SYNOPSIS: A group of guys capture a young girl with the intent of hurting her. They torture her in many ways, from beating her to putting a sharp piece of needle-like metal through her eye which pierces across her retina.
Read More »Film Review: Absolutio – Erlosung im Blut (2013)
SYNOPSIS: his mother’s death busy devout Isaiah very much. When he is haunted by nightmares still, he is determined that God has given him an order. He should move sinners to reverse, by any means REVIEW: When the main character of Philip Lilienschwarz’s (writer of Marcel Walz’s Blood Feast remake) 2013 directorial debut, Absolutio – Erlosung im Blut, aka Absolution: …
Read More »Film Review: At Midnight Ill Take Your Soul (1964) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: A gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son. REVIEW: Often considered Brazil’s first full-length horror movie, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul is written and directed by Jose Mojica Marins – This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse and Embodiment of Evil continue the trilogy, but it’s this film that started it …
Read More »Film Review: Root of Darkness (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Erland is about to celebrate his 50th birthday. His wife Greta has invited some friends over to their newly bought cabin for a party. Erland is not happy about the upcoming party especially when some of the guests are relatives to Greta which he doesn’t like. The day before the party hell falls down a dried well and finds …
Read More »Film Review: Violent Shit 2 (1992)
SYNOPSIS: Drilled by his deranged mother, Karl the Butcher jr. takes revenge for the gruesome death of his father. Anyone who sets foot on the forest has to die. Hold on to your limbs as Karl jr. slaughter his victims to some amazing tunes of terror. Decapitation is just the beginning… REVIEW: I could probably just go ahead and say …
Read More »Film Review: The Void (2016)
SYNOPSIS: In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on …
Read More »Film Review: The Gestapos Last Orgy (1977)
SYNOPSIS: A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers and her life when violent infected patrons show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose. REVIEW: The filmography of Italian director Cesare Canevari is quite an interesting one in that he managed to cover all the important milestones of the exploitation cinema of …
Read More »Film Review: Rotten Romance (short film) (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Three segments showing rather unusual love-related stories, each dealing with a dark and twisted love or desire, from cannibalism to self-mutilation. REVIEW: Coming from the Netherlands, written and directed by self-proclaimed “Mr. Pervert,” Erik Zijlstra, Rotten Romance is not only a short film, but also a three-part anthology. Trying to fit three short films into just under 20 minutes …
Read More »Film Review: First Transmission (1982)
SYNOPSIS: For over 30 years, the so-called First Transmission video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, “snuff film” legend. First advertised in the back pages of Thee Grey Book , The First Transmission was an ultra weird touchstone of the underground VHS tape trading scene of the 1980s. REVIEW: It’s kind of difficult to talk about First Transmission, …
Read More »Film, Review: Nasty Nancy (2010)
SYNOPSIS: In a school full of perverse teachers, where you earn grades by having sex, Nancy is the only honest person. But when she, despite studying a lot, fails her final exam… it’s time for revenge! REVIEW: I haven’t seen many horror films that have come out of Croatia because, well, there aren’t many horror films coming out of Croatia. …
Read More »Film Review: Stille Nacht (1969)
SYNOPSIS: A Materialaktion (an art performance/happening in which objects are used to create an art piece) by Viennese Aktionist Otto Muehl. The setting is a solemn Christmas celebration REVIEW: Austrian artist and filmmaker Otto Muehl was the co-founder of, and one of the main participants in, the Viennese Actionism “movement” (see also Gunter Brus, Kurt Kren, Hermann Nitsch, and others). …
Read More »Film Review: 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Muhl) (short film) (1964)
SYNOPSIS: A short and EXPLICIT art film from Otto Mühl and Kurt Kren. REVIEW: Kurt Kren, the director of 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Muhl), is quite an interesting figure. He was an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker, involved in creating a series of experimental films over the years. He became a part of the early punk scene in Houston, Texas, …
Read More »Film Review: The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (short film) (1981)
SYNOPSIS: A military group of men is locked up in a bunker in an unknown future. All those soldiers are waiting for an eventual enemy. But the discovery of a certain project will cause several catastrophies and will make those men kill each other… REVIEW: Le Bunker de la Derniere Rafale, or The Bunker of the Last Gunshots, is a …
Read More »Film Review: Un Chien Andalou (short film) (1929)
SYNOPSIS: Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present seventeen minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery. REVIEW: Luis Bunuel is widely considered the father of surreal cinema. Salvador Dali is arguably one of the best known artists in the history of painting, a medium he also took into the world of surrealism. Put them together, and you end up with one of the …
Read More »Film Review: The Morning After (short film) (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A group of young adults throw a party while another stays in his room studying a strange cocoon. The others wake up the next morning to find blood flowing from under his door… REVIEW:
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