THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN
This early entry in the “Satanic Panic” films of the seventies, inspired (like most of the others) by ROSEMARY’S BABY, is an extremely stylish low budget chiller
This early entry in the “Satanic Panic” films of the seventies, inspired (like most of the others) by ROSEMARY’S BABY, is an extremely stylish low budget chiller
A quest for the eponymous head becomes a deranged trip into blood-soaked psychosis in this, the late Sam Peckinpah’s most personal and outrageous film
A nifty chunk of seventies-sploitation about drug users going nuts years after the fact. Just say no, indeed!
Remember the old folk tale about Bluebeard? It seems unlikely material for a multi-million dollar spectacular, but that’s just what mega-producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind attempted with BLUEBEARD
This misogynistic Spanish horror fest from the seventies has its moments, but isn’t much
Here’s a film so mind-numbing it’s a veritable legend among bad movie buffs. The world’s first (and so far only) Christian anti-drug/gore/monster movie, BLOOD FREAK would embarrass Ed Wood
From Japan, a diverting exercise in genre-mixing by madman director Teruo Ishii. Containing elements of the horror and Yakuza genres, the film, released in 1970, was quite a trailblazer
A dark, freaky headscratcher from a filmmaker beloved by art snobs the world over: the French Louis Malle, best known for refined fare like ATLANTIC CITY and MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
This 1976 sequel to the Shaw Brothers classic BLACK MAGIC lacks the narrative drive of its predecessor, but makes up for it in sheer outrageousness
Of the many Hong Kong horror pictures made by the Shaw Brothers during the seventies, BLACK MAGIC is far from the best, even if it is the best known