Exploitation films – Page 36 – Really Awful Movies

Maniac (1980)

It’s the Casablanca of carnage and the Gone with the Wind of Gore…A case could be made that Maniac is the greatest slasher film of all time. In the era when a killer’s motivations were as absent as their dialogue, Maniac takes you between the ears of maniac Frank Zito, closing the theatrical distance between audience andContinue reading “Maniac (1980)”

The Troma Army: An Interview With Lloyd Kaufman

All that I am, I am because of the Toxic Avenger. Strong statement, sure, but bear with me. My undying passion for Troma Studios began not with a film but a film box. I was 13-years-old and perusing the shelves at local mom-and-pop shop Videoflicks. As usual, I would first scan the myriad boxes on theContinue reading “The Troma Army: An Interview With Lloyd Kaufman”