GALAXY OF TERROR
GALAXY OF TERROR isn’t the best of the many ALIEN wannabes, but it is the most outrageous—and, hence, the most fun
THE FLESH EATERS
A vintage gorefest that hasn’t dated well, but does at least contain some impressively noirish photography and lots of endearingly goofy special effects
LUTHER THE GEEK
There are some eye-catching gore effects in this nineties low budgeter, and a memorably depraved lead character
LUCKY SKY DIAMOND
The LSD of the title is entirely appropriate, this being a seriously bizarre Japanese gore fest
LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
There exist better known films in the splatter movie pantheon, and certainly better made ones, but you’ll have a difficult time finding a meaner, nastier film
TOKYO FIST
A masterwork from one of Japan’s greatest contemporary filmmakers, Shinya Tsukamoto
TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE
A visually fascinating but dramatically flawed Italian production from the seventies
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