Category: Cult Cinema
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RZA is back behind the camera, bringing that old school Kung Fu and Exploitation vibe in his latest film, One Spoon of Chocolate, which lands in cinemas May 1st through 36 Cinema Distribution and Variance Films, with a red band trailer that makes its intentions very clear within seconds: this is going to get fucking…
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To watch a Shaw Brothers film today is usually an exercise in nostalgia. A journey back to a time of vibrant colors, synchronized choreography, and operatic drama where everyone has perfect hair even after a sword fight. However, watching the 1971 classic The Bride from Hell feels markedly different. It is a film haunted not…
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It’s in 4:3 ratio. It’s rougher than a badgers arsehole. It’s so badly edited that the plot doesn’t make any sense. The dubbing is laughable. And there are two of them, not one as the title suggests. Yet, I can’t help myself. I love this movie. Welcome back to the deep, dark depths of the…
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Bruce Lee was the first ever tattoo I got on my body, which should be enough to tell you just how much I worship the man. It’s there on my upper right arm, a permanent reminder that while I’m sitting here typing this with a posture that would make a chiropractor weep, Bruce Lee was…
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Some films aim for polish. Some films aim for awards. The Master of the Flying Guillotine aims for straight for your fucking head. Directed by and starring the one and only Jimmy Wang Yu, this follow-up to One-Armed Boxer takes a straightforward premise, revenge, and builds it into a series of encounters that feel increasingly…
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Yeon Sang-ho is heading back into outbreak territory with Colony, and this time he’s ditching open chaos for something a lot more contained and a lot more nasty. With the film set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2026, it has been announced that Well Go USA has already lined up to bring it…
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The Butcher’s Blade opens on corruption, betrayal, and a man with no clean way out. What follows is violence. Lots and lots of wonderful violence. Landing on Digital May 12, 2026 via Well Go USA, this period martial arts thriller from Liu Wenpu looks like it’s running on steel, speed, and a complete disregard for…
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Jason Statham, the man, the myth, the entire fucking genre all of his own, is back, murdering the shit out of people once again. This time, The Stath teams up with director Jean-François Richet for Mutiny, an action-thriller set to crash into theaters on August 21st, courtesy of Lionsgate. Statham plays Cole Reed, a man…
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Forget your polished heroes with clean consciences and backup plans. In 1973, Jack Hill and Pam Grier (who I may have mentioned I have a thing for) dropped Coffy into cinemas like a brick through a window. Loud, sudden, and absolutely not interested in cleaning up the mess afterwards. This isn’t a story about justice…
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If you’re a regular visitor to the Horror Archives, you’ll know by now that I’m addicted to movies that feel like they were filmed on a dare. The kind of films that exist only because someone bet a somebody else that they couldn’t make a kung fu movie about strategy, philosophy, and who gets punched…