Sounder (1972)


Yup and sometimes a classic.

Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. 

Nominated for four Academy Awards and two Golden Globes, a Grammy and a variety of other awards.

Sounder (1972)

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the 
Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing 
food. (IMDB Shannon Patrick Sullivan)



Paul Winfield

Kevin Hooks

Cicely Tyson

Swampy as Sounder

Taj Mahal with guitar



Taj Mahal

Carmen Mathews 





Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)


Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hoards of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of towns folk in a remote hotel. 































Kill That Bitch (2014)


Kill That Bitch (2014)

Indie horror director Dustin Wayde Mills clearly believes that extreme brutality and a few buck naked chicks make up for the many shortcomings inherent in zero budget film-making. And I'm inclined to agree with him.

Kill That Bitch suffers from a shabby aesthetic (possibly intentionally), not very convincing gore effects, and weak performances, but the film's gratuitous T&A (which starts from the very first scene with some full frontal female nudity) and its relentless, mean-spirited approach ensures that it is never boring. And with a couple of overly-ambitious fight scenes thrown in for good measure, and not one, but two plot twists towards the end (the second of which I failed to guess despite one or two clues hidden in plain sight), it actually manages to be a rather fun watch in spite of its imperfections.

Obviously movies like this aren't going to appeal to everyone, and I doubt that Mills and his pals will be courted by any major studios in the foreseeable future, but I for one am glad that they do what they do: being a horror fan would be far less interesting if all movies were slick Hollywood blockbusters. (IMDB BA_Harrison)