SANTA’S SLAY
This Canadian-lensed Christmas-themed splatter comedy from 2005 clearly wanted to be the BAD SANTA of its day…but wasn’t
KILLER NERD
Unlike many movies these days, KILLER NERD turns out to be pretty much exactly what you’d expect
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
This werewolf classic, from writer/director John Landis, remains a groundbreaking combination of comedy and balls-out horror
AMERICAN PSYCHO (Film)
Although it wowed many mainstream critics, this lukewarm ‘00 adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis’ infamous novel is a dreary and affected slog
PUSS BUCKET
An interesting relic from the glory days of Film Threat Video, who back in the early 1990s put out some truly vital underground films
PONTYPOOL
There’s never been a zombie movie like PONTYPOOL, a Canadian import with possibly the nuttiest explanation for zombiedom I’ve ever encountered
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
This early effort by Brian De Palma shows a unique side of this controversial auteur, being a musical satire, and an extremely good one
PARENTS
This eighties curio was advertised and possibly intended as a black comedy along the lines of EATING RAOUL, but it’s actually closer to ERASERHEAD in tone
THE QUIET FAMILY
Pitch-dark comedy horror from South Korea about a family who can’t seem to keep from killing the guests of their rural lodge
JABBERWOCKY
This, the first solo directorial effort by Terry Gilliam, is very likely the most squalid and grotesque depiction of the middle ages ever put on screen