Weird Cinema

Exploring the wild and varied world of cinema.
Especially the weird stuff.

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“Yrev very good to see you again, old friend.” Twin Peaks

Like every other geek on the planet, I'm currently obsessing once again over Lynch's latest creation. Just wanted to confirm this little Easter egg for myself. Not a new Weird Cinema update, obviously!

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Unveiling the Enigmatic Works of Frederic C. Hobbs

WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS AND A DETAILED PLOT SUMMARY FOR GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS IN THIS VIDEO! With school out of the way and laziness being my only true obstacle, here is the long awaited (as if anyone is waiting) episode 2 in the Weird Cinema series. As with the first episode, this took a great deal of time, energy, and research. The majority of knowledge on the subject of Frederic Hobbs comes from Nightmare USA which is mentioned in the video. It's a great book and the detailed article about Hobbs is phenomenal and has been my greatest insight into this filmmaker's vision. Definitely grab a copy if you can: https://www.amazon.com/NIGHTMARE-USA-Untold-Exploitation-Independents/dp/1903254469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485227781&sr=8-1 Although this episode has a much smaller focus than the previous, due to its...

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Exploring the Strange Universe of IFD Films and Arts

In this first episode of Weird Cinema, we take a look at everyone's favorite ninja factory: IFD Films and Arts. This was a very large and arduous production and this episode only skims over the plethora of information that has been dug up on IFD. An entire episode could have been made based on the archivist work done by many fans (notably Jesus Molina) that have tried to track down all of the various Taiwan black movies, Thai, and Korean films that were used by IFD in the pursuit of flooding the market with their ninja adventures. This episode was a work of pure love. Although these ninja movies aren't "great," there's something about them that draws an audience. Myself included. So, sit back and...

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