THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Truthfully, not a whole lot remains to be written about THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, certainly one of the most iconic genre films of all time
DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS
British-made silliness with a novel twist on the Yuletide slasher formula: this time it’s not a mad Santa Claus on a killing spree but guys dressed as Santa who bear the brunt of the abuse
DREAD
There are some good things in this gorier-than-average Clive Barker adaptation, but it’s a confused and mediocre movie overall
RECOMPENCE
A stunningly photographed, powerfully atmospheric modern silent that’s about as gross, unsettling and plain weird as they come
SPLATTER MOVIES
Apparently the most authoritative overview of the splatter movie phenomenon ever published—or so I’ve been told
DEMONS
Nothing too deep here: A Pastaland eighties classic with movie theater patrons getting turned into flesh eating demons
DEFENCELESS
A recent shot-on-video feature by Australia’s Mark Savage that’s very likely his best film
DEATH WARMED UP
From New Zealand, a no-budget gorefest of a type that has become fairly common in recent years but wasn’t back in 1983
DEADLY SPAWN
A 3 A.M. movie for sure, but definitely an above average specimen, this is a no-budget monster mash from the early eighties that mixes gore and laughs in the manner of BASKET CASE and THE EVIL DEAD
THE DEAD NEXT DOOR
This no-budget eighties zombie epic isn’t much from a technical standpoint but has a real low-rent charm, and enough creative bloodletting to fill a dozen mainstream gorefests