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Keeper of the outsider culture flame. Plan on seeing lots of film reviews here, everything from vintage genre fare to what’s at the multiplex… plus some detours into other pop culture ephemera
Here’s an interview with Chris Poggiali, film historian and writer who issued two amazing books this year. Good reading for fans of martial arts movies and THE WARRIORS schlockmania.com/blog/chris-p... 🎬 #FilmSky #MovieSky #thewarriors
WUXIA FLICKS, THE WARRIORS & MORE Chris Poggiali Armies Of The Night These Fists Break Bricks — Schlockmania
An epic interview with Chris Poggiali, co-author of These Fists Break Bricks and Armies Of The Night about martial arts cinema, The Warriors and what it's like to research and write about these topics
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November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here’s an interview with Chris Poggiali, film historian and writer who issued two amazing books this year. Good reading for fans of martial arts movies and THE WARRIORS schlockmania.com/blog/chris-p... 🎬 #FilmSky #MovieSky #thewarriors
Here's a 'personal take' look at ARMIES OF THE NIGHT, an absorbing look at the history of the classic Walter Hill flick THE WARRIORS that was co-written by Schlockmania friend Chris Poggiali and will be released in October by 1984 Publishing schlockmania.com/blog/pt-armies-of-the-night #MovieSky 🎬
THE PERSONAL TAKE: ARMIES OF THE NIGHT The Warriors making-of book Chris Poggiali Michael Gingold — Schlockmania
a personalized look at ARMIES OF THE NIGHT, an in-depth account of the production, release and enduring influence of THE WARRIORS, the classic action-adventure film directed by Walter Hill
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September 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Here's a 'personal take' look at ARMIES OF THE NIGHT, an absorbing look at the history of the classic Walter Hill flick THE WARRIORS that was co-written by Schlockmania friend Chris Poggiali and will be released in October by 1984 Publishing schlockmania.com/blog/pt-armies-of-the-night #MovieSky 🎬
Just updated my review for THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS, a must-read for anyone into martial arts movies schlockmania.com/blog/tpt-the... #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬
THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS book review - Grady Hendrix Chris Poggiali Bruce Lee Jackie Chan kung fu — Schlockmania
a detailed book review about THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS, a history of the martial arts film boom in the United States, how it gave us colorful icons like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, the complex cultural ...
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September 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just updated my review for THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS, a must-read for anyone into martial arts movies schlockmania.com/blog/tpt-the... #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬
Happy Father’s Day to all the paternal Schlockmaniacs out there. May you all get the cake you so richly deserve. youtu.be/E_qIq2P11RY?...
Happy Father's Day (Creepshow)
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June 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Happy Father’s Day to all the paternal Schlockmaniacs out there. May you all get the cake you so richly deserve. youtu.be/E_qIq2P11RY?...
Farewell, Joe Don Baker. In tribute, here’s a look back at the role that defined his career. schlockmania.com/blog/walking... #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬
WALKING TALL (1973) Film Review Joe Don Baker Phil Karlson Buford Pusser — Schlockmania
A movie review for the original 1973 version of WALKING TALL, a violent melodrama based on the life of assassinated sheriff Buford Pusser. It was a huge independent hit that launched Joe Don Baker to ...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Farewell, Joe Don Baker. In tribute, here’s a look back at the role that defined his career. schlockmania.com/blog/walking... #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬
Overdue tributes, part 2: Wings Hauser www.facebook.com/share/18hdrL...
Vice Squad (1982) - Opening Credits - Season Hubley Gary Swanson Wings Hauser
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April 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Overdue tributes, part 2: Wings Hauser www.facebook.com/share/18hdrL...
Overdue tributes, part 1: Roberta Flack www.facebook.com/share/163c8X... youtu.be/TKUp_3rC2KM #Music #MusicSky
Children's Song
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April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Overdue tributes, part 1: Roberta Flack www.facebook.com/share/163c8X... youtu.be/TKUp_3rC2KM #Music #MusicSky
here's a capsule review for APRIL FOOL'S DAY, a controversial but clever twist on slasher films with a post-modern vibe about a decade ahead of its time boxd.it/1LhSBF #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬 #Horror #Slasher #SlasherSky
A review of April Fool's Day (1986)
This one neatly divides the '80s horror crowd into two camps: some consider it an unforgivable, blood-free cheat and others consider it an inventive and playful variation on the familiar. I fall in th...
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March 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
here's a capsule review for APRIL FOOL'S DAY, a controversial but clever twist on slasher films with a post-modern vibe about a decade ahead of its time boxd.it/1LhSBF #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬 #Horror #Slasher #SlasherSky
Quick thoughts on MICKEY 17, a Hollywood venture for Bong Joon-Ho that provides diminishing returns boxd.it/96qB7r #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬
A review of Mickey 17 (2025)
If you're still coasting on the high of PARASITE's worldwide success, brace yourself for a bringdown with this film. This plays like a forced, desperate shotgun marriage of Hollywood sci-fi and Bong's...
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March 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Quick thoughts on MICKEY 17, a Hollywood venture for Bong Joon-Ho that provides diminishing returns boxd.it/96qB7r #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬
A capsule review for THE MONKEY, the most audacious, tonally elusive and gleefully freaky Stephen King adaptation in years boxd.it/8VL7yl #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A review of The Monkey (2025)
Imagine a FINAL DESTINATION film that takes full advantage of the concept's possibilities for dark surrealism and morbid humor - and that would only account for about a third of what's going on in thi...
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March 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A capsule review for THE MONKEY, the most audacious, tonally elusive and gleefully freaky Stephen King adaptation in years boxd.it/8VL7yl #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A tribute to Gene Hackman www.facebook.com/share/14qGi6... #moviesky 🎬
March 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A tribute to Gene Hackman www.facebook.com/share/14qGi6... #moviesky 🎬
Before St. Valentine's month slips away, you might want to check out HEART EYES, a crafty and disarmingly sincere fusion of the slasher movie and the romantic comedy boxd.it/8LB4hL #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A review of Heart Eyes (2025)
The magic trick this film pulls off before your eyes is committing to being a full-blooded slasher and a sincerely felt romantic comedy all at once, using the classic push-pull of humor and horror to ...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Before St. Valentine's month slips away, you might want to check out HEART EYES, a crafty and disarmingly sincere fusion of the slasher movie and the romantic comedy boxd.it/8LB4hL #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
Don’t let crass commercialism or forced romantic notions ruin Valentine’s Day for you. Remember that its main purpose is to celebrate the legend of Harry Warden, inspiration for the greatest of all Valentine’s Day themed horror films. youtu.be/2pqi9r55pDU?... #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
My Bloody Valentine (1981) – The Ballad of Harry Warden
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February 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Don’t let crass commercialism or forced romantic notions ruin Valentine’s Day for you. Remember that its main purpose is to celebrate the legend of Harry Warden, inspiration for the greatest of all Valentine’s Day themed horror films. youtu.be/2pqi9r55pDU?... #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A capsule review for the new version of NOSFERATU, which finds Robert Eggers bending an iconic horror archetype to his own themes and approach boxd.it/8fVWwx #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A review of Nosferatu (2024)
One of the joys of watching THE WITCH in the theater back in the day was seeing hip, jaded multiplexgoers get quiet when Eggers laid into them with uncompromising intensity in both performances and te...
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January 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A capsule review for the new version of NOSFERATU, which finds Robert Eggers bending an iconic horror archetype to his own themes and approach boxd.it/8fVWwx #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
If you need a little slash for your New Year’s Eve celebration, NEW YEAR’S EVIL is the go-to movie. Bonus points for the acidic, cynical view of Los Angeles and showbiz. boxd.it/2qcyzD #MovieSky #FilmSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A review of New Year's Evil (1980)
This is the kind of deep cut that separates the fanatics from the neophytes in the world of slasher flicks. It's light on blood and limited in terms of body count but benefits from breaking the subgen...
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January 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If you need a little slash for your New Year’s Eve celebration, NEW YEAR’S EVIL is the go-to movie. Bonus points for the acidic, cynical view of Los Angeles and showbiz. boxd.it/2qcyzD #MovieSky #FilmSky #HorrorSky 🎬
add some shock to your Christmas with this look at INFINITE SANTA 8000, a bloody and post-apocalyptic animated take on Kris Kringle. You can stream it on Tubi and, if you like what you see, there's a new blu-ray release from @synapsefilms.bsky.social boxd.it/84Xdm3 #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky 🎬
A review of Infinite Santa 8000 (2013)
Imagine a heavy metal kid of the '80s killing time in his classes in December by drawing crazy doodles about Santa Claus, shot through with fantasies derived from post-apocalyptic movies and gallons o...
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December 25, 2024 at 5:14 PM
add some shock to your Christmas with this look at INFINITE SANTA 8000, a bloody and post-apocalyptic animated take on Kris Kringle. You can stream it on Tubi and, if you like what you see, there's a new blu-ray release from @synapsefilms.bsky.social boxd.it/84Xdm3 #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky 🎬
Thoughts on the unholy trinity of Christmas horror films, part 3 - my personal favorite, CHRISTMAS EVIL boxd.it/3zAcGJ #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A review of Christmas Evil (1980)
My favorite of all Christmas horror movies: the main reason for this is that it actually explores the idea of Christmas rather than using it as window dressing for a more standard psycho horror outing...
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December 24, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Thoughts on the unholy trinity of Christmas horror films, part 3 - my personal favorite, CHRISTMAS EVIL boxd.it/3zAcGJ #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
Thoughts on the unholy trinity of Christmas horror films, part 2 - SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT boxd.it/3zhL5Z #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
A review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
The terror of parents everywhere during the Yuletide season of '84 remains a grim, potent bit of business. Erstwhile Sunn Classics producer turned helmer Sellier Jr. really swings for the fences here,...
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December 24, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Thoughts on the unholy trinity of Christmas horror films, part 2 - SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT boxd.it/3zhL5Z #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky 🎬
Thoughts on the unholy trinity of Christmas horror films, part 1 - the original BLACK CHRISTMAS boxd.it/U5FrB #FilmSky #MovieSky #Horrorsky 🎬
A review of Black Christmas (1974)
The end of Clark's horror film era is his best work in this genre and one of the key slashers, directly influencing HALLOWEEN and thus all slashers that followed. It's also the best Christmas-set horr...
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December 24, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Thoughts on the unholy trinity of Christmas horror films, part 1 - the original BLACK CHRISTMAS boxd.it/U5FrB #FilmSky #MovieSky #Horrorsky 🎬
A quick look at TURBULENCE, a fun popcorn flick indulgence that deserves to be added to your Christmas film viewing list boxd.it/85pMun #moviesky #filmsky 🎬
A review of Turbulence (1997)
Rather than watch DIE HARD yet again for Xmas, throw this Christmas-set action/thriller on. It's the kind of mid-size popcorn flick that rarely gets released to theaters these days, packed with an arr...
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December 21, 2024 at 3:06 AM
A quick look at TURBULENCE, a fun popcorn flick indulgence that deserves to be added to your Christmas film viewing list boxd.it/85pMun #moviesky #filmsky 🎬
a look back at CALIGULA, an outrageous combination of Masterpiece Theater and porno chic that has a bizarre, sinister pull in spite of its many flaws. The political commentary also seems applicable to current events, boxd.it/7PmrcR #moviesky #filmsky 🎬
A review of Caligula (1979)
If HEAVEN'S GATE represents the end of the line for New Hollywood filmmaking, this represents the end of the line for trying to bring adult filmmaking into the mainstream. No one can say Guccione and ...
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December 18, 2024 at 3:03 AM
a look back at CALIGULA, an outrageous combination of Masterpiece Theater and porno chic that has a bizarre, sinister pull in spite of its many flaws. The political commentary also seems applicable to current events, boxd.it/7PmrcR #moviesky #filmsky 🎬
If you’re considering watching a film in the Friday The 13th series tonight but don’t know it well or your memories are hazy, here is a handy-dandy capsule review guide written by yours truly to use as a digital crib sheet letterboxd.com/schlockmania... #moviesky #filmsky #horrorsky
All reviews tagged ‘friday-the-13th-series’ by Donald Guarisco
All reviews tagged ‘friday-the-13th-series’ by Donald Guarisco
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December 13, 2024 at 11:28 PM
If you’re considering watching a film in the Friday The 13th series tonight but don’t know it well or your memories are hazy, here is a handy-dandy capsule review guide written by yours truly to use as a digital crib sheet letterboxd.com/schlockmania... #moviesky #filmsky #horrorsky
a capsule review for THE ORDER, an exploration of an '80s white power militia movement whose dark take on driven men and middle American desperation hits as hard as its heist and shootout sequences boxd.it/815hVB #moviesky 🎬
A review of The Order (2024)
This exploration of the origins of the white power/militia underground that quietly thrives in America's hinterlands is doubly chilling. First of all, the subject of displaced working class white men ...
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December 11, 2024 at 2:43 AM
a capsule review for THE ORDER, an exploration of an '80s white power militia movement whose dark take on driven men and middle American desperation hits as hard as its heist and shootout sequences boxd.it/815hVB #moviesky 🎬
A short take on YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY, which sidesteps ironic smarm to present a surprisingly thoughtful portrait of a genre the rock critics were too hip for boxd.it/7XgL2x #moviesky #musicsky 🎬
A review of Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)
It's great that the concept of yacht rock was created to canonize a critically underappreciated genre of mainstream pop but it's also a shame that concept arrived in the form of a internet comedy show...
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December 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM
A short take on YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY, which sidesteps ironic smarm to present a surprisingly thoughtful portrait of a genre the rock critics were too hip for boxd.it/7XgL2x #moviesky #musicsky 🎬
A quick detour from schlock to take in a little classical American filmmaking with Clint Eastwood’s final directorial venture JUROR #2, a meditation on morality and the justice system disguised as a courtroom drama boxd.it/7Y7FZ5
A review of Juror #2 (2024)
What first appears to be a high-concept courtroom thriller becomes something more relaxed and methodical in its delivery here - and the result has a pleasing "grown up" quality in how it unfolds. The ...
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December 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
A quick detour from schlock to take in a little classical American filmmaking with Clint Eastwood’s final directorial venture JUROR #2, a meditation on morality and the justice system disguised as a courtroom drama boxd.it/7Y7FZ5