The Deepest Cuts: SOCIETY (1989)

July 22, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Retrospectives Tagged Brian Yuzna, Screaming Mad George, Society, The Deepest Cuts Leave a comment

The Deepest Cuts is a weekly invitation into some of the sleaziest, goriest, most under-explored corners of horror and cult film online. Every title will be streamable and totally NSFW. Whether it’s a 1960s grindhouse masterpiece, something schlocky from the 90s, or hardcore horror from around the world, these films are guaranteed to shock, disturb, tickle, or generally blow your mind.

We all know that the members of high society are different from us hoi polloi – they drive fancier cars, they wear designer clothes, their hair is always perfect. But these are just aspects of the shiny spectacle of wealth and good breeding that they present to the public, and while shows like Keeping up with Kardashians give us a so-called inside look, we all know that there’s a fair degree of editing and staging involved. What does high society really do behind closed gates, hidden from the masses’ view, free to revel in their own advantages? Society reveals just that – and be warned: it is sick and oh-so-twisted.

5 Best Dysfunctional Movie Dads to Honor TRAINWRECK

July 17, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Lists Tagged Eraserhead, Fargo, Lists, Mosquito Coast, Natural Born Killers, Over the Top, Trainwreck Leave a comment

As the opening seconds of the trailer makes clear, Trainwreck [review here] posits the root cause of protagonist Amy’s inability to sustain a romantic relationship as her father’s own dysfunction in this regard. He begins by telling his daughters the usual line, “Girls, your mother and I are getting divorced,” but goes on to make his daughters repeat “Monogamy isn’t realistic” several times. In celebration of the questionable judgment of just such men who’ve procreated and kinda blown it, here’s my list of The Top 5 Dysfunctional Dads in movies.
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The Deepest Cuts: NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)

July 15, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Retrospectives Tagged Night of the Creeps, Slither, The Deepest Cuts Leave a comment

Aliens with disturbingly large heads! A crazed ax murderer/mental hospital escapee! Fecal-looking, slug-like parasites that enter their human prey through the mouth! And, of course, zombies!! Though it obviously has a little something for everyone, Night of the Creeps is definitely a horror movie fan’s horror movie, with its twisted sense of humor, countless references to classic films of the genre, legitimate suspense, and, my personal favorite, plenty of gore.

Out in Theaters: 10,000 KM

July 10, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged 10000 KM, Carlos Marques-Marcet, Natalia Tena, Out in Theaters, Reviews 2 Comments

The nature of interpersonal relationships in this second decade of the 21st century have changed significantly from those of the great romantic chamber piece films like Annie Hall or Before Sunrise. Though it’s now a rather boring truism that the internet has changed the way we interact with one another, it seems that non-science-fiction films are just beginning to dig into what this means; one of the first real stand-out attempts to capture this shift is 2013’s Her, in which a lonely man falls for the sexy-voiced operating system in his computer. We can now add 10,000 km to the list of films exploring what it means to be together but separate, attached, at times, only by an internet connection. Read More

The Deepest Cuts: C.H.U.D. (1984)

July 8, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Retrospectives Tagged C.H.U.D., Retrospectives, The Deepest Cuts Leave a comment

A gnarly green claw reaching up and pushing aside a manhole cover. A fluke-like, decomposing face glimpsed in the reflection of a quarantine mask. A flash of bared teeth – sharp, fang-like chompers. These are the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers (C.H.U.D.), living beneath the streets of Manhattan, thriving in the dank waste of modern society. And as long as they’re staying deep underground, attacking only the city’s least-wanted, it’s of little concern to city officials; but as the film’s opening demonstrates, the C.H.U.D.s are hungry, and they’re coming for average, above-ground citizens – and their little dogs, too. And, they’re awesome.

Netfix: 6 True Crime Movies to Watch Between TRUE DETECTIVE Episodes

July 6, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Netfix Tagged Aileen Wuornos, All Good Things, Heavenly Creatures, Netfix, Pain & Gain, Serpico, The French Connection, True Crime Leave a comment

The great thing about Netflix is that it gives you a lot of TV and movie watching options. The bad thing about Netflix is that it gives you…a lot of TV and movie watching options. So many that it can be overwhelming. I’d guess around ninety percent of our time spent on Netflix is scrolling through thousands of movies and TV shows, before finally deciding on something three hours after you’ve first logged on. The aim of this column is to provide easily accessible Netflix suggestions based on a different focal point each week. Read More

The Deepest Cuts: THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1969)

July 1, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Retrospectives Tagged Leonard Kastle, Martin Scorcese, Shirley Stoler, The Deepest Cuts, The Honeymoon Killers, True Crime Leave a comment

“The incredibly shocking drama you are about to see is perhaps the most bizarre episode in the annals of American crime. The unbelievable events depicted are based on newspaper accounts and court records. This is a true story.”

The solemnity of this opening title card suggests that the ensuing film will be serious – a true crime exposé, an episode of 60 Minutes. Do not be misled. Premiering in 1969, at the beginning of the New Hollywood era, in which independent, international, and schlock (from the likes of American International Pictures) films were emerging as a critical force in the world of cinema, The Honeymoon Killers is hardly a news-channel-appropriate treatment. Shot in the stark black and white of the era’s arthouse films and starring soon-to-be cult-movie stars Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco (in their first onscreen roles), it’s a compulsively watchable, disturbing combination of devastating violence and dark comedy.
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5 Best Interspecies Relationship Movies

June 26, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Lists Tagged Lars and the Real Girl, Lists, Max, Mermaid in a Manhole, Mon Amour, The Beast Leave a comment

Inspired by the premiere of Ted 2 – a movie so awful that we here at Silver Screen Riot have declared it the “worst film of the year” [full review here] – here is our list of the five best films about interspecies relationships. These cinematic gems, like the relationship between a woman and a teddy bear, encourage viewers to wonder: how do they do it? Like, do it, do it? Read More

The Deepest Cuts: NIGHTBREED (1990)

June 26, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in Retrospectives Tagged Clive Barker, Nightbreed, The Deepest Cuts 1 Comment

Though vampire and zombie movies have seen a major revival in popularity in recent years, “monster movies” of the sort exemplified in early genre titles like The Blob or The Creature of the Black Lagoon are a much rarer find. Nightbreed, writer/director Clive Barker’s second feature film, is like a monster movie on steroids. And where recent films like Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods treat horror-movie monsters with humor and irony, the creatures of Nightbreed are not fucking around. This combination of unrestrained imagination and genuine horror make Nightbreed a completely unique and compulsively watchable film. Read More

The Deepest Cuts: BAY OF BLOOD (1971)

June 18, 2015 by Madelyn Sutton Posted in TV Reviews Leave a comment

The slasher film has a number of purported origins; the most common choices tend to be either Psycho (1960), the urtext for the modern horror film in general, or Halloween (1978), one of the most successful independent releases ever and the inaugural film of the so-called “golden age” of the slasher. More discerning viewers might suggest Black Christmas, an influential and especially watchable film that preceded Halloween by four years. But earlier than that, released in 1972, is Italian director Mario Bava’s proto-slasher masterpiece, most commonly known as A Bay of Blood or Twitch of the Death Nerve (though it has been released under, at the very least, six other titles).