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F

As so many films have previously shown, schools can be sinister places at night; all silence and shadows in spaces meant for life and activity. One of the breaths of fresh air that is provided by writer/director Johannes Roberts’ F is that its prime victim of fear is not a hapless teenage…more
BURNING BRIGHT

A Bengal tiger, having been rejected by a circus, is offloaded for a small fortune by animal handler, Howie (Meat Loaf), to shifty Johnny Gavineau (Garret Dillahunt) who wants a star attraction for a planned safari park that he intends to build on the Montgomery County estate of his recently…more
MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY & GIRLY

Before Rob Zombie’s lackluster attempts to revitalize the horror film sub-genre of “killer families” with the likes of HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003) and THE DEVIL’S REJECTS (2005), audiences had to go back thirty years or so in order to thrill to the exploits of murderous kin with fare such as…more
HIERRO

Marine biologist, Maria Vara (Elena Anaya), is traveling aboard a ferry to the Spanish island of El Hierro for a short holiday with her five year old son, Diego (Kaiet Rodríguez), when he mysteriously disappears. When attempts by Maria, crew, and police fail to find the child, the following…more
BLOOD RIVER

Californian, recently-wedded couple, Clark (Ian Duncan) and Summer (Tess Panzer) are driving along a long, lonely stretch of the Nevada highway to visit Summer’s parents. On the way, they pass hitchhiker, Joseph (Andrew Howard), but ignore him as they make their way to a deserted motel for an…more
EXAM

A short list of eight candidates, four men and four women, have reached the final examination stage for an unelaborated high station job at a sinister pharmaceuticals research company and enter an examination room that resembles a high-tech bunker. They are informed by the invigilator (Colin…more
THE PARTY’S OVER

Upon initial submission to the British Board of Film Censors in 1963, Guy Hamilton’s dispassionate glimpse into the mindset of a group of fictional Chelsea “rat pack” revellers caused consternation for its on-screen depiction of lesbianism, interracial kissing, violence, and crude language.…more
RESURRECTING “THE STREETWALKER”

The entertainment industry mock-documentary seems to be a new category of British low-budget horror. Writer-director Ozgur Uyanik is following Pat Higgins’ rock-and-pop Antichrist picture THE DEVIL’S MUSIC, but ahead of Ross Birkbeck’s SHOWREEL (which features one of Uyanik’s actors, Lorna…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
 BLOOD CULT
 BLOOD FOR THE MUSE
 BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS (aka Sangre de Virgenes)
 BLOOD RIVER
 BOY MEETS GIRL
 BULLET BALLET
 BURNING BRIGHT
 BUTCHERED
 CABIN FEVER
 CANNIBALS
 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
 DOCTOR DEATH SEEKER OF SOULS
 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)
 EXAM
 EXORCISMO
 EYE OF GOD
 F
 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
 HARPOON: THE REYKJAVIK WHALE WATCHING MASSACRE
 HEADCHEESE
 HIERRO
 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 BITCH
 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
 MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY & GIRLY
 MURDER A LA MOD
 MUTANTS
 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
 RAZOR’S RING
 RESURRECTING “THE STREETWALKER”
 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 PARTY’S OVER
 THE PROWLER (aka Rosemary’s Killer)
 THE RUINS
 THE SHUNNED HOUSE
 THE TINTO BRASS COLLECTION
 THE TOOLBOX MURDERS
 THE VAMPIRES NIGHT ORGY
 THE WOLFMAN
 THEY DIE NEXT
 THIRST
 Three Short Films by Ashley Thorpe
 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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