Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019) psychodr July 29, 2019 Schlock & Awe Here are the Psycho Drive-In All-Stars with some of their favorite film memories of the late, great Rutger Hauer.
Remembering Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) Adam Barraclough, Dan Lee, Laura Akers, Marsha Nicholson, Paul Brian McCoy, Shawn Hill September 21, 2017 Schlock & Awe This past weekend, we lost one of America’s most iconoclastic character actors, Harry Dean Stanton.
THE FINAL GIRL FULLY FORMED: Wes Craven’s Red Eye Laura Akers September 2, 2016 Schlock & Awe But the same things I loved about Nightmare emerged—more fully formed—in Red Eye.
EVERYTHING IS A MOVIE: Dying Laughing with Scream Peterson Hill September 2, 2016 Schlock & Awe Craven made some really great films, but Scream, to me, is the one that demonstrates every ounce of his talent.
Who’s Dreaming Who? Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Brian K Millard September 1, 2016 Schlock & Awe New Nightmare has an incredible premise and a very meta, self-referential storyline, blending reality with fiction, and having fun with its own genre.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM: The People Under the Stairs Laura Akers September 1, 2016 Schlock & Awe At the heart of Craven’s sometimes silly, often quite humorous, film is a critique of trickle-down Reaganomics: the rich are not rich because they work harder or make wiser decisions or because they excel in any other way ethically.
Freddy’s Sweater: Revisiting A Nightmare on Elm St in Honor of Wes The Final Girl August 31, 2016 Schlock & Awe My first memory of Wes Craven is watching A Nightmare on Elm St (1984), at the age of six or seven.
MY GOD, WHAT AM I? Family vs Family in The Hills Have Eyes Raul Reyes August 30, 2016 Schlock & Awe The Hills Have Eyes is a story about two families, and the lengths they go to stay alive.
A THING APART: The Nihilistic Morals of The Last House On the Left John E. Meredith August 30, 2016 Schlock & Awe There couldn't have been a more appropriate movie than LAST HOUSE to greet the slow and painful end of the Vietnam era.
Schlock & Awe 03: Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, & Christopher Lee Dan Lee, Paul Brian McCoy, Raul Reyes May 28, 2016 Schlock & Awe May 26th and 27th are the birthdays of three of horror cinema's greatest legends, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, and Christopher Lee.
Schlock & Awe 02: Dr. Sam Loomis Paul Brian McCoy October 31, 2013 Schlock & Awe Dr. Samuel Loomis has no real rival in horror film history and the performances by Donald Pleasence were always nuanced, playful, tragic, and real, elevating whatever miserable excuse for a script he was handed into something magical.
Schlock & Awe 01: Karen Black Adam Barraclough, Ben Goldman, Daniel Elkin, Paul Brian McCoy, Shawn Hill October 17, 2013 Schlock & Awe Rest in peace, Ms. Black. Your horror was voluptuous.
Schlock & Awe 00: Manifesto Paul Brian McCoy October 1, 2013 Schlock & Awe Schlock & Awe is devoted to celebrating the joyous, almost innocent, creative spark behind the films that didn't change the world.