BLUE VELVET

BLUE VELVET is one of most iconic “cult” movies of all time, and there’s an excellent reason for that.

BLOOD SIMPLE

A quintessential American independent film from the eighties, and still a one-of-a-kind masterpiece

BLOOD FEAST

What is it about H.G. Lewis’s flicks that are so much fun? They’re not “good” by any stretch of the imagination—indeed, they’re often downright atrocious. Case in point: BLOOD FEAST, the first of Lewis’ gore epics

BIRTH

In the crowded arena of bad Nicole Kidman movies, this outrageously pretentious muddle deserves a special place of honor

BEWARE! CHILDREN AT PLAY

A Troma sponsored no-budgeter worth viewing for its stunningly demented opening—a kid’s dad dies after getting caught in a bear trap and the tyke responds by cutting open the elder’s belly and happily removing his organs!—and closing sequences

BENEATH

A quirky sea monster splatter fest from director Larry Fessenden that’s not nearly as terrible as its early reception suggests, although it’s still far from Fessenden’s best work

EYES OF FIRE

This Missouri lensed no-budgeter from the eighties is real oddity: a hallucinatory horror movie set in Colonial America

THE ETERNAL

A nineties indie interesting for its experimental aspects and the way it slyly recalls the old dark castle horrors of old

ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW

This is the already-infamous indie that was filmed surreptitiously at Walt Disney World. The film is fairly affecting, although the crummy final third does it in

EATING RAOUL

This is the most famous movie directed by the late Paul Bartel, a highly successful indie black comedy about sex, murder and cannibalism