A BELL FROM HELL
A vaguely surreal, darkly comic and deeply shocking exercise in Euro-styled anti-bourgeoisie subversion, the Spanish production A BELL FROM HELL is a one-of-a-kind gem
THE BEGUILED (1970)
A macabre Civil War set study of repression and murder from the seventies, echoing the works of writers like Poe, Tennessee Williams and Ambrose Bierce, and starring…CLINT EASTWOOD?!?
BEGOTTEN
A profoundly repellant yet strangely lyrical and poetic cinemutation, BEGOTTEN is a wordless black and white reverie in which God kills himself and begets Mother Earth, who in turn begets Mankind, who in turn endures all manner of abuse
BEDEVILLED
A solid Korean revenge blowout with a feminist slant. Sure, it could be stronger in many respects, but satisfies as a gory drama (I would say gory thriller but that would be inaccurate).
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1978)
This Czech take on Beauty and the Beast really brings forth the gloom and darkness of the original fairy tale
BEATRICE
The Age of Chivalry gets a thorough trashing in this bleak period piece from France’s Bertrand Tavernier, who was evidently obsessed with making BEATRICE as grim as possible
THE BEASTS
Often referred to Hong Kong’s answer to LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, this is a potent blast of sleazy action-oriented nastiness
BAXTER
An evil dog whose misanthropic thoughts are voiced on the soundtrack? A deranged kid obsessed with Adolph Hitler? This is by no means a perfect film, but it’s one you won’t soon forget!
BATTLE ROYALE
By far the most controversial film of 2000, this is an outrageous and ultra-violent satire from Japan
BATTLE HEATER
This beyond-ridiculous horror comedy would appear to be Japan’s answer to the Troma movies of the eighties