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 ›
This review has been amended in light of the differences found between the newly restored DVD/BD print (presented as the main feature for that release) and the VHS edition. The DVD print has no nudity, all nudity is missing. This… Read More ›
Year: 1986 Director: Stephen Chiodo Cast: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon Themes: 50’s Throwback, Drive-in Sci-fi, Comedy Horror Roll up, Roll up- unless you suffer from coulrophobia then feel free to run away quickly… Read More ›
Year: 1982 Director: Tommy Lee Wallace Cast: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy, Nancy Keys Themes: Mad Pagans, Mad Scientists, Killer Robots, Halloween Themed-Horror Every horror fan has their own little Halloween rituals, especially when it comes to movies. For… Read More ›
Year: 1987 Alternate Title: Stage Fright: Aquarius, Deliria, Bloody Bird Director: Michele Soavi Cast: Barbara Cupisti , Giovanni Lombardo Radice, David Brandon, Mary Sellers, Robert Gligorov Themes: Slasher, Giallo, Murder, Masked Killer, Murderous Owls To be fair late eighties genre… Read More ›
Year: 1984 Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz Cast: Mitch Cohen, Pat Ryan Jr., Andree Maranda, Mark Torgl Themes: Splatstick, Gross-out Horror/Comedy, Low-budget fun, Cult 80’s horror I would barter that it is almost impossible to be a horror fan and… Read More ›
Year: 1981 Director: Ed Hunt Cast: Lori Lethin, Elizabeth Hoy, Julie Brown, K.C Martel, Billy Jayne, Andy Freeman Themes: Murderous kids, Slasher, Weird Eclipses, Stabbings, Shooting Disc specifications: Picture: 1080p 1.85:1, Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo 1981 was a cracking year… Read More ›
Year: 1982 aka: Fanatic Director: David Winters Cast: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Judd Hamilton, Devin Goldenberg, David Winters Theme’s: Gore, Stalking, Insanity, Fantasy, Murder Disc specification: Video: 1.85:1, 1080p Audio: 2.0 Stereo LPCM Joe Spinell is perhaps best known to… Read More ›
Year: 1985 Director: Stuart Gordon Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Robert Sampson Themes: Zombies, Mad Scientists, Reanimation, Splatstick, Comedy, Gore Disc specification: Video: 1.78:1, 1080p, Audio DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 /LPCM Stereo So few… Read More ›
Year: (1980) Aka: Sexy Nights of the Living Dead; Le notti erotiche dei morti viventi; Nite of the Zombies, Le Notte Erotiche; Le Notte Degli Zombies Director: Joe D’Amato (aka Aristide Massaccesi) Cast: Mark Shannon, George Eastman, Laura Gemser, Dirce… Read More ›
Year: 1981. Director: Jimmy Hutson. Cast: Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, Ralph Brown, DeAnna Robbins, Sherry Willis-Burch, JohnFallon. Themes: Slasher, Murder, On Campus horror, Teens, Unnamed Killer, Fraternity Antics. If there is one subgenre of horror that encompasses the eighties,… Read More ›
Cheerleaders are popular subject matter for horror movies. Whilst a rather twee device, it is a simple way of getting together a group of young, often attractive, women to be lined up then chopped up as required; often there is… Read More ›
Many would consider Stuart Gordon a horror legend due to some of the classic films he directed, especially early on in his career. Films such as Re-Animator, From Beyond, and this fantastical little horror flick called Dolls. I remember seeing… Read More ›
Nightmare City (1980) AKA: City of the Walking Dead, Incubo sulla città contaminata Director: Umberto Lenzi ‘Where the leading man looks like he might fall asleep at any time, but thankfully you won’t’ should be the tag line for this… Read More ›
The story. Everyone loves a good story about a serial killer, right? In fact, even my Nan loves watching those ‘true crime’ type programmes. There is something about mass murder that cries out to our inherent morbid nature, and this… Read More ›
BY MAREK Z. “I am the Italian cinema’s last zombie” (Lucio Fulci, 1996) Hack, Misogynist. Genius. Master of gore, the director Lucio Fulci (1927 – 1996) seems to invoke a myriad of opinions in reference to his style, personality… Read More ›
In honour of cult UK label 88 Films releasing two Ted V Mikels films in the same week, The Doll Squad and The Corpse Grinders, I woke up with possibly one of my most inspired/ or silliest (depending on what… Read More ›
Cult fans have been clamouring for a decent upgraded release of this 80’s gem and Arrow Films continue their latest spate of quality recent releases to deliver the goods. Larry Cohen’s satirical horror comedy The Stuff is now on Blu-ray… Read More ›
As much as we all shelter under the umbrella of ‘horror’ each fan is different. Sure, we can all appreciate a decent example of any horror genre, but there is always one to which we gravitate. Some people like the… Read More ›
I have to confess Hellgate was one trashtastic title which seemed to pass me by in the 80’s, and after reading some of the scathing reviews online my expectations were at an all time low when I pressed play… Read More ›
Having already released this classic gem on Blu-ray, Arrow are back with an exceptionally upgraded print of Dario Argento’s former ‘video nasty’, vicious giallo Tenebrae (once banned in the UK and put on the DPP list for its sexualized violence);… Read More ›
Shameless label are back with another smashing release, Formula for a Murder aka 7, Hyden Park: La Casa Maledetta, a previously well sought after rare mid-80’s giallo, starring the late, great David Warbeck, Christina Nagy, and Carroll Blumenberg (in her… Read More ›
Demented housewife Jane likes to leave her kids with the gardener and slip off to her secret pad on the other side of the city for some afternoon delight with lover Fred, however her surly (secret cigarette puffing) daughter has… Read More ›
The story. Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare what can I say, (other than they got the nightmare part right), had to be one of the cheesiest, nothing really happening, could have been a lot better, films I have ever seen. The… Read More ›
Something a little bit different today, not a movie but a documentary, Screaming in High Heels provides an interesting and in depth view into the rise and consequent decline of the Scream Queen era during the height of the 80’s… Read More ›
