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Co-founder of The Gore Splattered Corner Kat 'Stiggy' Ellinger is a female journalist and writer working from the pits of hell. As well as being head purveyor of gore and sleaze at GSC Kat also works for Scream Magazine (The UK's biggest genre magazine in print), and is a regular contributor over at Diabolique magazine. Kat has also recently been published in Fangoria Magazine. She continues to spread her message of filth to other miscreants all over the world, collect cats, drinks far too much tea and wishes it was still the 80's.

• Review: Mad Foxes aka Los violadores (1981)

  By Kat Ellinger on December 14, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Year: 1981 Director: Paul Grau Cast: José Gras, Laura Premica, Andrea Albani, Peter John Saunders, Eric Falk Themes: Nazis, Car Chases, Rape/Revenge, Kung-fu, Castration, Death by Shears, Bikers There exists the saying ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’, that… Read More ›

• Review: Deathgasm (2015)

  By Kat Ellinger on December 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Year: 2015 Director: Jason Lei Howden Cast: Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure Themes: Heavy Metal, Demons, Splatstick, Corpse Paint, Chainsaws, Studs and Leather, \m/ Every heavy metal horror needs to start with an outsider, and Deathgasm’s central… Read More ›

• UK Blu-ray Review: Coffy 1973

  By Kat Ellinger on June 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Year: 1973 Director: Jack Hill Cast: Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Robert DoQui, Allan Arbus, Linda Haynes, Booker Bradshaw Themes: Blaxploitation, Revenge, Drugs, Prostitution, Gangs Nurse by day, ball busting vigilante by night, Coffy (Pam Grier) is a force to be… Read More ›

• UK Blu-ray review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)

  By Kat Ellinger on June 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Director: Walerian Borowczyk Year: 1981 Cast: Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Howard Vernon Themes: Classic Gothic, Avant Garde, Art Horror, Erotica, Rape and Pillage, Dark Fantasy With well over one hundred (and counting) adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic… Read More ›

• UK Blu-ray review: Fellini Satyricon (1969)

  By Kat Ellinger on May 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Year: 1969 Director: Federico Fellini Cast: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone Themes: Ancient Rome, Psychedelic, Satire, Pagan Debauchery “Sample the garden of delights, rotten but quite delicious”, Fellini- Satyricon. Fellini Satyricon is a film like no other. The… Read More ›

• UK Blu-ray review: Blood and Black Lace aka Sei donne per l’assassino (1964)

  By Kat Ellinger on April 15, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Year: 1964 Director: Mario Bava Cast: Cameron Mitchell,Eva Bartok,Thomas Reiner,Luciano Pigozzi, Massimo Righi, Dante Di Paolo Themes: Murder, Giallo, Thriller, Black Gloved Killer When expectations are high, there is always the possibility that things can go horribly wrong. On that… Read More ›

• Review: Tusk (2014)

  By Kat Ellinger on April 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Year: 2014 Director: Kevin Smith Cast: Michael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Génesis Rodríguez Themes: Body Horror, Weird, Surreal, Horror/Comedy Kevin Smith takes body horror into The Human Centipede territory- infusing it with a little of The Beatles Magical… Read More ›