Author: Ada Blood

In 1972, Blood Freak, co-written and directed by Brad F. Grinter and Steve Hawkes, was released. The movie centers around a biker who gets a job at a turkey farm. While there, he agrees to act as a guinea pig for some chemical testing. The result is as bizarre as it is unintentionally hilarious. The movie eventually found an audience among cult film fans who like to mock its overt and bizarre anti-drug messaging. In 2020, Daniel Boyd and Tim Gross co-directed a remake of the film, written and acted by Boyd. Today we will be talking to Boyd about…

Have you ever walked by a Hooters restaurant and thought to yourself, “What genius paired chicken wings with human breasts?” Well, you’re in luck! Hooters: The Movie will dive into the history of the eatery. The upcoming film is directed by Emmy nominee Jon Rosenbaum (Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp), from a screenplay by Phil Olson, Chuck Melcher, and company co-founder Ed Droste. Inspired by the true founding of the restaurant chain, Hooters: The Movie tells the story of lifelong friends Ted and Lenny. When Ted sees a woman named Diane in a spring break commercial, it’s infatuation at first sight.…

In 2014, Nick Cutter’s (pen name for Craig Davidson) novel The Troop hit shelves and struck a chord with horror fans. Now the tale of parasite-riddled child-on-child violence is being developed into a film. Paramount’s new genre label, Primal, has acquired the rights to do a feature-length adaptation of the novel.  The Troop centers around Boy Scouts out on their annual camping trip on the remote Falstaff Island. While there, a diseased man comes to shore; the scout master quickly gets the 5 teens away from him for fear of what he might spread. Unfortunately, modified killer tapeworms infect him.…

Audiences going to see A24’s Primetime will now get an extra dose of Chris Hansen. The new film has Robert Pattinson playing the former To Catch a Predator host. Now, Hansen has bought ad space before every showing of the film to promote his streaming network TruBlu.  In the new ad, Hansen is, of course, in a kitchen. “I’m going to need everyone in the theater to take a seat right over there,” he says. “Now there are more platforms than ever before where this disturbing crime is being committed…Join us undercover every day on my streaming network, TruBlu.” A…

In January 2025, retailer Target ended its 3-year DEI program, kicking off massive boycotts. The company was starting to recover financially through some new initiatives, none of them involving reinstating any DEI program. Now the chain store is apologizing for stocking an offensive and racist Halloween costume. But we are sure these two things are totally unrelated. “As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry. The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer available for sale. We know this is especially hurtful for our Black guests,…

A story about an idol-obsessed teen abandoning everything for a parasocial relationship sounds like peak 2026, doesn’t it? Well, on this week’s Art History Uncensored, we’ll be talking about Eckhart Schmidt’s 1982 film Der Fan, aka The Fan.  It’s about a West German teenager doing just that for a famous singer, with catastrophic results.  Der Fan tells the story of Simone (Désirée Nosbusch), who is just crazy about the singer R (Bodo Staiger). She obsessively writes him letters, and when they aren’t responded to, she convinces herself that the mail carrier is stealing them. Fed up with a lack of letters…

The horror genre loves to play up our culture’s unhealthy obsession with youth and beauty. And the upcoming Southern Gothic Scissor Mouth will be the newest addition to the well-loved genre. Starring Tara Reid (Sharknado) and Johnny Pemberton (Fallout), it is written and directed by Deborah Richards (Move Me No Mountain). American Settings Meet Japanese Folktales Set in the early 1980s, Scissor Mouth follows a teen girl whose abusive, beauty-obsessed mother holds her captive. She must escape her basement prison in rural Texas to show the world how cruel vanity can be. Though it’s set in America, an ancient Japanese folktale…

Since 2009, Pittsburgh’s Horror Realm Convention has been a mecca for genre enthusiasts, which is really saying something when you’re in the zombie capital of the country. But what is a horror convention without independent films? Nothing, that’s what!  Organizers have officially opened up entries for film submissions for the 2027 festival! This year, Horror Realm is emphasising shorter works by only showing two feature films. All feature submissions should have run times under 2 hours, an 18×24 ratio movie poster in .jpg/.png format, and a synopsis under 300 characters.   For filmmakers looking to submit shorts, they can range from…

Drunken recall can be a bit messy, can’t it? Well, the upcoming horror comedy Buzzkill intends to crank that concept up to 11. This Tubi Original is directed by Jem Garrard (R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead) from a script by Suzanne Keilly (2021’s Slumber Party Massacre).  Buzzkill stars Siena Agudong (Sidelined: The QB and Me), Brec Bassinger (Final Destination: Bloodlines), and Aliyah’s Interlude (English Teacher). It follows a group of sorority sisters who become trapped with a murderer. Their only chance at survival is Nora’s (Agudong) tipsy memories, which hold the clues to identifying who killed their friends. The problem is she…

Buffy Summers is back! This time in Polly Pocket form! That’s right, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been given the pocket-sized treatment, and it could not be cuter. This upcoming playset will include figures of the core Scoobies: Buffy, Willow, and Xander. Along with a mini stake weapon and a Vampyr book accessory that can be held by the micro figures. Fans can have them reenact iconic scenes at either Sunnydale High or Restfield Cemetery. The school setting contains the library and classrooms for secret planning sessions. Restfield’s setting has headstones for Tara, Joyce Summers, and Buffy. The slayer’s grave…