NIGHTMARE CITY
A trashier-than-average Italian zombie mash from the notorious Umberto Lenzi!
THE HUNTING PARTY
A gotta-see-it-to-disbelieve-it product of the early seventies, when the production code governing film content had just been abolished, and American moviemakers responded by unleashing a veritable tsunami of sex and violence
HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN
A logical successor to GRINDHOUSE, and in my view exactly what we all need right now: an unapologetically excessive seventies-inspired splatter-fest bursting with wit and invention
HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD
One of the absolute goofiest of the early eighties DAWN OF THE DEAD knock-offs from Italy
HEARTLESS
Fans of Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman should enjoy this odd and fascinating evocation of supernatural shenanigans in modern-day London—if, that is, they can forgive the film’s many clumsy and misguided elements
HATCHET
A loving, gore-packed tribute to 1980s slasher cinema. Fun, but also excessively lightweight and wildly overhyped
HARDWARE
A VERY promising debut from Richard Stanley, HARDWARE, which appeared back in 1990, appeared to be the start of an auspicious career
HAMMER OF THE GODS
A highly underrated historical splat fest from the UK that has run afoul of critics both amateur and professional (it currently holds a 4.5 imdb rating) who’ve questioned its historical accuracy
TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!
The best of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ early 1960s gore epics, with real production value and gore scenes that (mostly) still startle
TROMEO AND JULIET
Wow! A legitimately good movie from Troma, and one directed, moreover, by Troma’s goofball honcho Lloyd Kaufman!