Sunday, November 24, 2024
Holy hell: The Necro Files (1997)!
Friday, October 18, 2024
Bubba the Redneck Werewolf (2014) does the impossible.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Hitch-Hike (1977) lives up to the poster.
Friday, August 30, 2024
Trilogy of Lust 2: Portrait of a Sex Killer (1995) shouldn't be one of my favorites but it is.
Friday, July 5, 2024
The Antichrist (1974) veers too close to The Exorcist.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The Burning Moon (1992) ascends to total madness.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Deep Shock (2003) haunted me forever.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Siew Lup (2016) deserves a US release.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Fatal Love (1993) delivers CAT III goodness.
I'm reminded of one eternal truth: I need to watch more CAT III. If you haven't seen the documentary Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema, I highly recommend that as well. Naked Killer, Raped By an Angel aka Naked Killer 2, Dr. Lamb, Bloody Beast, Fatal Passion, The Untold Story, Taxi Hunter, The Other Side of Dolls, The Rapist, Trilogy of Lust, The Peeping Tom, etc. What a dark demented rabbit hole. You'll love it.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Malabimba (1979) goes hard on the sleaze.
Monday, January 22, 2024
Thanksgiving (2023) is a blast.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023) and Visitors (2023) are both great new Japanese horror films.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023) blows away other making-of documentaries.
Monday, November 20, 2023
Door (1988) is an excellent slice of '80s Japanese cinema.
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Delirium (1987) is quite an unusual giallo.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The Last Broadcast (1998) reels you in.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
It Lives Again (1978) surpasses the original.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
The Best Horror Movie Store in Tokyo
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The Menu (2022) is wickedly funny.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Knock at the Cabin (2023) surprised me.
Monday, May 22, 2023
Buy the new End of the Line Blu-ray!
Friday, April 28, 2023
Battle Heater (1989) is absolutely amazing.
Friday, March 10, 2023
Faust (1994) is incredibly unique.
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007) is quite good.
Friday, January 27, 2023
Is Beware! The Blob (1972) really a comedy?
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Caged Heat (1974) is an interesting start to Jonathan Demme's long career.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Terrifier 2 (2022) is a huge win for uncut indie horror.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983) comes up short.
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996) is ridiculous fun.
Thursday, August 25, 2022
I couldn't get enough of Grizzly (1976).
Yes, it's clearly aping Jaws but I enjoyed this film so much. I already want to watch it again, and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the charming characters and actors or the brutal violence but this was so entertaining. You really can't predict who will die next, and that is a huge part of it I think. The relationships also feel quite real. Some characters you're certain will make it end up in the meat grinder that they call a bear. Of course, I don't think it's realistic at all but it doesn't matter. Bears can be extremely dangerous and cause some gruesome deaths (you definitely don't want to run into one in real life) but this thing seems like a furry Terminator. Just look at that tagline on the poster: "18 feet of gut-crunching, man-eating terror!" That is brilliant and boy howdy does it deliver. I know one thing for certain: if I read that tagline, I'd have to see this movie but usually you'd end up regretting that decision. Well, not in this case.