James returns to the Top 10 format for a deep dive into everything wrong with modern movie theaters: from $30 popcorn buckets and the IMAX scam, to Nicole Kidman’s spiritual AMC ad, recliner sear squeaks, the theater becoming everything but a theater, and the “concession voucher” workaround for streaming TV finales. A spiritual follow-up to […]

James Rolfe visits the Ray Harryhausen: Miniature Models of the Silver Screen exhibit at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, on display from September 30, 2025 through May 3, 2026. This special exhibit celebrates the legendary work of Ray Harryhausen, showcasing incredible miniature models and artifacts connected to his groundbreaking fantasy and stop-motion film […]

James gets together with Scott the Woz and Justin Silverman to look back at an unreleased video where they predicted the future of streaming and physical media. How right or wrong were they?

With the recent release of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (which I highly recommend), I wanted to find out which Frankenstein movie adaptation is most faithful to the original Mary Shelley book. So I selected 12 contenders and put them to the test.

Now that Halloween is over, you could move onto Christmas movies, but I celebrate “Noirvember” (which is actually a thing). In this video, I discuss the film noir genre. Is it a genre? Is it a style? Or just an era? I’ll get into all of it, and sum up its appeal. FILM LIST CLASSIC […]

This genre of science fiction films is something that I think just about everybody knows, but somehow remains overlooked. They are special to me, so join me for a trip down memory lane as I try to get to the bottom of why I love classic sci-fi!

I love martial arts movies! It’s one of my favorite film genres and it’s been far too long since I’ve talked about it, so I’m doing a deep dive on the classics with a focus on the 70s, 80s, and a little 90s. MOVIE LIST (In basic order) Fist of Fury/ Chinese Connection (1972) Winners […]

Let’s head back to the early days of horror, specifically the early 1930s when there was very little censorship or control. By mid-1934, The Hays Code laid down the rules for what can and can’t be shown in motion pictures, so lets look at some of these more daring and risky horror features from that […]

I’ve heard many people mention how Evil Dead 2 is like Pee Wee’s Playhouse, with everything in the house coming alive, but haven’t seen anyone do an edit of this extent. So I decided to take it all the way!

I’ve been thinking about some of my favorite opening scenes in films. I’ve seen plenty of lists of the all-time best title sequences, but surprisingly I haven’t found any that talk about the best scenes that come BEFORE the credits, so here are my Top 10!

Every holiday season, I feel the need to add another movie to the list of Christmas classics. If Batman Returns and Die Hard can be Christmas movies, why can’t The Shining be?

Have you ever seen a movie on TV that got censored? You hear a line that got re-dubbed or changed to something else. You feel ripped off. Now movies censored for television are far and few between, so hearing a dubbed over movie now is kind of a pleasant surprise! TV edits were a goldmine […]

Have you ever wondered where the training scenes from Rocky IV were filmed at? I made the journey, matching up shots and doing my best to get as close as possible to some of the more elusive (and dangerous) locations that Sylvester Stallone bravely conquered as Rocky Balboa in his quest to become strong enough […]

I always liked funny movies, but there was a time when there existed a level ABOVE funny. Movies that were outrageous. The king of that genre was Mel Brooks. He’s influenced so much of our humor today and I recently read his memoir “All About Me”, so I figured it’s about time for Cinemassacre to […]

Today I’m talking with one of my biggest inspirations and host of The Last Drive-In, Joe Bob Briggs! We chat about all kinds of horror movies (stuff like Dracula and Tammy and the T-Rex), go into Joe Bob’s history on TV with Monster Vision, Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater, and now The Last Drive-In, how Joe […]

With how often film shooting locations are re-used, just think about how many movie characters have crossed paths over the years. Today, I’m at Griffith Park looking at one of Hollywood’s favorite places to film: The Bronson Caves! Full list of clips used in the video below. FILM SERIALS Lightning Bryce (1919) The Three Musketeers […]

I recently sat down with legendary B-Horror Splatter film icon and co-founder of Troma, Lloyd Kaufman! Director, Writer, and Producer of so many classic black comedy exploitation movies including The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High, Troma’s War and so much more, Uncle Lloyd is talking all things Tromaville as we approach Troma’s 50th […]

The 94th Academy Awards are this week, so I’m taking a look back at some of my favorite Best Picture winners from over the years, along with some movies I think should have won instead. Find out which ones do I agree with and which ones I don’t, from the classics to the movies of […]

Cinemassacre is ultimately about nostalgia. Movies, games, retro topics, sometimes music. Everything I’ve loved in my early years, to the point of building little museums of nostalgia such as the Nerd room and the fake VHS “rental store”. But today I wanted to dive into different memories. VHS ones. Filming things off TV, my favorite […]

Die Hard always gets talked about being a Christmas movie, but what about Batman Returns?

James asks the question “what if they had cellphones in older movies?” Most old films usually had someone running from a bad guy to a phone booth or to a landline to get help. But, with cell phones becoming a big thing in society, how could those stressful moments in old films work out if […]