Hey, everybody! The carnival’s in town! The carnival’s in town! And Death Screams takes place in the supposedly idyllic American small town where that kind of thing is Earth-Shattering News. Shot in North Carolina, it’s the rare slasher with no discernible lead and in which the killer has no discernible gimmick. To complete a hat … Continue reading Death Screams (1982)
As the son of an abusive backwater prostitute, Wheeler (John King III, Alien Zone) can’t help but be a Psycho from Texas. With hair not unlike a witch’s broom, he works odd jobs here and there — in this film’s case, it’s to kidnap oilman William Phillips (Herschel Mays), who lives in a mansion with … Continue reading Psycho from Texas (1975)
In the Deep South, because where else, Tom Eldridge (Mark Miller, Blonde in Bondage) runs a moonshine business on his 7.5-acre property … until the town sheriff (Christopher George, Mortuary) shows up to throw a wrench in the works. As Tom panics and tries to flee Johnny Law, he’s shot dead by a lummox of … Continue reading Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Don’t mess with Texas, as the state’s motto goes. Which is not to say Texas won’t mess with you. So it goes for Clay McCarthy (Patrick Wayne, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger), driving from California to Tennessee in his souped-up van so he can do his stuntman work on a location shoot in … Continue reading Texas Detour (1978)
It is hard to believe there was a time in this country when Americans shelled out thousands of dollars not just to drive vans as a primary mode of transportation, but to emblazon them with airbrushed fantasies of mermaids and Mickey Mouse and more, all of which look to have been dictated to a slumming … Continue reading Supervan (1977)