“Look at the size of those hematomas!” Do we have to? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they visit the land of chins in Maniac Cop (1988). Decades of Horror 1980sEpisode 163 – Maniac Cop (1988) A killer dressed in a police uniform begins […]
“Don’t ask who I am or how I know, but there’s going to be another of those killings today.” Yes, another of those killings. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they pay tribute to the late Larry Cohen and discuss what is possibly his […]
Horror fans bid farewell to genre legend, RIP Larry Cohen (It’s Alive, Q, The Stuff). We also lost the scene-stealing actor, Joseph (Captain Rhodes, Day of the Dead) Pilato. NETFLIX shines a light on STRANGER THINGS season 3. And, the Grue-Crew review JORDAN PEELE’S US. Join scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the ‘net – Doc […]
This weekend, the horror community lost a genre film legend with the passing of Larry Cohen at the age of 77. He was a true maverick in the field, making films his way, unapologetically and with passion and his own signature style. For many, the films that immediately come to mind are It’s Alive, Q, […]
 This week, the Grue-Crew follow director Steve Mitchell into the filmography and live of Larry Cohen, head to Norway to interview a vampire named Vidar, and expose an ecological conspiracy in a near future gone mad. First up is the sci-fi feature Hover from director Matt Osterman featuring fascinating script from the film’s lead, […]
 “Who the hell is going to believe a ritual sacrificial murder in 1982?!” Sgt Powell (Richard Roundtree) asking the question on everyone’s mind. Yet – in a film with a flying lizard creature, cop drama and an interpersonal struggle of an ex-junkie – a ritual sacrifice is the bottom barrel in the list of […]
I first watched prolific writer and director Larry Cohen’s work as a child, long before I figured out who he was and how much I enjoyed his creative output. Writer/director Steve Mitchell reminded me of this with his incredible documentary King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen, while exposing me to sides and […]
What could be cooler than watching a double-feature of Maniac Cop (1988) and Maniac Cop 2 (1990) on the big screen? How about viewing them with the director William Lustig in person! If you find yourself in or around Columbus, Ohio on May 20, 2017, head on over to the Gateway Film Center to catch […]
“There’s only ONE thing wrong with the Davis baby… IT’S ALIVE” – the tagline for It’s Alive is one of the better examples of what a great tagline can do for a film. The film originally released in 1974 to mediocre returns, came back strong with a more focused marketing campaign in 1977 to become […]
Well, holy shit, did this movie surprise me. With a title like The Stuff, I was expecting, hoping, for a cult classic B-Movie horror film with some kind of Blob-type monster. What I got was a film that is filled with a cast that play off each other in a very organic and natural way, […]
“It’s smooth and creamy. It’s low calorie and delicious. And it kills. It’s The Stuff!” – the tagline for Larry Cohen’s cult classic from 1985, The Stuff, threatens in a heavy handed – but comically effective – manner. Following up his successful low budget horror films It’s Alive (1974) and Q (1982), Cohen once again […]
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