Fur is murder
The Granny is a beautiful tale exploring the themes of family, old age, and mink stole puppets eating people.
Repulsive cockroach vomit ritual
Initiation features some unbelievable effects work from Screaming Mad George. The best example of the Japanese effects master's work in this film can be seen in an absolutely repulsive ritual sequence that concludes with a very Cronenberg-esque chunder.
Syngenor (1990)
Syngenor centers around water soluble Giger-esque super soldiers being let loose in an office building basement, but the actual point of interest is David Gale playing a weirdo CEO who constantly injects Re-Animator goo into his neck and spends the movie becoming even more insane.
Granny (1999)
While Granny isn't a good movie by any means, it reminded me of the short films I used to make with my friends as a kid and on that level it won me over.
Reverse-birthing in The Suckling
The Suckling warns against the dangers of backyard abortions when a fetus is turned into a lumbering mutant monster after being flushed down a toilet and getting smothered with toxic waste in the sewers.
Hansel e Gretel (1990)
It's hard to say whether Fulci at any point sat in the director's chair during the production of this. My guess is no. Though Fulci was not at the top of his game in 1990, his flourishes could still be seen in even his cheapest work. None are apparent here.
A handy quip from Dr. Giggles
In amongst the lifeless and bloodless Scream rip-offs, there's the occasional slice of 90s horror fun. Like Dr. Giggles. Doctor-themed one liners and puns galore, Dr. Giggles is good dumb fun.
See ya, champ!
In Mikey, TV's Brian Bonsall (who, for the record, now looks like this) is a psychotic orphan who burns through several foster families, sometimes quite literally. There's no subtlety to Bonsall's horrendous acts as he spouts one-liners and kills the crap out of everyone.
Absurd tongue torture in Japanese Hell
Jigoku is two unfinished films mashed awkwardly into one, and the results are as messy as you'd expect. The absurdity hits its peak towards the end of the film where we watch a bunch of evil assholes get tongue tortured.
Kid murder dream in Fulci’s Voices from Beyond
Last year I reviewed Fulci's Voices from Beyond. In the review, I mentioned the film's jaw-dropping opening where a child is viciously murdered in an insane dream sequence. I felt it was worthy of its own Clip of the Week post.
