DEATH & THE OTHER HOLLYWOOD

The porn industry is one which has thrown up more than its fair share of casualties. Murder (Artie Mitchell and the Wonderland Murders invol...

REX SIKES INTERVIEW

My interview with Rex Sikes, who played Rodney in Rene Daalder's cult 1976 exploitation film Massacre at Central High , has been posted ...

THIS BED WE MADE

The taste of cigarettes and red wine was stale in my mouth as I lay naked on my back, my eyes contemplating the old ceiling fan that whirred...

AND PARTY EVERY DAY

AND PARTY EVERY DAY: THE INSIDE STORY OF CASABLANCA RECORDS By Larry Harris (with Curt Gooch and Jeff Suhs) (Backbeat Books, USA, 2009) In t...

TORSO

1973/Italy/Directed by Sergio Martino A prime example of vintage Italian giallo (a term derived from the series of mystery/crime pulp novel...

KISS: SONIC BOOM

Get ready to party like it’s 1975 (and occasionally, 1985). With Kiss seemingly happy to spend the last decade as little more than a travell...

THE DEVIL DANCED IN DENNIS ALLEN

A name that seems to have been pushed back somewhat from the public psyche – thanks in no small part to the more headline-grabbing exploits ...

ROSS KEMP ON GANGS

Hosted by UK actor Ross Kemp – best known for his role as tough guy Grant Mitchell on the UK soapie Eastenders – Ross Kemp on Gangs is an ...

HORRORCORE MUSICIAN ARRESTED FOR MASSACRE

The small town of Farmville, Virginia – with a population of just 7,000 - played host to a shocking multiple-murder back on September 18, ...

RACE WITH THE DEVIL

1975/USA/Directed by Jack Starrett This effective little horror/action/road movie hybrid is the type of film that 1970s suburban drive-ins...

PINK SLIP

Equal parts disturbing, shocking and hilariously cheesy and inept, Pink Slip is a classic piece of vintage Classroom Scare cinema from the ...

JASON VOORHEES

Some more of my model figure kit work - this is the Jason Vorhees model kit released by Screamin' in the early 1990s. I sold this kit as...

ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT DJ

A few pics of the promo diorama I made for Melbourne exotica DJ Bebe Bombora, customized from various model kits, action figures and Hot Whe...

A PEEP THROUGH THE GLORY HOLE

THE MURKY WORLD OF EARLY, HARDCORE QUEER CINEMA While the history and impact of straight, ‘mainstream’ adult cinema has been well covered an...

SOMETHING WEIRD REVIEW INDEX: A

Thought I would start posting an archive of all the reviews I have contributed to Mike Vraney's groundbreaking Something Weird Video com...

SERIAL COLLECTORS

True Crime Memorabilia: Preserving Dark History, or Celebrating Madness? As instinctual, curious human beings, it is in our nature to be fas...

OLD MELBOURNE GAOL

Me behind iron doors during a night time 'ghost tour' of the Old Melbourne Gaol (hanging place of Ned Kelly), June 19, 2009. http:/...

NEW WRITING

Issue 8 of the cool retro mens' digest magazine Bachelor Pad has just hit the streets, featuring my piece on vintage Las Vegas, as based...

SPOOKY SPROCKETS:

COLLECTING VINTAGE 8mm HORROR DIGEST FILMS Prior to the home video revolution of the early-1980s, movie buffs were rather limited in the acc...

CREEPY IMAGES

A new publication from Germany, Creepy Images is a cool A5 (digest) magazine devoted to 'Horror and Exploitation Movie Memorabilia'...

BLIMEY! THE HAMMER STUDIO COMEDIES

By 1970, England’s Hammer Studios, who had established their reputation during the late 1950s and 60s as the undisputed kings of gothic, col...