WICKED CITY (1987)
A seminal anime feature, notable for its one-of-a-kind mix of sex and mutation, compelling NIGHT WATCH-like narrative and myriad of impossible-to-forget images
WICKED
Extremely stylish and refined nineties sleaze, headlined by then up-and-coming starlet Julia Stiles
THE WHIP AND THE BODY
One of the strangest and most interesting films made by Mario Bava, a film featuring ahead-of-its-time perversity and the type of visual brilliance for which Bava is renowned
MACABRE
This gruesome and depraved yet subtle, atmospheric Italian horror fest was the directorial debut of Lamberto Bava, son of the legendary “Father of Italian horror” Mario Bava
VAMP
VAMP, from 1986, is a sexy vampire comedy that predated similarly themed films like THE LOST BOYS and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
BYZANTIUM
A vampire drama from INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE director Neil Jordon, who delivers a sleek and erotic Irish-centric film
BODY DOUBLE
Perhaps the ultimate Brian De Palma film: gory, pervy and visually stunning, with a distinctly comedic, self-mocking angle
THE BLIND BEAST (Film)
A wildly fetishistic, claustrophobic Japanese production made in 1968, THE BLIND BEAST (a.k.a. MOJU) is profoundly bizarre
BLACK WIDOW
A silly eighties thriller with occasional flashes of interest, courtesy of actress Theresa Russell—but flashes are all we get
BLACK CANDLES
Another fun dollop of trashy horror from Spain’s Jose Ramon Larraz, of WHIRLPOOL and VAMPYRES fame