It is said that great artists suffer for their work. In January 1981, Italian director Ruggero Deodato was on trial in Italy because the courts believed he made others suffer for his work. His latest film, 1980’s Cannibal Holocaust, was a little too real for some audiences. The Real Cannibal
Welcome to our self-defense series with pro MMA fighter Sullivan Cauley. Sully is a long-time Skillset writer and also spends a good amount of time kicking ass. Sully’s Bellator debut in November 2020 ended quickly—28 seconds, to be exact, as Sully walked away with a TKO win. In the first
“Chug! Chug!”—how often have we heard that as college students, with teammates at a post-game party or among coworkers and friends during a crazy night out. The pressure to consume copious amounts of beer as fast as possible has been a rite of passage for many Americans when kegs or
When a person thinks of Russia, often there are a few things that come to mind first. Naturally, vodka tends to be at the top of that list, with Stalin pulling in at a close second. The third thing? It’s usually a toss-up between their nesting dolls and the fact
“Low-budget” doesn’t necessarily mean “bad movie.” There have been hundreds of filmmakers who have decided that they wanted to tell a story, but they couldn’t get the studios to back them. So, they got it done as best as they knew how—they went out and made their films by any
Welcome to our relatively new self-defense series featuring Skillset writer Sullivan Cauley. If you’re unfamiliar, Sully is a professional MMA fighter, and a damn good one. He needed just 28 seconds to win his Bellator debut with a nice TKO. In his first video, Sully covered the bear hug and how
They sure don’t make ’em like they used to. That eternal phrase can be said for almost anything. All things from the toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals to Jeeps to television shows have experienced a noticeable decline in quality over the recent—and not so recent—years. This is especially true when
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the first—if not the first—“slasher” films. It’s serial killer movie unlike anything movie theater audiences had ever seen when it debuted in 1974. However, some Wisconsin police officers had actually already seen the real thing. When police raided the home of handyman Ed
We’ve already touched on the Golden Age of comics. Today, we’re on to something even better: The bad guys. Comic book villains are the lovable antiheroes that we all love to hate. If you are the type of person who has never rooted for the bad guy, then you are
