Category Archives: Yakmala!

Yakmala: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Justin

No one movie exemplifies the Lifetime brand in the popular imagination more than the 1996 thriller/melodrama/Tori Spelling vehicle Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? But like any great story, the facts have gotten muddled along the way. The most important … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Vampire Dentist

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Justin

As with any movie, there’s always a debate over precisely how bad a bad movie is. Was it truly garbage, or was it merely terrible? A far more fascinating question was raised in the wake of Vampire Dentist’s screening. Was … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Ninja III: The Domination

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Justin

I know what you’re thinking. “Oh no, I haven’t seen Ninja 1 and 2! I’ll be totally lost!” You would be, if the filmmakers had invested in prosaic qualities like continuity, story, or sanity. Ninja III: The Domination is the … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Justin

How bad does a movie have to be before a guaranteed cash cow is put out to pasture? How many clueless executives does it take the strangle the promise out of a character? How painfully stupid does the writing have … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Superman III

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Justin

Making a good Superman movie is apparently only slightly easier than convincing a clown to sterilize his chainsaw before he gives you a makeshift vasectomy. There have been six live action attempts, and by my count, we have a grand … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Revenge of the Red Baron

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Justin

Certain Yakmala films take on outsized importance to members of the group. Instead of any sort of sane mark of quality, this is inevitably because one or more people had an extreme reaction to the film in question. Intense revulsion, … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Delinquent Daughters

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Justin

Sometimes it’s fun to play in the hinterlands of exploitation cinema. The kinds of movies that were meant to be featured in cannibal drive-ins in the back roads of Oklahoma, and only the cannibal drive-ins in the back roads of … Continue reading →

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