Tough Films For The Rough Crowd

    It’s a bit surreal watching a band that’s existed since you were two years old reach what could be, allegedly, the end of their lifespan, especially when they haven’t released any new full length material (solo projects of varying quality aside) in around ten years. On the other…

  “Grindhouse Grooves” has a history on this site predating my involvement, but I always liked that it was there and have regretted not managing to bring it back. Life’s too short for regrets, so here we are! The idea of this semi-regular column is that your friends here at…

This is my first piece for DG, and what better way to begin anything than with a Golan-Globus opus? MACK THE KNIFE is Menahem Golan’s 1989 adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s musical The Threepenny Opera. Threepenny debuted in Berlin in 1928 (originally titled Die Dreigroschenoper), becoming a sensation…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, we’ve got trippy animation, AKIRA gone classical, works by Larry Fessenden, Brandon Cronenberg and a Coppola, and more! DyE Feat. Egyptian Lover She’s Bad Dir. DentDeCuir DyE feat. Egyptian Lover – She’s Bad (Official Video) from Dent de Cuir on Vimeo. The video for DyE’s…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, the latest in noteworthy music videos for the discriminating cult movie fan, we’ve got alien worlds, killer cars and a song from the first Jason Voorhees!   PSYCHIC RITES SINGULARITY Dir. Mike Wilson Psychic Rites ‘Singularity’ from Pleasure Kill on Vimeo. CHRISTINE is the obvious…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, we’ve got a dating Jason Voorhees, wild animation, a REAR WINDOW homage and a hell of a lot more!   Umberto Temple Room Dir. Arche Noir Noir, whose head Jan Schulze Beckendorf we interviewed here, shows off his giallo influences to great effect in this…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, we’ve got an ass-kicking Tom Hanks, two former child stars, wild animation and more! BUCKWHEAT GROATS TOM HANKS DIR. JARED LAPIDUS AND BUCKWHEAT GROATS Sure, throwing a faux Tom Hanks into a ridiculous (NSFW) rap video about how badass he is awesome, but even better…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, we’ve got an ’80s fantasy homage, a hot rod worm, plenty of whacked-out animation and more! DOG BLOOD CHELLA RIDE DIR. GOLDEN WOLF Dog Blood – Chella Ride from Golden Wolf on Vimeo. Dooooogs iiiiin spaaaaaace! It may seem like a concept ripe for comedy,…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, we’ve got Count Floyd, a dancing exorcist, a good use of the Prelinger Archives and more! THE WET SECRETS NIGHTLIFE DIR. TREVOR ANDERSON Count Floyd returns! Joe Flaherty reprises his “SCTV” role as Floyd takes out the latest tween sparkly vampire flick from the library…

This time on Grindhouse Grooves, we’ve got a depressed Ewoks, a softcore porn homage, a Hitchcock tribute, a serial killer and more! Marijuana Deathsquads Ewok Sadness Dir. Isaac Gale Hell hath no fury like a furry STAR WARS character scorned in this impressively twisted take on Marijuana Deathsquads’ great track…

Picking my Top 10 movies for 2013?  No problem.  I only saw a few dozen new movies, so choosing ten wasn’t that much of an issue.  But music videos?  That’s a much tougher call, as I’ve probably watched a few hundred music videos in the last twelve months.  And so…

You look bored.  Are you bored?  Sitting there at work with nothing going on? Why not watch some music videos?  It’ll give you a chance to catch up with the music that those young people are listening to, and simultaneously allow you to watch some cool short films.  That also…

The No-Budget Nightmares crew took over our music video coverage recently with a round-up of noteworthy vids featuring SOV recreations — be sure to check out that edition here!  Then scroll down and bask in the warm, atonal glory of some of the most interesting psychotronic music videos to hit…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. Welcome to another round-up of new music videos with their hearts in genre films and exploitation that serve as great short films that accentuate the music they’re made to promote while still having an original vision. This time, we’ve got animated wildness, sexy neon…

Music videos were an essential way of promotion in the ’80s — studios couldn’t release a big-budget flick without a catchy title track they could sell to the MTV-addicted masses. The title track is now a bit of a lost art, and now we’re left with blockbusters that have the…

Breakbot You Should Know Dir. Gerson Aguerri Breakbot’s ’70s-ish track stars out with a ’60s pop-arty THE TOUCHABLES vibe, then moves into a more ’80s computer animated look, and while it’s all fun to watch, it’s not all that coherent thematically. Still, it’s good visual fun for a nice low-key…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. Welcome to another round-up of new music videos with their hearts in genre films and exploitation that serve as great short films that accentuate the music they’re made to promote while still having an original vision. This week, we’ve got ’80s nostalgia (x3), David…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. Welcome to another round-up of new music videos with their hearts in genre films and exploitation that serve as great short films that accentuate the music they’re made to promote while still having an original vision. This week, we’ve got stars in peril, computer…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. Welcome to another round-up of new music videos with their hearts in genre films and exploitation of whether that means spaghetti westerns, tales of the future, great use of character actors or an embracing of pulp paperback history, that serve as great short films…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. It’s time for another edition of Grindhouse Grooves, showing the latest videos who take their cues from the more dingy side of the cinematic tracks. This time we’ve got apocalyptic animation, bowling ball heads, badass bikers and more! Vitalic Fade Away (Dir. Romain Chassaing)…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. It’s time for another edition of Grindhouse Grooves, showing the latest videos who take their cues from the more dingy side of the cinematic tracks. This time we’ve a new video from Darren Lynn Bousman, vintage animation, serial killers and a nanobot invasion! Sally…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. It’s time for another edition of Grindhouse Grooves, showing the latest videos who take their cues from the more dingy side of the cinematic tracks. This time we’ve got churches keeping off the zombies, tripped-out alien worlds and a nice guy minotaur, all backed…

  MIXING 8MM WITH 8 TRACKS. It’s time for another edition of Grindhouse Grooves, showing the latest videos who take their cues from the more dingy side of the cinematic tracks. This time we’ve got dangerous girls galore, first person carnage and Kenneth Anger!   Django Django Wor (Dir. Jim…

  Everyone knows Bernard Herrmann’s excellent score for PSYCHO, an exceptional piece of work that’s as much a part of the Hitchcock film’s legacy as the infamous shower sequence. Herrmann, however, wasn’t the only musician who took tonal inspiration from the granddaddy of slasher flicks. In anticipation of the newest…