A great and very well made historical horror drama
about dark times in 1680's England about rebellion
and witchhunt performed by Judge George Jeffrey.
Permeated with gloom, doom and evil this is one
of Jess best films and Christopher Lee is fantastic

Night of the Blood Monster / The Bloody Judge (El Juez Sangriento)

Direction: Jesús Franco, production: Spain-Italy-West Germany 1970

Cast: Christopher Lee, Maria Rohm, Leo Genn, Howard Vernon
4K UHD & Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
US Blue Underground 4K UHD 2024 and bluray 2 disc edition

Brilliant Belgian et. al. Art Horror with tons of
atmosphere, and with a hypnotic Delphine
Seyrig as the Countess Elizabeth Bathory.
Beautifully shot in an off-season Ostende

Gothic horror with a re-play in the Castle of Ectoplasm
A Lord makes a bet with a cocky american that he
wouldn't dare to stay one night at his haunted
mansion. Klaus Kinski plays Edgar Allan Poe and
Michele Mercier plays beautiful Elisabeth Blackwood

Nella Stretta morsa del ragno (Web of the Spider)

Direction: Antonio Margheriti, prod : Italy-France-Germany 1971

Cast: Anthony Franciosa, Michele Mercier, Klaus Kinski
Blu-ray in english audio (italian with german subs only), region all
German bluray edition

Mario Bava's last film ! La Venere d 'ille from RAI
TV 1981 anthology horror "I giochi del diavolo"
(The Devil's Game) co-directed with son Lamberto.
Also with the great "L'uomo della sabba" (The
Sandman) by always entertaining Giulio Questi

La Venere d 'Ille (The Venus of Ille) Episode 2 - The Devil's Game

Direction, co-script: Mario and Lamberto Bava, prod : Italy 1979 - 81

Cast: Daria Nicolodi, Marc Porel episode 2; ep.1 Donato Placido
Blu-ray in italian audio with english subtitles, region all
US Severin 2 disc bluray 2022 edition

Low budget crappy slasher with little gore and
dull murders out of camera. But with a somewhat
cool ending. Seven youths is surprised by darkness
approaching and seeks refuge in a seemingly
abandoned creepy old house

Deadly Manor (Savage Lust)

Direction and script: José Ramón Larraz, prod: US-Spain 1989

Cast: Jennifer Delora, Clark Tufts, Greg Rhodes
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
US Arrow Video bluray edition

Neo-Gothic bodycount Lovecraftian horror with
nudity, gore and solid special effects.
Great ending with a glimpse at the Old One's in the
pretty good re-make of Stuart Gordon's 1995 film.
Stuart Gordon 1947-2020 R.I.P. Barbara Crampton
co-produced the movie

Castle Freak

Direction: Tate Steinsiek, production: US 2020

Cast: Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz, Emily Sweet
DVD in english audio with swedish subtitles, region 2
Swedish Njuta Films 2021 DVD edition

B-grade horror shot in Greece and co-scripted with
Nico Mastorakis. The creature do look crappy but
the Greek island location was gorgeous and with
atmosphere and Deborah Shelton's green eyes ....
(I have a soft spot for her since 1984 Body Double)

Blood Tide

Direction, co-script: Richard Jefferies, prod: UK-Greece 1980-1982

Cast: James Earl Jones, Mary Louise Weller, Deborah Shelton
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region A stated
US Arrow Video bluray edition

Violent, stylish Crime Thriller and Slasher (and De
Palma's Giallo if these were made also in the US)
about Bobby the Trans killer with black gloves
and a razor. Visual mastery from De Palma in the
Museum and the Elevator scene

Dressed to Kill (4K UHD)

Direction and script: Brian De Palma, production: 1980

Cast: Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Angie Dickinson
4K UHD and Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region all/A
US Kino Lorber 4K UHD and bluray 2 disc edition

Fun classic 1980's comedy horror duo produced by Dario
Argento that became a huge hit among genre fans and
young Asia Argento's film debut. Welcome to the Demon
Apocalypse. Nice bluray edition with a lot of extras

Demons 1 & 2

Direction, co-script: Lamberto Bava, production: Italy 1985-1986

Cast: Urbano Barberini, Geretta Geretta/Asia Argento, David Knight
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region A
US Synapse Films 2021 bluray 2 disc special limited edition

Fun but trashy late 80's B Horror about the Demon
Lilith coming alive in beautiful German actress Isa Jank.
Bad but entertaining and rendered a measly 4.4 on
IMDB as people prefer watching CGI superheroes or
bloody hobbits and farting dwarfs vs CGI orchs

Night Angel (Die Hure des Satans)

Direction: Dominique Othenin-Girard, Production: US 1989

Cast: Isa Jank Andersen, Linden Ashby, Debra Feuer, Karen Black
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
German Park Circus-MGM bluray 2021 edition

Newly wed Manuel lives with his wife Altair in their
country house and he films her when she's slowly
slipping into madness. An original take on the found
footage genre by Méxican director Dryere and with a
great atmospherical soundtrack by Enrico Chapela

1974: La Posesión de Altair

Direction, script, co-edit: Victor Dryere, procuction: México 2016

Cast: Diana Bovio, Rolando Breme, Gillermo Callahan
Blu-ray in spanish audio with english subtitles, region all
US Cauldron 2021 bluray and extra soundtrack CD edition

Yes, it's a mainstream production and made by the Hit
mainstream horror director James Wan, but i liked it.
Very entertaining and snappy Bizarro Seattle Slasher
with a Wild conclusion and a great creature effect.
Delightfully unhinged also as a 70's-80's horror could be

Malignant

Direction and co-script: James Wan, production: USA 2021

Cast: Annabelle Wallis,George Young, Maddie Hasson
Blu-ray in english audio with swedish subtitles, region B
Nordic WB bluray edition

Fun trashy late teenage slasher comedy with future
star Brad Pitt as Basket jock, Paula his girlfriend, a
busty redhead and ex-mental case Brian. Who's
the serial killer at Highschool? Murder in a Zerox
machine, in an oven etc. Generic but OK

Cutting Class

Direction: Rospo Pallenberg, production: US 1988

Cast: Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch
Blu-ray in english audio, region all or B
German Digi Dreams Studios 2020 bluray edition

Very obscure but very good Canadian action thriller
and drama. Meet Fred, the despicable perp leaving
his wife to die after a car crash, putting the blame on
an innocent passer-by and killing a helpful farmer.
Dominic Hogan is great and annoying as the bad guy

Sudden Fury (Dirty Fred)

Direction and script: Brian Damude, production: Canada 1975

Cast: Dominic Hogan, Gay Rowan, Dan Hennessey
DVD in english audio, region 2
German Cargo Records DVD edition

Sleazy thriller with lots of nudity and softcore sex
when a trio of desperados harass the passengers of
a night-train, and especially the blondes i.a. Zora Kerova.
Resembles the 1975 "Night Train Murders" a bit

Terror Express (La ragazza del vegone letto)

Direction: Fernando Baldi, production: Italy 1980

Cast: Silvia Dionisio, Zora Kerova, Paul Werner
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
US Code Red Dark Force Entertainment bluray edition

Generic B-grade Slasher with a lot of murders where
Sorority newbie girl Kelly will have to stay overnight
in a big wharehouse with her friends and a maniac
has escaped from an aylum killing them off

The Initiation

Direction: Larry Stewart, production: US 1984

Cast: Daphne Zuniga, James Read, Vera Miles
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish bluray edition

A very atmospherical Finnish horror about a joint
swedish/finnish and russian commission in 1595
trying to draw the new border lines in the karelian
swamps and finding a village not marked on the maps.
With a great start but with a (for me) confusing ending

Evil Rising (Sauna)

Direction: AJ Annila, production: Finland 2008

Cast: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko
DVD in finnish and russian audio with english subtitles, region 2
UK Matchbox DVD edition

Welcome to Camp Stonewater and the Summer
Camp Massacre. Cropsy's revenge when the
hedge cutter man strikes in a classic slasher with
some fantastic brutal special effects made by Tom
Savini on a low budget. Jason Alexander survives.

The Burning

Direction: Tony Maylam, production: US 1980

Cast: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Jason Alexander
Blu-ray in english audio with swedish subtitles, region B
Swedish Studio S bluray edition

A fairytale-like magic horror where a young male
hippie on a motorbike ride is taken in by three
beautiful women living in a house in the woods,
and they seem to appear and disappear by will.
Lovelock is good and sings the awful theme song

Queens of Evil (Il Delitto del Diavolo / La Régine)

Direction, co-script:Tonino Cervi, production: Italy-France 1970

Cast: Raymond Lovelock, Ida Galli, Silvia Monti, Haydée Politoff
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region A
US Mondo Macabro 2020 bluray edition

A Collection of Zombie and a revisit of his films
and they still stink. The awful House of 1000 corpses,
the Torture porn "The Devil's Rejects" and "3 From
Hell (I haven't seen it yet. A fine musician he made
crappy but enthusiastic films, let's give him that

Rob Zombie Trilogy: House of 1000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects
and 3 From Hell

Direction and script: Rob Zombie, production: US 2003/2005/2019
Cast: Sid Haig, Sheri Moon, Bill Moseley
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region A
US Lion's Gate 3 disc bluray edition

Good atmospheric jumpscare creature-ghost horror
with fine acting and a creepy ambient soundtrack
when russian youngsters summons an evil apparition
from the other side of the mirror. Mirrors are Scary.
With a sequel in 2019 this could be a film franchise

The Queen of Spades: The Black Rite (Pikovaya dama:
Chyornyy obryad)

Direction: Svyatoslov Podgayevskiy, Production: 2015
Cast: Alina Babak, Igor Khripunov, Vladimir Seleznyov
DVD in russian audio with english subtitles, region 2
UK High Fliers Films DVD edition

Spanish minor masterpiece of horror bursting with
atmosphere and sexual repression in a village where
Two middle-aged bigotted sisters runs a tavern and
murder their female tourist guests. Batista and Roy
are sensational, just amazing.
From the Spanish Golden Era of film, the 1970's

A Candle For The Devil (Una Vela para del Diablo / Nightmare
Hotel/ It Happened at Nightmare Inn)

Direction and co-script: Eugenio Martin, production: Spain 1973

Cast: Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy, Judy Geeson
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
UK OEG Classic Movies bluray edition

Depressing and disturbing artmovie drama horror
about a deceptively normal looking man working
in a slaughterhouse and planning to marry his GF.
But after accidentally killing a taxi driver he goes
on a killing spree. The censors in Spain went nuts

La Semana del Asesino (Cannibal Man)

Direction and co-script: Eloy de la Iglesia, production: Spain 1973

Cast: Vicente Parra, Eusebio Poncela, Emma Cohen, Vicky Lagos
Blu-ray in english with some spanish audio with subtitles, region all
Spanish Divisa Home Video bluray edition

Great B-grade splatter slasher in the House of Ecto-
plasm with the Living Dead. Surprisingly Fun and
toying with genre conventions. A group of seven
plan to renovate an old dilapidated looking house
in the woods and find an old lady roaming around

The House on Tombstone Hill (The Dead Come Home)

Direction, script and co-production: James Riffel, US 1988

Cast: Mark Zobian, John Dayton Cerna, Dougls F. Gibson
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
US Vinegar Syndrome blu-ray and DVD 2 disc combo edition

Said to be the last great Waldemar Daninsky film
by Molina and this spain-japan co-production looks
beautiful, when Waldemar travels to 16th century
Japan to seek help for his werewolf problem

The Beast and the Magic Sword (La Bestia y la Espada Mágica)

Direction, story, script: Jacinto Molina, production: Spain-Japan 1983

Cast: Paul Naschy, Sigheru Amachi, Beatríz Escudero
Blu-ray in spanish audio with english subtitles, region all
US Mondo Macabro 2019 blu-ray edition

The Fulci Horror Masterpiece about an old hotel in
Louisiana situated above the Gate of Hell.
A feverish nightmare and atmospherical as Hell
with an unforgettable and haunting ending scene

The Beyond (E Tu vivrai nel terrore! L'Aldila)

Direction and co-script: Lucio Fulci, production: Italy 1981

Cast: David Warbeck, Catriona MacColl, Cinzia Monreale
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish blu-ray edition

Atmospherically shot low budget gothic horror
with gorgeous colors from horror maestro Bava.
A woodenly acting Giacomo Rossi Stuart has to
perform an autopsy in a superstitious village in
fear of a murderous ghost child

Operazione Paura (Kill, Baby ... Kill!)

Direction and co-script: Mario Bava, production: Italy 1966

Cast: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali
DVD - R in english audio, region all
Spanish DVD-R edition

Forgotten Italian low-budget B horror about a mad
scuba diver popping up from the canals of Venice to
abduct women to his catacomb lair for embalming.
Pretty bad but with some cool atmosphere with the
canals and the catacombs. Like an Italian Krimi film

Il Mostro di Venezia (The Embalmer / The Monster of Venice)

Direction, co-story, co-script: Dino Tavella, production: Italy 1965

Cast: Luigi Martocci, Anita Todesco, Maureen Lidgard Brown
DVD in italian audio without english subtitles, b&w, region all
Italian Sinister Film 2019 DVD edition

A strange Sci Fi Horror about a revolting computer
wanting to have a child with beautiful Julie Christie.
A horny computer bad guy and a bonkers mix of
1969 "Colossus" and 1984 "Electric Dreams".
The AI super computer Proteus is the bad guy

Demon Seed

Direction: Donald Cammell, production: US 1977

Cast: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish blu-ray edition

A decently acted and nicely shot at Tybee Island,
Georgia film but unfortunately not a very good
Slasher. Two couples in their early middle-ages
goes on a vacation to a deserted island, and someone
starts picking them off, one by one

The Slayer (El Asesino de la Isla)

Direction and co-script: J. S. Cardone, production: US 1981

Cast: Sarah Kendall, Frederik Flynn, Carol Kottenbrook
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish blu-ray edition

A well made and suspenseful 1979 horror thriller
with a late entertaining crime mystery sequel in 1993.
Carol Kane is Jill Johnson, the Babysitter, in a
classic and genuinely scary opening scene that
was much talked about and hard to forget

When a Stranger Calls (1979) / When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)

Direction and co-script: Fred Walton, production: US 1979 - 1993

Cast: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish blu-ray edition

Spanish British horror classic and one of the best
of the 1970's. At the beginning of the 20th century a
frozen creature is found in China and then taken on
board of the Transiberian Express. It wakes up and
starts to kill the passengers. Very entertaining

Horror Express (Pánico en el Transiberio)

Direction and story: Eugenio Martín, production: Spain-UK 1972

Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Video 2019 bluray edition

A brilliant, arty and ambitious Spanish psycho horror
tale of revenge, insanity and dread, atmospherical and
depressing from a young talented director who fell from
a bell tower and died during the last day of shooting

La Campana del infierno (A Bell from Hell/The Bells)

Direction: Claudio Guerín Hill, production: Spain-France 1973

Cast: Reynaud Verley, Viveca Lindfors, Maribel Martin
DVD in english audio (or in spanish without subs), region all
Spanish DVD edition

Lots and lots of blood and well made gore in a
pretty entertaining B slasher where almost everyone
is murdered. Filmed in Jacksonville, Florida.
Louise Lasser as the hysterical mom is fun

Blood Rage (Slasher/Nightmare at Shadow Woods)

Direction: John m. Grissmer, production: 1983-1984

Cast: Mark Soper, Louise Lasser, Julie Gordon
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
UK Arrow Video blu-ray and DVD 2 disc combo edition

Smart slasher horror about a film within a film within ....
A crazed eye surgeon goes on a murder rampage with
the help of his creepy dwarf mother. But relax, it's only
a film ... Not! A crazed killer is watching the film too.
A Chinese Box plot and 1st time on Bluray says sleeve

Anguish (Angustia)

Direction & script: José Juan Bigas Luna, production: Spain 1987

Cast: Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Clara Pastor
Blu-ray in english audio with german subtitles, region B
German Sunfilm Entertainment bluray edition

Very low-budgeted slasher with most of the violence
taking place out of camera, but with some make-up
effects and an interesting setting and story. Also,
with surprisingly good acting and without annoying
teenagers. Filmed in Louisiana in 1983 and 1986

Mountaintop Massacre

Direction and co-production: Jim McCullough 1983-1986

Cast: Will Mitchell, Major Brock, Anna Chappell
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 2
UK 88 Films DVD edition

Obscure but interestingly odd horror-thriller directed
by fellow swede Gunnar Hellström, filmed in Arizona
and with great photo from master Vilmos Zsigmond.
A drifter is taken in by a family of 4 strange women
living in a deserted mining town

The Name of the Game is Kill (Lover's in Limbo/The Female Trap/
Das Rasthaus der teuflichen schwestern/Ihr Spiel heist töten)

Direction: Gunnar Hellström, production: USA 1968
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Jack Lord, Collin Wilcox, T. C. Jones
DVD in english audio, region all
German Motion Picture 2 disc DVD numbered edition

Art drama and witchcraft horror mystery with a great
Béatrice Dalle in a dual role. Ambitious and maybe a
bit to arty with bad acting (not Dalle, she's fine) and
stilted dialogue. Impossible to find in a regular release
and here seen in an alternative market DVD

The Witches Sabbath (La Visione del Sabba)

Direction, script, edit: Marco Bellocchio, prod: Italy-France 1988

Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow, Corinne Touzet
DVD in english audio, region all
US DVD edition

A low-budgeted slasher with most of the gore
taking place out of camera, and with a nasty killer
dressed all in black. The best thing though must
be the beautiful Rachel Ward as Eleanor Adjai

Night School (Terror Eyes)

Direction: Ken Hughes, production: 1981

Cast: Rachel Ward, Leonard Mann, Drew Snyder
DVD in english audio, region all
Spanish DVD edition

Bad acting, atrocious script, directing and bad CGI
but OK looking and fun to watch as a B movie wreck.
Dracula lives in the small city of Passburg, he's a
shape-shifter and Miriam Giovanelli has lovely boobs.
Nice photo from Tovoli and ST by Claudio Simonetti

Argento's Dracula

Direction and co-script: Dario Argento, production: Italy 2012

Cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Asia Argento
DVD in english audio, region 2
UK Altitude Films 2014 DVD edition

Visually poetic and dreamlike and one of the
iconic films in the horror genre. The Magnum
Opus of the Crazed Surgeon horror sub-genre.
Edith Scob gives a gripping and haunting
performance as the young woman without a face

Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face)

Direction: Georges Franju, production: France 1959

Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob, Juliette Mayniel
Blu-ray in french audio with english subtitles, b&w, region B
UK BFI (British Film Institute) bluray and DVD combo edition

A pretty good psychological horror and B version
of Cat People. Barbara Shelley is fine as Leonora, a
woman obsessed with a family curse and who
thinks she can transform into a big killer cat

Cat Girl (The Cat Woman)

Direction: Alfred Shaughnessy, production: UK 1957

Cast: Barbara Shelley, Robert Ayres, Ernest Milton
DVD in english audio, region 2
UK Network DVD edition

Visually groundbreaking Gothic horror masterpiece,
and maybe the model for the Giallo crime genre,
with a killer hunting mute Helen wearing his black
gloves, black coat and hat. Great Stuff
Dorothy McGuire is very good

The Spiral Staircase

Direction: Robert Siodmak, production: 1946

Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Rhonda Fleming
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, b&w, region A
US Kino Lorber 2018 bluray edition

Great and funny lowbudget Canadian sci fi horror
with a laughable creature but with a pulse to it.
Done tongue-in-cheek but i liked it a lot as it had
a smittening enthusiasm. 100 times better than any
Hollywood crap sci fi action movie. Very obscure

The Brain (Das Gehirn)

Direction: Edward Hunt, production: Canada 1988

Cast: Tom Breznahan, Cyndy Preston, David Gale
DVD in english audio, region 2
German Mr. Banker Films DVD edition

Very weird and obscure Grindhouse trash with a
surreal and oppressive atmosphere of insanity.
Like a lost Ed Wood, Jr. horror with it's transgender
theme and Incredibly Strange Film suits as a label

Miss Leslie's Dolls

Direction & script: Joseph G. Prieto, production: 1973

Cast: Salvador Ugarte, Terry Juston, Marcelle Bichette
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
UK Network Distributing Limited 2018 bluray edition

A surprisingly well made British satanic horror with
a fine 17th century period atmosphere, if a bit slow.
The growing powers of a demon, worshipped by the
youngsters of a country village, causes Evil things
to happen. Linda Hayden was fine as the bad girl

The Blood on Satan's Claw (Satan's Skin)

Direction: Piers Haggard, production: UK 1970

Cast: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
UK Odeon Entertainment bluray edition

Gloomy, depressing and disturbing and this must be
the scariest film from the Canadian master, and one of
his best. A wintry cold psycho horror-drama with
Psychoplasmic therapy and yucky childlike killers
with fine actors, Cindy Hinds as the child is excellent

The Brood

Direction and script: David Cronenberg, production: Canada 1979

Cast: Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Art Hindle
Blu-ray in english audio with swedish subtitles, region B
Swedish Studio S bluray edition

Fun and trashy horror hit with Marilyn Chambers
spreading a rabies type of zombie virus in Ontario.
Bad acting en masse but Chambers is pretty good.
Remember seing it in a cinema as a teenager and i
think it did well in Stockholm, all my friends saw it

Rabid

Direction and script: David Cronenberg, production: 1977

Cast: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver
Blu-ray in english audio with swedish subtitles, region B
Swedish Studio S bluray edition

Slickly made retro-slasher with some fine gore and
decent acting from the beautiful but deadly duo.
Great pace all through and some social satire too.
Funny if you don't mind nasty gore and torture porn
and unstoppable killer schoolgirls. Black comedy

Tragedy Girls

Direction & co-script: Tyler MacIntyre, production: 2017

Cast: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid
Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region all
US Gunpowder & Sky bluray edition

Visually gorgeous, slick, atmospherical horror-thriller
and some sort of a Norwegian Carrie. University girl
Thelma carries a dark secret, her hidden ESP telekinetic
powers. A troubled childhood, an oppressive father
and then a sudden romance may light the fuse

Thelma

Direction & Co-script: Joachim Trier, production: 2017

Cast: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelson
Blu-ray in norwegian audio with english subs, region B
UK Thunderbird Releasing bluray edition

Great suspenseful drama-thriller or social NY drama
turning horror. A moneyless immigrant woman gets
involved in dangerous games to earn some dough.
Danger lurks under the surface and arachnophobiacs
beware. Hailed debut feature from talented Asensio

Most Beautiful Island

Direction, script & co-production: Ana Asensio 2017

Cast: Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, Caprice Benedetti
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
UK Bulldog Film Distribution 2018 bluray edition

Ha, ha, ha .... This is the way to make a great indie.
Wild, funny, smart and very entertaining all the way.
A great script and fine acting makes this horror-comedy
work. AnneLynne McCord is smoking hot but so nasty,
and Gubler is great as the naive looser boyfriend Chip

68 Kill

Direction & script: Trent Haaga, production: 2017

Cast: Matthew Gray Gubler, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
German MFA Distribution 2017 bluray edition

Fine intense psycho-horror about an artist and
his family who moves into the wrong house.
Pruitt Taylor Vince is disturbing as mental case
Ray. Aussie director Sean Byrne gave us the
outstanding The Loved Ones in 2009

The Devil's Candy

Direction & script: Sean Byrne, production: 2015

Cast: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region A
US Shout! Factory 2017 bluray edition

An obscure but well acted B psycho thriller or slasher
about a photographer with nasty dreams where he kills
his models. Then they turn up dead for real.
Really a US Giallo, if these could've been made in the
US, and they couldn't. Commentary track by director

Double Exposure

Direction: William Byron Hillman, production: 1982

Cast: Michael Callan, James Stacy, Joanna Pettet
Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region all
US Vinegar Syndrome 2017 bluray and DVD combo edition

Another Jess Franco effort about Judge Jeffreys, the
Witchfinder General and with copious amounts of
nudity, masturbating nuns and the infamous Jess muff
zoom for the Fur lovers. The film supposedly takes place
in 17th century England but are filmed in Portugal

The Demons (Les Démons/Les Démons du Sexe)

Direction, script: Jesús Franco, prod: France-Portugal 1972

Cast: Anne Libert, Britt Nichols, Doris Thomas, Howard Vernon
Blu-ray in french audio with english subtitles, region A
US Kino Lorber Redemption bluray edition

Another a bit trashy but enjoyable slasher due to the
gore quota, the nasty Rottweiler killer dog and the
crisp camerawork. Julia lives in an old house and with
her birthday approaching Mary, her psycho twin sister,
has escaped mental hospital and the killing begin

Madhouse (There was a little girl)

Direction, co-script: Ovidio Assonitis, prod. Italy-USA 1981

Cast: Trish Everly, Dennis Robertson, Allison Biggers
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
UK Arrow Video 2017 bluray and DVD combo edition

Fine atmospheric aussie horror-mystery where a Boeing
747 crashes in Adelaide just after start and only the
pilot survives, walking out of the chaos unscathed.
Nice photo and soundtrack and directed by Deep Red
Hemmings. Based on a novel by James Herbert

The Survivor

Direction: David Hemmings, production: Australia 1981

Cast: RobertPowell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
US Severin 2017 bluray edition

B slasher but surprisingly great for a Trauma production
when 3 women on a college re-union out in the woods
meets Mother and her sons. Trashy but very enjoyable
and a genre cult classic for many incl. director Eli Roth.
Intro and commentary by Charles Kaufman

Mother's Day

Direction & co-script: Charles Kaufman, production: USA 1980

Cast: Beatrice pons, Frederick Coffin, Nancy Hendrickson
Blu-ray in english audio, region all
UK 88 Films bluray edition

Nice Gothic horror TV series from 1890's London and
with a mix of just about everything within the genre,
demons, vampires, werewolf, the Ripper, Frankensteins
monster, Dorian Grey etc. Nice atmospheric photo and
great actors though, i just love the great Eva Green

Penny Dreadful : The Complete First Season

Direction: Misc, production: John Logan US-UK 2014

Cast: Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region ALL
UK Sky Showtime 3 disc bluray edition

Atmospheric Danish drama-creature horror with a
title as beautiful as it's cinematography. A low-key
story about a young woman living in a fishing village
trying to deal with her heritable lycanthropy. Simply
told but effective and Suhl is very good as the Girl

When Animals Dream (Når dyrene drömmer)

Direction: Jonas Alexander Arnby, production: Denmark 2014

Cast: Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Jakob Oftebro
Blu-ray in danish audio with german subtitles, region B
German Prokino bluray edition

A STRANGE surrealistic nightmare and indie-art horror
from the director of The Canal. Quite impressive work
and darkly claustrophobic about poor Pete, dumped by
his girlfriend and opening his door to a friendly and
smiling man. Meet Dave and welcome to a Hell Night

Tin Can Man

Direction, script, edit, photo, co-production: Ivan Kavanaugh 2011

Cast: Patrick O'Donnell, Michael Parle, Christopher Kavanaugh
DVD in english audio, black & white, region free
US Brink Vision 2014 DVD edition

Enjoyably quirky indie horror-thriller where a dying man
pays 1000 USD for a days filming of his video biography.
Aaron travels to the mans mountain cabin and spend a
pleasant day of filming with the joyful man. Actually,
the man is kinda creepy. Ending could've been better

Creep

Direction & co-script: Patrick Brice, production: 2015

Cast: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD edition

The film with a lojal cult following and among the
highest ratings on IMDB for any film, so i've to be
careful. I both liked and not liked it, but admittedly
it has 2 of the scariest scenes ever in Horror Film,
and an overwhelming feeling of darkness and dread

The Exorcist 3: Legion

Direction & script: William Peter Blatty, production: 1990

Cast: George C. Scott, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders
Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region all
German Warner Brothers bluray 2014 edition

Stylish artmovie horror-thriller filmed in black&white
from Swizz director Mathieu Seiler, and with gorgeous
Anna Hausberg as the woman in distress.
Snuff movie makers kidnaps her and she will have to
kill or be killed. Great photo from Oliver Geissler

True Love Ways

Direction & script: Mathieu Seiler, production: Germany 2015

Cast: Anna Hausburg, David C. Bunners, Kai-Michael Müller
Blu-ray in german audio with english subtitles, region B
German Neue Donau Film 2015 bluray edition, black & white

Classic horror-thriller almost a Giallo with astonishing
cinematography of Venice in winter. A Couple tries to
re-set after the death of their daughter, there's a serial
killer on the loose in Venice and a small figure in Red
is running around in the narrow damp alleys

Don't Look Now (Rösten från andra sidan)

Direction: Nicolas Roeg, production: UK-Italy 1973

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Adelina Poerio
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
Universal Nordic 2015 bluray edition

Glorious trashy tale of hysteria and possible
lycantrophy with a great Annik Borel giving it a
100 % effort. Horror and crime, nudity and female
revenge, Lassander and a bewildered inspector

Werewolf Woman (La Lupa Mannara)

Direction & script: Rino De Silvestro, production: Italy 1976

Cast: Annik Borel, Dagmar Lassander, Tino Carraro
Blu-ray in italian or english audio with english subs, region all
US Raro Video blu-ray DVD edition

A Nice haunted house horror and a homage to
Lucio Fulci with a Dr. Freudstein like family in
the cellar. Great acting from middle-age actors
and some delightful Non-CGI effects, thanks!

We Are Still Here

Direction & script: Ted Geoghegan, production: 2014

Cast: Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Dark Sky Films 2015 DVD edition

A Great looking Retro-Slasher with floods of Gore
and lots of Fun. Lovingly made just the right way
and another Canadian Retro-Slasher that manages
to nail that genuine retro look. And with weird
actors as Udo Kier and Paz De La Huerta to gape at

The Editor

Direction & prod: Adam Brooks/Matthew Kennedy: Canada 2014

Cast: Adam Brooks, Paz De La Huerta, Udo Kier
Blu-ray and DVD combo in english audio, region A and region 1
US Scream Factory blu-ray and DVD unrated edition

Absolutely deliriously crazy and disgusting horror
comedy about The Father's Day Killer and the hunt
for the Fuckman. With unmentionable gore scenes
and only for the strong of stomach viewers.
Wilder but more unpolished than Astron's The Editor

Father's Day

Direction & script: Astron 6, production: Canada 2011

Cast: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney
DVD in english audio, region all
US Troma single disc 2012 DVD edition

Wildly crazy Canadian low budget Retro-Slasher
about a psychopath who must kill whenever he
hears disco music. Some problem in the 1970's.
Black humour, Gore and a genuine retro look

Discopath

Direction & script: Renaud Gauthier, production: Canada 2013

Cast: Jeremie Earp Lavergne, Sandrine Bisson, Ingrid Falaise
Blu-ray in french and english audio with english subs, region B
German Mad Dimension bluray edition

Well made and acted horror-thriller with a very
unusual twist which may be provocative to
many, including me. I hated it .... but still, the
film was so taut and intense it deserves praise.
Religious psychosis ends in serial killings

Frailty

Direction: Bill Paxton, production: 2001

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
DVD in english audio with english subs, region ?
US Lion's Gate DVD edition

An uneven but very atmospherical irish psycho-
logical horror-drama where a cuckolded husband
may have been murdering his wife .... or not.
The ectoplasm is thick around an old house and
a small canal in a village

The Canal

Direction & script: Ivan Kavanagh, prod: Ireland-Wales 2014

Cast: Rupert Everett, Kelly Byrne, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Team Marketing unrated DVD edition

Bizarre Canadian hybrid of lowbudget art-horror
and slasher with a cult reputation, here in a Great
Synapse edition. Actresses are dying during a
weekend in a big villa in the woods. Strange B-
movie paranoia, just as we want it

Curtains

Direction: R. Ciupka/Peter R. Simpson, prod: Canada 1982-84

Cast: Samantha Eggar, John Vernon, Linda Thorsson
DVD in english audio with english subs, region 1
US Synapse DVD edition

A fun bottom of the barrell slasher where a
High School murderer (couldn't be anything
else, could it?) is picking off the members of
the school's proud athletic team.
Probably the worlds worst rockband can be
heard in this trashy slasher too, just right

Graduation Day

Direction & co-script, co-production: Herb Freed US 1981

Cast: Patch Mackenzie, Christopher George, Linnea Quigley
Blu-rayin english audio, region all
US Vinegar Syndrome bluray & DVD 2 disc edition

Not bad at all. An original take on the Haunted
house horror with a fun mix of ghost- and
psycho horror. A young woman is returning to
her childhood home where her sister has
mysteriously disappeared

The Pact

Direction & script: Nicholas McCarthy, production: US 2011

Cast: Caity Lotz, Haley Hudson, Casper Van Dien
Blu-ray in english audio , region B
UK Entertainment One bluray edition

A Very original and darkly atmospheric tale of
drama and horror from a muddy trench during
WW1 as something worse than the enemy and
the hell of war is awaiting in a german trench

Deathwatch

Direction: Michael J. Bassett, production: Germany-UK 2002

Cast: Jamie Bell, Laurence Fox, Andy Serkis

streaming video

A Certified Film Masterpiece. Powell's Meta-
horror was a long way ahead of it's time and
flopped heavily in the UK. A Film about film,
about voyeurism. Meet mental case Mark

Peeping Tom

Direction & production: Michael Powell, UK 1960

Cast: Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
UK Optimum Classic bluray edition

Why? Why do you watch a Jess Franco film
like this? Why do I ? Nude women, misogyni
and torture in a jungle WIP.
But, there are a lot of beautiful women in this
film, and in glorious bluray quality

Women in Cellblock 9 (Frauen für Zellenblock 9)

Direction & script: Jess Franco, prod: EC Dietrich, Switzerland 1977

Cast: Karine Gambier, Susan Hemingway, Howard Vernon
Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region free
German Ascot-Elite Home Entertainment bluray edition

Retro Grindhouse Nunsploitation that's
actually quite good. It has pace, it's delight-
fully perverted, bloody and - Funny.
Copious amounts of nudity don't hurt either

Nude Nuns With Big Guns

Direction & script etc. Joseph Guzman, production: 2010

Cast: Asun Ortega, David Castro, Aycil Yeltan
DVD in english and spanish audio with english subs, region 1
US Image Entertainment unrated DVD edition

Shemale Revenge indie psycho-horror with
some decent gore. Something new for the
adventurous - Transploitation about some
Showgirls with stalker problems
read more on your own risk

Ticked -Off Trannies With Knives

Direction & script etc. Israel Luna, production: 2010

Cast: Krystal Summers, Thomas Zembrod, Erica Andrews
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Breaking Glass Pictures unrated DVD edition

A Cool indie slasher with lots of cool and well
made Gore when a Z-grade filmteam is targeted
by a crazed serial killer. The team members are
picked off in violent ways and who's the guilty?

Fright Flick

Direction & script etc. Israel Luna, production: 2008

Cast: Allyn Carrell, Richard Curtin, Jennifer Garner
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Vicious Circle Films unrated 2011 DVD edition

Great cleverly constructed horror on the Slasher
genre conventions about deadly happenings in a
forest, the closed Fox Reservation.
Great Fun and hopefully new talents for the future

Rabies (Kalevet)

Direction & script: A. Keshales/N. Papushado, prod. Israel 2010

Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Ania Bukstein, Danny Geva
DVD in hebrew audio with english subs, region 1 ?
US Image Entertainment DVD edition

A Very talented Fake documentary about a
serial killer and cannibal with cooking as a hobby.
he's sensationally good in the lead role.
This film has won prizes

Long Pigs

Direction: Chris Power & Nathan Hynes, prod. Canada 2007

Cast: Anthony Alviano, Chris Power, Nathan Hynes
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Big Bite Entertainment DVD edition

A forgotten B-ish crime Slasher where the boys
who has flocked around the beautiful Melissa
are dying one after another.
Trashy somewhat awkward attempt but with some
hard to define charm about it. Bo Hoskins is good

Sweet Sixteen - director's cut

Direction & production: Jim Sotos 1982

Cast: Aleisa Shirley, Bo Hopkins, Don Stroud, Susan Strasberg
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Code Red DVD edition

Great Gore effects in a Neo-Slasher where
visitors to a Louisiana swamp are unlucky
to encounter the deformed ax-wielding maniac
Victor Crowley.

Hatchet

Direction: Adam Green, production: 2007

Cast: Joel David Moore, Tamara Feldman, Kane Hodder
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Snappy Hillbilly thriller where some students
out on a camping trip in the forests of
Tenneessee's meets the psychotic local Henry
Silva. One of the best B-movie Bad Guys ever.
Very obscure Grindhouse but a great viewing

Trapped (Baker County, U.S.A)

Direction: William Fruet, production: 1981

Cast: Henry Silva, Barbara Gordon, Nicholas Campbell
DVD in english audio, region all
US Code Red DVD edition

A scandalous Grand Guignol massacre and Fun
when "Savage Streets" meets "Pink Flamingos"
meets "Maniac". Sick Canadian slasher in a
1980's homage that wants to piss of everyone

Gutterballs

Direction & script: Ryan Nicholson, prod: 2008 Canada

Cast: Alastair Gamble, Candice Lewaldh, Danielle Munro
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Danger After Dark TLA Releasing DVD edition

Experimental art indie horror drama thriller something
with a Roadmovie apokalyptic feeling.
An Indie Gem. Atmospheric, and visually told as
through a David Lynch-ean mescaline dream

Circulation

Direction: Ryan Harper, production: 2008

Cast: Yvonne De La Rosa, Sherman Koltz
DVD in english and spanish audio with english subs, region ?
US Cinema Epoch DVD edition

One of the absolutely best non-asian horrors i've
seen this millennia. A Nasty and brutal slasher with
an ending twist and with superb Gore from De Rossi
But. But - Aja is No More, he sold his butt to the
Big Shit Factory and've only made garbage since

Haute Tension (High Tension/Switchblade Romance)

Direction: Alexandre Aja, production: France 2003

Cast: Cécile De France, Maiwenn, Philippe Nahon
DVD in french audio with english subs, region 1
US Lion's Gate DVD edition

Piiiiiiiing ! The Sleazometer hits the roof with this
delightfully mean Linda Blair exploitation Trash
favourite. A Highschool Gang Action and female
revenge classic with a girl with a crossbow, and
Yes, Linda Blair can be seen topless, praise God

Savage Streets

Direction: Danny Steinmann, production: 1984

Cast: Linda Blair, Linnea Quigley, Robert Dryer, John Vernon
DVD in english audio, region 1
US BCI 2 disc DVD edition

Yet another forgotten film obscurity found and
released by the eminent US company Code Red,
and it's great and interesting family drama and
Monster movie the gorgeous Barbara Bach vs.
the strange Junior.

The Unseen

Direction: Danny Steinmann, production: 1980

Cast: Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick, Stephen Furst
DVD in english audio, region all
US Code Red 2 disc DVD edition

Beyond mindblowing make-up effects in the
making of the Clowns here, made by Aliens?
Delightfully bizarre and Funny cult horror and
comedy about .... KKFOS. Great edition with
lots and lots of extras

Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Direction: Stephen Chiodo, production: US 1987

Cast: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Vernon
DVD in english audio, region 1
US MGM DVD edition

A quite good and suspenseful Slasher thriller
about a serial rapist and murderer down in Miami
and with Jennifer Jason Leigh in her film debut
as the deaf and mute Prey for the killer

Eyes of a Stranger

Direction: Ken Widerhorn, production: US 1980

Cast: Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Warner Brothers DVD edition

The Gritty and Nasty Slasher Classic with some of
the best Gore effects ever created by Master Tom
Savini. Dark and claustrophobic and with a sick-
eningly great Joe Spinell. Lots of extras

Maniac

Direction: William Lustig, production: US 1980

Cast: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Gail Lawrence, Tom Savini
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

3 films from the brazilian Legend horror-maestro and
visionary Zé do Caixão or better known as undertaker
Coffin Joe internationally or in the US.
A Gloriously beautiful luxury edition from Fantoma
numbered in 10 000 copies and with comic albums
included. Long, long since out of print though

The first film from the Brazilian genius and
madman Marins in his series about Zé do Caixão
or Coffin Joe, Philosopher, undertaker, renaissance
man, magician and murderer.
The beautiful Fantoma edition went OOP decades ago

Zé do Caixão continues his hunt for the perfect
woman to carry his child. Torture, murder and a
delirious and fascinating Dante-esque tableaux,
a hallucinatory descent to Hell. Wow!
Beautiful Fantoma edition with a comic book

Weird psychedelical horror-drama with some of
Zé do Caixãos drug-visions. The film was banned
for 20 years in Brazil. Interview and comic book.
Fantoma's provided an amazing and almost
legendary edition of Marins movies

Awakening of the Beast (O Ritual de sádicos)

Direction: José Mojica Marins, production: Brasil 1969

Cast: Coffin Joe (José Mojica Marins)
DVD, b&w, portuguese audio & english subs, region all
US Fantoma DVD edition (from the Coffin Joe 3 dvd box)

Fun and inspiredly weird Sci-Fi trash horror
about Undead things and a tall creepy undertaker
next to a cemetery. Remember seeing this as a
teenager in the Cinema and being scared.
Audio commentary.

Phantasm

Direction: Don Coscarelli, production: 1978

Cast: Michael Baldwin, Angus Schrimm
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Horror splatter comedy about a young man
unwillingly teaming up with the charismatic
Brain-eating parasite Elmer in a weird buddy film.
The infamous zipper scene goes straight to
The Hall of Shame and Kudos for that

Brain Damage

Direction: Frank Henenlotter, production: US 1987

Cast: Rick Herbst, Joseph Gonzales
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Synapse DVD edition

Extremely violent Gang takes over tenement
horror-action from legendary indie-exploitation
filmmaker Roberta "Snuff" Findlay.
Completely forgotten film but very entertaining
and with a great pace to it. Intense trash maybe

Tenement: Game of Survival

Direction: Roberta Findlay, production: US 1985

Cast: Paul Calderon, Corinne Chateau, Mina Bern
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show DVD edition

The Sequel to "Re-Animator" is also based on
a H.P. Lovecraft's short storyl, and here released
in an unrated Director's Cut version on DVD.
With an audio commentary and extras

From Beyond

Direction: Stuart Gordon, production: 1986

Cast: Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, Ted Sorel
DVD in english audio, region 1
US MGM DVD edition

With maybe the most brutal and effective of all
gory murder scenes Savini ever created.
A Slasher killer is on the loose wearing a WW2
uniform. Commentary by Zito and Savini

The Prowler (Rosemary's Killer/The Graduation)

Direction: Joseph Zito, production: 1981

Cast: Farley Granger, Vicky Dawson, Cindy Weintraub
DVDin english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Absolute classic about an unfortunate
policeman's journey to an isolated island in
Scotland investigating a disappearance.
Heathenism, sacrifices and the lovely
Britt Ekland. Just beautiful and impossible to
re-make, but some asshole tried it anyway

The Wicker Man (2 disc edition)

Direction: Robin Hardy, production: 1973

Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay 2 disc DVD edition

Yet another 1980-tals Slasher.
With a Psycho killer slashing in on some
unlucky young women living in a Sorority
house on Campus, and having a party

The House on Sorority Row

Direction: Mark Rosman, production: 1983

Cast: Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Elite Entertainment edition

Trashy, funny and wild indie horror comedy
where a maniac constructs his new girlfriend
out of body parts from unlucky prostitutes.
with an audio commentary

Frankenhooker

Direction: Frank Henenlotter, production: 1990

Cast: James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Charlotte Helmkamp
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Unearthed DVD edition

Great and gory haunted house horror where
the death of a witch in 1692 causes a series
of violent murders in modern times, today.
Some great and well made gore

Superstition

Direction: James Roberson, production: 1982

Cast: James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin, Hedi Bohay
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Atmosperic and visually exciting horror taking
place in an exotic landscape and dealing with
a secret occult slavic order of Nuns who
worships a Demon on a Black Sea island

Dark Waters

Direction: Mariano Baino, production: 1994

Cast: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Maria Kapnist
DVD in english audio, region all
US No Shame unrated DVD edition

Brutal Australian underground indie artmovie
splatter-female revenge without any dialogue
and with classical music on the soundtrack.
Slow, very unusual and prize awarded splatter

Defenceless: A Blood Symphony

Direction: Mark Savage, production: Australien 2004

Cast: Susanne Hausschmid, Erin Walch, Colin Savage
DVD without any dialogue, region ?
US Subversive Cinema DVD edition

Trio of Independent Violence from indie film
maker aussie Savage, i.a. the brutal and poetic
Defenceless. Lots of extras in a very fine 4 disc
edition from Subversive

Macabre, Romantic and slightly philosphical
Cult Horror Comedy from the great Michele
Soavi about a haunted cemetery

Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore)

Direction: Michele Soavi, production: Italy- France-Germany 1994

Cast: Rupert Everett, Anna Falchi, Francois Hadji-Lazaro
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

A minor horror masterpiece and a film that may
Bite You. Extreme, raw and disturbing and far
from being any regular entertainment, about the
relation between a murderer and his victim.
No compromises from Tommy Biondo & Stanze.

Scrapbook - Warning, this film bites!

Direction: Eric Stanze & Tommy Biondo, production: 1999

Cast: Tommy Biondo, Emily Haack
DVD in english audio, region all
US Wicked Pixel DVD edition

Experimental and fascinating flow of images in a
strange indie lowbudget mix of Eraserhead horror
and Fantasy Art movie. Shot on 8 mm in color and
black & white. Audio commentaries as extra

Ice From the Sun (2 disc edition)

Direction: Eric Stanze, production: 1998

Cast: Ramona Midgett, DJ Vivona, Tommy Biondo
DVD in english audio, region all
US Wicked Pixel Image Entertainment 2 disc DVD edition

Prime Grindhouse in a great and original Crime
Exploitation cult movie that feels modern and
probably was before it's time.
A schoolgirl is kidnapped by three perps

The Candy Snatchers

Direction: Guerdon Trueblood, production: 1973

Cast: Tiffany Bolling, Susan Bennet, Ben Piazza
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Subversive DVD edition

David Hess repeats his patented Psycho on the
loose role, as seen in The Last House on the Left
and in Hitch-Hike, when he and a buddy Home
Invades a villa and terrorizes a party with Jetsetters
Fine interview with Hess in the extras

House on the Edge of the Park

Direction: Ruggero Deodato, production: 1980

Cast: David Hess, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show DVD edition

Extreme Deodato Gore in a very Trashy follow-up
to his horror classic Cannibal Holocaust.
A Sect in the Amazonas slaughters drugdealers
and a reporter has to go there and report ... or die.
Documentary in the extras.

Cut and Run (Inferno in Diretta)

Direction: Ruggero Deodato, production: 1985

Cast: Lisa Blount, Richard Lynch, Michael Berryman
DVD in english or italian audio, region all
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Controversial and exploitative nihilistic but also
a very well made and powerful Cannibal Horror
and the undoubtedly best film within it's genre

Cannibal Holocaust (2 disc edition)

Direction: Ruggero Deodato, production: 1979

Cast: Francesca Ciardi, Robert Kerman, Luca Barbareschi
DVD in english audio, region all
US Grindhouse Releasing 2 disc DVD edition

An inspired and quite innovative indie low budget
vampire horror. Bloody and entertaining if minima-
listic and sadly obscure from US-Uruguayan Islas

Night Fangs

Direction: Ricardo Islas, production: 2005

Cast: Cyn Dulay, Leslie Frank, Ricardo Islas
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Hart Sharp DVD edition

Atmospherical Spanish werewolf horror with
El Hombre Lobo, Paul Naschy, from the Golden
Era of Spanish genre movies, the 1970's. A man
is suffering from a wolf virus due to a curse
against an ancestor

One of the last Paul Naschy films is a take on
the Faust theme where an aging and forgotten
miserable ex filmstar is without a job and goes
on a killing spree

Rojo Sangre (Blood Red) Paul Naschy dec. 2009 R.I.P.

Direction: Christian Molina, production: Spain 2004

Cast: Paul Naschy (Jacinto Molina), Miguel Del Arco, Mehn-Wai
DVD in spanish audio with english subs, region 1
US Shriek Show DVD edition

Disturbing Psycho Horror about 2 desperados,
depraved criminals who terrorize passengers on a
train in a take on Bergman's Virgin Spring (Jungfru-
källan). Interview with the great Lado, who made 2
of the best Gialli ever with "Who Saw Her Die"
and "Short Night of the Glass Dolls"

The Infamous Trio: She Wolf of the SS, Harem
Keeper of the Oil Sheiks and Ilsa the Wicked Warden
with the beautiful and sultry Dyanne Thorne as the
Ultra-nasty Ilse. Naziploitation that wasn't allowed to
be sold in Sweden. It's nasty but Thorne is GREAT

Ilsa 3 Disc Collection

Direction: Don Edmonds x 2, Jesus Franco, production: 1974-77

Cast: Dyanne Thorne, Greg Knoph/Tanya Boyd/Lina Romay
DVD in english, region all
US Anchor Bay 3 disc DVD edition

Very entertaining Slasher about youths in a, what
else, in a Summer Camp with a killer on the loose.
Many bad sequels followed and the ending scene
with Felissa Rose is a demented classic.
Audio commentary with Felissa Rose and Hiltzik

Sleepaway Camp

Direction: Robert Hiltzik, production: 1984

Cast: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tierston, Christopher Collet
DVD in english audio, region all
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

Darkly unpleasant and mean-spirited psycho
slasher about a man who likes to burn people
alive with a flame thrower.
It's nasty but it's well made in a mix of Maniac
and Psycho

Don't Go in the House

Direction: Joseph Ellison, production: 1979

Cast: Dan Grimaldi, Robert Osth, Ruth Dardick
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show R-rated DVD edition

Exploitation filmmaker, cinema owner, teacher,
real-estate man etc. Herschell made some of the
most chocking films of Film History. When nudie
cuties was out and he got hold of a lot of stage
blood, he had to come up with something new
Cheap movies with a lot of crude effective gore

With 1963 Blood Feast HGL made the supposedly first Splatter and
US Gore movie, even though Japan had made one 2-3 years earlier.
His unique films with cheap but innovative and grisly special effects
forever changed horror film history. The Godfather of Gore made the
Mother of all Splatter movies with his infamous Blood Trilogy

Beautifully bad and demented from the Master of
Gore. A Crazed and funny Gore comedy about a
journalist investigating a Gameshow where the
participants are slaughtered á la Grand Guignol

The Uh-Oh! Show

Direction & script: Herschell Gordon Lewis, prod: 2010

Cast: Brooke McCarter, Nevada Caldwell, HGL
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Media Blasters Shriek Show DVD edition

Funny, Sick and Disgusting Gore classic
where the mentally insane magician Montag
enjoys murdering his audience con gusto.
Audio commentary with the Master, The
Godfather of Gore HGL

The Wizard of Gore

Direction: Herschell Gordon Lewis, production: 1970

Cast: Ray Sager, Wayne Ratay
DVD in english audio, region all
US Something Weird Video DVD edition

BAD re-make of the HGL gore classic with a
crime story made in Neo-noir style, and with
Suicide Girls being the victims of the magic tricks
Audio commentary, Making of

The Wizard of Gore (The Re-make)

Direction: Jeremy Kasten, production: 2008

Cast: Crispin Glover, Kip Pardue, Jeffrey Combs
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Dimension Extreme DVD edition

Is this the sickest of all Herschell Gordon Lewis films ?
Obscure and ultra violent about a wig-making Shop
where College girls are scalped with an electric meat
knife. Strange scenes added to pad out the playtime.
Audio commentary by the Gore Master.

The Gruesome Twosome

Direction: Herschell Gordon Lewis, production: 1967

Cast: Elizabeth Davis, Chris Martell
DVD in english audio, region all
US Something Weird Video DVD edition

Bizarre gore horror comedy with insane splatter
when poor Go-Go dancers die hideously.
Very strange and hard to describe content but
fun in a sick way. 4:3 fullscreen mono
Audio commentary by the Gore Master.

The Gore Gore Girls

Direction: Herschell Gordon Lewis, production: 1972

Cast: Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin
DVD in english audio, region all
US Something Weird Video DVD edition

Madman Fuad Ramses is chasing human body
parts to his "Egyptian Feast" in the first part of
the legendary "Blood Trilogy". The trashy indie
gore movies that changed Horror Film History.
Blood Trilogy. Trashfilmerna som ändrade horror
4:3 mono, audio commentary by the master

Blood Feast

Direction: Herschell Gordon Lewis, production: 1963

Cast: Thomas Wood, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason
DVD in english audio, region all
US Something Weird Video DVD edition

HGL's absolute Masterpiece about a southern
town celebrating the Centennial of its obliteration
by yankee soldiers. The Town re-animates just to
take gory revenge on northern tourists and then
disappears again. It's brutal and fascinating

Two Thousand Maniacs

Direction: Herschell Gordon Lewis, production: 1964

Cast: Thomas Wood, Connie Mason, Jeffrey Allen
DVD in english audio, region all
US Something Weird Video DVD edition

Talented and funny horror about a group of youths
out on a Camping trip in the woods, who encounters a
nasty blood virus. Eli Roth was hailed as the saviour
of the horror genre, but .... as with Alexandre Aja it
just got worse, and worse .... extramaterial

Cabin Fever

Direction: Eli Roth, production: 2002

Cast: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James Debello
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Lion's Gate DVD edition

Warning - this is a film that may Bite you.
It's a great and fascinating artmovie indie horror
but it's also pitch-black and disturbing.
Audio commentary, Making of, interview Cerda

Aftermath/Genesis/The Awakening

Direction: Ignacio Cerda, produktion: Spain 1991-1998

Cast: Pep Tosar, Jordi Tarrida/Pep Tosar, Trae Houlihan
DVD without dialogue, region 1
US Unearthed DVD edition

Romero's intelligent and original take on the
Vampire myth.
Audio commentary with George Romero and
with Tom Savini

Martin

Direction: George Romero, production: 1976

Cast: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Tom Savini
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Lion's Gate Home Entertainment DVD edition

Atmospheric 1970's Zombie horror classic from
Spain and genre director Jorge Grau.
A couple is chased by the British police and at
the same time they have to worry about all the
zombies that are swarming around them

Controversial home invading revenge thriller
where white racist desperados breaks into and
terrorizes an afro-american family.
A snappy and intense anti-white classic
Audio commentary

Fight For Your Life (I Hate Your Guts/Staying Alive)

Direction: Robert A. Endelson, production: 1977

Cast: William Sanderson, Robert Judd, Yvonne Ross
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Chilling and black horror drama and pretty
ambitious based on Ingmar Bergman's 1960
Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) with a strong anti-
violence effect. The best film of Wes Craven (my
view) even though some burlesque scenes typical
of Grindhouse could've been left out

The Last House on the Left

Direction: Wes Craven, production: 1972

Cast: David Hess, Lucy Grantheim, Sandra Cassel
DVD in english audio, region 1
US MGM DVD edition

Trashy Female Revenge sleaze-horror that for some
unfathomable reason became a revenge cult classic.
Jenny rents a cabin and are raped by 4 men who
leave her to die.Her revenge will be bloody and brutal.
Lots of nasty re-makes have been made

I Spit on Your Grave (Day of the Women)

Direction: Meir Zarchi, production: 1978

Cast: Camille Keaton, Richard Pace
DVD in english audio, region all
US Millennium DVD edition

Could well be the best horror comedy ever made.
Funny, wild and totally unhinged Re-Animator,
based on a H.P. Lovecraft story, is a Minor
horror masterpiece. Lots of extras nice edition

Re-Animator (Millennium 2 disc edition)

Direction: Stuart Gordon, production: 1985

Cast: Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Elite Entertainment 2 disc DVD edition

The Island. The Family. The House with
Ectoplasm that God forgot.
A visually great and ambitious failure where an
american woman relives a murder in a house in
the Russian wilderness. Spaniard Nacho Cerdá
famous for his Aftermath and Genesis movies

The Abandoned

Direction: Ignacio Cerdá, production: 2006

Cast: Anastasia Hille, Valentin Ganev, Karel Roden
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Lion's Gate DVD edition

An OK Nunsploitation horror with a middle-age
Anita Ekberg as a junkie psyco nun on the rampage.
With the clever PR slogan "From the Secret
Archives of the Vatican". R.I.P. Anita

Killer Nun (Suor Omicide: Dal segreto carte dal Vatikan)

Direction: Giulio Berruti, production: Italy 1979

Cast: Anita Ekberg, Paola Morra, Joe Dallesandro, Alida Valli
DVD in english audio, region all
US Blue Underground DVD edition

Brilliant, violent and genuinely scary Slasher
and/or Giallo where a psycho on the loose breaks
into a theatre and start killing off the crew and the
actors alike. That nasty Owl was scary as hell

Stagefright

Direction: Michaele Soavi, production: Italy 1987

Cast: David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Mary Sellers
DVD in english audio, region all
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

A couple with a creepy kid moves into an old
New England house,and without knowing it the
evil 19th century doctor Freudstein still roams
about in the cellar. Tons of atmosphere and lots
of intense Gore. A Fulci horror masterpiece

The House by the Cemetery

Direction: Lucio Fulci, production: Italy 1981

Cast: Katherine MacColl, Giovanni de Nava, Dagmar Lassander
DVD in english audio, region all
US Anchor Bay DVD edition

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