ANIMAL CRUELTY: MONDO MOVIES & THE CANNIBAL CONNECTION--A look at the disturbing animal violence found in the Mondo genre and its bastard offspring, the cannibal film and how it compares to the modern meat-eaters of society!
BIG BUGS & KILLER KRITTERS: 50 YEARS OF MAN VS. NATURE--This special 500th post at CAC covers the gamut of 'Nature Amuck' movies and how they've both changed and stayed the same over the years. It features dozens of images including rare behind the scenes shots taken from various Famous Monsters of Filmland magazines!
BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 1--A three part look at Black Action Films of the 1970s, dig it! In part 1 you'll find discussion on Sydney Poitier, SHAFT, SWEET SWEETBACK, Fred Williamson and Jim Brown!
BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 2--Part 2 covers racially charged movies from both the big studio giants and the independent upstarts and also TRUCK TURNER!
BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 3--This concluding chapter is all about Precious Pam, Rowdy Rudy and more race hate films such as TICK...TICK...TICK and WHITE DOG!
CINEMA OF EXCESS: CHANG CHEH & HIS FILMS PART 1--An in depth look at the famed director of Hong Kong Heroic Cinema and the many bloody action films he made for Shaw Brothers Studio!
CINEMA OF EXCESS: CHANG CHEH & HIS FILMS PART 2--Part 2 covers Cheh's three 'Rags To Riches' hero movies and his unofficial trilogy of Eastern Westerns!
CINEMA OF EXCESS: CHANG CHEH & HIS FILMS PART 3--This third chapter takes a look at Cheh's 'Cast of 1,000's' epics and his 'Supergroup' movies!
CINEMA OF EXCESS: CHANG CHEH & HIS FILMS PART 4--Part 4 catalogs Cheh's mostly overlooked juvenile delinquent movies he did for Shaw Brothers!
CINEMA OF EXCESS: CHANG CHEH & HIS FILMS PART 5--The fifth chapter begins the history of Cheh's Shaw Brothers action films, the themes of his films and how they change over the years!
CINEMA OF EXCESS: CHANG CHEH & HIS FILMS PART 6--The sixth chapter contains many rare behind the scenes shots from Cheh's early 70s productions between 1969 and 1971!
DECADES OF EXPLOITATION: THE ART OF THE MOVIE POSTER PART 1--This article covers the changes in publicity ballyhoo for cinema through the years as well as the exaggerated imagery given to low budget movies to make them seem bigger than they were really were. Also, comparisons are made between import and export handling of promotional materials!
DECADES OF EXPLOITATION: THE ART OF THE MOVIE POSTER PART 2--Part two covers monsters great and small as well as double features and also touches on the tactics used to enhance movies by tweaking the advertising to make them seem more extravagant than they really are!
DECADES OF EXPLOITATION: THE ART OF THE MOVIE POSTER PART 3--This third chapter covers predominantly AIP and their many exquisitely designed posters for their homegrown product as well as their imports and co-productions!
DECADES OF HORROR PART 1--From the beginning of cinema to the modern age and how horror was expressed decade by decade. This multi-part article starts here with an overview and covers the 1920s through the 1940s. The more things change the more they stay the same!
DECADES OF HORROR PART 2--Part two covers the decade of the 1950s including the Cold War, the threat of atomic weapons, alien invasions, big bugs, delinquents and the comics code vs. EC comics!
DECADES OF HORROR PART 3: THE 1960s CHAPTER 1--Part three tackles the naughty 1960s and features the sexual revolution, race riots, assassinations, Roger Corman and Poe and the burgeoning market for sex and violence in movies!
DECADES OF HORROR PART 3: THE 1960S CHAPTER 2--The second and concluding chapter on the 1960s covers a lot of calamity including the Vietnam War, protesters, hippies, changing movie trends and the Manson Family among other things.
FRANCHISE OF FEAR: HALLOWEEN PART 1--This is a possible ongoing feature covering a horror franchise from its bloody beginnings to its brutal ending. Part 1 of this first entry covers HALLOWEEN parts 1 through 3!
FRANCHISE OF FEAR: HALLOWEEN PART 2--This second of three entries looking back at the many changes in the HALLOWEEN franchise covers parts 4 through 6!
FRANCHISE OF FEAR: HALLOWEEN PART 3--The third and final chapter covers the HALLOWEEN films from H20 through the Rob Zombie abominations!
INDEPENDENT DVD COMPANIES: BATTLES WITH BOOTLEGS, CHAIN STORES & AN ECONOMICALLY CRIPPLED CLIMATE--An article about the triumphs and travails of independent DVD companies and the problems they endure to bring fans the movies they want. Includes a bonus interview with Synapse Films President, Don May Jr.!
ITALIAN CRIME CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 1--The crime movies of Italian cinema may look like rip offs of more popular American thrillers, but their stories more often than not were taken straight from the headlines cataloging the crime riddled streets of Roman cities! Part 1 covers Italian political thrillers!
ITALIAN CRIME CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 2--The second chapter is all about the mafia in Italian crime cinema!
ITALIAN CRIME CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 3--The much revered Fernando Di Leo and his celebrated crime trilogy classics are covered in chapter 3!
ITALIAN CRIME CINEMA OVERVIEW PART 4--This fourth chapter deals with the most popular Italo crime style--the Violent Cop! All the major principals are covered here!
ITALIAN PEPLUM & FUSTO MOVIE OVERVIEW PART 1--This five part article takes a journey to the much maligned mythological lands of Herculean heroes of Italian cinema!
ITALIAN PEPLUM & FUSTO MOVIE OVERVIEW PART 2--The Men & Monsters of Sword & Sandal cinema!
ITALIAN PEPLUM & FUSTO MOVIE OVERVIEW PART 3--The new breed of peplum heroes from JASON & THE ARGONAUTS to CLASH OF THE TITANS and Luigi Cozzi's HERCULES films!
ITALIAN PEPLUM & FUSTO MOVIE OVERVIEW PART 4--The lovely ladies of Sword & Sandal cinema!
ITALIAN PEPLUM & FUSTO MOVIE OVERVIEW PART 5--This concluding chapter is more of the beautiful women and also popular supporting actors that continued even more success in Italian genre cinema!
KAGE NO GUNDAN 2 SERIES OVERVIEW--This article covers the popular second series of this Japanese samurai series starring the venerable Sonny Chiba!
MONSTER KID MOVIE MEMORIES PART 1--This three part series is a personal diary cataloging my personal monster memories growing up in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Part 1 covers creature features, cartoons and great TV shows back in the day!
MONSTER KID MOVIE MEMORIES PART 2--Part 2 covers my fascination with videotapes in the early 80s, buying monster magazines and enjoying horror hosts on the weekends!
MONSTER KID MOVIE MEMORIES PART 3--This concluding chapter covers VCR's, tape collecting through mail order catalogs, NWA pro wrestling, CDs and my then preoccupation with drawing superheroes and villains!
NEGLECTED DIRECTORS OF SHAW BROTHERS STUDIO: MOU TUN FEI--This single, but lengthy chapter in the Shaw Neglected Directors Series is all about the controversial filmmaker, Mou Tun fei who will be best remembered for MEN BEHIND THE SUN (1988). This article covers his five year career at Shaw Brothers with numerous behind the scenes photos and promotional materials for his movies including some that were never released to DVD.
NEGLECTED DIRECTORS OF SHAW BROTHERS STUDIO: SUN CHUNG PART 1--This is an ongoing series covering a number of the lesser known, or discussed directors of Shaw studio. Part 1 of 3 covers the career of Sun Chung.
NEGLECTED DIRECTORS OF SHAW BROTHERS STUDIO: SUN CHUNG PART 2--Part 2 of 3 covers the directors years between 1977 through 1979 during his most well known period.
NEGLECTED DIRECTORS OF SHAW BROTHERS STUDIO: SUN CHUNG PART 3--The concluding article on the directorial career of Sun Chung. This one covers his films from 1979 through the 1980s.
REQUIEM FOR A WOLFMAN: PAUL NASCHY--WEREWOLVES OF POLAND & OTHER MONSTERS--An ode to the late Spanish horror icon!
SCI FI/FANTASY OVERVIEW PART 1--Part 1 covers serials and 50s Sci Fi--the big bugs of the atomic age!
SCI FI/FANTASY OVERVIEW PART 2--Part 2 covers the works of Harryhausen, killer animal films of the 1970s and the monster epics from Amicus and AIP!
SEX, LIES & THE WEISSER-HEIMER: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES?--A critical and not so kind article on the falsehood filled written word of Thomas Weisser and his partner in crime, Ric Meyers!
SHAW BROTHERS & KUNG FU CINEMA PART 1--This series looks at the influence of Shaw Brothers on the HK film scene as well as kung fu films from other studios!
SHAW BROTHERS & KUNG FU CINEMA PART 2--Shaw Brothers vs. Wang Yu & Bruce Lee!
SHAW BROTHERS & KUNG FU CINEMA PART 3--Shaws big budgets, clones of Bruce and Jackie vs. Hwang Jang Lee!
SHAW BROTHERS & KUNG FU CINEMA PART 4--Kung Fu Mania in America and the gory chivalry of Chang Cheh!
SHAW BROTHERS & KUNG FU CINEMA PART 5--Shaw vs. the independents, Chang Yi, early Wuxia, bashers, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan!
SHAW BROTHERS CINEMA PRESENTS: THE LIFE & DEATH OF THE GREAT ALEXANDER FU SHENG PART 1--This first of a three part Fu Sheng article spanning his career begins with his graduation from the Shaw Training Center to his marriage to singer, Jenny Tseng in 1976!
SHAW BROTHERS CINEMA PRESENTS: THE LIFE & DEATH OF THE GREAT ALEXANDER FU SHENG PART 2--Part 2 details the actors relationship with Jenny Tseng and how they met as well as Fu working on Chang Cheh's mid 70s superproductions. The article also covers his two life threatening accidents and also his films that were put on hiatus, or never got made!
SHAW BROTHERS CINEMA PRESENTS: THE LIFE & DEATH OF THE GREAT ALEXANDER FU SHENG PART 3--This concluding chapter covers the troubled actors last few years before his tragic death in 1983. It contains a fair number of images taken from Fu Sheng's funeral as well as many other candid and behind the scenes photos with this endearing fan favorite!
SPAGHETTI WESTERN OVERVIEW PART 1--Part 1 delves into the early beginnings of the Italian western and the coming of Sergio Leone with FISTFUL OF DOLLARS!
SPAGHETTI WESTERN OVERVIEW PART 2--Part 2 makes a deal with death and the bounty hunters of the Italian west!
SPAGHETTI WESTERN OVERVIEW PART 3--Part 3 covers the politics of the Zapata westerns!
THAT RAMBUNCTIOUS ROBERT TAI & HIS MAGNANIMOUSLY MORIBUND MOVIES, OR HOW I WRECKED MY CAREER AT THE COST OF ONE TRULY GOOD MOVIE--This is an article that pokes fun of controversial martial arts choreographer and filmmaker, Robert Tai Chi Hsien and the many wild tales he's weaved over the years!
TOUGH GUYS FILES--Retrospectives of the Bad Men of the Silver Screen!
THE WILD, WILD WEST SERIES OVERVIEW--A look at the four seasons of this amazing 'James Bond in the West' series!
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