Blaxploitation, from Shaft to Original Gangstas
As Richard Roundtree turns 80, we revisit this 1996 feature by author Mike Phillips, which analysed the influence of 70s Blaxploitation films on contemporary Black-led cinema.
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As Richard Roundtree turns 80, we revisit this 1996 feature by author Mike Phillips, which analysed the influence of 70s Blaxploitation films on contemporary Black-led cinema.
The new episode of The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series looks back at the 1975 action horror classic Race with the Devil!
Friday, January 8, 2021 | Reviews By MICHAEL GINGOLD Directed by André Szöts Gravitas Ventures Viewed as a movie, GRIZZLY II: REVENGE is pretty awful–but that’s not how it likely will, or should, be viewed. It’s of interest more as a resurrected piece of horror history, a long-lost flick that has been restored (somewhat) and made available to fans decades after its production. Filmed in Hungary in 1983 as THE PREDATOR, the project actually dates back to 1979, when it was supposed to be shot in Canada under director David Sheldon, who co-produced and co-wrote William Girdler’s 1976 G...