Decades ago, deranged Professor Jones (John Saxon) concocted a diabolical drug at a rural college called ‘The Nietzsche Experiment,’ designed to give its users telepathic abilities, but instead turned anyone who took it into violent lunatics. Now, 20 years later, Jones has returned to resume his experiments and avenge himself against those he feels wronged… Continue reading
Hester Ramsey (Yvonne De Carlo) lives in a cavernous old house, with only her pet Rottweiler, Greta, to keep her company. Bitter and alone, Hester blames her estranged sister for stealing away her one true love, Sam, decades earlier. Following her sister’s death, Hester begins to plot a diabolical revenge, using her knowledge of the… Continue reading
In this bizarre and totally unique piece of Spanish horror, David Rocha plays Paul, a young man thrown out of medical school due to his inability to deal with the sight of blood. He goes home to Montpellier in France where his father is gardener on a huge estate belonging to Countess Olivia (played by… Continue reading
Like a kind of crazy cinematic ghost train ride, WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH takes us on a journey deep into the darkness of one man’s fears and fantasies. That man is Young-gul, a lonely and rather morbid student in late 1970’s South Korea. Narrowly surviving a murder-suicide attempt by a woman wearing a… Continue reading
A young Brooke Shields meets an untimely end in this religious-themed proto slasher par excellence from director Alfred Sole. On the day of her first communion, young Karen (Brooke Shields) is savagely murdered by an unknown assailant in a yellow rain mac and creepy translucent mask. But the nightmare is far from over – as… Continue reading
“Lurid … imaginative and unsettling” — Turner Classic Movies “Circus of Horrors” (1960), an excellent British shocker – and one not from Hammer Film Productions – is coming to blu-ray this fall. A deranged plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) takes over a traveling circus, then transforms horribly disfigured young women into ravishing beauties and coerces them… Continue reading
“Vampires is a mixed bag. It’s clear that John Carpenter is still having fun whilst making this movie. And John Carpenter having fun is something the world generally benefits from.” — Ed Travis, Cinapse.co “Forget everything you’ve ever heard about vampires,” warns Jack Crow (James Woods), the leader of Team Crow, a relentless group of… Continue reading
The kind but physically disfigured Dr. Heckyl (Oliver Reed) is so distraught over his continual failures with the opposite sex that he decides to end his life by overdosing on an extra-strength diet drink. Strangely, he doesn’t die — he transforms into slick stud Mr. Hype. Unfortunately, Hype has an insatiable thirst for blood, and… Continue reading
Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie star in Nic Roeg’s brilliantly atmospheric adaptation of the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Following the death of their daughter, John and Laura Baxter travel to Venice where he is to oversee the restoration of an old church. Here they encounter a pair of elderly sisters: one of them… Continue reading
The Exorcist meets the Winter Olympics in this tale of demonic possession and snowbound slashing from director Christopher Webster, producer of Hellraiser and Hellraiser II: Hellbound. For a group of young couples, a snowmobiling trip turns into a waking nightmare when one of their number is thrown from their vehicle and knocked unconscious. Seeking refuge… Continue reading
Controversial German filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2) takes you into the twisted mind of a deranged sex killer in the last of his feature films to date, 1993’s deeply disturbing Schramm. Lothar Schramm, the so-called “Lipstick Killer”, lies dying in a pool of blood and paint. As he expires, fragments of his life flash… Continue reading
Young Martine begins working as a nurse at Deadlock House, a secluded grande retirement home, but from the beginning not everything is as it seems, strange residents each with their own quirks and a rather macabre dietary supplement to their vegetarian diet are ruled by the strict Miss Helene, and her suspicions are soon raised… Continue reading
“Yes, Gremlins is a Christmas movie. Albeit the Christmas movie that forced Steven Spielberg to advocate for the creation of a PG-13 rating.” — Claire Donner, DenOfGeek.com Anyone who lived through the ’80s experienced the magic of Gremlins. For everyone else, now is the time to see one of the decade’s defining movies, a wildly… Continue reading
A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don’t help much either. Starring Richard Anthony Crenna, Pietro Genuardi, and John Harper. Shipping starts on summer 2019 SPECS Director: Fabrizio De Angelis (aka: Larry Ludman) Starring:… Continue reading
When a female rock band use an infamous old piece of sheet music to record their new album in an old mansion, they accidentally open a portal to hell. Starring Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, and Pascal Persiano. Shipping starts on Summer 2019 SPECS Director: Luigi Cozzi Starring: Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, Pascal Persiano Country: Italy… Continue reading