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The Plague of the Zombies (Real Folkloric Zombie Mayhem)
Amazing, a zombie film that embraces the use of the term “zombie.” I thought they were extinct! When did calling the undead “zombies” become a cuss word in cinema? Writers treat it like the plague (pun intended). Seriously though, the 1966 Hammer production (reproduced by Scream Factory on Blu-Ray, which is how I accessed […]
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Torso (Giallo Proto-Slasher Lives On)
Now, I’m not a huge slasher fan, especially slashers with non-supernatural villains, but I rather enjoyed Torso (1973, here the Arrow Video 4K special edition with a wealth of valuable, extra features), or, in the original Italian, I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (The Bodies Show Traces of Carnal Violence). Let me change […]
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Deadgirl (Zombie Slave Lover Film)
If you ever feel yourself begin to crave a film that provides necrophilia, a coming-of-age story, or body horror all in bloodied package, there’s Deadgirl. Made in 2008 and released for its 15th anniversary by Unearthed in 2023, the film has aged surprisingly well. The story follows two teenage boys, Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and […]
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Centipede Horror (蜈蚣咒) – Insects Can Act Hong Kong Creepy Crawly Sorcery
Centipede Horror, 1982 exploitation film from Hong Kong revitalized by Error 4444, does not give up the gore easy. A steady chug through an intriguing narrative, with well-placed moments of special effects throughout, pays off when key moments burst out and crawl. When Pak (Michael Miu) goes to Southeast Asia to uncover the cause of […]
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The Curse of the Crying Woman (Mexican Folklore Turned Vampire Nostalgia)
Something about Lucha Libre (AAA in particular), got me into diving further into Mexican horror over the past few years. I was acutely aware of it already, primarily because of the great overview by Doyle Green in Mexploitation Cinema. Now, guy got the release date on The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición […]
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A Gun for Jennifer (Poster Says it All Revenge Thriller)
It’s “Vinegar Syndrome Month” here at Deaf Sparrow and this writer would like to highlight two exceptional releases that are currently flying under the proverbial radar. These are criminally underrated films that will blow your fucking socks off if given the chance yet through some bizarre circumstances or just poor judgment on behalf of […]
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Suitable Flesh (Sexy Kinky Lovecraftian Body Swap Horror)
With the passing of director Stuart Gordon and the unwarranted attention paid to the grossly overrated Color Out of Space, we as an audience are experiencing an outrageous resurgence in the proliferation of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations. Written by Re-Animator scribe Dennis Paoli, Suitable Flesh would be the last film Lovecraft would be caught dead […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
