CEMETERY MAN

An interesting item from director Dario Argento disciple Michele Soavi, who seems to have at last come into his own

MESSIAH OF EVIL

Amid the innumerable NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD wannabes that appeared in the seventies the no budget MESSIAH OF EVIL stands out

BURIAL GROUND

Italian zombie flicks tend to be extremely gory and extremely goofy, and this pasta zombie fest from 1980 contains both qualities in abundance

BLACK SUNDAY (1961)

This was the first solo-directed film by the great Mario Bava, and remains his best-known work.  There’s an excellent reason for that, and for the fact that actress Barbara Steele became an icon.

BEYOND THE GRAVE

As wonderfully eccentric a take on zombie cinema as anyone could hope for, a Brazilian made film that’s creepy, perplexing, energetic, gruesome and recommended

THE BEYOND

The undoubted masterpiece of Lucio Fulci, a crazed and surreal gorefest that’s irresistible, even if it doesn’t make much sense

EVIL DEAD 2

A film as influential to the horror genre as any of the biggies (DRACULA, THE EXORCIST, etc.), Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN introduced a near-revolutionary mix of slapstick and horror