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BACKWOODS BLOODBATH

It seems there’s is no end to the direct-to-video trash that wannabe filmmakers serve up in an attempt to get video store hounds to part with their cash. Despite winning an award for “Best Horror Feature” at the New York Independent Film Festival, Donn Kennedy’s Wisconsin lensed gore flick…more
ZOMBIELAND

Few modern films have successfully combined horror and comedy to equal effect without diluting the scares, John Landis’ AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and Sam Raimi’s THE EVIL DEAD being prime examples. Filmmakers, that include Dan O’Bannon (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD), Frank Henenlotter…more
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D

The horror genre undoubtedly offers plenty of potential innovation for 3D technology with its regular staples comprising of various weaponry, sexual shenanigans, and stock scares. So, despite the fact, we’ve already been treated to parodied, colourised, re-edited versions and a colour remake…more
SALVAGE

SALVAGE is the latest in a long line of horror tropes that explores relationships, fears and survival instincts of everyday people when faced with the threat of the unknown.

Working from an intelligent script by Colin O’Donnell, Lawrence Gough’s directorial debut belies any…more

THE WOLFMAN

Advance word concerning Universal’s remake of THE WOLFMAN has centred on the numerous production problems involving script rewrites, bickering between stars and crew, and changes to the production team. Originally scheduled for a November 2009 release, following re-editing of scenes that…more
COLOUR FROM THE DARK

This adaptation of the classic H. P. Lovecraft short story, “The Colour out of Space” is Ivan Zuccon’s second attempt at tackling Lovecraft’s fiction (if we ignore the director’s earlier Lovecraftian influenced THE DARKNESS BEYOND and UNKNOWN BEYOND), having shown distinct promise with THE…more
THAT KIND OF GIRL

‘There’s a lot I’d like to tell these young things who come sailing in here …’

Directed by Gerry O’Hara (THE PLEASURE GIRLS, ALL THE RIGHT MOVES, THE MUMMY LIVES) from a script by Jan Read (GRIP OF THE STRANGLER, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON), this 1963…more

PERMISSIVE

Arriving in London, Suzy (Maggie Stride) is introduced to the excesses of groupie life via former school pal, Fiona (Gay Singleton), who is dating Lee (Allan Gorrie) lead singer in rock band, Forever More. Initially, the victim of cruel jibes concerning her figure (“If I had tits like yours I…more
Archived Reviews

 13 SECONDS
 9 SOULS
 964 PINOCCHIO
 A HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON
 AB-NORMAL BEAUTY
 ACACIA
 ADDICTION
 ALIEN - THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
 ALUCARDA (aka Alucarda la hija de las tinieblas)
 ANGEL GUTS: HIGH SCHOOL CO-ED
 ANGEL GUTS: RED CLASSROOM
 ANGEL GUTS: RED VERTIGO (aka RED DIZZINESS)
 ASWANG (aka The Unearthing)
 AUSSIE PARK BOYZ
 AWAKENING OF THE BEAST (aka O Despartar de Besta)
 BABA YAGA
 BACKWOODS BLOODBATH
 BATTLE HEATER
 BEAST
 BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR
 BIOHAZARDOUS
 BLACK ANGEL (aka Senso ’45)
 BLOOD CULT
 BLOOD FOR THE MUSE
 BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS (aka Sangre de Virgenes)
 BOY MEETS GIRL
 BULLET BALLET
 BUTCHERED
 CABIN FEVER
 CANNIBALS
 CASS
 CLONUS
 COLD PREY 2 - RESURRECTION
 COLOUR FROM THE DARK
 CRAZY LOVE
 DAGON
 DEAD & ROTTING
 DEAD CREATURES
 DEAD FRIGHT
 DEATH BED - THE BED THAT EATS
 DEMONESS / Y2K: SHUTDOWN DETECTED
 DESECRATION
 DESPITE ALL THAT
 DISAPPEARANCE
 DONKEY PUNCH
 DR JEKYLL VERSUS THE WEREWOLF (aka Dr Jekyll el Hombre Lobo)
 DRILLER KILLER 2-DISC LIMITED EDITION
 DRILLER KILLER DISC 2: THE EARLY SHORT FILMS OF ABEL FERRARA
 DUST DEVIL
 EAT THE RICH: THE CANNIBAL MURDERS
 EL VAMPIRO (aka The Vampire)
 EM: EMBALMING
 EVIL DEAD TRAP
 EVIL OF DRACULA (aka Chi wo suu bara / Bloodthirsty Rose)
 EXORCISMO
 EYE OF GOD
 FAMILY PORTRAITS: A TRILOGY OF AMERICA
 FLASHBACK - A MURDEROUS VACATION
 FREAK
 FUDOH: THE NEXT GENERATION (Part of the Takashi Miike Boxset)
 FULL METAL YAKUZA
 FULL METAL YAKUZA (Part of the Takashi Miike Boxet)
 GANG TAPES
 GOREGOYLES - FIRST CUT
 GRAVEYARD ALIVE - A ZOMBIE NURSE IN LOVE
 GROTESQUE
 HEADCHEESE
 HITCH-HIKE (aka Death Drive)
 HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
 HUMAN EXPERIMENTS
 HYPNOSIS (aka Saimin)
 I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
 I SELL THE DEAD
 I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE I PISS ON YOUR GRAVE
 ICHI THE KILLER
 INDUSTRIAL TELEVISION
 IRREVERSIBLE
 ISLAND OF DEATH (aka The Devils of Mykonsos)
 JUNK (aka Shiryou Gari)
 KATIEBIRD * CERTIFIABLE CRAZY PERSON
 KICHIKU DAI ENKAI (Banquet of the Beasts)
 KILLER ME
 KILLING SPREE
 KNIFE EDGE
 LA PRINCIPESSA NUDA (aka The Nude Princess)
 LAKE OF DRACULA (aka Chi O Suu Me/ Bloodthirsty Eyes)
 LAST EXIT
 LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET
 LEGACY OF DRACULA (aka Bloodthirsty Doll / Night of the Vampire)
 LEGION OF THE DEAD
 LUSTFUL ADDICTION (1969 / 2002)
 MAGIC
 MALICE@DOLL
 MANNAJA: A MAN CALLED BLADE
 MARTIN
 MARTYRS
 MAY
 MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN
 MOTHER OF TEARS
 MURDER A LA MOD
 MY SKIN
 MYSTICS IN BALI (aka Leak)
 NEKROMANTIK 2
 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D
 NITE OWL
 NO WAY HOME
 ON EDGE
 ONIBI: THE FIRE WITHIN
 ORGAN
 PENETRATION ANGST
 PERMISSIVE
 PLEASURES OF A WOMAN (1972 / 2002)
 PREMUTOS: LORD OF THE LIVING DEAD (aka Premutos, der Gefallene Engel)
 PYROKINESIS (aka Crossfire)
 QUIET DAYS IN CLICHY
 RAVAGE
 RICKY 6
 ROCK & ROLL FRANKENSTEIN
 ROGUE
 RUBBER’S LOVER
 SALVAGE
 SAMHAIN
 SATAN WAS A LADY (2001)
 SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR LUST
 SAVAGE HARVEST
 SCARLET DIVA
 SCHIZOPHRENIAC: THE WHORE MANGLER
 SCREAM FOR ME
 SEVEN WOMEN FOR SATAN (aka Les Weekends Malefiques du Comte Zaroff)
 SEX AND LUCIA
 SHORT CUT ROAD
 SICKENING CONCEPTIONS
 SIN SISTERS
 SINGAPORE SLING
 SLASHERS
 SNAKE DANCER
 SNAKE PEOPLE (aka Isle of the Snake People)
 SOFT FOR DIGGING
 SORUM
 SPIDERBABE (Unrated 2-Disc Collectors edition)
 STRAWBERRY ESTATES
 SUDDEN FURY (revised)
 SUPER BADASS
 SWEET MOVIE
 TETSUO: THE IRON MAN
 THAT KIND OF GIRL
 THE ATTENDANT
 THE BOX
 THE BUNKER
 THE CANDY SNATCHERS
 THE DEAD NEXT DOOR
 THE DESCENT: PART 2
 THE DEVIL’S REJECTS
 THE EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOW (aka The Sexorcist)
 THE FLESH EATERS
 THE FLESH RIPPERS
 THE FREE WILL
 THE GHOSTS OF EDENDALE
 THE H.P. LOVECRAFT COLLECTION 1: COOL AIR
 THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED
 THE MANSON FAMILY
 THE MUTILATION MAN
 THE PROWLER (aka Rosemary’s Killer)
 THE RUINS
 THE SHUNNED HOUSE
 THE TINTO BRASS COLLECTION
 THE TOOLBOX MURDERS
 THE VAMPIRES NIGHT ORGY (aka LA ORGĂŤA NOCTURNA DE LOS VAMPIROS)
 THE WOLFMAN
 THEY DIE NEXT
 THIRST
 THREE STORIES
 THRILLER SERIES 1
 TOKYO X EROTICA
 TROUBLE EVERY DAY
 VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD
 VINTAGE EROTICA ANNO 1940
 VIVA LA MUERTE
 VULGAR
 WHILE SHE WAS OUT
 WILD LIFE
 ZOMBIELAND

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