So bad it hurts but funny C grade Slasher and
probably also a comedy ? On an island retreat for
students people are rehearsing over a weekend
for a picture shoot, but almost everyone is killed
by a slasher killer, so no film will be made

Whodunit ? (Island of Blood / Scared Alive)

Direction and script: William T. Naud, production: US 1982

Cast: Marie-Alise Recasner, Terence Goodman, Rick Dean
Bluray with english audio with english subtitles, region all
US Vinegar Syndrome 2020 bluray edition

Yes, another enjoyable microbudget C-Grade Slasher.
About a Paintball contest in some US South forest
that turns into a real survival war against a slasher
psycho killer. Absolute trash ... but Fun trash.

Master Blaster

Direction: Glenn Wilder, production: US 1986

Cast: Jeff Moldovan, Donna Rosae, Joe Hess
DVD in english audio, region 2
German Cargo Records DVD edition

Absurd and ridiculous but still a very enjoyable evil
indian sorcerer spirit re-incarnation horror. Tony Curtis
and the indian medicine man John Singing Rock takes
up the fight against the evil spirit gnome re-born from
the lump on Susan Strasberg's back

The Manitou

Direction and co-script: William Girdler, production: USA 1978

Cast: Susan Strasberg, Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
UK High Flyers Films DVD edition

Trashy and strange psycho horror slasher where writer
Sian Anderson rents a house in a greek island village
to write her new novel, but is stalked by the handyman
and plagued by an evil wind blowing

The Wind (The Edge of Terror)

Direction, co-script: Nico Mastorakis, production: US-Greece 1986

Cast: Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region all
Spanish bluray edition

Hilariously funny and gloriously trashy horror comedy
pirate adventure thriller where Michael Caine and his
son is held captives by actual 17th century pirates.
Action and gore and the film Sir Michael Caine refuses
to mention. Great Fun nominated for 2 Razzie awards

The Island (Fruktans ö)

Direction: Michael Ritchie, production: 1980

Cast: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor
DVD in english audio with swedish subtitles, region 2
Swedish Retro Film Universal DVD edition

Trashy and sleazy gothic horror where a group of
people is threatened by the crazy Graf Saxon living
in a castle. He abducts women to re-animate his
daughter who initially died in the 30 year war in the
17th century. Janine Reynaud is nude and luscious

Castle of the Creeping Flesh (Im schloss der bluten begierde)

Direction, co-script: Adrian Hoven, production: West Germany 1968

Cast: Michael Lemoine, Janine Reynaud, Howard Vernon
Blu-ray in english or german audio with english subtitles, region all
US Severin 2020 bluray edition

Rosalba Neri as Countess Dracula is nude a lot but
this craptastic gothic horror is still bad. Transfer from
a bad damaged print and for once badly shot by even
the great Aristide Massaccesi.
Mark Damon plays a double role as twin brothers

The Devil's Wedding Night (Il Plenilunio delle Virgine)

Direction: Luigi Batzella; production: Italy 1973

Cast: Rosalba Neri, Mark Damon, Esmeralda Barros
Blu-ray with english audio, region all
US Code Red 2021 bluray edition

Horror Masterpiece .... This is Not! But a so Bad
it's Good movie, it is. Mega trashy when a virus
is on the loose in a small British town when a
infected professor with green goo on him goes on
a murder spree. Sleazy and fun and with Swedish
italian trash film genre goddess Janet Ågren

Panic (Bakterion)

Direction: Tonino Ricci (Anthony Richmond), prod: Italy-Spain 1982

Cast: David Warbeck, Janet Ågren, José Lifante, Franco Ressel
Blu-ray in italian audio with english subtitles, region ALL
US Code Red bluray edition

Visually gorgeous and funny but absurd and
surrealistic artmovie horror comedy about a
Killer Red Dress remotely controlled by a strange
but attractive Fashion House shop assistant.
With a nice ambient soundtrack

In Fabric

Direction, story and script: Peter Strickland, production: UK 2018

Cast: Marie Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Lao Bill
Blu-ray in english audio with swedish subtitles, region B
Nordic Nonstop Entertainment bluray edition

Prime Canadian grindhouse exploitation that was
banned by the censors multiple times in Sweden.
Home invasion female revenge thriller when a woman
harassed by thugs turn the tables and kill them off.
Charismatic Don Stroud is the leader of the gang

Death Weekend (The House by the Lake)

Direction and script: William Fruet, production: Canada 1976

Cast: Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata
DVD in english audio with swedish subtitles, region 2
Studio S Entertainment DVD edition

Sleazy Greek revenge thriller in black & white with
lots of nudity when a woman takes revenge on the
man that killed her sister. Re-made in 1975 by Joe
D'Amato as Emmanuelle & Francoise.
Plus a surprisingly good arty drama The Deserter

The Wild Pussycat + The Deserter

Direction: Dimi Dadiras/Christos Kefalas, prod. Greece 1968/1970

Cast: Gisela Dali, Kostas Prekas/Hristos Politis, Franca Parisi
Blu-ray in greek audio with english subtitles, b&w, region ALL
US Mondo Macabro 2019 bluray edition

Sleazy revenge thriller directed, written and shot by
Aristide Massaccesi in a Re-Make of 1968 Greek
film "The Wild Pussycat". Emanuelle hooks up
with Eastman to revenge the death of her sister.
Brigitte Lahaie can be seen in the alt extra scenes

Emanuelle and Francoise (Le Sorelline/Emanuelle e Francoise)

Direction, story, script, cinematography, prod. Joe D'Amato, Italy 1975

Cast: Rose Marie Lindt, George Eastman, Patrizia Gori
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subtitles, region ALL
US Severin 2018 blu-ray edition

What's this then ? Not a horror or a cult movie, but
an Italian 1980's Sex Drama, an often crappy genre
that only an Italian would like. But, this one with
Tinto Brass favourite Serena Grandi, the sex icon in it.
Who could forget her in the 1987 Lambert Bava giallo
Delirium (Le Foto di Gioia) ?

Desiderando Giulia (Desiring Julia/Ich will dich, Giulia)

Direction and co-script: Andrea Barzini, production: Italy 1986

Cast: Serena Grandi, John Leysen, Valeria D'Obici, Sergio Rubini
DVD in italian audio with german subtitles, region free
German Donau Film DVD edition

A very strange Spanish horror with ingredients of
psycho thriller and giallo when a young confused
man expelled from med-school is obsessed with
dolls and kills women. Takes place in The Gaudi
Park in Barcelona

The Killer of Dolls (El Asesino de Muñecas)

Direction, story and script: Miguel Madrid, production: Spain 1974

Cast: David Rocha, Helga Line, Inma De Santy, Elisenda Ribas
Blu-ray in spanish audio with english subtitles, region ALL
US Mondo Macabro 2019 blu-ray edition

Delightful Sleaze Bomb and a Sex-Horror about a
dysfunctional family living in a castle on the top of
a mountain. The teenage daughter is possessed and
has sex with a nun, her auntie has sex with everyone
Beautiful actresses a plus. Beware of Hardcore sex

Malabimba (Malabimba: The Malicious Whore)

Direction: Andrea Bianchi, production: Italy 1979

Cast: Katell Laennec, Patrizia Webley, Mariangela Giordano
DVD in italian audio without english subtitles, region free
Spanish DVD edition with spanish subtitles

Trash Sex Horror with a young woman possessed by
a demon and sequel to1979 Malabimba. With actress
sleaze legend Mariangela Giordano and swedish
porn actress Marina Hedman, seen in many of Mario's
porn movies. Mariangela, a trashfilm legend

La Bimba di Satana (Satan's Baby Doll)

Direction: Mario Bianchi, production: 1982

Cast: Mariangela Giordano, Jaqueline Dupre, Marina Hedman
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region free
US Severin unrated DVD edition

Wow! I'm almost specchless after watching this
insanely bad C grade action. So bad, you would
think Mario made it. Fittingly released in a cellar
abomination of a DVD appropriate for one of the
worst action movies ever made. Great FUN!

Angel of Death (Commando Mengele)

Direction: Andrea Bianchi, script: Jess Franco, prod: 1987

Cast: Howard Vernon, Fernando Rey, Suzanne Andrews
DVD in english audio, region free
US DVD edition

Underrated but very well made horror-thriller.
Maybe the best film Kitamura has ever made.
Suspenseful, intense and gory. Great stuff when
seven youngsters carpooling is targeted by a
hidden sniper with a silencer

Downrange

Direction, co-script and production: USA 2017

Cast: Kelly Connaire, Stephanie Pearson, Jason Tobias
Blu-ray in english audio, region B
German Splendid Film 2018 blu-ray edition

Pretty good psycho horror with magnificent Barbara
Steele the 1960's horror icon as the psycho lady.
Steele is Ann, a sweet old lady that unfortunately
gets into fits of rage, and quite often and easily so

The Butterfly Room

Direction, co-script: Jonathan Zarantonello, prod. Italy-US 2012

Cast: Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Camille Keaton, Heather Langenkamp
DVD in english audio with swedish subtitles, region 2
Nordic Koch Media Medietilsynet DVD

Fun low-budget serial killer movie not released until
many years later. A bald and crippled gardener is
constantly harassed by his female customers, and
then his virile alter ego Lester steps in with one of
his killer tools. Almost a proto Slasher. Great fun!

The Love Butcher (Schizophren)

Direction and co-script: Mikel Angel, production: US 1975

Cast: Erik Stern, Kay Neer, Jeremiah Beecher
DVD in english audio, region 2
German Schröder Media 2019 DVD edition

B-ish and trashy UK revenge horror thriller about a
writer, his girlfriend and his hired secretary. But,
with Udo and nudity from Hayden and Richmond.
Sleaze and violence and prime 1970's garbage.
Linda Hayden with Blood on Satan's Claw fame

The House on Straw Hill (Trauma/Exposé)

Direction and script: James Kenelm Clarke, production: UK 1975

Cast: Udo Kier, Linda Hayden, Fiona Richmond
DVD in english audio, region 2
German Schröder Media Savoy Film 2020 DVD edition

A Bad slasher but with such a high bodycount it
makes the film to be enjoyable trash. A group of
unlikeable youth's is gathered for a christmas party
on Campus. May the slaughter begin.
Cult actor Hess displays no direction talent at all

To All a Good Night

Direction: David Hess, production: US 1980

Cast: Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swanson, Sam Shamshak
Blu-ray in english audio, region ALL
Spanish blu-ray edition

Trashy, badly written, directed and acted Naschy
horror with our favourite spaniard as the slow-moving
re-animated killer mummy dragging his feet in London.
Gore and nice clothing makes it an entertaining watch.
This spanish DVD without any subtitles

La Venganza de la Momia (The Mummy's Revenge)

Direction: Carlos Aured, script: jacinto Molina, prod. Spain 1973

Cast: Paul Naschy, Jack Taylor, Helga Line, Maria Silva
DVD in spanish audio without english subtitles, region free
Spanish Research Entertainment DVD edition

A Spanish 1981 sex movie with a flimsy crime plot
involving the kidnapping of a millionaire's daughter.
With Lina Romay and Ajita Wilson, with copious
amounts of nudity and softcore sex and with horror
icon Aured directing - what could go wrong ? A Lot!

Apocalipsis Sexual

Direction and script: Carlos Aured, production: Spain 1981

Cast: Lina Romay, Ajita Wilson, Ricardi Díaz
DVD in spanish audio without subtitles, region ALL
Spanish Cine Erotico Espanol DVD edition

British psycho thriller with Susan George looking
lovely as a teenage babysitter being stalked by a
psychotic house invader. B but pretty good and a
warm-up for Susan's other home invasion thriller
later the same year, Peckinpah's Straw Dogs

Fright

Director: Peter Collinson, production: UK 1971

Cast: Susan George, Ian Bannen, Honor Blackman
Blu-ray with english audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Studio Canal 2019 Bluray edition

Sleazy but not mean-spirited WIP with copious
amounts of nudity and lots of beautiful women.
American Janet is planted with drugs and thrown
into a South American jail with a depraved staff.
So, i'm to feel ashamed over watching this, really ?

Caged Women (Quartier Haute Securité pour Femmes)

Direction & script: Leandro Lucchetti, prod. Italy-Portugal 1991

Cast: Pilar Orive, Aldo Sambrell, Elena Wiedermann, Christian Lorenz
DVD in english audio, region ALL
US The Classic Theater DVD edition

A WIP movie is already a bottom of the barrell film genre
with possibly the Naziploitation the most shameful, and
the question is: Should i be ashamed watching this junk?
Beautiful Helga flogs and has sex with female political
prisoners at her European but Latin American castle

Helga - La Louve de Stilberg (Helga - She Wolf of Stilberg/
The She Wolf of Spilberg)

Direction: Alain Garnier, production: France 1978
Cast: Malisa Longo, Patrizia Gori, Dominique Aveline
DVD in english audio (or original french without subs), region ALL
US MDV Visual DVD edition

Trashy, sleazy and wild demented action fun from
Mexico about a biker punk gang spreading mayhem.
Not really horror maybe but very violent and with
lots of boobs and with an addictive rock song sung,
no shouted, all through the film - Intrepidos Punks!

Intrepidos Punks

Direction: Francisco Guerrero, production: Mexico 1980

Cast: La Princesa Lea, El Fantasma, Olga Rios, Juan Valentin
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region free
US DVD edition

Forgotten and obscure black magic C horror bordering
to the Z grade when a drifting Vietnam vet stumbles
into a village ruled by topless witches and their queen.
Luckily the Queen is played by Dyanne "Ilse" Thorne
and her 2 wonders. Vintage Trash in washed out colors

Blood Sabbath

Direction: Brianne Murphy, production: US 1972

Cast: Tony Geary, Dyanne Thorne, Susan Damante
DVD in english audio, region 2
Spanish Vial of Delicatessen DVD edition

Delightfully trashy 80's horror from the Rambaldi family.
Bo Svenson injects a baboon who infects a student who
infects his girlfriend etc, and soon campus is attacked by
crazies suffering of rage attacks. Umberto Lenzi scripted
this mess and Carlo Rambaldi probably made the monkey

Primal Rage (Rabia Salvaje)

Direction: Vittorio Rambaldi, production: Italy 1988

Cast: Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Bo Svenson, Sarah Buxton
DVD in english audio, region free
Spanish Research Entertainment DVD edition

A not very good slasher horror where the killer uses a
sharp embalming tool. Mr. Andrews runs a mortuary
with his son as assistant, embalming corpses on his free
time from school. Some gore and nudity and Bill Paxton

Mortuary

Direction and co-script: Howard Avedis, production: 1981, 1983

Cast: Bill Paxton, David Wallace, Lynda Day George
DVD in english, region free
Spanish DVD edition

Bad early Body-Count slasher with lots of nudity when
a woman, her lover and 3 friends goes upstate for a
delightful weekend of horrors, when a masked maniac
attacks. Filmed in 1976 and released in 1981, that good
it is, with William Bladerunner Sanderson as a local freak

Savage Weekend (The Killer Behind the Mask)

Direction and script: David Paulsen, production: 1976, 1979

Cast: Marilyn Hamlin, David Gale, William Sanderson
DVD in english audio, region free
Spanish Vértice Cine DVD edition

Lowbudget creature horror with bad acting, bad
script and dialogue but .... with well made gore and
with an amazing looking She-Monster, half-human
and half-demon. Stupid students annoy her in her
house and get slaughtered for their trouble

The Unnamable (H.P. Lovecraft's: The Unnamable)

Direction, script, co-production: Jean-Paul Ouellette 1988

Cast: Charles Klausmeyer, Laura Albert
Blu-ray in english audio, region A
US Unearthed Films 2018 bluray edition

Orgy at the Vicarage with Black Magic and Boobs.
A bit slow but entertaining Swedish B horror with a
bad uncoherent script but nicely shot in late winter
with snow, sleet and grey weather.
The priest and his wife invites a family friend, a witch

Skräcken har 1000 ögon (The Sensous Sorceress)

Direction, script: Torgny Wickman, production: Sweden 1970

Cast: Anita Sanders, Solveig Andersson, Hans Wahlgren
DVD in swedish audio, region 2
Swedish Klubb Super 8 DVD edition

The first Serbian horror movie, a folklore vampire
tale made for Jugoslavian TV in 1973 about a
Vulkodlak (vampire or werewolf, or both) harassing
a small rural village. A strange film for Strange Things
This combo edition limited to 990 copies

Leptirica (The She-Butterfly)

Direction & script: Djordje Kadijevic, production: 1973

Cast: Mirjana Nikolic, Petar Bozovic, Slobodan Perovic
Blu-ray in serbo-croatian with english subtitles, region B
German Ostalgica bluray and DVD limited 2018 combo edition

Fascinating psychological thriller and drama about a
mentally unstable young woman falling into darkness.
After her mind snaps, she goes on a killing spree and
the film turns into a black comedy and gore explosion.
Unfortunately, but Jane Dornfeld is still amazing

Alyce

Direction, script, cinematography, editing: Jay Lee, prod: 2011

Cast: Jane Dornfeld, Tamara Feldman, Eddie Rouse
DVD in english audio, region 2
Swedish Njuta Films 2012 DVD edition

A slightly arty low budget indie horror and not at all
a bad little vampire flick with a grittyness to it.
A New York taxi driver charms women, bites them
and turn them into .... surprise .... vampires.
Too dark picture when the story unfolds at night

Graveyard Shift

Direction & script: Jerry Ciccoritti, production: Canada 1986-87

Cast. Silvio Oliviero, Helen Papas, Cliff Stoker
DVD in english audio, region 2
German Mr. Banker Films 2018 DVD edition

A total mess of satanist cult horror with some inspired
moments, as the best actors in the film - the Marabu
devil stork and the rabbit using the TV remote. Dario
produced and co-wrote and it feels like an Argento
post-1987 Opera wreckage more than a Soavi film

The Sect (The Devil's Daughter)

Direction & co-script: Michele Soavi, production: Italy 1991

Cast: Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, MariAngela Giordano
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subs, region B or ALL?
UK Shameless numbered 2016 bluray edition

This artmovie horror-romance was insanely hyped
and finally i saw it .... and it was worth all the praise.
Great stuff! A new talented filmmaker to watch.
In Bad City persian people drifts around and are
killed off by a mysterious female vampire in black

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Direction and script: Ana Lily Amirpour, production: 2015

Cast: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marno
DVD in farsi/persian with swedish subtitles, region 2
Swedish Njuta Films DVD edition, black & white

1970's blaxploitation vampire movies, just what the
world needs. The african prince Mamuwalde's coffin
is carried from Transylvania to LA and the biting's on.
Pam Grier never removes her clothes in the sequel,
aaaaaaaaah! As Lisa she helps the vampire out

Blacula & Scream, Blacula, Scream

Direction: William Crain/Bob Kelligan, production: 1972/1973

Cast: William Marshall, Denise Nicolas/William Marshall, Pam Grier
Blu-ray in english audio with english subs, region B
UK Eureka! 3 disc blu-ray and DVD combo edition

A horror that starts out great with a lot of atmosphere
from the Italian mountain village when an outsider
arrives to restore a church fresco, to meet hostile locals
and possible pagans. But, it gets worse with lots of
uninteresting religious mumbo jumbo and such stuff

H.P. Lovecraft's Two Left Arms

Director, cinematography: Domiziano Cristopharo, prod. US-Italy 2013

Cast: Paolo Stella, Yvonne Sciò, Carlo De Mejo, Ruggero Deodato
DVD in english, region free?
US Widowmaker 2018 DVD edition

Interesting and unusual artmovie horror or thriller
about a mild mannered but skilled British sound
technician loosing his mind when working on a
chaotic italian horror film production.
Toby Jones is great as the poor Gilderoy

Berberian Sound Studio

Direction & script: Peter Strickland, production: UK 2012

Cast: Toby Jones, cosimo fusco, Fatma Mohamed
DVD in english and italian audio with swedish subs, region 2
Swedish Njuta Films DVD edition

Very unique strange indie art horror musical from
polish feature debut director Agnieszka and an
unusual take on the H.C. Andersen tale about the
little mermaid. 2 hot mermaids leave their river to
start singing and stripping in a nightclub

Corki Dancingu (The Lure)

Direction: Agnieszka Smocynska, production: Poland 2015

Cast: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis
Blu-ray in polish audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Criterion Collection 2017 bluray edition

Latvian horror-drama with a mentally disturbed
red-haired beauty dreaming of being raped by a
huge spider. Cheesy special effects but nice
atmospheric summer pictures from the Baltic Sea

Spider

Direction: Vasili Mass, production: Latvia-Russia 1991

Cast: Aurelija Anuzite, Liubo Miras Laucevicius
Blu-ray in russian audio with english subs, region ALL
US Mondo Macabro 2017 bluray edition

Two minor horror efforts from the wrong side of the
1980's - from the "comical" second part of the decade.
A trashy comedy-horror and a pretty well acted one,
Catacombs, about a demon in an italian monastery

Cellar Dweller / Catacombs

Direction: John Carl Buechler/David Schmoeller, prod. 1987-88

Cast: debrah Mullowney, Jeffrey Combs/Ian Abercrombie
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region A
US Scream Factory bluray edition

Not exactly horror .... and not the Red Lips duo this
time, but another sleuthing stripper duo it is, 10 years
later. Lina goes undercover in this muff-zoom-a-plenty
sex-thriller for all lovers of Franco nonsense.
Absolute TRASH, but a nice jazzy ST written by Jess

Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties

Direction, script, co-music: Jesús "Jess" Franco, production: 1980

Cast: Lina Romay, Lynn Monteil, Olivier Mathot
Blu-ray in french or english audio with english subs, region ALL
US Severin limited 3000 bluray + spanish dvd 2017 edition

Not exactly horror but 2 slightly psychedelic
and trashily fun crime comedies from the swinging
60's about the sleuthing stripper duo Red Lips
The Psychotronic World of Jess Franco

Two Undercover Angels (El caso de las dos bellezas)/
Kiss Me Monster (2 disc edition)

Direction: Jesús "Jess" Franco, production: 1969
Cast: Janine Reynaud, Rosanna Yanni, Adrian Hoven
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Blue Underground 2 disc unrated DVD edition

Wild, weird and trashy. Animals go berserk horror
from mondo movies director Prosperi. Chemicals in the
Frankfurt water makes the animals go wild and start
killing people. Awful dialogue, some cool animals and
fine gore, but also cruelty against unfortunate rats

Wild Beasts (Belve Feroci)

Direction, script, story: Franco E. Prosperi, prod. Italy 1984

Cast: Lorraine De Selle, John Aldrich, Ugo Bologna
Blu-ray in english or italian audio with english subs, region ALL
US Severin 2017 bluray edition

Low-budget horror with a cult reputation in the UK.
Why? It was a video nasty rated X and it's probably
one of the worst horrorfilms i've ever seen.
BAD beyond belief when a busload of schoolgirls
meets 4 escaped mental patients in the Lake district

Killer's Moon

Direction: Alan Birkinshaw co-script Fay Weldon, prod. UK 1978

Cast: Anthony Forrest, Jane Hayden, Alison Elliott
Blu-ray in english audio, region ALL
UK Screenbound Pictures 2017 bluray edition

Bottom of the barrel female rape revenge psycho-
logical horror with pornstar Reems under alias, it's
that good. Linda is raped and snaps when some local
teenage boys harass her. Sallee Young is beautiful
as Linda but sadly can't act .... she shrieks her lines

Demented

Direction: Arthur Jeffreys, production: 1980

Cast: Sallee Young, Bruce Gilchrist (Harry Reems)
Blu-ray in english audio with english subtitles, region A
US Shout! Factory 2017 bluray edition

Trashy badly written and directed slasher with
inept acting with some cult status, and that's a
recommendation. Fun garbage with OK gore when
a woman in camouflage goes on a murder spree
with a nailgun. Another cool 88 Films edition

Nailgun Massacre

Direction & script: Terry Lofton, production: USA 1985

Cast: Michelle Meyer, Rocky Patterson
Blu-ray in english audio, region ALL
UK 88 Films bluray edition

Delightful and stupidly funny horror-comedy TV series.
A Slasher who-dun-it mystery with charismatic Emma
Roberts as a rich bitch sorority house leader and Jamie
Lee Curtis as the dean of The Wallace University.
Satire of nowadays spoiled brats, gore and comedy

Scream Queens - Season 1

Fox TV series 2015

Cast: Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Skyler Samuels
DVD in english with swedish subtitles, region 2
Nordic 20th Century Fox 4 disc DVD edition

Interestingly odd indie art drama horror ... something.
A German policeman feeds a wolf threatening his
village and somehow has to deal with a transvestite
killer with a samurai sword. A strange fairytale horror

Der Samurai

Direction & script: Till Kleinert, production: Germany 2014

Cast: Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski, Uwe Preuss
Blu-ray in german audio with english subtitles, region ALL
US Artsploitation Films unrated bluray edition

Indie experimental art horror about a psychotic writer
that hallucinates about being murdered and other nasty
stuff and then goes on a killer spree.
Bill Oberst, Jr. gives a VERY intense performance as the
mental case and is genuinely disturbing and scary

Coyote

Direction & script: Trevor Juenger, production: 2014

Cast: Bill Oberst, Jr., Victoria Mullen
DVD in english audio, region free
US Wildeye Releasing unrated DVD edition

Entertaining and atmospheric UK gothic horror that
was better than it's B reputation. Sir Richard Fordyke
returns to his castle with his new wife and is accused
of rape, murder and witchcraft. Also a murder mystery
and with nice color photo from Peter Newbrook

The Black Torment (Die schwarze plague)

Direction: Robert Hartford-Davis, production: UK 1964

Cast: Heather Sears, John Turner, Ann Lynn, Edina Ronay
DVD in english audio with german subs, region 2
German e-m-s DVD edition

14 minutes animated short that's both scary and
very suggestive. A genius piece of work about
how a cute girl pop group, the triplets Elektra
Sisters turns into mythical monsters - Gorgons.
Great apocalyptic terror done in an artful way

Gorgonas

Direction & script: Salvador Sanz, production: Argentina 2004

Animated short, featured on Synapse Small Gauge Trauma DVD
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Synapse Films unrated DVD edition

Art indie horror without spoken dialogue about 6
female victims of a serial killer re-experiencing their
demises in a state of limbo. Gore, entrails, nastiness
and a disgusting fat pig as the murderer. Disturbing.
2 commentary tracks and an interview

Flowers

Direction, camera, script: Phil Stevens

Cast: Bryant W. Lohr, Makaria Tsapatoris
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Unearthed Films unrated 2015 DVD edition

Trashy but highly enjoyable Sci-fi crime-horror
with Rutger Hauer as a tough cop hunting a
serial killer who rips the hearts out of his victims
Blade Runner meets Alien: The B Version

Split Second (Killer Instinct)

Direction: Tony Maylam, production: UK 1992

Cast: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan
Blu-ray in english audio, region free or B?
German DigiDreams Studios bluray 2015 edition

Delightfully bizarre Argentinian indie horror-comedy
about 2 old fascist torturers using nitroglycerine on
their victims. A bit trashy with caged flesheating girls
in the cellar but great fun and stylishly made on a
minimal budget. Man with a Walker vs. Centerfold

Cold Sweat (Sudor Frío)

Direction, co-script: Adrían García Bogliano, prod: Argentina 2011

Cast: Omar Musa, Facundo Espinosa, Marina Glezer
DVD in spanish audio with swedish subs, region 2
Swedish Njuta Films 2012 DVD edition

Bad films need some lovin' too - and this is not a
horror but a trashy Female Revenge crime action
and with that cool nostalgic 1980's vibes to it.
Molly Stewart alias Angel works the LA street
and when killers murders her hooker friends and
her mother she turns into a avenging angel

The Angel Collection: Angel, Avenging Angel & Angel 3

Direction: Robert Vincent O'Neill/Tom DeSimone, prod: 1983-88

Cast: Donna Wilkes/Betsy Russell/Mitzi Kapture, Maud Adams
DVD in english audio, region free ?
US Image Entertainment DVD edition

Ineptly directed and poorly written neo-Giallo
and slasher, but still watchable with some great
and grisly splatter scenes made by the legendary
Sergio Stivaletti. A bad giallo is still better than
no giallo at all, so keep them coming ...

Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show

Direction & script: Gabriele Albanesi, production: Italy 2010

Cast: Paolo Sassanelli, Giuseppe Soleri, Laura Gigante
DVD in italian audio with english subs, region free
US Raro Video unrated DVD edition

The Baaaaad .... yes, surely an entry from one of
the most shameful of film genres belongs here, the
WIP Film. This is a 2006 Neo-WIP from legendary
schlock-maestro Bruno Mattei - R.I.P. 2007, filmed
in The Philippines and with Gore and nastiness

The Jail

Direction, co-script: Bruno Mattei, prod. Italy-Philippines 2006

Cast: Yvette Yzon, Odette Khan, Annelie Pontailler
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Intervision Picture Corp. unrated DVD edition

Extremely low budget and one of Jess better
efforts due to the thick atmosphere. Filmed in
just 7 days and with Zurich substituting as
London. Once an ambitious dvd release from IE
and today available in Bluray glory

Jack the Ripper (Der Dirnenmoerder von London)

Direction: Jesús Franco, production: Erwin C. Dietrich 1976

Cast: Klaus Kinski, Lina Romay, Josephine Chaplin
DVD in english audio and 3 other languages, region 1
US Image entertainment 2003 unrated DVD edition

The Lovely Lina Romay - R.I.P. 2012 in a yet
another unfortunate adventure in a woman's
prison. A tropical WIP with sleaze and some
violence. Women in Prison films, a decidedly
shameful genre but yet strangely alluring

Women Behind Bars

Direction: Jesús Franco, production: 1975

Cast: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Nathalie Chape
DVD in english or french audio with english subtitles, region free
US Severin unrated DVD edition

Not surprisingly a very inept WIP offering
from the schlock-master. A trashy B film in
an already B-genre, but with the lovely
Laura Gemser as an undercover journalist

Violence in a Woman's Prison

Direction: Bruno Mattei, production: 1982

Cast: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Lorraine De Salle
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show unrated DVD edition

Schlock-master Mattei this time hits us
with a nice Nunsploitation horror where
a young priest investigates deaths and
mania in a convent. With the great Franca
Stoppi as the headnun. Nunsploitation -
What a Great Forgotten Latin Genre

The Other Hell (L'Altro Inferno)

Direction: Bruno Mattei/Claudio Fragrasso, production: 1980

Cast: Franca Stoppi, Carlo de Mejo, Francesca Carmeno
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show unrated DVD edition

A Very entertaining and trashy splatter
horror with a lot of zombies and with
the beautiful Alexandra Delli Colli.
Delirious madness and great fun

Zombie Holocaust (La Regina dei Cannibale/Dr Butcher
MD/Zombie 3/Queen of the Cannibals)

Direction: Marino Girolami: Italy 1980
Cast: Ian McCullough, Alexandra Delli Colli
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shriek Show unrated 2002 DVD edition

A Crazy surgeon and a serial killer cannibal is
loose in a spanish wax cabinet when a Cable TV
canal are recording a Reality TV show.
Pretty decent Gore but not good otherwise as
the direction and script could've been better

Wax

Direction: Victor Matellano, production: Spain 2014

Cast: Jack Taylor, Jimmy Shaw, Gealdine Chaplin
DVD in english audio, region free
US Wizard Studios unrated DVD edition

Funny trash sleaze horror sci fi comedy about
a entomologist scientist Doctor Susan who
creates a new breed of insect women, killing
their boyfriends during lovemaking
Plus another 3 trash films from the early 70's

Invasion of the Bee Girls /The Devil's 8/Unholy Rollers
/Vicious Lips

Direction: Dennis Sanders, production: 1973
Cast: Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri, William Smith
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Shout! Factory 2 disc DVD edition

Another sequel in the Haunted house vein to
his horror hit The Pact made 2 years earlier.
A Demon seeks the right woman to carry his
seed in a mix of Omen and Rosemary's Baby.
Has it's moments, but not very good

At The Devil's Door

Direction & script: Nicholas McCarthy, production: 2013

Cast: Caity Lotz, Haley Hudson, Casper Van Dien
DVD in english audio with english subs, region 1
US IFC Midnight unrated DVD edition

Absolute Trash but with copious of well made
Gore in an Evil Dead type of horror as 4 killer
prostitutes are taking refuge in a cabin in the
woods after a failed robbery. As a hostage they,
unknowingly, have with them The Son of Satan

Hellfire

Direction, script, photo, music: Marc Fratto, production: USA 2013

Cast: J. Scott Green, Jennice Carter, Selene Beretta
DVD in english audio, region 1
UK Midnight Releasing unrated DVD edition

Obscure Sorority House slasher with a
killer re-appearing again on the Campus
when there's April Fool's Day festivities
to come. Canadian lowbudget from the maker of
1982 "Trapped" and 1976 "Death Weekend"

Killer Party

Direction: William Fruet, production: Canada 1986

Cast: Joanne Johnson, Sherry Willis-Burch, Paul Bartel
DVD in english audio, region free
US Warner Archive DVD Collection

Satirical and bloody horror-comedy about a
young and very violence-proned female
student who murders everyone she can at her
university ... and there's living dead also

Sexy Killer/Morires Por Ella

Direction: Miguel Marti, production: Spain 2008

Cast: Macarena Gómez, Caesar Camino, Alejo Souras
DVD in spanish audio with english subs, region 2
UK G2 Pictures DVD edition

A Cold-hearted and unsympathetic WIP horror
and MA movie, where prisoned women has to ...
surprise ... fight to their death, what else?
It's nasty and brutal but - with well made gore
and Zoe Bell in it. So, it was OK i guess

Raze

Direction: Josh C. Waller, production: 2013

Cast: Zoe Bell, Rebecca Marshall, Doug Jones
DVD in english audio with english or swedish subs, region 2
UK Koch Media DVD edition

An aussie monster movie with lots of Retro
feeling and quite enjoyable. Three psychotic
killer-goth-girls á la FPKK takes up the gauntlet
and battles a huge tentacle-from-the-sea monster

El Monstro Del Mar!

Direction, script, Stuart Simpson, prod: Australia 2011

Cast: Kyrie Capri, Nelli Scarlet, Norman Yemm
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Vicious Circle Films unrated DVD edition

Trashy British B ... or even C grade slasher but
still an entertaining watch with some quite well
made gore. Legendary trashfilm producer Randall's
follow-up to the beloved cult slasher "Pieces".
This is The Santa Claus Crimes where a psycho is
killing off Santas

Don't Open Till Christmas

Direction: Edmund Purdom, Alan Birkinshaw, prod: UK 1984

Cast: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne
DVD in english audio, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated DVD edition

A fun and surprisingly good looking B movie
and sort of Sci-Fi Horror Action Western.
The year is 1892 and a small town in Colorado
is attacked by Uranium eating aliens

High Plains Invaders

Direction: K. T. Donaldson, production: 2009

Cast: James Marsters, Cindy Sampson, Sanny Van Heteren
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Vivendi Entertainment unrated DVD edition

A Cuban Zombie Comedy where The Undead
takes over the streets of Havana, and only a
gang of slackers and small time thieves are
left to battle the Zombie "dissidents"

Juan Of The Dead (Juan de los muertos)

Direction & script: Alejandro Brugues, prod: Cuba-Spain 2011

Cast: Alexis Diaz, Jorge Molina, Andrea Durro
DVD in english audio, region free ?
US Entertainment One unrated DVD edition

A Bizarre psychological Art Horror where a
dying woman is processing her memories of
the past á la Alain Resnais film "Providence".
With S&M, humiliation, rape and penis cutting

Wound

Direction: David Blyth, production: New Zeeland 2010

Cast: Kate O'Rourke, Te Kaea Beri
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Vicious Circle Films unrated DVD edition

Warning! This is a film that bites and for sure
no entertainment unless you get off feeling bad.
The film a Home Invade horror about 3 violent
criminals and Nazis that terrorizes an innocent
family. Yuck! Watch it if you have to only

Hate Crime

Direction & script: James Cullen Bressack, prod: USA 2012

Cast: Ian Roberts, Jody Barton, Tim Moran, Debbie Diesel
DVDin english audio, region 1
Unearthed Films unrated DVD edition

Very entertaining Norwegian splatter comedy
where a group of youngsters meets dead German
zombie soldiers left over since the WW2 high up
in the mountains in Finnmark in the northern parts
Stupid fun you just have to enjoy

Död Snö

Direction: Tommy Wirkola, production: 2009 Norway

Cast: Vegar Hoel, Charlotte Frogner, Örjan Gamst
DVD in norwegian audio with swedish subtitles, region 2
Svensk Atlantic Film DVD edition

Jess Franco's idiosyncratic take on the Faust myth
where a father has promised to give his daughter
to the Sex Demon Lorna, when she was yet unborn.
Lina Romay plays the very virginal 18 year old Linda,
very virginal indeed, not so much. A film for the lost
souls, for all of the suffering Jess Franco addicts

Lorna ... The Exorcist

Direction: Jesús Franco (under alias Clifford Brown), prod: 1973

Cast: Lina Romay, Pamela Stanford, Jaqueline Laurent
DVDin english or french audio with english subtitles, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated DVD edition

A pretty odd indie slasher movies paraphrase
that has divided me into 2 camps, schizo-wise,
regarding if it's a good or bad film. Trash or an
original take on the genre. I don't know, i have
to decide yet which opinion is the right one

Murder Loves Killers Too

Direction & script: Drew Barnhardt, production: 2008

Cast: Allen Andrews, Christine Haeberman
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Well Go USA/Rabid Dog Productions DVD edition

Lowbudget indie horror about the experimentation
with hallucinatory drugs in a mental hospital and
where a psycho slasher killer is on the loose
Perfectly OK horror for being almost Zero budget

Pink Eye

Direction: James Tucker, production: 2008

Cast: Joshua Nelson, Melissa Bacelar, Alan Rowe Kelly
DVD in english audio, region free
US Halo Eight unrated DVD edition

Pretty interesting and minimalistic odd Aussie low
budget indie horror about a dysfunctional family,
voyeurism and about a serial killer in a Gold Coast
Queensland tourism resort.
This was the 2nd feature film of future Hollywood
star Queensland born Margot Robbie

ICU

Direction: Aash Aaron, production: Australia 2009

Cast: Margot Robbie, Matt Flannagan, Anna-Lisa Horton
DVD in english aussie audio, region free
US Osiris DVD edition

A very unique and very enjoyable Pakistani
Slasher Zombie Psycho horror made by the genre
fan Omar Ali Khan.
With a commentary audio and a documentary

Hell's Ground (Zibah khana)

Direction: Omar Ali Khan, production: Pakistan 2007

Cast: Kunwar Ali Roshan, Rooshanie Ejaz, Rubya Chaudry
DVD in urdu audio with english subtitles, region 1
US TLA Releasing/Danger After Dark DVD edition

A very,very trashy Black Magic sleaze horror
that somehow still manages to be quite entertaining
in a way it wasn't meant to be. Inspired deliria and
so Bad it was Good. Another one with Mickey
Hargitay in a freaky trash horror

Riti Magie Nere e Segrete Orge del Trecento
(Black Magic Rites/The Reincarnation of Isabel)

Direction: Renato Polselli, production: Italien 1973
Cast: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderon, Max Dorian
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region ?
US Ryko DVD Distribution

Visually nice looking Sleaze Trash Horror
where entrepeneur exploiters encounters
Sex and Gore on a Caribbean island.
From the Great Aristide Massaccesi AKA
Joe D'Amato, El Maestro.

Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals

Direction: Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi), prod: 1978

Cast: Sirpa Lane, Melissa Chimenti, Maurice Poli
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Severin unrated DVD edition

Sensationally bad and incompetently made crime
sleaze cannibal horror trash as only the great Jess
"zoom into muff lens" Franco could make them.
Great fun in the Anti-Movie Making style of his
and with an interview with Jess in the extras

Devil Hunter (El Cannibal)

Direction: Jesús "Jess" Franco, production: 1980

Cast: Ursula Buchfellner, Al Cliver, Gisella Hahn
DVD in english or french audio, region free
US Severin unrated DVD edition

Ha, ha, ha ! This masterpiece from El Maestro,
his almost insanely and unbelievably trashy
Cannibal horror with cute Sabrina Siani as The
Queen of the Cannibals must be seen to be
believed. Ingeniously incompetent from El Jess
and with a bizarre interview as extra .... aaah!

Cannibals (White Cannibal Queen)

Direction: Jess Franco, production: 1980

Cast: Sabrina Siani, Lina Romay, Al Cliver, Robert Foster
DVD in english audio, region free
US Blue Underground unrated DVD edition

A really Slow artmovie and apocalyptic grindhouse
horror that has a lot of bad acting but still manages
to be quite atmospherical and entertaining.
Early Zombie lowbudget, if not zero budget, film
ina fine Code Red release

Messiah of Evil (Dead People/The Second Coming/Revenge of
the Screaming Dead/Return of the Living Dead)

Direction: William Huyck, production: 1972-1973
Cast: Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Anitra Ford, Joy Bang
DVD in english audio, region free
US Code Red DVD edition

A very bad but somewhat charming low budget
slasher made tongue-in-cheek where a Pyjama
Party ends badly. Reggie B is a funny somnanbulistic
Sheriff in search for The Slumber Party Slasher

Spring Break Massacre

Direction: Rex Kramer, production: 2008

Cast: Reggie Bannister, Sarah Minnic, Linnea Quigley
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Synkronized Company unrated DVD edition

Another great horror from the exciting Norwegian
New Wave of horror movies. Our neighbours in the
west know how to do it. This is a perfectly OK
horror thriller where a Norwegian couple meets a
Swedish Psycho in the wilderness of the Border

Snarveien (Genvägen/The Detour)

Direction: Severin Eskeland, production: 2009 Norge

Cast: Marte Germaine Christensen, Jens Hultén
DVD in norwegian and swedish audio, region 2
Svensk SF DVD edition

Is this film great and made by a talented director ?
I have no idea, but it's for sure a nasty and pitch-
black Feel Bad indie horror-tragedy about the
evil will of man, and based on a crime case

This Hollow Sacrament

Direction: Greg Steechmann, production: 2006

Cast: Marcus D. Shelby, April Potter
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Unearthed unrated DVD edition

Atmospherical and obscure French horror
on the theme of Franju's "Les Yeux sans Visage"
and with nudity, dwarfs in a castle and a wanted
for performing crimes against humanity surgeon
played by, who else, Howard Vernon

Entertaining and delightfully B-ish matiné
feeling adventure about a volcano island with
some cool Fish Monsters. With the beautiful
Barbara Bach and a re-make of The Island of
Dr. Moureau

Island of the Fishmen (L'isola degli uomini pesce)

Direction: Sergio Martino, production: 1979

Cast: Barbara Bach, Richard Johnson, Claudio Cassinelli
DVD in english audio, region free
US Mya Communication DVD edition

An obscure and forgotten indie zombie horror,
but it's brilliant, fun and dark at the same time.
Talented Phillips manages to make something
new out of the now a bit tired formula of the
Undead meandering around

The Stink of Flesh

Direction & script: Scott Phillips, production: 2005

Cast: Ross Kelly, Kurly Tlapoyawa, Diva, Devin O' Leary
DVD in english audio, region free
US Tempevideo DVD edition

Maybe not a horror, OK, but still a GREAT piece
of Nunsploitation from legendary Cult Film icon
Aristide Massaccesi AKA Joe D'Amato, director and
cinematographer. One of his best films and maybe the
best in thewhole genre. Extra a fine documentary about
Joe D'Amato is included on the second DVD disc

Images in a Convent (Imagino di un convento)

Direction: Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi), production: 1979

Cast: Paola Senatore, Marina Hedman Frajese, Donald O'Brien
DVD in italian audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Media Blasters unrated Kitty Media 2 disc DVD edition

A so-so but still mildly entertaining and nice
looking Chilean Slasher made by the young
debutant filmmaker Jorge Olguin, and for a
25 000 USD budget only. Pretty OK then

Angel Negro

Direction: Jorge Olguin, production: Chile 2000

Cast: Alvaro Morales
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region free
US Troma DVD edition

OK Horror Thriller and obscure Grindhouse
Slasher where a psycho is killing off nude models
monthly wise to their magazine spreads.
Sounds really sleazy but it's better than it sounds

The Centerfold Girls

Direction: John Peyser, production: 1974

Cast: Andrew Prine, Tiffany Bolling, Jamie Lyn Bauer
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Dark Sky Films DVD edition

Greek Zombie Splatter where hordes of hungry
undead run through the streets of Athens.
Is it good then ? Eeeeeeeh, not very, but still, hey
it's a Greek Zombie splatter so why complain?

To Kako (Evil)

Direction: Yorgos Noussias, production: Greece 2005

Cast: Meletis Georgiados, Mary Tsoni, Nikos Sabalis
DVD in greek audio with english subtitles, region 1
US TLA Releasing unrated DVD edition

Very lowbudgeted indie horror and an odd film
inspired by the writings of Lovecraft where peoples
dreams can open the door for a demon from an
ancient and frightening world to enter our reality.
Zero budget but interesting. Lots of extras

Beyond Dream's Door (Director's Cut)

Direction: Jay Woelfel, production: 1988

Cast: Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinksy
DVD in english audio, region 1 ?
US Cinema Epoch Koch Lorber DVD edition

Nasty and unpleasant psycho stalker horror
with a disgusting Worth as a strangler of women
Yuck! Plus a trashy horror from the legendary
indie underground filmmaker Roberta Findlay

Don't Answer the Phone/Prime Evil

Direction: Robert Hammer, prod: 1980/Roberta Findlay 1988

Cast: Nicholas Worth, Flo Gerrish/William Beckwith
DVD in english audio, region ?
US BCI Deimos Entertainment DVD edition

An original and funny psycho horror about
a guy possessed by Christmas and Santa.
He means well but unfortunately psychs out
With a very funny fan commentary by cult
director John Waters

Christmas Evil (You Better Watch Out)

Direction: Lewis Jackson, production: 1980

Cast: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey Demunn, Diane Hull
DVD in english audio, region free
US Synapse DVD edition

A very BAD and super ultra trashy Rip-off The
Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby that somehow,
mysteriously, became a huge Hit in the USA.
A horror turd luxuriously packaged in an almost
too great looking Code Red edition with two
audio commentaries

Beyond the Door (Chi Sei? Who?/The Devil Within Her)

Direction: Ovidio G. Assonitis, production: 1974

Cast: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia
DVD in english audio, region free
US Code Red DVD edition

A Strong British lowbudget indie horror where
a young man loses it and gets drawn into a
nasty and nihilistic gangster organisation. Very
interesting and reeking of cinematic talent, and
made before Evans got his big break-through in
Indonesia with The Raid

Footsteps

Direction: Gareth H. Evans, production: UK 2006

Cast: Nicholas Bool, Mads Koudal, Emma Powell
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Unearthed Films unrated DVD edition

Fun and very trashy French Splatter horror
where a young woman with creature child in
her pregnant belly must nourish it with blood
Yes, the French can make them too

Baby Blood (The Evil Within)

Direction: Alain Robak, production: Frankrike 1989

Cast: Emmanuelle Escourrou, Christian Sinniger
DVD in french audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Anchor Bay unrated DVD edition

Jess trashy crap version of Ossorio's Tombs of
the Blind Dead where 4 women on holiday
encounters dead Zombie Knights. Made with Jess
usual disregard of how to make a film, or just plain
incompetently. Interviews with Jess and Lina

Visually fine almost Argento horror about a
Gothic church with an old evil secret.
From the talented Michele Soavi (i.a. Dellamorte
Dellamore, Stage Fright and TV film Uno Bianca.
Also with a very young Asia Argento in one of
her first roles

The Church

Direction: Michele Soavi, script & prod: Dario Argento Italy 1988

Cast: Tomas Arana, Barbara Cupisti, Asia Argento
DVD in english audio, region free
US Anchor Bay unrated DVD edition

Remastered 93 minutes version of Umberto
Lenzi's infamous and nasty Cannibal epic.
Commentary audio with Lenzi and Morghen.
Cannibal movies - one of my least favourite film
genres (only Naziploitation, War movies and
Hollywood westerns are worse)

Cannibal Ferox (Make Them Die Slowly) Director's Cut

Direction: Umberto Lenzi, production: Italy 1981

Cast: Lorraine de Selle, John Morghen, Zora Kerova
DVD in english audio, region free
US Grindhouse Releasing unrated DVD edition

Fun and delightfully innovative low budget, almost
zero budgeted Zombie splatter horror movie with
some cult following. Intestines and hordes of the
living dead, restored from 8 mm

The Dead Next Door

Direction: J.R. Bookwalter, production: US 1985-1988

Cast: Peter Ferry, Jolie Jackunas, Bogdan Pecic
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Anchor Bay unrated DVD edition

Not really a horror, but an absolutely deranged
Indonesian Trash-Action-WIP- Sleaze exploitation
flick about a female motorcycle gang out for
bloody revenge. Extras

Virgins From Hell (Perawan disarang sindikat)

Direction: Ackyl Anwari, production: Indonesia 1987

Cast: Yenny Farida, Enny Beatrice, Nina Anwar
DVD in english audio, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated 2 disc DVD edition

Two weird, wild and funny Indonesian weirdo
movies, a trashy and sleazy action plus a ditto
trashy horror. Both from the Pride of Psychotronic
Indonesian Film making, director H. Tjut Djalil

Prime Nunsploitation sleaze with nudity, sexual
lust, punishments and intrigues in a Convent.
Not as great as his 1979 "Imagino di un convento"
though. With a great D'Amato Trailer reel and
Backstage Joe D'Amato.

Convent of Sinners (La Monaca nel peccato)

Direction: Joe D'Amato (Aristide Maccassesi), prod: 1986

Cast: Eva Grimaldi, Karin Well, Gabriele Tinti
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Exploitation Digital unrated DVD edition

Wild zombie-slasher-women in prison trash splatter
with Tony Todd as a re-animated murderer inside
a womens prison. Intense trash with a pulse to it
Commentary audio track

(Shadow) Dead Riot (2 disc SE with zombie key chain)

Direction: Derek Wan, production: 2005

Cast: Tony Todd, Carla Greene, Misty Mundae
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Media Blasters unrated DVD edition

Totally undescribable and hilariously funny
Z grade Trash-horror from the very special
indie filmmaker Bill Zebub. Delightful weirdness
from The one and only Bill Zebub

The Worst Horror Movie Ever Made

Direction: Bill Zebub, production: US 2005

Cast: Jeanne Potter, Rocco Martone, Thomas Russo
DVD in english audio, region free ?
US Bill Zebub Productions DVD edition

Quite atmospherical and sensual french fantasy
in a horror about 2 women that somehow finds
themself to actually be in the mytical castle of
Fata Morgana. Strange French trash weirdo

Girl Slaves of Morgana le Fay (Morgane et les nymphes)

Direction: Bruno Gantillon, production: France 1971

Cast: Dominique Delpierre, Alfred Baillou, Michele Perello
DVD in french audio with english subtitles, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated DVD edition

Funny Horror Comedy and one of the few that
has succeeded in that genre. Truly original
looking space monsters eats people in a very
entertaining low-budgeted horror comedy
Commentary audio and picture galleries etc.

Deadly Spawn

Direction: Douglas McKeown, produktion: US 1983

Cast: Michael Robert Coleman, Charles Hildebrandt
DVD in english audio, region free
US Synapse DVD edition

Argentinian Vampire Exploitation Horror
where a couple of lost tourists has a car
malfunction and seeks shelter in a seemingly
abandoned house up in the Andes.

Blood of the Virgins (Sangre de virgenes)

Direction: Emilio Vieyra, production: Argentine 1967

Cast: Ricardo Bauleo, Susana Beltran, Gloria Prat
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated DVD edition

Very obscure but an entertaining, bizarre and
violent Trashy slasher B-indie movie where
a stripper is being chased by a knife wielding
Killer Transvestite. When will see the Stephen
Spielberg Hollywood version ?

Switch Killer

Direction: Mack Hail, production: US 2004

Cast: Cara Jo Basso, Bishop Mann, Monique Chachere
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Lion's Gate DVD edition

Jesús yet again after the writings of Marquis
De Sade and with our Lovely Marie Liljedahl
in one of her very few films. Marie, mostly known
from her 2 Inga movies by Joseph Sarno.
Interviews with old Jess, Marie and Mr. Dracula.

Softcore horror with the luscious and voluptuous
Glori Anne Gilbert as a busty Vampiress, and with
Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy in a guest role.
Audio commentary by Glut and Gilbert . Shot on video
quickie but the women were cute and made for fun

Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood

Direction: Donald F. Glut, production: US 2003

Cast: Paul Naschy, Glori-Anne Gilbert, Jana Thompson
DVD in english audio, region ?
US Retro Media unrated DVD edition

Spain's Mr. Horror, Paul Naschy directs and acts
this trashy genre entry where he plays his standard
double role as an evil 16th century knight and a
nowaday descendant to the knight.
Interview with Jacinto Molina - El Hombre Lobo and
a featurette included as extras

Panic Beats (Latidos de pánico) - Paul Naschy december 2009 R.I.P.

Direction & script: Jacinto Molina (Paul Naschy), prod: Spain 1983

Cast: Paul Naschy (Jacinto Molina), Julia Saly, Lola Goas
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated DVD edition

A quite good and unusual take on the Serial
Killer theme in a different B crime-horror where
an arrogant murderer himself becomes the
hunted in a murder duel

Hunting Humans

Direction: Kevin Kangas, production: US 2003

Cast: Rick Ganz, Bubby Lewis, Lisa Michele Trent
DVD in english audio, region 1
US Redrum DVD edition

Fun French trash zombie gore movie where
women are poisoned by milk, dies and return
as Living Dead to extract revenge on the living

Hallucinatory and experimental russian avant-garde
cyber punk horror from indie director Andrey Iskanov
and a fascinating and delightfully strange watch
for sure. Original fullscreen ratio and interview with
Iskanov in the extras

The Nails (Gvozdi)

Direction and script: Andrey Iskanov, production: Russia 2003

Cast: Alexander Shevchenko, Irina Nikitina, Andrey Iskanov
DVD in russian audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Unearthed unrated DVD edition

A so-so but still pretty good obscure Spanish
Slasher with a masked troubadour - en Tuno
Negro, killing unlucky students at the University
of Salamanca

Black Serenade (Tuno negro)

Direction: Pedro Barbero/ Vicente Martin, produktion: Spain 2001

Cast: Silke, Maribel Verdú, Jorge Sanz
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Lola Films DVD edition

Warning! This is a film that bites!
Horrifying and disgusting horror artmovie
drama about war crimes, perversion and
torture. Very serious, well made and pitch black.

In A Glass Cage (Tras el cristal)

Direction: Agustin Villaronga, production: Spain 1986

Cast: Gunter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes
DVD in spanish audio with english subtitles, region free
US Cult Epics unrated DVD edition

Entertaining garbage in a funny inspired
lowbudget splatter orgy from German trash
film director Olaf Ittenbach, about the
downed angel Premutos

Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead (Der Gefallene Engel)

Direction: Olaf Ittenbach, production: Germany 1997

Cast: Olaf Ittenbach, André Stryi, Ella Wellman
DVD in english audio (or german audio without subs), region free
US Shock-O-Rama Cinema uncut DVD edition

The sequel where cute necrophiliac Monika
excavate bodies in cemetaries for having sex
with. Sick and disgusting and made to provoke
4:3 originalratio, stereo/mono, lots of extras in
a very fine DVD release

Nekromantik 2 (Limited soundtrack edition)

Direction: Jörg Buttgereit, production: Germany 1991

Cast: Monika M, Mark Reeder, Simone Spörl
DVD in german audio with english subtitles, region free
US Barrel Entertainment unrated DVD edition

A truly Sick underground indie horror classic
about necrophilia and who had as a goal to
disgust everyone watching it. To be honest,
when watching Buttgereit's films today, in 2020,
they feel a bit childish, but a provocateur he was

Nekromantik

Direction: Jörg Buttgereit, production: West-Germany 1987

Cast: Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice M
DVD in german audio with english subtitles, region free
US Barrel Entertainment unrated DVD edition

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