Thrills, Chills, & Kills: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

by JB

Love is love.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: THE WOLF MAN (1941)

by JB

“Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night
may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright.”

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: THE MUMMY (1932) & THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)

by JB

Our love for these two Universal Monster chestnuts might have something to do with déjà vu… all over again.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

by JB

Like any profit-based business during the Depression, Universal Studios couldn’t pass up an opportunity to strike gold (again) in 1931.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: DRACULA (1931)

by JB

Tod Browning’s 1931 film of Dracula is a study in dichotomy.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: SON OF MONSTERPALOOZA!

by JB

Richard: Nope. … I'll write about this weekend.
Sarah: What were you going to write about before?
Richard: Last weekend.

--The Big Chill (1983)

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE HOT ROCK

by JB

My mother took me to see this when I was ten years old and inexplicably decided to leave halfway through, taking me with her. Didn’t she know that I would be writing about it 46 years later?

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: SUNSET IN THE WEST

by JB

Recently, during my oxteenth viewing of perennial Christmas favorite Die Hard, I realized that I had never in my life actually seen a Roy Rogers movie.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: REVENGE OF THE CREATURE

by JB

WARNING: The greatest thing about Universal’s new Creature Legacy set is that consumers who buy it will be made to feel as mistreated as the Creature!

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH

by JB

Once again, the Medved brothers were wrong…

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

by JB

“Did you ever see The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?
Horrible, wasn't it?
You know people ask me, ‘Is it really true
You know, when you live in Texas
Is that really true what they do around there to people?’

I say, ‘Hey, now every time I drive through the crossroads
I get scared there's a bloke running around
With a fucking chain saw
Oh, no, he's gonna cut off me…
Oh no, no! Don't saw off me leg! Don't saw off me arm!’

When I go to the movies, you know
I'd like to see something more romantic
You know, like An Officer And A Gentleman
Or something, something you can take the wife to…
You know what I mean?”

--Mick Jagger
“Too Much Blood”

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: YELLOW SUBMARINE

by JB

I talked to a few people at last weekend’s Fest for Beatles Fans, and concerning this film’s fiftieth anniversary, we could all agree on one thing…

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: A PISTOL FOR RINGO

by JB

Boy, is this an undiscovered gem… or should I say Gemma?

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD

by JB

In which I take the occasion of the film’s release on 4K Blu-ray disc to examine how it was unjustly vilified when originally released.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL, BASTARDS!

by JB

The title isn’t the only great thing about this Nikkatsu Studios crime thriller.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: IF YOU MEET SARTANA, PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH (Se Incontri Sartana Prega per la tua Morte)

by JB

Is there anything better than discovering a new film… a new film with a cool cowboy hero and a body count over eighty?

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI

by JB

It’s appropriate that Boris Karloff is featured in this last of the “Beach Party” movies, because it was Frankenstein-ed together from various pieces of other movies.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: GUN CRAZY (1949)

by JB

I love films that go all shooty shooty shoot and pow pa-pa-pow pow pow pow!

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: BIKINI BEACH

by JB

Celebrate Junesploitation’s “Day at the Beach” with the best movie of the entire Beach Party franchise!

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG

by JB

On this day devoted to Blaxploitation, why not go back to the “Big Bang” film that started the entire genre?