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- Film Review: Get the Gringo (2012)
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- Mass Hysteria Unfolds in ‘The Secret Village’
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- Film Review: Prom Night (1980)
- Film Review: Mysterious Island (2010)
- Film Review: Get the Gringo (2012)
- Film Review: Birdemic – Shock and Terror (2010)
- Film Review: Dolemite (1975)
- Film Review: Identity (2003)
- Film Review: Madison County (2011)
- Film Review: The Ghost Dance (1980)
- Film Review: John Carter (2012)
- Film Review: God Bless America (2011)
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- Book Review: Off the Rails and Other Tales – Author Jason L. Liquori
- Book Review: Pavlov’s Dog’s – Authors D.L. Snell | Thomas Brannan
- Book Review: Zombie Apocalypse Preparation – Authors David Houchins | Scot Thomas
- Book Review: Sherlock Holmes on Screen – Author Alan Barnes
- Book Review: Switchblade Goddess – Author Lucy Snyder
- Book Review: Detritus – Editors S.S. Michaels | Kate Jonez
- Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim – Author Scott Alan Roberts
- Book Review: Pazuzu’s Girl – Author Rachel Coles
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- Book Review: Woman Scorned – Author Angela Alsaleem
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- Interview: Marilyn Burns (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
- Interview: Timothy Woodward Jr. (Blackout)
- Interview: Justin McConnell (The Collapsed, The Eternal)
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- Interview: Lia Scott Price
- Interview: Author Hugh C. Howey
- Interview: Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp)
- Interview: John Russo (Night of the Living Dead)
- Interview: Director Xavier Gens (The Divide)
- Interview: Frank DeFelitta (Dark Night of the Scarecrow, The Entity)
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- The Pact (2012)
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- Sector 7 (2011)
- R.I.P.D. (2013)
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- Looper (2012)
- The Strangers 2
- The Quiet Ones (2013)
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- Trailer: Chronicles of the Dead (2012) Web Series Trailer
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- Trailer: The Following (2012) TV Series Trailer
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Category Archives: CAT III- Asian
Film Review: Grotesque (aka Gurotesuku) (2009) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
A young couple get abducted by a perverse sadist named Tachikawa who ties them both up in his basement and begins torturing them. If either of them happens to pass out from the intense pain, he revives them with smelling salts before going back to work.
REVIEW:
Grotesque is really a mix of emotions. Brilliant, disgusting, well written, sadistic and painful to your sense beyond belief. Now if you are like me when… More
Film Review: Flower of Flesh and Blood (Guinea Pig films) (1985) – CAT III
The second video, Za ginipiggu 2: Chiniku no hana (1985) is said to be based on a snuff film sent to the director Hideshi Hino by a crazed fan. In it, a man dressed as a samurai drugs a woman and proceeds to cut her apart, and finally adds her body parts to an extensive collection. The snuff film rumour has been shown to be a contemporary legend; the film was in fact… More
Film Review: The Butcher (2008)
SYNOPSIS:
Relentlessly gruesome, South Korean filmmaker Kim Jin-Won’s torture flick chronicles the making of a snuff film from two perspectives: that of the sadistic producers and that of the unfortunate “stars.” Their terror captured through vérité-style camera work, the victims are made to endure the agonizing screams of their fellow captives before meeting their own grim fate at the hands the titular butcher in his bloody abattoir..
REVIEW:
Chances are you may have a… More
Film Review: Blue Jean Monster (1991) – CAT III
(aka – Monster Wore Jeans)
SYNOPSIS:
A cop is killed in the line of duty, only to be reanimated by a freak event involving a black cat and a lightning bolt. Now he’s got to act normal, despite the fact that he’s a living corpse who needs to recharge with energy in order to function!
REVIEW:
BLUE JEAN MONSTER (1991)
Director: Kai Ming Lai
Writer: Kam – hung Ng
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Film Review: Riki-Oh: the Story of Ricky (aka Lik Wong) (1991) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
Hard man Ricky is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultra-violence is his only means of survival in the corrupt, sadistic system. He must battle his way quite literally ‘through’ the feared ‘gang of four’, and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in one of the goriest climaxes ever seen.
REVIEW:
As we open on the film, we follow a bus on its way to a prison facility. A title… More
Film Review: Kichiku Dai Enkai (Banquet of Beasts) (1997) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
A leftist political group in 1970’s Japan is left without a leadership after their leader Aikawa is imprisioned. Aikawa’s girlfriend Masami is left in charge of the group, whose activities include drinking, drug use, sex, and of course the murder of traitors to the group.
REVIEW:
Directed by: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Starring: Shigeru Bokuda, Sumiko Mikami, Shunsuke Sawada, Toshiyuki Sugihara
Before I even begin to go into this review I want you do to me a… More
Film Review: Stop the Bitch Campaign (2009) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
Following “Stop the Bitch Campaign” (2001) and “Stop the Bitch Campaign: Hell Version”(2005), “Stop the Bitch Campaign” (2009) is the third version of the series which has garnered strong cult support. The third-generation of heroin is played by AV actress, Rio. Her rival named Kuni is played mysteriously by Kenichi Endo, who also played the same role in the second version. The original work is written by Hideo Yamamoto who wrote “Homunculus” and… More
Film Review: The Unbelievable (2009) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
Based on a popular TV programme that explores the unseen and unexplainable, this big screen version follows a film crew to the eerie and mysterious location of Thailand. However, while shooting for a new TV programme series, the crew becomes totally unprepared for what they will encounter.
REVIEW:
At first start, I was gearing up to be entertained from the introduction and build up. This movie converted from TV series promised to show… More
Film Review: The Untold Story (Human Meat Roast Pork Buns) (1993) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of coarse, happy-go-lucky cops investigate, and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of Eight Immortals Restaurant, which serves delicious pork bao. The hands belong to the missing mother of the restaurant’s former owner; he and his family have disappeared; staff at the… More
Film Review: Eccentric Psycho Cinema (7 in series) (1998) – CAT III
Partial SYNOPSIS
Shinji Imaoka’s Bottled Vulva: Bank Teller Noriko (Binzume nyoin: ginkôin · Noriko), starring Megumi Makihara as the titular teller Noriko Kamimura. Bottled Vulva: Bank Teller Noriko is part of the J·nex-produced Bottled Vulva (Binzume nyoin) trilogy, which Hollywood Film Co. Ltd. (K.K. Hariuddo Firumu) released on VHS in Japan under its Spider label circa 1998; the two other movies in that trilogy are Bottled Vulva: High School Girl Yuriko (Binzume nyoin: joshikôsei… More
Cat III Asian Films – Category 3, Extreme Horror, Hardcore Violence – Grindcore
A SMALL STUDY OF ASIAN CAT III FILMS
CAT III, otherwise known as Category 3 is the rating system used on Extreme horror and exploitation films from the Asian market. While the films range from extremely disturbing horror to pornographic, this list is primarily focused on the Horror related titles. Soft porn for Asian films are also classified under “Pinku” (pink film) though when the filmmakers blend extreme violence, torture, gore or taboo subject matter… More
