In the past decade, Nollywood (a term used to describe Nigeria’s movie industry, coined by New York Times journalist Norimitsu Onishi in 2002) movies have generated millions of dollars in box office numbers and the popularity of Nigerian movies have reached global levels.
Unfortunately, as with many things in Nigeria, women have benefited the least from Nollywood’s success. Roles in front of, and behind the camera, are still heavily dominated by men while considerably more male-led productions are greenlit or able to secure funding relative to the female-led options.
Perhaps most egregious is the fact that Nigerian women are mostly portrayed in Nollywood movies through the lens of harmful and dangerous stereotypes such as subservience, dependence on male figures, and a lack of ambition.
Out for Blood
Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the internets movie review column that has never experienced multiple flashbacks in real life (also, this column has never worn a trenchocat and a cowboy hat, either), The Gratuitous B-Movie Column, and I am your host Bryan Kristopowitz. In this issue, issue five hundred and ninety-three, I take a look at the low budget action flick
Out for Blood, which hit home video in mid-November 1993.
Out for Blood
Out for Blood, also known in some parts of the world as
Karate Man and directed by Richard W. Munchkin, stars real deal martial artist Don “The Dragon” Wilson (he’s also given a “based on a concept by” credit) as John Decker, a badass martial artist and lawyer who, after watching his family get brutally murdered by a gang of thugs, is afflicted with selective amnesia and a burning need for retribution. Every so often Decker experiences a cloudy flashback where he can see who killed his wife and child and then t
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The award-winning feature film
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones arrives on DVD, Digital, and On-Demand beginning June 15th from 123 Go Films and Distribution Solutions (a division of Alliance Entertainment). It will also be available to rent at Redbox Kiosks on the same date.
Are you also a fan of Lovecraftian horror? Are you also excited to check out
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones next month? Let us know in the comments below or on