Rhias

Rhias has written 6 posts for Scarecrow Video

Meet FRANK HENENLOTTER at Scarecrow on Friday, February 5th

Legendary exploitation filmmaker Frank Henenlotter will be at Scarecrow Video to chat with fans and sign copies of his latest DVD Bad Biology on Friday, February 5th at 7pm.
Most people know him as the director of films like the Basketcase trilogy, and the beloved horror comedy Frankenhooker, but Frank Henenlotter is also a film …

Crow for the Holidays

Here is a quick, down and dirty guide to Scarecrow’s holiday sections. This year we’ve got three different rental sections for holiday films. Here is the birds-eye low-down (whatever that means).
As you walk into the store, the first section you see is probably going to be the Holiday Staff Picks. These are our personal favorite …

Urgh! A Music War

Warning: The following post contains many exclamation points.
A long time ago, back before the cable network in my home town picked up MTV, there was a show on the USA network called Night Flight. Every weekend Night Flight featured an ongoing parade of bizarre films, strange cartoons, and music videos. One of the films they …

The Best Medicine

Cold and flu season seems to have hit with a vengeance this year and, for me, nothing soothes the aches and pains of a fever quite like aspirin, my fuzziest blanket, and classic movies. Here are a couple of my favorite pain killers. What are yours?
Born Yesterday (1950) Judy Holliday’s portrayal of a daffy blonde …

Monthly Spotlight: Flamethrower Feminism

One of the many cool things about working at Scarecrow is that every month or so one of us gets to choose the films for the Scarecrow Spotlight section. This section is located conveniently next to where you line up and is marked by a lovely black and yellow sign which was lovingly handcrafted by …

A movie about Danny Trejo!

I’m not sure what the full title of the movie I just watched actually is. The box says Champion, but there’s a bunch of other text including things like the word Parole and somewhere in there are the words Danny Trejo. I think that most of that text is just fancy-pants decorative stuff – but …