Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991)
GHOULIES III: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE 1991, John Carl Buechler Upon finishing high school, I packed up my things, and like lots of other somewhat privileged kids the world around, went to college. I studied Fine Art if you’re interested to know. To prepare me for the apparently debauched, alcohol fueled, partying lifestyle of a...
Der Todesking (1990)
Jörg Buttgereit holds a special place in my exploitation-loving heart. But perhaps not for the reasons you’d assume. Buttgereit is the director of the infamous Nekromantik films, and, as a teenager, they were certainly the filthiest movies I’d seen. They rightly deserve their reputation as unbeatable gems of repulsive, corpse-fucking exploitation. But, while I appreciate...
Evil Dead II – Thai poster
I don’t know a whole lot about Thailand, but I do know that they made awesome posters in the 80s and early 90s. Thai posters for the horror, trash and science-fiction movies of yesteryear are the ultimate expression of 80s excess. Just search “Thai movie posters” in Google images – make sure you’re sitting down....
Bug puke
Plankton – one of the best bad movies around. Unbelievably made in 1994, Plankton has all the qualities I’d expect from Italy in its early 80s prime; horrible dubbing (the voice over actors are definitely deliberately messing with the script, especially towards the end), ridiculous acting to compliment the stupid characters, nonsensical gags, goofy gore,...
Girl Hell 1999 (1999)
Girl Hell 1999 is foul, but, like discovering (hideous) alien life, fascinating. No one but the Japanese make 'em like this.
Jack the Ripper Goes West aka A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
I was torn about whether or not I should write about this borefest from 1974. There’s really very little going for it, and although it’s less than an hour long, the time drags intolerably. Originally known by it’s much better title, ‘A Knife for the Ladies’, the film was rebranded ‘Jack the Ripper Goes West’...
The Secret of Blood Island (1964)
THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND 1964, Quentin Lawrence Hammer Film Productions produced a handful of war movies that quietly coexisted alongside their more boisterous horror output. These films were a strange lot. The two most easily available efforts are The Camp on Blood Island (1958) and Yesterday’s Enemy (1959). Despite both being directed by Val...
Iron Angels (1987)
IRON ANGELS AKA Angel AKA Fighting Madam AKA Midnight Angels(1987) 1987, dir: Teresa Woo, Raymond Leung Iron Angels is one of the more popular of the Girls ‘n Guns movies from Hong Kong and rightfully so. It features some jaw-dropping scenes of squibs and pyrotechnics action as well as some great displays of martial arts....
Jean Rollin
Jean Rollin passed away in late 2010 leaving us his final unfinished work, Le masque de la Méduse. A filmmaker as maligned as he was loved, Rollin – no matter where your opinion of him sways – was an extremely important figure in Euro horror. Often he has been unfairly lumped in with the prolific...
Frankenstein Created Woman – German poster
The bulk of entries in Hammer’s Frankenstein franchise are some of the best films from the studio. (We’ll have to look past the disaster that is The Evil of Frankenstein – Hammer’s absolute worst.) Sitting near the top of the pile is the excellent and very strange Frankenstein Created Woman. Frankenstein Created Woman is certainly...
Murder by poison cat paw?
Relentless bad pussy puns? A poisoned cat paw? A stupid, stupid death scene? It could only be a film by the husband and wife duo of Michael and Roberta Findlay! This one is from The Curse of Her Flesh – available from the always excellent Something Weird Video as part of The Flesh Triple Feature....
Munchies (1987)
As a child, I was very obsessive over a few select movies. I’d rent these same films over and over again from our local video shop. Their copy of The Dark Crystal was almost permanently in my possession, as well as both the Bill and Ted films. But the movies that I truly went...
