THE CURSE (1987)
This undistinguished 1987 grue fest is of interest for one reason: the name “Louis Fulci,” credited as Associate Producer—actually Italy’s Lucio Fulci
CREATURE 2013
From Sweden’s Ronny Carlsson, an evocative 43 minute head-scratcher involving a tormented woman, a house in a forest and a great deal of artful grotesquerie
CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHO CAT
This lunatic late sixties obscurity, a hippified take on THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, is hardly a buried treasure. It is fun, though, an unforgettably whacked-out wallow in gore and sleaze!
COMBAT SHOCK
COMBAT SHOCK isn’t mentioned in many film books, yet it’s one of the seminal independent films of the 1980s
THE CONNOISSEUR’S GUIDE TO THE CONTEMPORARY HORROR FILM
This 64-page horror movie review compilation is notable as (in its original self-published 1983 edition) the first-ever book by the late Chas. Balun
CANNIBAL: THE MOST SICKENING CONSUMER GUIDE EVER!
A fast, user-friendly overview of the Italian cannibal film cycle
INTRUDER
This late eighties slasher is notable for introducing a wealth of behind-the-scenes talent, and as an alleged influence on Quentin Tarantino
IN THE HIGHEST OF SKIES
Perhaps the ultimate trapped-in-an-elevator movie, a sleazy but staid Italian import that takes place largely inside a broken-down lift holding a dozen people
IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO?
From the Deep South comes this astounding artifact, a piece of unadulterated Christian propaganda spiced with enough violence and bloodletting to satisfy the most jaded gorehound
I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
A FUN film, this grind house relic is complete trash, but it has energy, imagination and lots of gore