Bleeding Skull's Exquisites 2020: Films of the Year

Clearly 2020 will be a year we remember and one we rather forget. We hope from the bottom of our black little hearts that you remained healthy and sane (but not too sane). For us here at Bleeding Skull!, 2020 was a time to hunker down and unearth no-budget, backyard epics that remind us that the world can still be a place of discovery, even from the confines of our overstuffed couches. We met bodybuilders in haunted houses, stop-motion beasties, a dog that wears sunglasses indoors, and a blood-hungry psychopath named The Chooper. We also spent time with the Manson family, played a game of musical "chair," and fled from a very angry, very demonic baby in the jungle. We found ambitious and inspiring films made by kids who aren't even old enough to drive and got our heads torn off by some genuinely incredible shorts. We sought out and listened to Black voices in DIY genre filmmaking, from 1939's Midnight Shadow to 2004's Street Tales of Terror.