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Nightmare (MKUltra Psychological Slasher Film)
It’s back! One of the sleaziest and ugliest of the slasher classics that oozed their ways onto movie theaters in the early 1980s has finally returned to your home after substandard earlier releases. Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare remains potent stuff and is more timely than ever in the wake of incidents like the Sandy Hook […]
Blu-ray \ giallo \ Italian horror \ Italian slasher \ Lamberto Bava \ slasher film \ Vinegar Syndrome
A Blade in the Dark (1980s Italian Slasher Splatter)
At the beginning of the 1980s, a violent New Wave of Italian splatter began washing up on these shores. Thanks to the international success of the work of Dario Argento, enterprising distribution houses were taking stabs at bringing Eurohorror to the plebes. Before disappearing into a mess of TV movies and bad rehashes of past glories, Lamberto Bava’s flame shone brightly as an emerging new force in Pasta Land. A Blade in the Dark (aka The House with the Dark Staircase), when viewed today, stands tall […]
Blu-ray \ Dominick Brascia \ slasher film \ Vinegar Syndrome
Evil Laugh (Sordid Skeleton Kink Slasher)
By 1986, the slasher subgenre had all but run its course. After the one-two punch of Halloween and Friday the 13th raked in serious box office, every major and indie distribution company had to take a stab at the formula, thus creating a surplus of largely forgettable junk. The “Law of Diminishing Returns” set […]
Blu-ray \ giallo \ Italian horror \ Vinegar Syndrome \ Vittorio Rambaldi
Primal Rage (Giallo Bio-Horror)
At the tail end of the 1980s, the Italian horror business was in crisis mode. Argento had fled after Opera for an attempt at grabbing the brass ring of a career in America. Fulci had taken ill and his sporadic output suffered as a result. Lamberto Bava never fulfilled his early promise and Michele […]
Blu-ray \ DVD \ Hong Kong \ horror action \ horror comedy \ Unearthed Films \ William Chang Kee
Calamity of Snakes (Reptilian Slaughter Horror Comedy)
Well, well, well…it looks like my big buddy Stephen Biro released another decent movie. Praise Allah. In another case of broken clocks telling the right time twice a day, Unearthed Films unleashes Calamity of Snakes. This truly obscure 1983 Hong Kong disasterpiece has languished on the likes of cheap Brentwood DVD sets for far too […]
Blu-ray \ Dario Argento \ Italian horror \ Italy \ Synapse Films
Phenomena (Italian Psychic Power Insect Horror)
Dario Argento is a legend for many reasons, a director with a body of work most directors would kill for. While his work of recent memory has been scattershot at best, there’s no denying that he was on a tear from Deep Red until possibly The Stendhal Syndrome (some would say Opera). Today, we’re […]
Blu-ray \ Drew Godderis \ exploitation film \ horror film \ Jason Majik \ Visual Vengeance
L.A. AIDS Jabber (1990s Filthy Exploitation Blood Horror)
Whoo-ee! Let’s take ourselves for a ride on the wild side with Visual Vengeance’s new release of Drew Godderis’ truly obscure, obscene and absolutely vile (NOTE: I’m paying it a compliment) shot-on-video opus L.A. AIDS Jabber (Released on video in the 90’s as Jabber.) Is this worth your money? Is this as wild as I’m making […]
Blu-ray \ Eckhart Schmidt \ Germany \ horror thriller \ Mondo Macabro
Der Fan / The Fan (West German New Wave Horror Thriller)
You ever go to a concert and see that lost soul in the corner with the faraway thousand-yard stare? Yeah, I think you have…this movie is about one of those. Long unseen for many years aside from those of us unlucky enough to discover it in the Adult section of the video store (where it snuck out under the name Trance) and scholars such as Chas […]
Blu-ray \ horror film \ Michael Findlay \ Retromedia \ Vinegar Syndrome
Shriek of the Mutilated (Killer Yeti Trash Horror Film in 4K)
From the filmmakers behind Snuff and Invasion of the Blood Farmers comes Shriek of the Mutilated. That’s right, this long-dormant creature feature is back to win over an unsuspecting world once again. Perhaps the first and maybe only low-budget monster mash centered around a yeti, this film is in its own haphazard way wildly […]
Blu-ray \ devil worship \ drive-in trash film \ horror film \ Severin Films \ thriller film
Midnight (Greasy Shag Carpet Devil Worship Film)
Once more, the titans at Severin Films strike back with a fine piece of skeevy sleaze guaranteed to make you want to take a bath afterwards. John Russo’s Midnight was his first attempt to escape from under the considerable shadow of his former partner George A. Romero, and in many ways it fails but […]
