Cinema
Things from Somewhere Else: The 1950s Creature Feature and the Anxiety It Was Selling
Enlargement, rubber suits, mediocre plots, the creatures and SciFi schlock delights, and creates angst that aligned with public concerns of the era
Cinema
The Man Who Made Everything: Roger Corman and American International Pictures
More on the trash cinema ecosystem: The man that is the epicenter of the phenomena and the AIP studio that defined the genre
Newsletter
Glorious Garbage: A Defense of the Films Nobody Was Supposed to Take Seriously
There's a genre of film that arose in the early 1950's and evolved into several threads, but it has some common themes: Cheap to produce, frough edges, and more than a little sleaze. Delightful.