[DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW]: Director of “Satanic Faith-Based Folk Horror” THE SUDBURY DEVIL, Andrew Rakich

[DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW]: Director of “Satanic Faith-Based Folk Horror” THE SUDBURY DEVIL, Andrew Rakich


February 21, 2024    Gabriel Theis

  Good morrow. The explosion of folk horror has helped us realize just how fertile history has been for the genre. After watching THE WITCH or THE NIGHTINGALE, I could never read a textbook the same way again. It stands to reason, though. Go back to Colonial Times and you…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ALEXANDER ARNTZEN, COMPOSER OF ‘HERD’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ALEXANDER ARNTZEN, COMPOSER OF ‘HERD’


November 30, 2023    Rachel Reeves

  In the new film HERD from Dark Sky Films, director Steven Pierce pulls off the remarkable feat of making a zombie film feel fresh. Even more notable is the fact that it’s not even the zombies that make it feel that way. Rather, HERD’s fairly typical, gross, meandering walkers…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JASON GRAVES, COMPOSER FOR ‘DEAD SPACE’ AND ‘THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JASON GRAVES, COMPOSER FOR ‘DEAD SPACE’ AND ‘THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY’


May 17, 2023    Rachel Reeves

                    For many horror film fans (myself included), it takes a lot for a movie to really unsettle or scare. However, horror video games resonate and terrify on a whole other level. Due to their interactive nature, these games engage physically,…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JAMIE CHRISTOPHERSON, COMPOSER FOR ‘LEAVE’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JAMIE CHRISTOPHERSON, COMPOSER FOR ‘LEAVE’


March 28, 2023    Rachel Reeves

  In director Alex Herron’s new film LEAVE, a young woman named Hunter sets out on an international journey to find answers to the swirl of questions that have encompassed her entire life. Left in a cemetery as a baby, wrapped in a blanket covered in satanic symbols, the motivation…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ANDREW SCOTT BELL, COMPOSER FOR ‘WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ANDREW SCOTT BELL, COMPOSER FOR ‘WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY’


March 8, 2023    Rachel Reeves

  The new film WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY is a dark and bloody good time, and fully aware of what it is. Though named after the iconic fictional bear created by English author A.A. Milne in the 1920s, the similarities end there. This is not the beloved Pooh…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JASON EISENER, DIRECTOR OF ‘KIDS VS. ALIENS’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JASON EISENER, DIRECTOR OF ‘KIDS VS. ALIENS’


September 24, 2022    Rob Dean

  After making a huge splash with his fake trailer of HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN for GRINDHOUSE, Jason Eisener soon rose to genre prominence when he made that short into a terrific feature with Rutger Hauer. Eisener has worked on entries in the V/H/S series, THE ABCs OF DEATH, produced…

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[FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022]: DG INTERVIEWS MAX GRAHAM, COMPOSER FOR ‘HONEYCOMB’

[FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022]: DG INTERVIEWS MAX GRAHAM, COMPOSER FOR ‘HONEYCOMB’


August 26, 2022    Rachel Reeves

This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival presented many impressive and thought-provoking films from an inspiring array of young talent. One such film was Avalon Fast’s dreamy, lo-fi enigma, HONEYCOMB. Shot in Fast’s British Columbia backyard with her teenage friends’ immense support and help, HONEYCOMB plays out like a feminine twist…

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[FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022] MICKEY REECE, DIRECTOR OF ‘COUNTRY GOLD’

[FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022] MICKEY REECE, DIRECTOR OF ‘COUNTRY GOLD’


August 11, 2022    Rachel Reeves

    Movie log lines simply don’t get much better than Mickey Reece’s. For his 2020 festival darling CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER, it was all about two sisters lusting after a man who might be a vampire. For ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (2019), a man endows his son with a…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ANDREW SCOTT BELL, COMPOSER FOR ‘PSYCHO STORM CHASER’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ANDREW SCOTT BELL, COMPOSER FOR ‘PSYCHO STORM CHASER’


July 18, 2022    Rachel Reeves

    There’s something incredibly admirable about a film that lays it all out there with its title. Case in point: PSYCHO STORM CHASER. Directed by Buz Wallick, this new addition to the Lifetime horror lineup is exactly what you think it is, in the absolute best way.    When…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JEFF CARDONI, COMPOSER OF ‘TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JEFF CARDONI, COMPOSER OF ‘TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF’


June 13, 2022    Rachel Reeves

      When it comes to skateboarding, few can challenge the impact, notoriety, and widespread fame of Tony Hawk. Having served up countless, mind-melting tricks and stunts over his decades-spanning career, Hawk’s influence on the sport overall is unquestionable. Therefore, the surprise that he was becoming the sole subject…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] PESSI LEVANTO, COMPOSER FOR ‘THE INNOCENTS’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] PESSI LEVANTO, COMPOSER FOR ‘THE INNOCENTS’


June 2, 2022    Jon Abrams

    Few writers navigate the layered complexities of childhood better than Stephen King. Never afraid to venture into the darkness, King’s bold willingness to explore youth from all angles is a beloved, recurring thread that runs throughout his prolific career. Therefore, when he recently tweeted about writer/director Eskil Vogt’s…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] SEMIH TAREEN, COMPOSER OF ‘HOLIDAY HELL’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] SEMIH TAREEN, COMPOSER OF ‘HOLIDAY HELL’


December 23, 2021    Rachel Reeves

  There’s something truly special about the bevy of holiday horror films that ride in on the crisp December winter air each year. Just like homemade eggnog that is both dangerous and delicious at the same time, these films descend into our living rooms delivering cheer and terror in equal…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] RICHARD BATES JR., DIRECTOR OF ‘KING KNIGHT’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] RICHARD BATES JR., DIRECTOR OF ‘KING KNIGHT’


August 18, 2021    Mary Beth McAndrews

  Director Richard Bates, Jr. makes weird movies for weird people. From EXCISION to TONE DEAF, they’re beautiful, gross, and all about trying to find yourself in a world where you feel like you don’t belong. In his latest film, KING KNIGHT, which premiered as part of this year’s Fantasia…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] A TALK WITH THE MAKERS OF ‘M.C. ESCHER: JOURNEY TO INFINITY’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] A TALK WITH THE MAKERS OF ‘M.C. ESCHER: JOURNEY TO INFINITY’


February 12, 2021    Shade Rupe

  “I am afraid there is only one person in the world who could make a good film about my prints; me.”     The first opening image of moving across a woman’s leg seems to take much longer than it actually should, increasing the sensation of ‘infinity.’ The sound…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] S. CRAIG ZAHLER, AUTHOR OF ‘FORBIDDEN SURGERIES OF THE HIDEOUS DR. DIVINUS’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] S. CRAIG ZAHLER, AUTHOR OF ‘FORBIDDEN SURGERIES OF THE HIDEOUS DR. DIVINUS’


January 5, 2021    Matt Rotman

The worlds of S. Craig Zahler are inhabited by the likes of wraiths, jackals, cannibal troglodytes, and hardboiled cops. Knights-errant traverse metaphorical and physical hellscapes, where violence only begets more violence. And under an all-encompassing cloud of dread, the universe churns toward its inescapable and apocalyptic conclusion, as punishment and…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] BRENDEN DEAN FROM ‘DARKNESS PREVAILS’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] BRENDEN DEAN FROM ‘DARKNESS PREVAILS’


December 3, 2020    Samantha Schorsch

  This year we have more time to kill — so to speak — than usual. As such, we’ve evolved in various ways, especially in the virtual storytelling realm. In the vein of the radio shows of the ’30s and ’40s, we now have the lion’s choice of storytellers. One…

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EVOLUTION OF EUROSLEAZE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ‘PROFESSOR DARIO BAVA

EVOLUTION OF EUROSLEAZE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ‘PROFESSOR DARIO BAVA


June 29, 2020    Rathan Krueger

    Do you like sex, violence, and exorcisms? Close this tab if you don’t, because Murder Vibes From the Monster Dimension! goes all-in with all three. After making the fantastic and fun video for Metallica’s Spit Out the Bone, Phil Mucci’s moving from short-form to really long-form with a…

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[FROM THE DG ARCHIVES] THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW: STUART GORDON

[FROM THE DG ARCHIVES] THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW: STUART GORDON


May 24, 2020    Jon Abrams

      “These days, studios are very afraid of anything that’s new.”   One of my most surreal film experiences was watching RE-ANIMATOR with my grandmother. I was just a stupid kid, but whenever I visited, she’d let me rent any damn thing I wanted. Grandma wasn’t crazy about…

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[The Daily Grindhouse Interview] Cecil Trachenburg, of “Good Bad Flicks”

[The Daily Grindhouse Interview] Cecil Trachenburg, of “Good Bad Flicks”


January 23, 2020    Rob Dean

After a stint on Blip.TV, Cecil Trachenburg moved his channel over to YouTube. Called Good Bad Flicks, it provides multiple looks at various genre films that are undiscovered gems, forgotten oddities, or unfairly maligned by most. With over 680 videos, 288,000+ followers on YouTube, and over 69 million views (nice)—Mr. Trachenburg is a well-known figure in the world of eclipsed exploitation and genre cinema. We recently spoke with Mr. Trachenburg about his channel, some of his favorite overlooked films, and 2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS.

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] RICHARD STANLEY, DIRECTOR OF ‘COLOR OUT OF SPACE’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] RICHARD STANLEY, DIRECTOR OF ‘COLOR OUT OF SPACE’


January 21, 2020    Stephanie Crawford

While writer and director Richard Stanley has been busy in many creative endevaors throughout the years, his latest film, the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation COLOR OUT OF SPACE, is his first return to narrative filmmaking since his segment in the anthology horror film THE THEATRE BIZARRE in 2011. While his trials…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] VIVIANA GARCIA BESNE ON SAVING AND RESTORING MEXICAN GENRE FILMS

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] VIVIANA GARCIA BESNE ON SAVING AND RESTORING MEXICAN GENRE FILMS


December 2, 2019    Matt Wedge

On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, The Music Box Theatre in Chicago will show the first two Santo films. The films were recently restored in 4K by Permanencia Voluntaria, an archive in Tepoztlán, Mexico that is dedicated to recovering and restoring genre films from Mexico that other film restoration institutions in the country…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY’ COMPOSER MAC QUAYLE TALKS HIS SCORES AND THAT TIME HE PLAYED PING-PONG WITH PETER GABRIEL

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] ‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY’ COMPOSER MAC QUAYLE TALKS HIS SCORES AND THAT TIME HE PLAYED PING-PONG WITH PETER GABRIEL


November 22, 2019    Nathan Smith

  Emmy Award Winner Mac Quayle has led an insanely diverse career as a composer, assisting on films ranging from DRIVE, THE LINCOLN LAWYER, ONLY GOD FORGIVES, and CONTAGION. The shared filmmakers behind those works prove that Quayle is a person who is both well-liked and puts out work that…

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Paul Williams On The PHANTOM Funeral Sequence That Inspired “The Hell Of It.”

Paul Williams On The PHANTOM Funeral Sequence That Inspired “The Hell Of It.”


October 31, 2019    Mike Vanderbilt

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE isn’t the kind of film a major studio—particularly 20th Century Fox—would release today. In hindsight, it was destined to become a cult classic:. The offbeat 1974 musical was a cynical satire of the rock ‘n’ roll industry that combined elements of horror, and slapstick comedy with…

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[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JARED COHN, DIRECTOR OF ‘DEVIL’S REVENGE’

[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] JARED COHN, DIRECTOR OF ‘DEVIL’S REVENGE’


September 29, 2019    Jon Abrams

          William Shatner returns to sci-fi next month, playing a very ‘different-than-Kirk’ role in director Jared Cohn’s DEVIL’S REVENGE.       You do a little bit of everything. When you started in this game, Jared, was it to be an actor or filmmaker?   When…

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