Slasher Films
Horrible (1981)
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010(aka Absurd, Anthropophagus 2, Rosso Sangue)
Director: Aristide Massaccesi
Starring: George Eastman, Annie Belle, Charles Borromel
Aristide Massaccesi, or Joe D’Amato as he is more widely known, died in 1999 leaving behind a legacy in horror and exploitation cinema that has to be seen to be believed. D’Amato’s work was often not very well executed - it is [...]
Video Nasties: The Legacy - Part 1
Monday, March 29th, 2010In the early 80’s the self appointed moral guardians in the UK where highly offended by what was showing up on the video shelves in those early days of the censor free video market. Lurid video sleeves for titles like S.S. Experiment weren’t going down too well with the church attending minority in England. An [...]
Don’t Go In The Woods (1981)
Sunday, October 4th, 2009(aka Don’t Go In The Woods… Alone!, The Forest 2)
Director: James Bryan
Starring: Nick McClelland, James P. Hayden, Mary Gail Artz, Tom Drury
James Bryan’s Don’t Go In The Woods was caught up in the video nasty fiasco in the UK and it’s such a disjointed, ineffective affair that it’s really hard to see what the stink [...]
Pieces (1982)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009(aka Mil gritos tiene la noche, One Thousand Cries Has the Night)
Director: Juan Piquer
Starring: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith
Grindhouse Releasing are starting to get back into the swing of things with a couple of very interesting releases which hit shelves in October; Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond (1980) and [...]
Upcoming Releases
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Severin Films have several new releases lined up to hit shelves in the summer months, including a couple Jess Franco movies - one having, surprisingly, been absent from the US market.
Devil Hunter, The - 29th July 2008Director: Jess Franco
“Re-Mastered In High-Definition And Featuring An All-New Interview With Jess Franco!King Of EuroSleaze Jess Franco (BLOODY [...]
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Director: George Mihalka.
20 years after a brutal spate of murders in a small mining community, the town begins to put the past behind them and they decide to hold the first Valentine Days party since the murders occurred. If you’ve never seen a slasher movie you will be shocked and amazed to discover that things [...]