ANGST
An Austrian serial killer drama, similar in vain to classics like M and HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER. Many respected critics have dubbed it a masterpiece. Not me!
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
This werewolf classic, from writer/director John Landis, remains a groundbreaking combination of comedy and balls-out horror
A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS
I admittedly don’t know exactly what this film is, but can say for certain that A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS is a morbid and fascinating oddity unlike anything else
YEARS OF THE BEAST
An old school Christian scare flick, not exactly “good” but still better than most
ALLIGATOR
Surely the finest killer gator flick ever, and a clear triumph of inspiration and enthusiasm over a low budget
ALICE (1988)
The first feature by the Czech animator Jan Svankmajer was this bizarre take on ALICE IN WONDERLAND, notable for its unflagging invention and oppressive atmosphere
PROFESSOR DOWELL’S TESTAMENT
If you ask me, one simply cannot get enough head-in-a-dish movies! Then again, maybe I’m wrong…here’s a late entry in the cycle, a Russian flick from 1984 that adds nothing new or interesting to the subgenre
POLTERGEIST (1982)
The first big budget Hollywood production by THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’S Tobe Hooper, although POLTERGEIST’S actual director has long been in question
PINOCCHIO AND THE EMPEROR OF THE NIGHT
More scary eighties kid cinema, this one an animated rethink of PINOCCHIO crossed with SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
PIN
A stronger-than-average psycho thriller from Canada about a malevolent medical dummy