VICE SQUAD
A 1982 film that remains a standout in the trashy thriller category
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD
British exploition maestro Peter Walker’s take on the women in prison genre, filtered through his favorite premise: young women menaced by elderly psychopaths in a secluded setting
BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY
A solid example of Asian Trash Cinema that’s unusually heavy on the trash
THE TRAP DOOR
Arguably the most interesting of the late 1970s-early 80s no wave films of Beth B and Scott B
Remembering That Which Is Better Forgotten: THE REAL CANCUN
An inaugural entry in the reality film genre, which sought to do for feature filmmaking what reality TV did for television
DIVA IN THE NETHERWORLD
From Japan, an enormously self-aware, quasi-comedic low budget swirl of monsters and mayhem
SILENT RAGE
Chuck Norris, karate and zombies—a film that should be much better than it is
CONGO
A 1995 release that deserves to be ranked with exotic camp-fests like COBRA WOMAN (1944) and SHEENA (1984)
CLUE
A novelization by Michael McDowell that gives CLUE (1985) far more class than it deserves
FRANKENSTEIN INVERTED
Eight interesting FRANKENSTEIN films that I say are worth your time