores and rentals in their youth and saw them fall away…replaced by streaming services. You know the drill…younger you was walking down the aisle, be it the claustrophobic, almost closet-like walkways of the smaller ma-and-pop video stores (for all my hometown readers, all I need to say to set the scene is Showtime Video and you get what I mean!) to the more open aisles of video sectio

Herschell Gordon Lewis. It’s likely a name you have never heard of…I myself only peripherally aware of it…but if you’re a fan of horror movies at all, you should be flying your flag at half-mast this week because we just lost one of the founding fathers. A product more of academia and advertising (only really getting out of teaching because he wanted to “start making money”), it’s almost kind of a shock to learn that this man is almost singlehandedly responsible for one of th

Grindhouse. The mention of this particular movie genre will generate a seemingly endless list of films…depending on who you ask and their varying exposure levels. There are constants within any of the films one would list: generally lower budget (either indicated by practical effects or film quality and grain), exploitive subject matter and dating from somewhere between the mid-60s to mid/late 70s. There are some classics that have emerged from this genre of film…but there

For the last 153 minutes, that’s two and a half hours folks, I’ve seen so much dick that I think it broke my mind. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of breasts and vagina in Caligula too…but there’s a LOT of dick. I mean, are there any history majors or historians out there that can tell me whether or not first century A.D. Rome had…oh god, forgive the pun…such a hard-on for dick? I mean, if there’s not an actual dick on screen, then you can damn sure bet there’s a facsimil

Well, they can’t all be good. While I’m certain that this isn’t the first or the last time an Impulse Buy Theater review goes negative, it’s nice to see that they are few and far between. If you’re wondering for whom the bell tolls…and just skipped the title of this little review…today we’re taking a look at Fire City: End of Days from director Tom Woodruff Jr. Does that name sound familiar? It should…especially if you’ve watched the last 2 Alien films. [The not so good on

One week. The film was only out for one week. You see, I remember seeing the trailer for Freaks of Nature a week before it was released last Halloween and wondering how on earth had I not heard of this before??? The premise of the movie, a small town in Ohio that plays host to an uneasy truce between humans, zombies and vampires that sees said truce break down upon an alien invasion. I mean, that sentence alone contains so much awesome that I can hardly believe I’ve typed i