Is Horror the Ultimate Form of Escapism?

CatBusRuss is not a practitioner of evil, but he is a fan of the art. No one deserves to die, but what is a good story without a few casualties? And if the deaths are just the same through out like the Bond films before the MPAA gave us G, M, R, and X, the audience would soon be tired of bloodless cinema. Celebrate cinematic sins whenever you can.

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Horror Pictures (Sinful Cinema)

  • Promo artwork for The Sadness - Image from IMDb

    The Sadness (2021)

    A young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists. - Per IMDb

  • Prime Video promo for Blood For Irina

    Blood for Irina (2012)

    Irina, a dying 100-year-old vampire, a motel manager, and a broken prostitute live a in a world of literal and figurative decay (Per IMDb). Lots of slo-mo to get the film to 70 minute. No wonder director Chris Alexander says movies should be even shorter.

  • Writer/Director David Cronenberg: Image from IMDb

    David Cronenberg and His Rabid Gangster Bugs

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • CatBusRuss attempt to draw zombie Eva attacking Skimble on Wacom

    Dance of the Dead (2008)

    CatBusRuss and Mitchell Whitt from the “Morbidly Macabre” podcast discuss an under seen zombie comedy with all it takes to be Romero approved.

  • Poster for "Daughters of Darkness" - Image from IMDb

    Daughters of Darkness (1971)

    Lesbian vampires inspired by Elizabeth Bathory attempt to steal a newly wed wife from her increasingly abusive husband.

  • Skimbleshanks is center stage along images from "Deadly Games"

    Be Merry or Be Scary: "Deadly Games" aka "Dial Code Santa Claus" with Gregory Carl

    CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl determine if the French beat John Hughes to “Home Alone”. “Deadly Games” is the tale of a young boy defending his mansion and grandfather from a psychotic Father Christmas.

  • The Power of Christ is no match for Eva the Queen Kitty

    Possessive Forces versus #Cinemastodon's Exorcists (PG-13)

    Jonathan Romeo comes to the podcast to focus on William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, but its longer than 100 minutes. So he and CatBusRuss discuss features it may have inspired: “Evil Dead 2”, “Prince of Darkness”, Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor”, “Demons”, “Saint Maud”, and “Event Horizon”.

  • Poster for Get Out - Image from IMDb

    Get Out (2017)

    A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. - Per IMDb

  • Writer/Director Stuart Gordon: Image from Wikipedia

    The Brilliance of Stuart Gordon

    "Castle Freak⁠" and "⁠Dagon⁠" are all low-budget bangers. And after ⁠Russ⁠ brings up the 2013 no-budget stinker "Eternal Damn Nation⁠", you will have a greater appreciation of the man who did the most to honor H.P. Lovecraft⁠'s horrors (and, to a lesser extent, Tommy Wiseau).

  • Poster for "Gothika" - Image from Wikipedia

    Gothika (2003)

    Halle Berry is locked up in the mental institution she worked at after murdering her husband. There she is haunted and lead to believe that she must have had a just motivation.

  • Skimbleshanks acting like Jodie Foster poisoned him.

    The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

    Gregory Carl suggested a film that has a horror-worthy premise featuring a 14 year-old ⁠Jodie Foster. It is a feature that turns the seemingly defenseless adolescent premise on its head while maintaining all that 1970s creepiness in all its glory.

  • Eva the Perect Kitty on the Perfect Blue Pfoster

    Skies of Fortune Presents "Perfect Blue"

  • Promo image for Puppet Master III - Image from IMDb

    Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)

    A puppeteer's ability to bring inanimate objects to life attracts the attention of the Nazis during World War II. - Per IMDb

  • Eva the Vampiric Wendy

    #RewindWednesday: The Lost Boys with @CouchManBakes

    CatBusRuss & Andrew Tiede discuss what maybe the most quintessential vampire movie of the eighties. Horror, Coreys, and greased up saxophonists. How do the rest even dare to be compared?

  • Poster for A Nightmare of Elm Street - Image from IMDb

    A Nightmare of Elm Street (1984)

    Robert Englund is Freddy Krueger, an alleged child murderer who succumbed to the mob justice of Elm Street’s parents. That will not protect the remaining kids because Krueger has become an invader of dreams. Die in one of his nightmarish creations, die in the real world.

  • Skimble the Bastard Cat embracing the demons

    Night of the Demons (1988)

    CatBusRuss and Tim Bates chat up a classic horror comedy that shows us how under-appreciated Kevin Tenney is.

  • Eva the Queen Kitty, Ares the AI, and the Smoke Stack Twins

    Scary Cinema 6-Pack: Sinners, Jared "Ares" Leto, Puppet Master, Quench, The Reaping, Faustian Weller

    CatBusRuss had a four-movie marathon of sub 100-minute features that he intended to kick off the last week of spooky month. Lets just say Ryan Coogler's vision changed that plan. And our host had promised to go back to the Grid while it was still in theaters.

  • Poster for Thanksgiving - Image from IMDb

    Thanksgiving (2023)

    After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday. - Per IMDb

  • Eva the Queen Kitty or the Thing

    The Marathon: Child's Play, Wraiths, and Other THING(s)

    Andrew Tiede & CatBusRuss go on a movie marathon dedicated to “The Thing” (82), discussing other features about monsters or people you cannot trust. “The Thing (11)”, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (56)”, “The Wraith", “Child’s Play (88)”, and “The Faculty”.

  • Skim as Frankestein

    CatBusRuss & B3 Podcast Present: James Whale's Monsters & Tubi's Nanoshark

    CatBusRuss is joined by Rae and Ween from the B3 Podcast to discuss James Whale’s influential horror movies that created the Universal Monster franchise, “Frankenstein” and “The Invisible Man”. Our host also reviews the Tubi movie “Nanoshark”.

  • The porn crew walking to their set in X - Image from IMDb

    X (2022)

    In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in a rural Texas farm, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives. - Per IMDb

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