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
SCANNERS
This David Cronenberg freak-out about warring telepaths contains one of the stand-out moments in horror cinema. As for the rest of the movie, it’s pretty good
SAVE THE GREEN PLANET
From Korea, a horror-sci fi-comedy that’s gross, funny and outrageous
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
OFFSPRING
The fourth film adaptation of the work of Jack Ketchum, 2009’s OFFSPRING is, like the other three (THE LOST, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR and RED), not bad
ANTICHRIST
Head bashing, perverted sex, stabbing, strangulation, testicle smashing, entrail eating, ankle skewering and vaginal mutilation are among the delicacies of this lacerating film, one of the most provocative and unrelenting cinematic offerings of recent years
ANGUISH
A fairly clever movie theater set splatter film, ANGUISH has some clever touches but suffers from the fact that the film-within-the-film is really lame
ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE
A 2006 indie that’s garnered a lot of attention because it took over six years to be released in its native country
ALIEN 2: ON EARTH
This is the unauthorized Italian-made sequel to ALIEN that was withheld from American release for decades
ALIEN BLOOD
Terrifically entertaining, superbly filmed shot on video horror/sci fi madness that was released, believe it or not, by Troma