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Mad Ron's Previews From Hell: (1990?) Great collection of trailers from '70s and '80s slasher, zombie, witchcraft, Satanism and assorted other horror/exploitation films, including Horror of the Zombies, Ilsa She Wolf of the SS, Black Christmas, I Drink your Blood, and lots more! Very cool. [B] |
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Mansion of the Doomed: (1980) Cool, hard to find Charlie Band gore/rip-off of Eyes Without a Face starring Richard Basehart and Lance Henriksen. Instead of a mad doctor stealing facial skin to graft to his disfigured daughter, Basehart steals peoples eyes in a futile effort to restore his daughter's sight. John Stanley calls this flick "sickeningly crude," and goes on to say that "the bloody, shocking ending...remains one of the sickest in memory." I don't know about you, but that spells out entertainment in my book. |
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Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: (1994) Uncut work print of Ken Branagh's excellent reworking of the novel, that has all of the gore FX and cut scenes intact (including the re-animated dog)! A damn fine film with De Niro turning in his best performance in years. In goodish quality. |
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The Mutilator: (1983) Import print of this extremely gory slasher film from the days of old (back when slasher flicks were both violent and unpretentious). A group of teenagers decide to go on a vacation and as luck would have it, in between getting naked they get slaughtered like lambs in an abattoir by a lunatic who gets very creative when knocking off victims. Features major-league, blood-drenched mayhem including the notorious vaginal meat-hook disemboweling scene! In English with Dutch subs or in English without subs. [B] |
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Nightmare Beach: (1988) A.k.a. Welcome to Spring Break. Uncut, composite print of this entertainingly cheesy slasher flick. After a biker (named "Diablo") is fried for the murder of a college co-ed, a black and red clad motorcyclist terrorizes Fort Lauderdale during spring break by electrocuting, burning and garroting the idjit kids (my favorite way is the electric chair built into the back seat of his bike). The ever reliable John Saxon is on hand to be a severe asshole of a cop who may have framed Diablo and is committing the murders himself… or has Diablo's sprit risen from the grave? [B] |
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Nightmares in a Damaged Brain: (1981) A.k.a. Nightmare, Blood Splash. Full-length version of Romano Scavolini's notorious grindhouse gutter-trash slasher/sleaze flick. When a mental patient escapes the hospital he takes to the filthy streets of New York in search of sleazy women and victims for his murderous rage. This is the gore flick that Tom Savini worked on and subsequently went to court over to have his name removed from the film. Featuring copious amounts of over the top gore (probably the bloodiest decapitation in cinematic history) and lots of nudity, this one is a trash horror fan's delight! [B, 18+] |
Night of the Devils: (1972) Uncut, letterboxed print of this great Italian-Spanish co-production based on the oft-filmed Russian vampire "Wurdulak" myth. Following the time-honored, traditional Spanish-horror plot device... When a man's car breaks down in a remote area of the country, he comes across a cursed family with a dark secret: the curse is vampirism. When setting out to kill these bloodsuckers, no lil stake will do the job, a fucking pole is used to run 'em through and cause them to gruesomely melt. Very well made with plenty of very impressive gore gags (even 30+ years later they look good), and the ravishing Agostina Belli in the buff. In English with Japanese subtitles. |
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Night of the Doomed: (1965) A.k.a. Nightmare Castle. Widescreen, uncut version of this great Italian gothic chiller from Mario Caiano. When a wealthy baroness (Barbara Steele) cheats on her brilliant doctor husband (Paul Müller), he has no recourse but to torture and kill her and her lover and keep their souls in limbo by impaling their severed hearts on a dagger. Unfortunately the baroness changed her will to have her inheritance go to her mentally unstable sister (also played by Steele), so the baron marries her only to find that vengeance can come back from the grave. Great atmosphere, beautiful B&W cinematography (by non other than E.B. Clucher) and appropriately moody music by Ennio Morricone make this a must for fans of gothic horror! [B] |
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Night of the Zombies: (1981) A.k.a. Night of the Zombies II, Gamma 693, Battalion of the Living Dead. Rare print of this strange WWII zombie film from Blood Sucking Freaks helmer Joel M. Reed and starring porn king Jamie Gillis in his first legit role. During WWII a group of soldiers discover a chemical called Gamma 693 that allows them to bring the dead back to life and to remain immortal, but damn they sure don't look to good afterwards! Very low on the blood factor and it sure ain't Shockwaves, but a cool little low-renter all the same. [B] |
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Nosferatu: (1922) Amazing, 103 minute version of F. W. Murnau's expressionist vampire film with Max Schreck as the hideous bloodsucker. This is the longest print that has ever surfaced! The standard US release print runs a paltry 63 minutes and the "restored print" runs only 83 minutes! Classic stuff, that still manages to be creepy as hell after all these years. |
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Nosferatu in Venice: (1988) Letterboxed semi-sequel to Warner Herzog's remake is one of the best gothic vampire films I've ever seen. Beautifully filmed with a haunting, eerie score this film oozes atmosphere. Klaus Kinsky returns as Nosferatu (though this time he looks a bit more stylish, not to mention the fact that he has hair) who is summoned by a dark seance to Venice where he searches for a woman who is the image of his long lost love. Moody and violent, this one totally captivated me from start to finish. The presence of Pleasance (as in Donald) as a priest who is all to aware of the evil, didn't hurt either. Same goes for Christopher Plummer in the Van Helsing role. Nice PAL transfer bearing the title Vampires in Venice. [B] |
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Off Balance: (1988) A.k.a. Phantom of Death. Uncut, widescreen print of this great, violent Ruggero Deodato giallo splatterfest starring Michael York (hurtin' for the rent and hopin' for an Oscar) and the exceedingly ubiquitous Donald Pleasance. A well to do concert pianist (York) is suffering from a strange aging disease, that not only makes him age several years in hours, but also drives him insane. This insanity causes him to fly in bouts of rage, violently slaughtering the rest of the cast. Well shot with lots of amazingly bloody murders in this cool re-working of the Jekyll and Hyde theme. [B, 18+] |
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Orgy of the Vampires: (1972) A.k.a. Vampire's Night Orgy. Letterboxed, uncut print of Leon Kilmovski's cool vampire outing that kinda runs like a Paul Naschy flick, except without Naschy. When a tourist bus makes an unscheduled stop (no, it didn't break down, this time the driver died) in a small town populated by blood-thirsty vampires who decide to put on a facade of normality and serve the stranded people human flesh. Some great moments involving cannibalism, dismemberment, blood-drinking and a rather disturbing scene involving the accidental murder of a little girl. [B] |
Panic: (1984) Great Italian quasi-zombie outing, starring cult fave David Warbeck! Pretty much a rip-off of John Landis' An American Werewolf in London with a few sequences that echo Lameberto Bava's Demons (even though it was made two years earlier). Warbeck plays a cop who's out to protect Janet Agren (and all of England) from a mutated madman that can transfer the disease to his victims. Did I mention that it's great, cheesy stuff with a mutoid that looks a helluva lot like the rotters in Anthropophagus, Deathline and My Lovely Burnt Brother? [B] |
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Perfume of the Lady in Black: (1974) Very strange Italian giallo of sorts starring Mimsey Farmer as a woman who is tormented by her past in a very real and physical way. Naturally no one will believe her when she tells them of her bizarre meetings with a little blond girl (who is actually her as a child) and the dead bodies, etc. Unusual stuff with a rather gory ending that comes totally out of left field, that I have only partially figured out. Letterboxed in English with Greek subs. |
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Pet Semetary 2: (1992) Uncut work print with all of the graphic violence intact, including the wicked drill scene! Fair quality. |
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The Phantom of the Opera: (1989) Letterboxed print of the most recent adaptation of Gaston Lerouxs classic. Robert England takes the title role as a brooding, horribly scarred composer who lives under an opera house in Elizabethan London. When he's not pining for the resident diva, he's decked out in a Jack the Ripper outfit, slashing throats and cutting up the locals. Nicely atmospheric and well made blending of the popular story with a generous helping of bloody slasher stuff thrown in for good measure. In English with Japanese subtitles. |
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Piranha II, Flying Killers: (1981) A.k.a. Piranha II The Spawning. Great looking, uncut print of this cool US/Italian co-produced sequel. When a tourist resort is suddenly losing the local populace and guests to an enemy from the sea, it's up to a marine biologist turned company schlep to take care of the titular flying piranha. This print is not only a damn sight nicer than the US release (which is very dark and muddy), but features lots of cool extra footage including the gratuitous nude scenes, extra dialogue and character stuff, extended sequences and a wee bit of extra gore. FX by Gianetto Di Rossi, and that James Cameron guy did some stuff on it too. In English with Japanese subtitles. [B] |
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Plague: (1978) A.k.a. Induced Syndrome, M-3: The Gemini Strain, Mutation. Cool low-budget Canadian bio-thriller directed by Ed (Bloody Birthday) Hunt, that is probably even more effective today than it was back in ’78. When a small DNA research facility develops a bacteria that will cause plants to grow at exponential rates, they also accidentally discover that it mutates in mammals causing all of their nerve endings to simultaneously fire resulting in an agonizing, spasmodic death. Due to a screw-up the bacteria escapes and it’s rapidly spreading through out the city and possibly further. Some campy moments (what’s up with the obsession with submarine sandwiches?) which adds to the cool little low-rent appeal. [B] |
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Psychos in Love: (1985) Really funny, bloody-as-hell independently produced spoof of slasher and romance movies about a couple of serial killers. Well made with plenty of gore, nudity and in-jokes. Another great low-renter from Gorman Bechard. "I hate grapes!" [B] |
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Rabid Grannies: (1989) Uncut, widescreen print of this awesome French/Belgian gorefest! When the black sheep of the family sends a gift to the birthday party of a pair of aunties (contrary to the title) who live in a big gothic mansion, it turns out to be a satanic potion! After drinking the cursed brew, they mutate into zombie-like demons and start ripping family members to bloody shreds! Not even the children are safe, with the brutal scene in which a toddler's torn-off limbs are hurled at the mother! Has all of the excessive and spectacular gore that the assholes at Troma cut from all of their release prints (including the "unrated" DVD!). An unheralded gore classic. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B, 18+] |
Rain of Fire: (1978) A.k.a. Holocaust 2000. Letterboxed print of this very cool Alberto de Martino Omen knock-off starring Kirk Douglas as the head of a corporation that is set to build seven nuclear reactors in the middle East until he realizes that it is one of the signs of the coming of the Anti-Christ. When he tries to dismantle the operation everyone involved start dying gory deaths with the highlight being a helicopter chop-top that smokes the lame one featured in Dawn of the Dead. The ever so yummy Agostina Belli co-stars. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B] |
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Ratman: (1988) What happens when you inject at sperm into a monkey ovum? You get this rather twisted Italian horror flick starring David Warbeck, Janet Agren and a bonafide genetic anomaly (a freak). When a Caribbean island plays host to a geneticists deranged experiment the locals are treated to a bloody death via a three-foot tall rodent man with poison fangs and claws. Entertaining Italian cheese sporting a great score by Stephano Mainetti and a totally gratuitous Eva Grimaldi shower scene. Widescreen, in English with Greek subs. [B] |
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Razorback: (1983) Easily Russell Mulcahey's finest effort. Mixing the true story of a baby being killed by dingoes and Jaws, Mulcahey creates a stylish, gripping thriller with a huge, man-eating, wild razorback boar terrorizing the Aussie outback. Well made with weird Aussie hicks (who are possibly scarier than the boar) and great creature FX. Extremely cool, letterboxed import print in English with Japanese subs. [B] |
Return of the Living Dead: (1985) Uncut work print of this great tongue-in-cheek horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon. This version contains lots of great little extra bit of dialogue and some deleted footage including a little extra gore and an end sequence that takes place after the ending in the release prints. Quality ain't so hot, fair to good, I'd say (and downright poor during dark scenes), but it's well worth it for fans of the film (and if you're not a fan, there's something terribly wrong with you. Seek professional help). [B] |
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Return of the Living Dead: (1985) Another great uncut composite print with all of the additional dialogue, scenes and gore from the work print expertly edited into the release version. Even includes the much argued about "General Drinking" scene! Nice quality with fair and poor quality inserts. [B] |
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Revenge of the Living Dead: (1986) Sleazy, bloody French zombie flick about three girls who drink poisoned milk, die, come back from the dead after toxic chemicals are spilled on their graves. Virtually wall to wall full-frontal nudity and bloodshed, with the rudest cesarean section/abortion (that, in true B-movie fashion, takes place in the shower) ever committed to celluloid. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B, 18+] |
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The Sea Serpent: (1985) Very-rare print of the last known film from the legendary Amando de Ossorio, not to mention the final film role for Ray Milland who died after it's completion. When an atomic bomb is dumped in the ocean, it disturbs the slumber of a hungry sea serpent who devours fisher men and capsizes boats. Milland runs about looking suitably concerned. Breathtakingly cheesy and subsequently lots of fun. [B] |
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The She Beast: (1966) A.k.a. Revenge of the Blood Monster. Short lived genius Michael Reeves' first film is something of a minor classic and while the budget may be low and the make-up a bit cheesy, there is a lot of cool little bits and plenty of fun to be had. Years after a witch is crucified and drown in a lake by the local villagers, a young British couple have a car accident by that same lake. The man (Ian Oglivy) comes to only to find his wife (Barbara Steele) missing and the witch running amok exacting revenge on the locals! Mel Welles turns in a classic performance as a drunken sleaze who runs the local hotel. |
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Simon, King of the Witches: (1971) Great little cult item starring Andrew Prine as a vagrant, storm-drain dwelling warlock who whips up spells and incantations to make his daily bread, man. After a snotty rich bastard bilks Simon for his pay and calls him a quack, he is given a challenge to prove that he has real power. The great atmosphere (lots of rain and lightning) and cool '70s B-movie script are greatly enhanced by Prine's capable, droll delivery of the somewhat campy dialogue. Saw this one years back and greatly enjoyed it, and it's nice to find out that it still is cool after all (particularly with the extra footage missing from TV prints). [B] |
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Sledgehammer: (1983) Getting to be a real rarity these days, this uber-cheesy slasher flick was one of the first SOV splatter flicks and was directed by David A. Pryor who went on to have quite a career in low rent action fare. A young boy is abused by his mother and locked in a closet while she gets jiggy with her man of the hour. He don't take to kindly to it and smashes their brains out with a 20 lb. sledge. Years later a group of college "kids" (one is about 35) decide to party down at this same house only to be picked off one by one. [B] |
Society: (1992) Uncut import print of Brian Yuzna's uneven but FX packed flick about the truth about why snobby rich fucks are snobby rich fucks. They just ain't like us. This version includes extra footage that was cut from the so-called uncut, 99 minute US cassette. In English with Japanese subtitles. [B] |
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The Spell: (1977) Back when TV movies were great little cash-ins on the latest box-office exploitation fare, we got cool little horror gems like this one. Barbara Bostock, a child actress who went on to disappear from the face of the earth, stars as a creepy-ass 15-year-old who falls into a coven of witches to get revenge on the kids who tease her for being fat… and creepy. But she decides not to stop there and tries to kill her father and sister (14-year-old Helen Hunt!), and succeeds in killing a few others before mom (Lee Grant) steps in with the help of a parapsychologist. Slow to start, but once it gets rolling, this is damn creepy and sports some very cool make-up effects for the time. [B] |
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Spider Labyrinth: (1988) Well made, often surreal and bloody Italian horror film about a secret sect who's members kill anyone who comes in contact with an artifact that is inscribed with the names of their Elder Gods. To say anymore would give away the surprises. Sergio Stivaletti provides the cool FX. Recommended viewing for Italian horror fans. [B] |
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The Stone Tape: (1972) Very cool British made-for-TV ghost story directed by Hammer alumnus Peter Sasdy! When a group of electronics researchers are moved into an old mansion, they find that there is one room that the workers won’t go near and the local speak of in hushed tones. There is something in the room, something in the stone walls. Something evil. Written by Nigel Kneale of Quartermass fame, this nifty chiller was only broadcast twice on the BBC, once in ’72 and once in ’73. [B] |
Street Trash: (1987) Excellent, uncut print of Jim Muro's great melting flesh flick about an old crate of Ten-afly Viper that is unearthed in a skid-row liquor store. When imbibed, the stuff causes folks to melt, splatter and explode! This print runs 10 minutes longer than the unrated (and long out of print) VHS release and includes the original trailer. [B, 18+] |
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Supernatural: (197?) Low-key Spanish chiller about an abused woman who's evil husband is killed in a car accident and torments her from beyond the grave. She seeks some help from some scientists studying auras and finds that she has a link with the dead that modern physics may be able to defeat. Some interesting and unusual kinda ghost story as only the 70s could produce. In the last 20 minutes of the movie there is some damage to the master resulting in about 4-5 minutes with a white noise bar interfering with the top of the picture. Widescreen in English with Greek subtitles. [B] |
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Tales From the Crypt: (1972) Uncut print, that is occasionally shown on cable, of this great Amicus anthology based on the EC Comics with the complete "body chopping" scene that is edited in the TV print (that was released on the old Prism Video label. Is nothing sacred?). In good to very good quality. Possibly the best horror anthology ever made. Fair quality. [B] |
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Talos the Mummy: (1999) A.k.a. Tales of the Mummy. Widescreen, uncut print of Russell Mulcahey's cool revisionist mummy flick. This original version includes 32 minutes of extra footage that was hacked from the US release! In 1928 an archeological expedition (headed up by Christopher Lee) finds the entrance to the tomb of the evil Talos, an exiled Greek who started a satanic cult and was killed for it. Now in modern day, the tomb has been rediscovered and the shroud of Talos is setting about retrieving it's organs from the violators of his tomb. Cool stuff with some nifty mummy FX by KNB and stylish attack scenes. [B] |
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Terror Express: (1980) George Eastman took time out from his entrail-eating duties in Joe d' Amato films to pen this low-rent knock-off of Last House on the Left. When three deranged thugs, lead by the ever nutty Werner Pochath, manage to take control of a train car, all of the assorted and definitely sordid passengers are their pawns in a sadistic game of hedonism. Head-games, rape and brutality are the order of the day and with a heavy emphasis on the full-frontal nudity and rough soft-core sex. Widescreen in English with Dutch subtitles. [B, 18+] |
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The Terror of Dr. Hichcock: (1962) One of the best of the gothic horror / necrophilia subgenre from Italian maestro Ricardo Freda, starring Barbara Steele. In the late 1800s a brilliant surgeon perfects a serum that serves a double purpose: a cutting-edge surgical anesthetic and an injection that makes his lovely wife appear dead, so that he can pretend to be having sex with a cadaver. After accidentally killing her with an overdose and spending a 12 years out of town, he returns with a new bride who is certain that the ghost of the previous wife is haunting her. What she doesn't realize is that what is happening is far more sinister. |
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Three on a Meat-Hook: (1972) Early slasher horror that's getting to be a real obscurity these days. Very loosely based on the story of real-life nutbar Ed Gein, this bit of drive-in trash tells the tale of a farmboy who lives with his drunken father and apparently has nasty episodes when chicks are around. He blacks out and slaughters them with anything handy. Plenty of cheesy gore, bad acting and gratuitous nudity are on display here. [B] |
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Till Death Do We Scare: (1982) Rare English subtitled print of this HK ghost/monster comedy with FX by Tom Savini. Sort of a precursor to Beetlejuice about a beautiful woman who's hyper-prospective husbands keep dying off in weird accidental ways and come back as ghosts to try and help her out. Lots of cartoonish monsters and demises. [B] |
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To All a Good Night: (1980) David Hess (yep, the same brillo haired psycho you know and love) made his directorial debut with this downright bizarre slasher flick that transcends bad. Ol' Hess must have been blazing on controlled substances when he made this flick, because while it follows the formula of the ol' Santa stalk n' slash, the college co-eds do and say some seriously odd stuff: a couple of co-eds are getting ready to bone-down and the foreplay includes the girl dancing around the bed in a leotard with a tray of hors d'oeuvres! Some good gore FX courtesy of a young Mark Shostrum, but the real attraction is the surreal heights of badness that only a drug-addled first timer could create. Hess' mother actually has a small role and in the credits her character is listed as a Mr. Ronsoni. In English with Dutch subs. [B] |
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The Toxic Avenger Part II: (1989) Complete and uncut print with all of the over-the-top gore FX that was cut from the bloodless R-rated version and the so-called Director's Cut re-issue (what a joke!). Ol' Toxie is on a quest to find his long lost father, but for some reason everyone wants to kill him - even the UPS guy (who is disemboweled and dismembered in spectacular fashion). Boasts the goriest knifing I've ever seen, in addition to wheelchair disembowelment, limbs ripped off, brains punched out, etc. [B, 18+] |
Vault of Horror: (1973) Uncut import version of this cool sequel to Tales From the Crypt has all of the extra grue (like the blood spigot in the vampire segment) that's missing from the practically unobtainable US cassette and, naturally the TV print. Stars Tom Baker, Terry-Thomas, Denholm Elliot, etc. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. [B] |
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Videodrome: (1983) This composite version of this surreal techno-gore classic contains extra and alternate footage found in rare cable broadcasts expertly edited into the unrated release print. David Cronenbergs underrated, wild, twisted tale of of a cable TV operator looking of the hot, new thing in hard-core, adult thrills and finds it with a strange broadcast of actual snuff footage. James Woods and Debbie Harry star along side Rob Bottins stunning gore FX. [B, 18+] |
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Violent Shit: (1989) While not the first SOV gore flick by any stretch, this is still the daddy of the SOV splatter craze that brought everyone with a video camera and stage blood out of their houses to make their own horror movie (many of whom were in Ohio, for some reason). This is Andreas Schnass' no holds barred, ultra low budget, uber-splatter flick about an abused child who grows up to be a marauding hick with a huge meatcleaver. Out of nowhere, he goes on a day long killing spree decapitating, dismembering and disemboweling. One guy is literally cut to pieces with a hedge trimmer, another is castrated, a girl is filleted by having a knife stuck up her exposed crotch and pulled up to her sternum - all in graphic detail. Completely lacking in anything other than bad taste and gore. Widescreen in German with English subs. [18+, B] |
Violent Shit 2: (1992) Excessively gory German SOV flick has enough spurting blood, severed limbs and heads, disembowelings, etc to satisfy even the most hardened gruemonger. This flick is so twisted, in fact, it includes a scene in which a killer takes an industrial staple gun and staples a girls vagina shut! In German, but easy to follow due to the total lack of plot. Letterboxed (as a joke, I'm told). [18+] |
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Violent Shit III, The Infantry of Doom: (1999) Finally, after many years in the works, this is the final chapter in German goremeister Andreas Schnass' trilogy of Karl the Butcher. Karl, now horribly scarred, leads a legion of brainwashed butchers that slaughter everyone that wanders on to his island. A group of Asian mercs descend upon the clan for revenge from the past and manage to gut (literally) the Infantry of Doom (and some zombies, ninjas and a master of the flying guillotine along the way). Lots of extreme gore on display, with beheadings, limb-chopping and disembowelments being the light stuff. A VJ "Holy Shit!" award goes to a scene in which a schmuck's spine is ripped out of his back with a steel hook! The very graphic gore and full-frontal nudity might even keep you from noticing that it's SOV. Widescreen in German with English subtitles. [B, 18+] |
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The Viy: (1967) A.k.a. Vij, BNN. Classic milestone of horror cinema from Russia that is often cited as inspiration for Mario Bava’s sumptuous gothic chillers. When a young priest finds himself in the company of a witch, he rashly beats her to the brink of death where upon she turns into a beautiful girl. Upon returning to the church he is forced to go to the estate of a wealthy lord, who’s daughter is dying. The daughter turns out to be the witch and this is where the horror begins! Forced to spend three nights locked in a chapel with the witch, he must survive all of the horrors she throws at him, including a wide array of monsters that for the most part still look really cool some 35 years later! Great sets, lighting and use of color and special effects, this is a gem that is a must see for fans of ’60s horror. Includes a trailer and three cool Russian silent shorts. In Russian with English subtitles (or, if you ask for it, dubbed in English with no subs). [B] |
The Washing Machine: (1993) Widescreen print of Ruggero Deodato's cool, sleazy little giallo gem about a trio of sisters who may have butchered a man and stuffed him in a washing machine. A cop starts to investigate and gets caught up in their perverted world of sex and violence. Plenty of plot twists, nudity, sleaze and surprises add up to a great flick from a director who's got more up his sleeve than cannibals. Claudio Simonetti provides a classic giallo score. [B, 18+] |
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Welcome to Arrow Beach: (1973) A.k.a. Tender Flesh, And No-One Would Believe Her. Original uncut version of Laurence Harvey's final film, a creepy little chiller which he not only starred in, but directed. When a teen-age runaway (played by a young Meg Foster) ends up in a little California town called Arrow Beach, she meets up with a war vet (Harvey) who lives with his sister. Little does she know this mild-mannered photographer is a blood-thirsty cannibal who butchers stray women in his basement. Stuart Whitman also stars as the local deputy sheriff and Foster actually has a couple of nude scenes. Barely released in theaters in '73 and then reissued in '76 minus 15 minutes of footage as Tender Flesh. Never released on video in the US in it's uncut form. In English with Dutch subs. [B] |
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Who Can Kill a Child?: (1975) Excellent, obscure Spanish horror gem that lives up to its reputation as a taut thriller that pulls no punches. An English couple decide to vacation on a small island off the coast of Spain that the husband has been to 12 years ago. Once on the secluded island, they find that the island is deserted except for a group of strange children. Finally they realize that the children have murdered every adult on the island and they're next, unless they kill the children and escape. Very well done, with some quite chilling moments and a grim, grisly approach to a subject that has been treated lightly before (Village of the Damned). Presented here under the title of Island of Death, it is missing the stock footage of dead children over the opening credits and some minor opening dialogue. Highly recommended. |
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Wild Beasts: (1985) Import version of this great Franco E. Prosperi animal rampage outing. When a city water supply is contaminated with PCP the first to feel the effects are the inhabitants at the local zoo. Before you know it there are flesh eating rats, hyperactive cheetahs, head squishing elephants and all sorts of animals goin' nutzoid! Not only is it nice n' gory, but it has some of the oddest telephone conversations I've ever heard and it's just plain cool. This version is rumored to have some extra bits, but I didn't notice any thing extra for what it's worth. In English with Dutch subs. [B] |
Witchfinder General: (1968) A.k.a. The Conqueror Worm. Uncut, original version of this Vincent Price classic with the original score intact! Price stars as an inquisitor for the church at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. While roaming the English countryside in search of the Devil's work with his cutthroat assistant he puts a priest to death and has sex with his daughter who happens to be married to a soldier in Crommwell's army. When the soldier finds out about the Witchfinder, it's blood he's after, and blood he gets. A great film presented here intact and letterboxed at about 1.40:1 [B] |
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The Witchmaker: (1969) Letterboxed, uncut print of this drive-in back-woods witchcraft exploitationer produced by L.Q. Jones. A Satanic practitioner of black magic spends his days wandering the forests looking for nubile, young sun-bathing babes to string-up and slit-open like hogs. One of 'em turns out to be related to be a sensitive and related to a witch and he takes a yen to her and uses black magic to get her to join his coven. This one seems to have attained a cult status somehow, but reminds me an awful lot of something that would run on Movies 'till Dawn way back when. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B] |
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Without Warning: (1980) A.k.a. It Came Without Warning, The Warning. Great little horror obscurity about a group of teens (one of whom is a very young and unknown David Caruso) who go down to a lake at which several people have died already (including Cameron Mitchell and Larry Storch) via small flying, toothy parasites. After alerting a bar-full of locals (including Jack Palance, Neville Brand and Martin Landau) to the plight, they start finding out first hand about the creature invasion. Quite a bit better than it sounds with excellent acting, cool gore FX and a really well written script. [B] |
Zombie '90, Extreme Pestilence: (1990) Hyper-gory, uber-cheesy SOV zombie flick from the Violent Shit guys with some seriously over the top splatter (witness a castration by garden shears, vaginal knifing, a ravenous zombie tears a baby in half, etc.). Hilarious dubbing by a couple of the producers friends make this one vastly entertaining with a short-case of yer fave suds. I'd give ya a plot synopsis, but, uh, there really isn't one to speak of: a doctor discovers zombies, execute cheesy, extreme gore and bad acting. Funny as hell though. Includes a rather lengthy outtakes reel with lots of screw-ups and some deleted footage, a video of the video premier at some tiny German shithole cinema and trailers for all three of the Violent Shit flicks! Classic crapola. [B, 18+] |
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