Tag Archives: Jacksonville

May 13, 2014

Forgotten Films: Nightmare at Shadow Woods

The 1980s was a turbulent time for American cinemas.  The studio system was methodically reclaiming the movie theaters and home video was beginning to spread its blight but there was still a little of the old grindhouse magic left.  By ...

June 13, 2013

R.I.P. Don Barton (1930-2013)

In the early morning hours of June 8, 2013, the Florida film industry lost one of its pioneers, cult movie fans lost an influential director, and I lost a dear friend when Don Barton passed away at the age of ...

February 21, 2012

ZAAT’s All Folks!

If that title sounds a little more like an ending statement than an opening one, it’s because that is exactly what it was intended to be. The February 21, 2012 home video release of the film ZAAT on both DVD ...

May 25, 2011

Cult Fiction Drive-In

I almost could not believe what I was seeing the first time I visited the website for the Cult Fiction Drive-In show, which billed itself as an “Underground Film and Cult Cinema Convention”. Not only was this a show dedicated ...