Misc. Horror, Gore
& Drive-In Trash A-L

 
   Abby: (1974) Rare blaxploitation rip-off of The Exorcist with William Marshall in the Max Von Sydow role as a priest who is also a professor of archaeology, theology and mythology. After accidentally releasing a demon spirit at an African dig, one of his female students, Abby, becomes possessed and starts spewing white goo and obscenities, starting fights in church, killin' old (white) ladies and the usual stuff that possessed college girls do.
 
 
   Alien 2, On Earth
: (1980) In-title only Italian gore rip-off with Michele Soavi as a spelunking explorer, about aliens that kinda resemble ambulatory piles of innards that chase people around caves, invade their bodies (and blow 'em up) and take over the world n' stuff. Entertaining on its own terms. Great Goblin-esqe score by The Liver Onions. Directed by Ciro Ippolito. [B]
 
 
   Anthropophagus 2000
: (1999) Renown goremeister Andreas Schnaass pays homage to the late, great Joe d' Amato with this remake of the classic Anthropophagus! When police find a cave filled with the gristly remains of countless victims and a diary that tells the tale of a shipwrecked family who resort to cannibalism to stay alive. The father goes mad and becomes the legendary (to us trash movie fans) Anthropophagus Beast, slaughtering tourists wholesale. This version, as usual for Schnaass is SOV, but sports a dizzying amount of incredibly graphic gore! In the first few minutes alone we are treated to nudity, axe dismemberment and a scene in which the beast reaches down a guy's throat and yanks his organs out through his mouth! Widescreen in German, no subs. [B, 18+]

 
 
   Bad Karma / Drillbit
: (1991/1992) Both of Alex Chandon's ultra-gore efforts on one tape! Bad Karma is Chandon's second SOV splat-a-thon about some Hari Krishna types that turn into monsters and shred the locals as an offering to Kaliba. Lots of in-jokes and better than average FX, for a SOV flick. Love the S&M spoof of Evil Dead II. Drillbit is his first promo reel for an unfinished film about one messed-up cyborg that sets out to clean the urban wasteland of the scum of society in a near future. Gory as hell with Jim Van Bebber providing the voice-over! In English with Dutch subtitles (the official master is rather dupy looking, but that's the way it goes). [B, 18+]
 
 
   
The Bite: (1988) A.k.a. The Curse II. Great widescreen, import print of this fun FX filled outing that bears no relation to the wretched The Curse. Radiation experiments create mutant snakes who's venom causes the victim to mutate into big, nasty killer snakes. Lots of nifty snake mutation FX from Screaming Mad George and Jamie Farr as a small-town doctor that's hip to the bite. In English with Japanese subtitles.
 
 
   
Black Devil Doll from Hell: (198?) Chester Turner's SOV low-rent cult fave about a black, corn-rowed ventriloquist dummy that rapes, kills and spews hilariously over-the-top obscenities. Silly, sleazy, and in extremely poor taste (sounds like a winner, doesn't it?). In fairish quality. [18+]
 
Blood & Lace
   
Blood and Lace: (1971) Uncut print of this awesome, twisted little classic that was rightfully branded on it's initial release as "the sickest PG film ever made." A young girl witnesses the murder of her prostitute mother and her "client" by an unseen assailant wielding a claw-hammer. The house goes up in flames and the girl is taken off to a Dickens-esque orphanage run by a deranged woman and her drunken handyman. If anyone tries to escape they are killed and stored in a meatlocker. Meanwhile a burned killer (who looks remarkably like Freddy Kruger) stalks the orphans. Gloria Grahame, Len Lesser and Vic Tayback star in this surprisingly grim film. [B]
 
 
   
Blood Ceremony: (1972) A.k.a. Ceremonia Sangrienta, The Legend of Blood Castle, Female Butcher, etc. At long last an uncut, widescreen, English language (with Swedish subs) print of Jorge Grau's masterpiece! Sort of a twisted re-telling of the legend of Elizabeth Bathory. The countess of a rural countryside becomes so obsessed with her aging that her servant suggests that she may regain her youth by bathing in the blood of virgins. At the same time her husband the count, decides to wear a cursed medallion in order to prove that the curse of vampirism associated with it is false. This is one of the best Spanish horror films ever made and positively oozes atmosphere. Highly recommended especially to fans of period horror, including Hammer films. [B]
 
Bloodlust
   
Bloodlust: (1992) Not the Spanish vampire flick, but a well made, violent Aussie SOV vampire/crime pic about a group of vampires who are on the lam from the cops and a psychotic Christian group that is hell-bent on staking the lot. Not only does this one have great, stylish camera work, but sports nudity, bloody shootings, gory death, and music by the Revolting Cocks! As if that weren't enough, this tape includes a supplementary section with the original promo reel and trailer, deleted scenes, outtakes and interviews! A rather poor quality master, but we've managed to tweak it a bit to get the best possible quality you'll find. [B, 18+]
 
 
   
Blood on Satan's Claw: (1970) A.k.a. Satan's Skin. Uncut print of this excellent British horror film. After a farm-hand in a rural village stumbles across a decomposing half human corpse in his fields, the children of the village become possessed by evil and kill in order to summon Satan himself by way of brutal blood sacrifices and orgies. Great film that could go easily go rounds with Hammer's best. Directed by Piers Haggard, starring Patrick Wymark and Linda Hayden. [B]
 
 
   
Bloodstained Shadow: (1978) Widescreen print of this little seen Italian giallo that draws heavy inspiration from Argento's Deep Red right down to the musical score that is dead-on Goblin. When a professor takes a vacation back to visit his brother, who is now a priest, in his hometown, a rash of murders occur, some bearing a similarity to an unsolved case that dates years back. With lots of prowling camera-work, bloody murders and great Venice location scenery all set to a great giallo score. [B]
 
Body Count
  
Body Count: (1990) Ruggero Deodato’s late entry in the slasher genre a.k.a. Camping del Terrore. David Hess, Charles Napier and Ivan Rassamov star in this campground massacre about a killer who has returned after a 15 year hiatus to slash nubile teens once again. While this may not be the most original of plots, Napier as "The Sheriff" is a welcome sight as are the many nekkid babes. Plenty of bloody killings and a Claudio Simonetti score liven things up as well. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 
Braindead
   
Braindead: (1993) Full-length, uncut print of Peter Jackson's knock out zombie gorefest released here in the US, in two cut versions, as Dead Alive. This version has all the gore, dialogue and Forry Ackerman's cameo cut from both the R and Unrated versions and is a nicer looking print! You must know what this is about, right? When a repressed young man's mother is bitten by a rat-monkey, she turns into a zombie, infects others including a group of hoods and a kung-fu priest. Blood and gore shower the screen in staggering quantities that have never been attempted before. A classic. Widescreen In English with Spanish subtitles. [B]
 
 
   The Burning
: (1982) Uncut print of this camp n' slash flick with all of Tom Savini's bloody FX intact. When some snot-nosed kids return to run a camp at which they burned the caretaker alive, suddenly campers start turning up eviscerated. Notable for the film debuts of Holly Hunter and Jason ("pretzel-boy") Alexander. Fair to poor quality partially due to the muddy Venezuelan transfer. In English with Spanish subs. [B]
 
The Burning
   The Burning
: (1982) Another of our in-house composite prints with all of Tom Savini's gore restored! In excellent quality with fair quality inserts. [B]
 
 
   Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler
: (1976) A.k.a. The Gestapo's Last Orgy. Uncut print of this notorious, artsy Euro-trash Nazi flick that was one of dozens to rip-off Tinto Brass' Salon Kitty with lots of full frontal nudity, wicked tortures and some seriously disgusting fascist antics (fetal stew, castration, etc). Do I really need to outline the plot? Fair quality. [B, 18+]
 
 
   The Candysnatchers
: (1973) Sick n' sleazy little Last House on the Left inspired film about a group of ruthless sickos who kidnap a young girl who's family has a large diamond collection, which is naturally the ransom. Pretty mean shit what with the girl being buried in a shallow grave with a pipe to breath through (which a curious kid drops jelly beans down), raped and generally abused. Great ending has a cool action sequence and a couple of surprises. [B]
 
 
   Cannibal Girls
: (1973) Ivan Reitman's first feature film is a schlocky Canadian low-renter about a couple of stoned hippies (Andrea Martin and Eugene Levy sporting an afro and a handle-bar mustache) who's car breaks down in a small town in the middle of nowhere. The town has a dark past (naturally) about a house of cannibalistic babes that like nothing better than to lure horny men into their lair only to chop them to pieces and make dinner out of them. Lots of nudity and bloody deaths make up for the apparent lack of budget. [18+]
 
 
    Cannibal Holocaust: (1979) Uncut, uncensored, widescreen version of Ruggero Deodato's classic jungle gutmuncher about a group of documentary film makers who venture into the jungle in search of head-hunters, and find 'em. A quintessential entry in the cannibal subgenre of the '70s. Gory, violent and meaner than hell! Includes a trailer and short interview with Deodato, too. [B, 18+]
 
 
   
The Centerfold Girls: (1974) Another vile, exploitative, grindhouse gem from General Releasing. Andrew Prine stars as a severely uptight moralist who wants to "help" the beautiful babes of the pin-up mags overcome their filthy ways by cutting their throats with a straight razor. Oddly enough, he almost seems kind compared to the rest of the people that populate this sordid world the film is set in. Everything from a Last House on the Left inspired sequence with deranged hippies to drunken sailors who drug and rape women in jeopardy. Not a single sympathetic character, neat shocks, scads of topless babes and Prine doin' the repressed psycho thang all make this a good 'un. Also stars '70s trash regulars Jennifer Ashley, Tiffany Bolling, Ray Danton, Aldo Ray and others.
 
 
   Code of Hunting
: (1983) Uncut print of Jorge Grau's take on Last House on the Left. When a female lawyer fails to get her young thug of a client off on a hostage charge, the brother vows to make her pay. Not once, but twice. First killing her husband and then later returning to rape and torture her, after which she extracts violent revenge. This print contains the graphic vaginal crotch-burning sequence that is usually the first to hit the cutting room floor. In Spanish with English subs. [18+]
 
 
    The Confessional
: (1975) A.k.a. House of Mortal Sin. Dark and deeply twisted Peter Walker classic that may even surpass Frightmare as his finest work. A troubled girl decides to go to confession while looking for an old friend who is now a priest. Her conversation with a strange, old priest (Anthony Sharp) in the confessional gets somewhat weird, but it soon plunges into stark terror as the deranged priest stalks her, killing everyone around her! As if that weren't enough, nasty subplots abound with Sheila Keith as a sadistic one-eyed servant to the priest's invalid mother. Also stars Stephanie Beecham. Outstanding '70s horror cinema! [B]
 
 
   Corruption
: (1967) Uncut print of this British horror classic! Peter Cushing stars in what appears to be a B-movie style remake of Jorge Franjau's Eyes Without a Face. Peter Cushing stars as a prominent surgeon who accidentally burns the face of his fiancée, a photographer's model. Naturally being the genius that he is he develops a way to restore her beauty, but it must be restored regularly with fresh pituitary glands from an unwilling female donor. This version has the video title Laser Killer and is a lesser SECAM transfer (very dark and a bit grainy). In English with French subs. [B]
 
 
   Crowhaven Farm
: (1970) Neat Aaron Spelling TV chiller from way back. After inheriting a farm from a relative after he died (immediately after he inherited it), a childless couple find things a little strange. In the 1500's a barren woman who made a pact with some witches, sells them out to the local witch hunters. Now the demons from the past have come back to haunt her in this lifetime. Takes a while to get rolling, but good stuff in all. John Carradine and William Smith have cool bit parts too. Quality is a bit grainy after the first reel, but then again, this has never been released on video.
 

   Curse of the Vampyr
: (1972) Weird, obscure little Spanish vampire film that shifts between gothic atmosphere, camp and soft-core sleaze. A small town is plagued by strange anemic deaths. A female doctor is called in from the city to investigate and finds some strange stuff is going on. The count's son is one whacked out hambone pining for his lost love, a nubile vampirette who lays in the family crypt with a stake through her heart, while feasting on the blood of the villagers. The English dubbing is pretty bad, but good atmosphere, lesbian vampires in white nighties, lots of nudity and some weird-ass sub-plots make this entertaining. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B, 18+]
 
 
   Dark Waters
: (1993) A.k.a. Dead Waters. Widescreen print of this impressive, surreal and violent Eurosplatter flick from Mario Biano. The story of a young woman who goes to an island convent (on a dark and stormy night, no less) to solve a dark family secret, takes a back seat to the awesome visuals and intense atmosphere. Very Argentoesque. Recommended. [B]
 
 
   The Day of the Beast
: (1996) Alex de la Iglacias' awesome second film. When a priest discovers that the Antichrist is visiting Earth on this very Christmas eve, he decides that in order to save the world he must get close to Satan by committing as much evil as he can in the next several hours. On the way he pairs-up with the long-haired owner of a head shop and both set out to take on The Beast. Great fun with lots of twisted, dark humor, action, violence and style. Letterboxed, in Spanish with English subtitles. [B]
 
 
   Deadline
: (1981) Grisly Canadian obscurity about a writer with a fertile imagination that starts to breed a violent reality, with cannibal nuns and an awe inspiring multiple dismemberment courtesy of massive farm machinery. Very popular in certain circles.
 
 
   The Dead Pit
: (1990) Uncut print of this popular, gory mad-scientist / zombie outing about a deranged neurosurgeon who returns from the grave to seek revenge on the head of an insane asylum. This somewhat dark PAL transfer sports some extra gore that was cut from the US video release. In English with Dutch subs. [B]
 
 
   Deranged
: (1974) Uncut, widescreen print of this classic Ed Gein inspired flick. A virtually flawless horror film with Roberts Blossom turning in a top-notch performance as Ezra Cobb, Butcher of the Woodside, a quiet farmer who has a hidden secret of maternal worship and spare body parts in his 'fridge. Tom Savini delivers the grue, which is quite good for a low-budget '70s film. Probably the most faithful of all of the Gein flicks. Not to be missed. [B]
 
Demon Brood

   Demon Brood
: (2000) A.k.a. Damonen Brut. Joining the ranks of low-rent German splatter masters (or hacks, if you prefer) like Andreas Schnass and Olaff Ittenbach is Andreas Bethman (who for some inexplicable reason refers to himself as a German Joe d’Amato). A trio of Nazi-youth rejects rob a bank and kill everyone, including an infant on a tricycle (in a scene that will leave jaws agape or have you howlin’), and grab a cute blond as a hostage. They then take off to an island and accidentally bring some demons back to life to kill off the cast with as much spurting blood, flesh-rending and general carnage as possible while the military hunts them down. Meanwhile a skinny dipping chick is eaten by a shark (with underwater shark POVs of her crotch), another is raped by a tentacled demon in graphic XXX fashion, many are drilled through various body parts by power drills, etc. Wildly disjointed and unrepentantly cheesy, this mix of sex and gore is pretty damn entertaining if you like this type of German splatter and laughable “filmmaking” in general. This is the uncut version with lots of full-frontal female nudity and even some female masturbation and penetration! Includes a lengthy “making of” segment with even more nudity. Letterboxed in German without subtitles. [AO, B]
 
 
   Deviation
: (1971) Strange Euro-sleaze outing directed by Jose Larraz about a couple who have a car accident in the middle of nowhere. The same middle of nowhere that a bizarre cult of pot n' smack slammin' orgy fiends do their thang. The weird blondie who runs the thing with his sister (looking strikingly like the pair from Joe d' Amato's Beyond the Darkness) takes his turn with the female of the pair and his sis kills the guy for no apparent reason other than to cut off his tattoo. Strange sex laden stuff that's rather reminiscent of a Peter Walker's twisted low-renters. [18+]
 
 
   The Devil's Kiss: (1973) Widescreen print of this obscure, low-rent Spanish horror yarn about a woman who's father was murdered for his wealth. After recovering a corpse from an auto-accident, our vengeful lady Frankenstein performs a satanic ritual after her assistant uses a cell regeneration serum on it. Lo and behold it rises from the dead to kill the living! The only problem is it has to be controlled by telepathy! Whacked out little flick sporting plenty of nudity and weird-ass sub-plots.
 
 
   The Devil's Wedding Night: (1973) Obscure drive-in classic, of sorts, about twin brothers, one of whom goes to Translvania to find a mythical ring of power (written about in Wagner's operas). Once in "vampire country" he is seduced by Dracula's widow and it's up to his brother to try and save him. Kinda psychedelic, definitely exploitive, with more than healthy doses of blood, boobs, virgin sacrifices and the requisite fang action. [18+]
 
The Devil Within Her
   The Devil Within Her: (1974) A.k.a. Beyond the Door. Great looking uncut, letterboxed print of this rare-as-hell (not to mention weird-as-hell) Exorcist rip-off about a professor whose pregnant wife is going to give birth to the Anti-Christ... I think. The film is pretty damn surreal in spots and a couple of the possession scenes are quite chilling. Richard Johnson (of Zombi 2 fame) stars as a dead man who is to be reborn (I told you it was weird). In English with Japanese subtitles. [B]
 
 
    Don’t Look Now: (1973) Uncut, widescreen version of this grim, psychological horror-thriller based on a Daphne Du Maurier story starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. After the death of their youngest daughter, the parents (Sutherland and Christie) start seeing signs of her in Venice where they are working. To make matters worse, a blind psychic and her sister claim that she is there in Venice. Meanwhile a murderer stalks the streets, dumping the bodies in the canals. Great chiller by Nicholas Roeg, with the too-passionate-for-Hollywood sex scene intact. Includes trailer. [B]
 
 
    Drive-In Trailer Trash: A whopping two hours of trashy trailers from the ‘60s and ‘70s including: Caged Virgins, Man from Deep River, Mansion of the Doomed, Mad Doctor of Blood Island, Dawn of the Mummy, Deranged, I Drink Your Blood, Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks, Andy Warhol’s Dracula, Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein, Blood Feast, Wizard of Gore and tons more!
 

    Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat: (1989) Rare Luigi Cozzi attempt to complete Argento's Three Mothers trilogy started with Suspiria and Inferno. Nicely shot with as much Argentoesque style as Cozzi could muster and the usual high levels of bloodletting. Caroline Munroe, Brett Halsey and Michele Soavi rounding out the cast. Plot concerns a filmmaker (Urbano Barbarini of Opera) who decides to make a film based on one of the three mothers: Lavana. Soon he comes to realize that Lavana doesn't take too kindly to that and decides to start killing the people involved. Has a very thin connection to Poe and an ending that would make Lucio Fulci scratch his head in wonder. [B]
 
 
   Equinox: (1971) A.k.a. The Beast. Fun horror flick about four college students who drive up to a cabin in the woods, find a satanic book that summons an ancient evil and... hey, this sounds awfully familiar! Was ol' Sam Raimi "inspired" by this flick, or did he just rip it off? You be the judge. Great stop-motion FX by Jim Danforth and David Allen. [B]
 

   Exorcist III, Cries and Shadows: (1975) A.k.a. Naked Exorcism, The Possessor. Low-budget Italian Exorcist knock-off about a cult of Satanists that summon the Devil to possess a nude woman in ancient times. In the present this same nude causes a young goombah to kill and assault members of his family, including an attempt to rape his nun sister. It really doesn't make a whole lotta sense, but it's got enough nudity and shoddy production values for a dozen low-renters. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
 
 
   Fangs of the Living Dead: (1968) A.k.a. Melanka the Vampire. Campily entertaining Amando de Ossorio gothic vampire opus starring Anita Ekberg, about a sadistic vampire who is out to take control of a castle inherited by his niece (Ekberg). Made a couple years before his masterpiece, Tombs of the Blind Dead, this atmospheric chiller occasionally veers towards blatant silliness, but is a good show in spite of it (or because of it).
 
 
   Fatal Frames: (1997) A full-length print of Al Festa's eagerly awaited debut film is finally here! In the traditional style of the Italian giallo thrillers, the story concerns an American music video director who has a black-clad machete killer stalking him in Rome and killing off the women around him and filming their dismembered remains with a video camera. Loads of stylish camera work, colored lighting and a slew of cameos and major talent including David Warbeck, Angus Scrimm and Donald Pleasance in his final role! Gory FX by Steve Johnson and his former ol' lady, Linnea Quigly pops up as a paranormal investigator, for those of you who aren't sick of her. In fair quality. [B, 18+]
 
 
   Fear: (1980) Riccardo Freda's exquisite, very gory giallo flick a black gloved killer who is stalking Laura Gemser, while she shows off her assets. Exceptionally stylish with lots of gore, nudity and religious imagery. [18+]
 

   The Flesh and Blood Show: (1972) Cool early '70s horror and Peter Walker's first entry into the sex n' horror market. A dark little stalker flick that substitutes the old dark house for an old, dark repertory theater and stars 70s Brit trash cinema regulars Judy Matheson and Robin Askwith. A group of actors are hired by a mysterious company to rehearse an improvised play at an old abandon theater. While pairing off and getting naked, the cast suddenly find themselves being stalked by a black clad killer who starts killing off the members one by one, the first being by guillotine. Walker shows his adult film roots by casting as many attractive women as possible and making sure not one of them makes it through without at least one topless scene. [B]
 
 
   The Flesh Eaters: (1964) Uncut print of this classic B monster-movie about a Nazi scientist who is continuing his vile experiments in creating a caustic sea-monsters, that strip human flesh from the bone, on a desert isle. Naturally, a plane malfunction provides him with some much needed test subjects. Great little flick made even better with the restoration of the grue and tinting. Very gory for it's day, and still too gory for today's television. In fairish quality.
 
 
   Flesh Feast: (1970) Veronica Lake's final film and you can see why. Campy plot to find the fountain of youth by way of fresh body parts and specially bed maggots, culminates with Hitler strapped down to a table and showered with hungry larvae. Fun, if totally inept, stuff. [B]
 
Frankenstein Unbound
    Frankenstein Unbound: (1990) Beautiful, uncut print of this fun Roger Corman adaptation of Brian Aldis' novel about a scientist (John Hurt) who creates a rift in time and ends up in Vienna in the midst of the Baron's monster running amok and ripping folks limb from limb. Raul Julia is perfect as the baron. This import version contains all of the graphic gore cut from the R-rated release. In English with Japanese subtitles. [B]
 
 
    Friday the 13th Part 3: (1983) We've had lots of requests for this one, so here it is, the uncut print of Steve Miner's second sequel. This print features the complete speargun-in-the-eye sequence that was cut down in all other versions. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 
 
    Friday the 13th Part 4 – The Final Chapter: (1984) Alternate composite print with all of the extra TV footage edited back into the film. This version includes about 7 minutes of extra dialogue and bits of scenes. No extra gore, unless you count the added bit where Tommy cuts off his fingers in a small guillotine, but it turns out to be a fake arm. Perfect for the obsessive Friday completists out there. Quality isn't perfect, but it's more than watchable. [B]
 
 
   Funny Man: (1994) Uncut, widescreen print of this British splatter comedy. When a distinguished gentleman (Christopher Lee) loses his family home in a poker game to a record mogul, he intones some cryptic warnings. Naturally the mogul ignores them and goes to look at his prize: a palatial English mansion that happens to be inhabited by a cadaverous-looking jester who cracks wise while cracking skulls. This version contains extra scenes and gore (gotta love the scene in which the Funnyman literally shoots a girls brains out of her head… with her eyeballs still attached). If you like stalk n' slash flicks, this one is extremely well shot and rather weird when it comes right down to it. [B]
 
Grave of the Vampire
   Grave of the Vampire: (1972) William Smith stars in this cool grindhouse classic. After a murdering rapist is accidentally killed by the cops, he rises from his grave and promptly rapes a girl and kills her boyfriend in the local cemetery. After recovering in the hospital the girl gives birth to a bloodthirsty infant who grows up to be a half human vampire. The half breed then decides to seek out and kill his father who has continued his killing spree over the years. [B]
 
 
   Grave Robbers: (1989) Good n' gory Mexican splatterfest about a group of teens (ain't it always?) who stumble across the tomb of ancient warrior-knight who is more than a little pissed to be back among the living in his nasty, rotting condition. On the bright side ripping those pesky teens to bits, hacking them up with a huge ax, and generally rendering them to bloody pulp makes him much, much happier. Me too. In Spanish without English subs, but lots of fun anyway. [18+]
 
 
   The Great Alligator: (1979) A.k.a. The Big Alligator River. Entertaining widescreen print of this third entry in Sergio Martino's Primitive Terror films (Mountain of the Cannibal God and Island of the Fishmen being the other two). Using much of the same cast from Island of the Fishmen Martino tries his hand at the Jaws knock-off with good results. Claudio Cassinelli and Barbara Bach star as a photographer and local tourist guide, respectively, who are working for a slimy entrepreneur who is opening a resort in the middle of Cannibal Holocaust country and right by a river that is supposedly inhabited by the native river god, a giant alligator. When Cassinelli's assistant disappears, presumed munched, he takes up the fight to warn everyone, but to no avail. Soon the vacationers who, as one grouchy bastard put it, "only want to shake their butts" start getting gobbled down like chicken wings at a football party. Fun stuff in English with Japanese subtitles. [B]
 
 
   Horror of the Zombies: (1974) This is the most complete version available (far more than the Worlds Worst Video version) of Amando de Ossorio's El Buque Maldito (The Ghost Galleon), the third in his excellent Blind Dead series. This one takes place on a ship and is loaded with atmosphere.
 
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
    I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle: (1990) Surprisingly entertaining, and gory, tongue-in-cheek horror flick from England starring Neil Morrissey (of Men Behaving Badly), Anthony Daniels (you know, C3PO) as an exorcist and even a cameo by Burt Kwok. After buying an old fixer-upper, a bike nut (Morrissey) suddenly discovers that the bike has a mind of it’s own and the tank runs on blood instead of gasoline. When he brings in a priest (Daniels), the bloodthirsty bike goes on a rampage. [B]
 
 
   El Inquisitor: (1970?) Cool little Spanish film about cult of religious nutballs who kill folks with crucifix daggers and kidnap the local babage for their private torture shows and satanic rituals. Some get the rack, some are burned at the stake, etc. Slow to get started, but once it gets rolling is quite atmospheric and sports plenty of bare flesh and blood. In Spanish with no subs.
 
Island of the Fishmen
   Island of the Fishmen: (1980) A.k.a. Screamers, Island of Mutations, Something Waits in the Dark. Widescreen original director's cut of this cool Sergio Martino reworking of The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Richard Johnson, Barbara Bach and Joseph Cotton. It was picked up by New World, retitled Screamers (with a great but wildly inaccurate ad campaign) and re-edited with the inclusion of new footage including a Cameron Mitchell cameo. This is the original version of the film about a group of shipwrecked prisoners and a doctor who arrive on an island only to find that there are only a handful of inhabitants. A man (Johnson) who's after the lost gold of Atlantis, his alleged wife (Bach) and a mad scientist (Cotton) is creating mutant fishmen for just such a purpose. Classic stuff from a rather underrated director. [B]
 
 
   It!: (1967) A.k.a. The Curse of the Golem, Anger of the Golem. Classic British tongue-in-cheek horror starring Roddy McDowall as a rather unassuming, but really quite nuts (as you find out in a great early sequence), assistant curator at a museum that seems to have a problem with it's employees dropping off like flies around an ancient statue. Gradually our batty hero learns that it is the fabled Golem and learns to control it. Well done with several Hammer crew members and a very young Ian McCulloch as a Scotland Yard inspector. Still unreleased on video.
 
 
     Jack the Ripper: (1988) Highly sought after full-length, uncut import version of this 3+ hour movie version of this British miniseries starring Michael Caine, Armande Assante and Susan George. Using the latest theories and research on the infamous White Chapel murders this excellent version of the oft told story throws in some twists not found elsewhere. Michael Caine plays an alcoholic Scotland Yard detective who goes on the wagon to hunt down a brutal and clever serial killer who goes on to be the most famous in recorded history. Very well made with great production values and a top-notch cast. Double tape set. [B]
 
 
   Jason Goes to Hell, the Final Friday: (1993) Fully uncut composite print of the ninth, and supposedly final (heard that one before?), installment in the series. Sure it runs a bit like The Hidden, but it's definitely one of the better sequels! This version has all of the gore, dialogue, monsters (including the hellspawn!), fights and miscellaneous scenes that are missing from both the R and Unrated "director's cut" videocassettes. [B] Definitely one of the better entries, even if it totally rips-off The Hidden. [B, 18+]
 
Killer Crocodile
   Killer Crocodile: (1987) Widescreen print of this cool, bloody Fabrizio de Angelis (Larry Ludman) Jaws knock-off with gore and creature FX by Gianetto de Rossi. A radio active waste dump in an unnamed swampland causes an crocodile to mutate into a massive beast who’s head alone measures about 6 feet long! Naturally the gargantuan behemoth runs amuck munching down on fishermen (?!), civilians and tree-huggin’ ecologists, until a "ball-breakin’ crocodile hunter" comes in to take down the reptilian beastie. Riz Ortolani cranks out a damn good (if somewhat -ahem!- familiar) score. [B]
 
 
   Killer Crocodile 2: (1989) Widescreen print of gore-guru Gianetto de Rossi’s shlocky sequel to "Larry Ludman’s" original! This time out a gutsy, female "big-city" reporter decides to head out to the Amazon to find out if a rich industrialist is building his new homes on safe territory. What she expected was nuclear waste, what she got was a... killer crocodile! De Rossi not only directs, but once again provides the cool creature and gore FX, and Riz Ortolani’s cool score makes a repeat appearance.
 
 
   The Killer Reserved Nine Seats: (197?) Giallo fans should enjoy this somewhat talky Italian stalker about a killer who is into historical events. One hundred years ago a theater was found with it inhabitants slaughtered. In the present the theater is being reopened on it's anniversary (no, it's not Crystal Lake) and suddenly the cast and crew of a play are locked inside the theater and are being picked off one by one, by a cloaked, black-gloved killer. Scott sez: "all the chicks get naked and everybody dies." Gotta love that, if nothing else.
 
 
    Killer's Moon: (1978) Obscure, kinda nasty British slasher about a busload of schoolgirls who end-up stranded in a manor house in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately in this same middle of nowhere four escaped mental patients are roaming the countryside. Due to some experimental treatment they believe that they are in a dream world and have been freed of moral constraints. Since they are unimpaired by morals and nutty to boot, what's a little rape and murder among friends?
 

    Killer Tongue: (1996) An all-star cast heads up this slick, weird n' wet Spanish outing about a space parasite that infests a nun turned hot-young thing (Mindy Clark under latex body paint - yow!), and cases her to mutate into a nude babe with a killer tongue! Robert England also stars as a prison warden who's a taco short of a combo plate and Doug Bradly is one of his prisoners. Really out there with lots of exploding heads and people. [B]
 
The Last Jaws
   The Last Jaws: (1981) A.k.a. Great White, The Last Shark. Widescreen print Enzo G. Castellari’s kick-ass, violent Jaws knock-off starring James Franciscus as a shark expert who is living in a tranquil beach-side community that is suddenly threatened by a flesh-rending, monster of a shark! Vic Morrow plays the shark hunter that is out to kill the beast even at the expense of his own life. In English with Swedish (?) subs and somewhat grainy quality due to a well-used master. [B]
 
 
   The Laughing Dead: (1989) Author SP Somtow's still unreleased south of the border splatter pic about South of the border human sacrifice and the coming of the Mayan Death God. Cool, huh? Nice production values and tons of gore including decapitations galore, mass limb-ripping, head smashing, ad hoc heart removal, giant monster brawls and more. Too bad he had to cast his writer friends in the main roles instead of real actors. Uncut print with no Jap subs. [B, 18+]
 
 
   Leatherface: (1989) Rough cut of the director's cut of TCM 3, with all of the gore that was cut from the R-rated theatrical release, a few alternate scenes (Ken Foree bites it), and the original ending. This version contains additional footage missing from the recent so-called "uncut" re-issue. No music or credits. In fair to good quality. [B, 18+]
 
 
   Legend of the Werewolf: (1975) A.k.a. Plague of the Werewolves. Tyburn studios wanted to make a Hammer film so bad that they haired some of their cast n' crew (and even imitated their opening credits) and made this lil' classic. When a traveling freakshow (run by Hugh Griffith) finds a young boy in the wild who acts like a wolf they take him in to star in the show. He grows up and suddenly learns of his lycanthropic nature and runs off to Paris after killing the one man-band (something I'm sure the patrons were happy about) only to kill and kill again. Peter Cushing stars as the coroner who decides to take up the slack left by the local police and solve the crimes, Ron Moody is hilarious as a zoo keeper and Michael Ripper has a great bit part as a sewer bum. Freddie Francis directs. [B]
 
 
    Love Me Deadly: (1972) Getting to be a real rarity, this odd little obscurity from the drive-in circuit was undoubtedly the inspiration for Joge Buttgereitt’s excessively vile Nekromantik films, in particular part 2. A young woman (Mary Wilcox) finds herself unable to have sex with men… unless they are dead. After being caught molesting a corpse at a funeral home the embalmer invites her to an orgy with similar-minded individuals. Little does she realize, the embalmer likes his corpses fresher than most and the scene in which he coerces his victim under the promise of kinky sex and then embalms him alive is pretty damn grueling for its day. Also stars Lyle Waggoner and Christopher Stone. [B]
 

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