Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors (2020) Review

Synopsis

It’s a documentary about low-budget horror films of the past. We open on clips of Re-Animator, Halloween III, Basket Case, and I Drink Your Blood. Once the credits have rolled, we start a sequence of interviews with various people affiliated with some really classic films:

  • Lynn Lowery – I Drink Your Blood, The Crazies
  • Camilla Carr – Don’t Look in the Basement
  • John Dugan – Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • Jonathan Peacy – I Spit on Your Grave
  • John A. Russo – Midnight
  • Kevin Van Hentenryck – Basket Case
  • Brinke Stevens – Slumber Party Massacre
  • John Naulin – Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Re-Animator
  • Craig Muckler – Microwave Massacre
  • Mel Novak – Force of Darkness
  • Marneen Lynne Fields – HellHole
  • Craig Reed – Re-Animator
  • Frank Farel – Spookies, Street Trash
  • Carl Crew – Blood Diner

Commentary

There’s no overall theme or purpose to any of these interviews, it’s like they just asked each person what they remember or liked about their films, and let the guest talk about it. For the most part, everyone has a really good story, and it’s a lot of fun.

If you’re familiar with a lot of these films, then the stories these folks tell are fun, nostalgic, and a little educational. If you’re not familiar with their specific films, then it’s still fun to hear what it was like working on some of these films— both the successful ones and the disasters!

Some of the people I recognized, but a lot of them are behind-the-scenes people that I didn’t know. Still, in every case, you can figure out what their role in the film was. Even with the few films that I haven’t seen, the interviews were entertaining and fun.

It’s definitely a good collection of fun interviews!