The Curator of Schlock
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The Curator of Schlock #145: A Lone and Angry Man
The Curator of Schlock #145 by Jeff Shuster A Lone and Angry Man (Aren’t we all) Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaawwwwww!!! It’s Wild West month here at The Museum of Schlock where it’s my sworn duty as Sheriff to appoint y’all my deputies in seeking out the roughest, toughest westerns Italy ever produced. That or just dig up whatever… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #144: Satan’s School for Girls
The Curator of Schlock #144 by Jeff Shuster Satan’s School for Girls (Satan has a school…and it’s for girls!) You’re a Curator of Schlock and you don’t know how you wound up in this position, doing weekly reviews for B movies, some of which wouldn’t have passed muster for USA Up All Night back when… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #133: Nude for Satan
The Curator of Schlock #133 by Jeff Shuster Nude for Satan (This movie makes less sense than Lost Highway.) So I watched Olympus Has Fallen last night. That’s the one where Gerard Butler saves the President of the United States from North Korean terrorists. I like that movie. Butler kills the terrorists, saves the United… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #132: Daughters of Satan
The Curator of Schlock #132 by Jeff Shuster Daughters of Satan Satan, leave our daughters alone! Just leave them alone! Not for nothing, but when my Blu-ray player did the whole Grace Notes thing for my Brotherhood of Satan DVD, it read the disc as The Essential Bugs Bunny Volume 1. I guess that’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #131: The Brotherhood of Satan
The Curator of Schlock #131 by Jeff Shuster The Brotherhood of Satan Not a brotherhood I’d like to belong to. Not one bit. It’s time for another Satan Awareness Month here at the Museum of Schlock, that time of year where I get serious and try to warn the public of the dangers of associating… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #130: The Pyjama Girl Case
The Curator of Schlock #130 by Jeffrey Shuster The Pyjama Girl Case (It’s spelled pajama, guys!) I heard a gentleman on a podcast once refer to the giallo genre as “pretty close to terrible.” That’s a little unfair. There’ve been some brilliant giallos like Dario Argento’s Deep Red or his animal trilogy or Tenebre, but then, alas, we… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #129: The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
The Curator of Schlock #129 by Jeff Shuster The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (I don’t know if that’s the greatest movie title ever or the worst) We’ve got another Ennio Morricone soundtrack. This man is the unseen hero of the Giallo genre. It’s like these scores are half swinging 60s, half slasher… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #128: The Fifth Cord
The Curator of Schlock #128 by Jeff Shuster The Fifth Cord (Did Ennio Morricone score all of these movies? ) Yeah, I know it’s Friday the 13th and you all are expecting me to review some movie about a guy in a hockey mask, but we’re having a post-1980 boycott over here at the Museum of… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #127: Don’t Torture a Duckling
The Curator of Schlock #127 by Jeff Shuster Don’t Torture a Duckling I’m a free American. I’ll do what I want Am I the only one who caught this season of Grantchester on Masterpiece Mystery? The show is about an Anglican priest who helps the police solve crimes in a small village near Cambridge. He’s also in love… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #126: Captain America II: Death Too Soon
The Curator of Schlock #126 by Jeff Shuster Captain America II: Death Too Soon How did they get Christopher Lee to star in a TV movie? So it’s just one more week until Captain America: Civil War, one more week until the Capsicle gets the taste slapped out of his mouth by the Invincible Iron… Continue reading
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