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I should start by saying I’m a Steve Kostanski stan. Does that make me a Kost-FAN-ski? In any event, his name on a project automatically elevates my interest. This is especially true when he’s in the director's chair. Manborg (2011),...

Steven Kostanski's deep dive into the films that influenced their own filmography continued with their ode to 80s small creature features, Frankie Freako. The film had its world premiere at Fantasia last month, well received by that uproarious crowd, no...

A painfully bland office worker gets his world turned upside down by a trio of tiny cosmic weirdos in Steven Kostanski’s latest gonzo comedy, Frankie Freako. After hit cult comedy gold with 2021’s Psycho Goreman, Kostanski and his usual bunch...

We have loved the work of Astron-6 and Steven Kostanski over the years and after a bunch of short films he made the film that would cement his status as one of our country's inevitable stars of cult and genre...

Though the budget may have been small the epic scale of the adventures encountered by Steven Kostanski's Manborg were enormous and clearly the scope of his tale is far too large to be contained by a sole feature film. And...

I believe my Manborg review from Fantastic Fest 2011 was the first one published online, and I'm republishing here with notes on Dark Sky's DVD release out today.Do you remember when Mortal Kombat first hit arcades?  I do.  We were...

Awww, yeah! Steven Kostanski's Manborg hits US DVD April 30 from Dark Sky Films and they've got a brand new epic trailer loaded with as much demon killing, kung fu fighting, cyborg action as you can handle to celebrate!Half-man, half-cyborg:...

Hey, Canada! Steven Kostanski's cult hit Manborg hits DVD April 16th and Raven Banner and Anchor Bay want to give three signed copies away to lucky ScreenAnarchy readers!Half-man, half-cyborg: Manborg. Killed while battling the forces of hell, a supersoldier is...

Grab your nearest poison cause it is time to play the Manborg drinking game. Every time you read the word Manborg in the following press release announcement about the Canadian home video release of Steve Kostanski's cult hit Manborg...

Believe it or not, Steven Kostanski's Manborg is coming to the big screen across Canada and the cult hit has got itself a brand new poster by artist Jason Edmiston to celebrate that fact. A super lofi labor of love...

While ScreenAnarchy's favorite canuxsploitation-outfit Astron-6 has been enjoying a bevy of accolades from genre aficionados for their delirious splatter-fest Father's Day, currently playing a limited run in the US through Troma, the fate of their other feature and festival favorite...

The Gates of Hell have been opened and the Earth is engaged in worldwide battle with Draculon and his army. A young soldier, killed in battle, is pulled from the battlefield and rebuilt with an array of cybernetic parts and...

That's right! Following the mind-blowing world premiere of Astron-6's first feature length film, Manborg, at Fantastic Fest 2011, Troma is releasing a DVD compilation of their many short films.  You may remember Lazer Ghosts 2: Return to Lazer Cove from...

Do you remember when Mortal Kombat first hit arcades?  I do.  We were all so impressed with the photo-realistic characters who all had crazy violent finishing moves.  Of course, twenty years down the line, those graphics are incredibly dated, even...

[Updated with higher quality version.]Futuristic cityscapes! Wartime melodrama! A remorseful scientist! Boxing! Gunfights! Stop-animated robot monster!!! From the team that brought us Lazer Ghosts 2 and Fireman comes, come and behold the teaser trailer for Steve Kostanski's upcoming feature MANBORG! (And yes, this isn't just a...