SHOCK
A superb 1977 horror movie, the last to be directed by the late, great Mario Bava. A textbook example of how to build mood, tension and, yes, shock on a limited budget, it remains one of the best films of its kind
SHIVERS
The first feature by David Cronenberg, 1975’s SHIVERS pretty much set the stage for what was to come from “Dave Deprave.”
SEYTAN
You won’t believe this film, a Turkish made rip-off of THE EXORCIST
THE SEVERED ARM
A zero budgeted early seventies gore fest that’s unremarkable in most respects (and downright inept in others) but has a curious resonance nonetheless
SEIZURE
You’d be hard-pressed to find many Oliver Stone trademarks in this, his 1974 debut. It’s not a great or even very good film, being amateurish and pretentious—a deadly combination
THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STACH
There’s a great deal of macabre gusto in this Soviet chiller about a band of ghostly hunters
SATANIS, THE DEVIL’S MASS
A raggedy and unfocused 1970 documentary on the late Anton Szandor LaVey (1930-97) and his San Francisco based Church of Satan
SALOME (1972)
This 1972 Italian obscurity is easily the wildest production of Oscar Wilde’s SALOME you’ll ever see
SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM
Widely hailed as the most disgusting and/or disturbing movie of all time, SALO is indeed a profoundly unsettling viewing experience
KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN
One of the more distinguished efforts by the late S.F. Brownrigg, although, given that his films aren’t that great overall, that’s not saying much