Tag: Mutation

Prophecy a Middling 70s Eco-Horror Movie That’s Obscure For a Reason

August 3, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

By the end of the 1970s, the eco-horror subgenre was slowing down as the counterculture movement gave way to a conservative resurgence that defined the 80s. Most fans of 70s horror recognize title like Orca, Piranha, or Grizzly. Lovers of ‘cheese cinema’ have likely seen Frogs, Tentacles, or Day of the Animals. But the 1979 […]

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Class of Nuke ‘Em High Revels in the Crude Schlock That Defined Troma

August 2, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

If you’re a horror fan or B-movie lover and came of age in the 80s, you’re likely at least familiar with Troma Entertainment. The brainchild of Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma movies mix ‘shock’ and ‘schlock’ on paper thin budgets. This is the studio that gave us The Toxic Avenger and Surf Nazis Must […]

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