Lost and Found: Doom Asylum

First, a quick note: this review was written to evoke the delightfully lowbrow spirit of freewheeling fun from late night, cult movie show hosts (thank you, Elvira, Rhonda, and Joe Bob!) and glorious B-movie sites ( thank you, B-Movie Enema and House of Self Indulgence, to name just two!). I leaned into the over the … Continue reading Lost and Found: Doom Asylum →

Lost and Found: Gas Pump Girls

In the grand tradition of horny teen sex comedies, Gas Pump Girls (1979) pads the running time with cheap gags and copious nudity—not that there’s anything wrong with that! It also boasts a familiar plot this sort of movie, with a band of plucky underdogs going up against a (supposedly) heartless corporate overlord. For all … Continue reading Lost and Found: Gas Pump Girls →

Lost and Found: Blue Jeans

As a glimpse into the freewheeling approach to sexual politics in 1970s Italy, Mario Imperioli’s Blue Jeans (1975) is eye opening, and not just because of stunningly sexy star Gloria Guida. The erotic-dramedy captures a moment in time, when the post-sixties sexual revolution collided head on—and groin first—with institutionally ingrained misogyny and old fashioned Italian … Continue reading Lost and Found: Blue Jeans →

Lost and Found: Slashdance

Based on the rad poster and VHS art for Slashdance (1989), you’d expect a deliciously raunchy slasher, right? The poster promises underboob that the movie never delivers! Dammit! Well, you’d be sorely disappointed. I was. The actual movie itself is an amateurish snooze, with barely any slashing or actual dancing. Sure, we spend most of … Continue reading Lost and Found: Slashdance →

Lost and Found: Pets

Well, now. Boy howdy, what a movie! Okay, so I recently watched Pets (1973) for the first time and, wow, it’s bizarre. Probably because it feels like three increasingly disturbing vignettes strung together to form a strange, road-trip-style movie. This disarming oddness is part of what makes it a memorably strange cult film. However, the … Continue reading Lost and Found: Pets →

Lost and Found: Good Girls Don’t

Good Girls Don’t went straight to video in 1993, and has yet to make it to DVD or Blu-ray. I caught it streaming on our Lord and Savior, Tubi. I’m certain I also saw it back in the ‘90s on USA Up All Night. It sure as heck feels like the sort of movie Rhonda … Continue reading Lost and Found: Good Girls Don’t →

Lost and Found: Firecracker

Firecracker (1981), also known as Naked Fist, is another in a long line of 1970s and 1980s cheapies shot in the Philippines by producer Roger Corman. Directed by Corman regular Cirio H. Santiago—who also helmed one of the most memorable rape-revenge films of the ‘80s, Naked Vengeance (1985)—Firecracker mostly works as a starring vehicle for … Continue reading Lost and Found: Firecracker →