As you might expect, finding new movies isn't the easiest thing to do (not to mention all the ones I saw prior to starting HMAD - PLEASE READ THIS PAGE!). Especially those rarities in the horror genre: GOOD movies.
So this post is simply designed for readers to leave recommendations (good or bad movies, it doesn't matter)... I might not be able to respond to all of them in the thread but you'll more than likely be mentioned if/when I DO check out the film you suggested! You'll be famous-ish!!!
This will also make it easier for me to thank you for the recommendation, as I will know exactly where it is (as opposed to within the comments of a totally unrelated movie) if I don't get to it for a while.
Let's hear em!!!
(NOTE - I've been deleting responses in which the movies have been since reviewed, with a shout out to the reader who recommended it in that film's review. Trying to make this thread easier to navigate).
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How about Anatomie? A German movie starring Franka Potente. That freaked me out.
Anatomie - Queued!
Session 9 - Seen it, loved it. I used to live near the hospital it was filmed at... couple buddies did a documentary on it. Great fucking movie, creepy goddamn location.
Have you seen Battle Royale [Batoru Rowaiaru]? It was pretty low budget, but I liked it.
Just found your blog - neat concept. I watch horror movies almost every day too, but I don't think I have the "sticktoitiveness" to blog about all of them (cause they're mostly shit as you point out)...
why not? it's a perfectly cromulent task.
have not seen battle royale... will queue. thanks!
I have two suggestions. Both are a mix between horror and dark comedy.
The first is Dracula AD 1972. It stars Christopher Lee (in the title role), and Peter Cushing. It is about a re-incarnated Count and his evil henchman terrorizing a group of early 70s hipsters, one of whom is the great grandaughter of Dr. Van Helsing. Its a pretty great blend of camp and macabre. highly reccomended.
The second is Cemetery Man, which is an Italian Zombie movie directed by Soavi and starring Rupert Everret and Anna Fulcri. Everret plays a graveyard overseer/zombie hunter, who is a lovable sociopath type. This movie has a pretty unique style. Worth a look.
Also, if you have time, please check out http://illbuythatforadollar.blogspot.com/
We are a movie review blog that emphasizes dollar bin VHS. We are a pretty new site, but we are working hard at growing. sorry for the self-promotion
No prob, I'm shameless with promotion. I have cemetary man, i often credit Demons but i think that was actually the first italian horror movie I saw, on a crappy bootleg VHS when I was like 15.
Dracula is a queueable one tho, thanks!
OH I have recommendations. :-p~ I'll try to name a few more obscure ones so it's possible you haven't seen them
A Night to Dismember ~ I call this the worst movie ever made. I surely haven't seen one worse, and I've seen a lot.
Blood Trails ~ This one is microbudget horror at its best.
Fear of Clowns ~ This was kind of terrible, but the clown was cool looking and of course I liked the movie.
Ichi the Killer ~ Takashi Miike at his sadistic best.
Tremors 4 ~ I actually liked this almost as much as the original. It's terrible, but it's so much fun.
Tomie ~ There are 5 Tomie films and they're all haunting but strange and surreal at the same time.
Skinned Deep ~ Another contender for "worst film ever made."
Dead Life ~ See above.
Vampires vs. Zombies ~ Ditto.
Nekromantik ~ German corpse fucking at its best.
Nekromantik 2 ~ This one has more of a storyline than the original.
I didn't see these represented in your blog but of course sometimes I go blind so I apologize if I recommended something you've already reviewed. Love the concept and your blog.
I have only seen one of those: BLOOD TRAILS which is reviewed somewhere on here. I hated it with every fiber of my being! I'll definitely check some of those others out though, thanks!
I need Netflix to sponsor the site...
I scoured your site and didn't spot the oldie Blood Sucking Freaks. That might not mean much though because according to IMDB it's had 9 or so different names over the years.
FWIW, the movie was ridiculous.
do you include horror films from all over the world? if you do, you should try dollmaster from japan, or bangkok murder (i think that's what it's called) from thailand. they're pretty good. off the topic, have you heard of i.ph blogs? they're pretty good.
Haven't heard of them, but YES I would LOVE more foreign horror... not too big on J-Horror that I've seen but I'll never swear anything off. Long as Netflix or Blockbuster stocks em I'll watch em... sadly my DVD rack is already overflown and my budget is stretched pretty thin so I can't go buy import stuff :(
Have you seen 'Alone'? It's a Thai film. Quite well made.
no... do you know any of the actors or the director off hand? there's a bunch of movies titled alone or with alone in the title... netflix doesn't make things easy for you :(
Just found your site through Blogger's main page. LOVE it. Suggestions - Troll 2, Motor Home Massacre, Hell House (japanese), and Audition.
Keep up the good job!
When A Stranger Calls (original)
When A Stranger Calls Back
Psycho
Prom Night
I've Been Waiting For You (ridiculous made for TV movie)
You've probably seen all of these/are horribly offended for me to suggest such things.
Oh well, I like your blog.
Hahaha you offend me sir! *Slaps with glove*
No worries... there's a major horror movie that is almost as revered as Psycho that I have not seen yet. I won't even say which, but when i get around to it I suspect to be roasted in the comments.
And that last one I've never seen/heard of so I'll look into it. Gracias!
Yeah, HoW 2005 is great. Even if it was a remake of Tourist Trap and not House of Wax.
OH, Oh, I thought of another one, Cherry Falls! I haven't been able to rent it, no store carries it. I would like you to review it and then tell me how horrible it is so I don't have to agonize over trying to find it,maybe you could throw in one of your witty comments along with it. Oh, have you seen Anatomie? Is it good? I noticed up there you wrote something that started with a "Q" I don't know what that means.
May I recommend May and The Return of Count Yorga?
May - completely awesomely psychotic. One of my favorites.
The Return of Count Yorga - Screw the first one, the sequel is where it's at. This was made in the 70s and looks like it. I get such great joy every single time I watch this movie. But then again, I do have a soft spot for the B Cheese Horror...
I've seen May, great flick. Wish that guy would make more movies. Yorga - a buddy of mine recommended that to me a week or so ago, i guess i should get cracking on that!
KILLJOY
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250469/
BIG BAG WOLF
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488962/
TERROR TOONS
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324213/
Not sure if these are your style, but at least you'll get a good laugh.
Here are a few recommendations. However, as a horror movie aficionado, you've likely seen these.
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971) -- My favorite horror film and Vincent Price's finest hour. It isn't scary in the slightest, but it isn't meant to be. It is, however, stylish and clever, and the complex theme murders influenced modern serial killer films like SE7EN.
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) -- The title says it all. Several travelers find themselves stranded in a spooky abode with a family of creeps during a downpour. This one of the best and least seen of the classic Universal horrors.
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) -- This was already mentioned above, but it's such a great film, it deserves another mention. "It's me, Billy."
HAXAN (1922) -- This isn't exactly a horror film, but it contains horror elements and high weirdness. It's a silent documentary about the myth of witchcraft, and the demonic images contained in the film are unforgettable. Even if you aren't a fan of silent film, you'll find this flick very watchable. I had it playing in the background of a Halloween party, and slowly the guests found themselves huddled around the set. "This film is f'd up," was the general consensus.
Shutter is an Asian (Thai, I believe) movie I enjoyed -- it's not the best, most innovative film ever, but it's creepy and the story is pretty good.
I second Battle Royale -- it's great. Don't bother with its sequel.
Here is a movie that became legendary in our group of friends: The Second Arrival. Before I continue, I need to warn you because it's basically a sci-fi movie, not an horror one. I know, it's off topic, but I feel to suggest this one... it's so CRAP-a-licious! Grab it somewhere, call some friends and prepare to laught! Jumping scientis, glasses that explode before they get hit, "mamma they stole my candy" hungry faces and more... more... more... Even if you don't want to write a review, do yourself a favor: watch it.
I've got a few trailers on my blog - stuff like Planet of the Vampires (about to be re-released on DVD - I saw it on video years ago). There are lots of possible Mario Bava films - Shock, A Bay of Blood, Blood and Black Lace, Black Sunday.
speaking of CRAP-a-licious ... here are a few of my favorites from the small-town movie rental place i frequented in high school:
deathstalker 2 (it's not necessary to see 1 first, but 1 is also entertaining, as are 3, 4, etc.)
sleepover camp
nuke 'em high
love your blog.
Class of Nuke 'Em High - wasn't that a TROMA film? Talking of which, The Toxic Avenger was great! Tacky but great.
Talking of tack - Bad Taste? Even Meet The Feebles while we're on Peter Jackson, though I'm not sure it counts as horror....
I also had Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce in my head - great space vampire movie!
Besides the glorious Nightmare on Elm Street and Hellraiser types I was raised on, my two favorite kinds of horror films are Asian and from the 60s.
I was kinda bummed to see that A) your Asian section only has 6 films in it and B) you said you can't really get into Asian.
I feel that currently, the best directors (not only, but especially in the horror and thriller genres) are coming out of Japan and Korea.
My ABSOLUTE favorite director right now is Park Chan Wook. His films aren't really outright horror, but for the way they play with your mind, it kind of makes sense for horror fans to be into his films. I saw Oldboy in theaters and left completely mindfucked. I had no idea what had just happened to me. When it ended, we all sat there and stared at the credits instead of discussing what had just happened. Wook also did Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. I just re-watched Lady Vengeance the other day, and came to love it ten-fold upon review.
As far as Korean goes, I'd encourage you to re-watch A Tale of Two Sisters. The Host is a great one, too, but I see that you've already seen it.
Speaking on Takashi Miike, if you haven't seen any of his films (you may have and just not posted about any), I can suggest three in an order that will build on how sick his work can get. Start with Audition, then watch Ichi the Killer, and then watch Visitor Q.
As far as the 60s go, H.G. Lewis is required viewing for every horror fan. The Blood Trilogy (Bloodfeast, Two Thousand Maniacs!, and Color Me Blood Red) is a good start. This guy was tearing down boundaries in 1963. A remake of Two Thousand Maniacs was done a few years ago with Robert Englund playing the mayor. It's called 2001 Maniacs.
Another series I happened upon a couple months ago is Coffin Joe (Zé do Caixão) by José Mojica Marins. I think there are more than three, but there are only three available on DVD: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse, and Awakening of the Beast. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is said to be the first Brazilian horror film, was made in 1963, and is one of the best films I've ever seen. Unfortunately, that's the only one they have on Netflix.
I think that's enough rambling, but I have to add that no rape-revenge genre is complete without I Spit on Your Grave.
I LOVED Old Boy... didn't really care for Mr Vengeance tho. Lady Vengeance is queued.
Only HGL film I have seen is 2000 Maniacs and I didn't really care for it. I'll see the others eventually but I'm in no rush.
Audition I actually own but still haven't gotten to it. I believe i have Visitor Q in my queue somewhere. Its a big queue at this point :)
Thanks for all the recommendations! I'll definitely look into the Coffin Joe stuff.
"Reunion" (TV, Marlo Thomas, 1994)
"Infection" (2004, Japanese)
"Premonition" (2004, Japanese)
I'm a sucker for non-English horror flicks, personally. :)
You've probably seen these, but I'll rec them anyway:
- Blood Feast
- The People Under the Stairs
- Slaughter High
- Night of the Scarecrow
- Sleepaway Camp 2 (which I like over the first)
And I second the rec for Night of the Comet. "You were born with an asshole, Doris, you don't need Chuck"
And Prom Night. Best dance sequence ever!
Deliruim
...not saying it's good. would fall into the "breakdown" and possibly "crap" category.
it's available on netflix last i heard and my wife is the heroin (seriously)
Black Demons.
Eyes of Fire, 1983 a classic horror movie.
I saw this as a kid and has always been on my mind. The story is set in the 1800's, where a group of religious ppl venture into a valley, where there dwells an ancient evil spirit that even the native americans are afraid of. Anyway, this movie has motivated other movies like the Blair Witch Project.
So if you haven't seen it I totally recommend it!! Oh yeah its really hard to find because its only found on VHS.
I can't really believe I'm suggesting this, but how about The Covenant? I was recently subjected to the atrocity that was this film, and would LOVE to hear your take on it. I think they'd probably mirror a lot of my own which basically consisted of "did they REALLY just do that?" moments... along with some staring blankly at the screen.
When it was over I yelled (to no one in particular) for those 97 minutes of my life back (I'm still waiting).
Ordinarily, I would say no. BUT since you like Travis, I'll put myself thru what I assume will be hell. :)
(also because I got a free copy of that movie like 6 months ago and still haven't watched it lol)
Hi there! I'm new here and I love your blog. I've been a horror freak since I was a little girl, so there'll be no shortage of recommendations if it depends on me ( and I don't presume that it does). Here are a few (you've got comedic, crap, weird, etc): The Stuff - I bet you've seen this one, Vamp - doesn't get any weirder than Grace Jones stripping , Return of the Living Dead - some punk zombies that will have nothing but brains, The Company of Wolves - for the ladies, The Cathedral - it's italian but it's got some really cool critters (hehe) and a black mass with the devil actually doing somebody..., Cabin fever - a few laughs and a lot of gore, The Howling 3 - you get to see a marsupial werewolf give birth, The Aswang - a filipino vampire that feeds from pregnant women. By the way, I added you to my blog, hope you don't mind.
Dont mind at all! And I have actually not seen a lot of those, so thanks!
Okay, I know that I already commented with a recommendation, but I just saw a movie that you just *have* to see. It's called The Beast Must Die. I happened to get home right as it was coming on AMC on Friday night. It's super cheesy and very 70s, but for me, that's what made it so great. I actually even got my girlfriend to stay up and keep watching it with me instead of going to bed. Really who can resist werewolf cheese?
Hey BC,
I commented under another area before realizing you had a section specifically for recommendations. My bad...
So, I'd like to hear what you have to say about John Carpenters In the Mouth of Madness. I simply love this movie. It has a Lovecraftian feel to it.
Another good one with Sam Neill is the SF great Event Horizon. This movie has a pretty good budget with alot of cool CG, considering its a 1997 movie. As far as SF horror goes, it is one of the greats in my book.
Another timed classic you might check out is The Gate directed by Tibor Takacs in 1987. You should get a good laugh out of this one. The movie has some cool special effects regardless of its budget. Pretty good movie if you're into 80's Monster films.
Great work Brian. You've earned a fan!
In The Mouth is 'ineligible'... seen it a bunch of times. Great movie, only Carpenter movie since They Live that can be considered as such. Event might be a possibility, I haven;t seen it since it first came out. Though i DO remember a lot of it still. Maybe next year.
Gate I've never seen though! Good call!
Anything Miike. Even the totally-not-a-horror-movie Happiness of the Katakuris. And stay away from those Sci-Fi originals! They only bring pain!
Have you checked out the Horrorfest Eight movies to Die for? Most of them were utter crap, but a couple, the Abandoned and Resurrection and the Hamiltons hit the mark.
The others, though admittedly I've only watched 7 of the 8 so far, are dung heaps. Penny Dreadful, Gravedancers, utter ass, Wicked Little things, acceptible yet so freakin stupid. And the anatomy class one...so much potential just petered away.
Hi and congratulation on a great job.
I just came across your website while researching horror films reveiws.
Have to say I really appreciate yours they're the most honest and straightforwrd I ever came across.
Have you ever seen a french slasher called "High tension". Pretty good movie, has a back to the classic flavor...
Otherwise I couldn't find any page containing a list of Movies you recommended, a sort of top 10 or so...
I'd be very interested byt that if you can and have time to put it together.
Keep up the good work!!!
B.
dogbutt - seen em both. Day Watch has a review on here somewhere... late May early June I think. I'm actually reading the 2nd book now (Day Watch, which has nothing to do with the movie Day Watch).
Anonymous - That's a damn good idea. I am toying with the idea of doing my top 31 for October (since lots of folks watch a Horror Movie A Day in October, I feel I should stick out!). But maybe a list will suffice in the meantime. High Tension is a movie that I wrestle with, I love the first hour or so, hate the ending. I've come around to it but its still a sore spot...
As for the After Dark, all I have left to watch (endure?) is Wicked Little Things. Some of the others are reviewed here (in fact, all of them except Dark Ride which I hate with every fiber of my being, and Gravedancers which I really dug - both I saw before HMAD)
I should be getting the HD for House soon... I was toying with the idea of making my next 96 entries on the film - one version a day! but i figured i'd be shot.
Weird about Ravenous - I was JUST talking about that movie tonight with my buddy Ryan (who writes for ShockTillYouDrop.com) and some other guy. I remember really digging it but I never managed to watch it again, and now i forget most of what happens in it. Thus its actually eligible for HMAD!
"The Antichrist"
Ok, I just picked this up at the grocery store (?) for 4 bucks. In the "Possession" genre, actually not a bad movie, very entertaining. Most of the effects are pretty lame, but the woman who is possessed is actually pretty good and the make-up the use on her is really well done. They have to do an exorcism on her and she does a great job. It wasn't to bad! Worth a look!.
The fact that you got this at the grocery store almost guarantees I'll check it out. "Honey, can you go to the store? We need bread, eggs, and The Antichrist."
I too just made a grocery store movie purchase, The Cavern. Low budget indie horror, actually quite entertaining.
But for a truly brilliant horror you have to get your hands on Severance. I loved it!
Haha is it the one that looks exactly like THE CAVE on the cover? And there's another one called CAVE IN which also rips off the Cave. Very sad.
As for Severance, I have seen it! It was one of my February movies that I never got around to writing a review for.
I think for October I will review 31 new movies like normal and then also 31 movies folks have suggested that I've already seen, just to provide closure... :)
Here's a few suggestions:
For more Asian horror - Uzumaki, Spooky Encounters, Izo, or Kairo. Kairo's got a really terrible DVD that makes you sit through trailers with no hope of skipping them, so you may want to save that one for last.
For some good Italian fun - Rabid Dogs, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Torso, City of the Living Dead, or Cannibal Holocaust. Clearly all classics.
For more local fun - Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural, Rabid, The Crazies, the Changeling, or Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. Citizen Kane ain't got nothing on these films.
Who Could Kill a Child? (Supposedly this is where King got the idea for Children of the Corn, or so I heard)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
School of the Holy Beast (interesting Nunsploitation from Japan)
The Hammer Frankenstein series (or for that matter anything produced by Hammer)
giallo:
Black Belly of the Tarantula (One of my favorite giallo starring Giancarlo Giannini and Barbara Bouchet)
The Killer Must Kill Again (another giallo, this one by Luigi Cozzi)
Don't Toruture a Duckling (another giallo with the lovely Bouchet directed by Fulci)
What Have You Done to Solange?
Death Walks at Midnight
Death Walks on High Heels
The Red Queen Kills 7 Times (another with Bouchet this one by Emilio Miraglia)
I'd love to send you a screener of my zombie flick Hide and Creep. It's been out a couple of years, but still gets the occasional write-up -- like this one.
If you're interested, drop me a line at: chance@crewless.com
It's also available at Netflix...
I'm pretty sure that is already queued! I forget where I saw the review, Rue Morgue? Sounded fun.
Cool!
The Rue Morgue review actually wasn't too kind. Fangoria, on the other hand, had some nice things to say about Hide and Creep.
Hope you dig it...
Ever since everybody started to copy "The Sixth Sense" and "The Ring" and even worse, the Big Remake Invasion started, I began browsing Asian Horror and the classic horror from Europe, as for asian films most of them are great (Host,Battle Royale, Ringu, Eye, Kadokawa Teather) some good (Pulse,Shutter)and others terrible, like "Cure" and "visitor Q"(sorry, uncle Bloody-D).
IF you really want to waste 90 minutes of your life (although I garantee it will seem awfully more than that) Try "Crazy Lips" I bought it on e-bay and still don´t know how to get rid of it. (i´d give it away, buy I don´t really hate anyone ....that much anyway.)
So there you have some recommendations for you, I think you already squashed some, but there´s a chance you still are missing some.
But to be honest, I rather see a new movie idea (if there´s still such thing these days), than a remake (although there have been some good exceptions) And kudos for Hatchet and it´s slogan!!!
ok, thus far:
-the other side
- slaughter high
- children of the living dead
- flight of the living dead
-i drink your blood
- i eat your skin
can you tell what i've been up to? also, forgive me if you've done these before, i'm too lazy to look.
Last night on Turner Classic Movies that had a string of old horror movies (B&W, but Love those). Two that were pretty good: Strait Jacket with Joan Crawford was EXCELLENT! The second was kinda a weird, Homicidal (1961) had such a good twist, and this is the funny part, 5 minutes before the film ends a one minute clock appears on the screen and the director does a voice over that basically says if you are a big fat coward you better leave the theater now! It was so funny, and the end had a really good twist I didn't see coming!
hahaha thats awesome! i will def check that one out.
Watch Funny Games before the remake comes out.
There's one Belgian movie that's almost a horror movie: "C'est arrivé près de chez vous". It's about a film crew that make a documentary about a serial killer, the same concept as "cannibal holocaust" or "blair witch". And it's very funny in a sarcastic way. Probably the best Belgian movie ever made...
OK, these fall into more of a science fiction field but are must-sees because of their awful-awesomeness.
Planet of the Dinosaurs
http://imdb.com/title/tt0078089/
Nightfall
http://imdb.com/title/tt0249840/
Just saw Cannibal Ferox for the first time a few days ago. SOOOOO much better than Holocaust. I'm not real happy about actual animals being killed, but if you can get past that, I thought it had a fairly relevant message. I especially liked the ending.
The Hills Have Eyes (remake) I thought was better than the original. And while HHE2 was totaly shit, I thought this first remake was absolutely fantastic.
I have to second someone above's mention of The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Watching TV one day, nothing on, so I watched it, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it.
And lastly, something extreme. Salo in particular I'd be interested to hear your opinion on. Or maybe the August Underground trilogy, in particular Mordum.
Try Deathwatch.
British horror flick about World War I soldiers in a creepy trench. Has Andy Serkis and Jamie Bell in.
Maniac Cop - an old Bruce Campbell slasher/nutcase that won't die film.
Below - a haunted house type story set on a submarine in World War 2
Versus - the most mental zombie/action film you will ever see. A japanese film. Also the lead from that is in a film called Battlefield Baseball, don't know if it quite fits as horror, but it does have zombies, singing and a character who keeps dying only to come back being played by a different actor!
Monster Man - a slasher movie where the killer's methond of murder is to run people down in his monster truck. Also features a sex scene where the cute girl does a mid coitus Yoda impression!
Deep Rising - Steven Sommer's first film (I think) about monsters on a luxury liner. Good fun actually.
Alice Sweet Alice - 70's slasher that stars Brooke Shields
I can't remember if I suggested it to you, but: Black Roses
Also, with the Will Smith version of I am Legend on the horizon (I love the story, so I'm sort of excited), have you considered The Last Man on Earth, the first adaptation of the story? Or even Omega Man (lesser based on, but whatever). We just watched Last Man on Earth and I was fairly impressed.
To the Devil a Daughter
Pledge Night (FUN and AWFUL)
CHUD
Blood Spattered Bride
Please forgive me if you've reviewed any of these already. I'm new to the site-saw a right up of it in a recent Rue Morgue (a.k.a. my Bible) and had to check it out.
Anyways:
Anything with Vincent Price: I see The Abominable Dr. Phibes recommended on here a lot. Check out it's sequel, too. Theatre of Blood is a personal favorite, along with the original House on Haunted Hill and any of the Edgar Allan Poe adaptations.
Beneath Still Waters-possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.
The Nun-great ghost, bad movie.
Carved (or The Slit-Mouthed Woman)-Excellent.
Satan's Playground-One of my very favorites.
The Tooth Fairy-highly underrated.
Dead End-starring Ray Wise and Lin Shaye; actually kind of scary.
Hellbent-also highly underrated.
Clownhouse.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
Spider Baby (already recommended).
I Saw What You Did.
Graveyard Shift (actually, this one is probably the worst movie ever).
The old Val Lewton movies (like I Walked With a Zombie and Cat People).
I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I. (filmed where I live).
Cabin By the Lake and Return to Cabin by the Lake (which birthed my love for bad horror movies).
And I'm sure I'll think of more later.
Most of those i havent seen, but Sundown and Hellbent are both reviewed here, and I LOVE Phibes! I saw it pre-HMAD tho. Maybe next October for when I do 2 a day (1 new 1 "old") But I will watch the sequel for sure.
I like that you have two of the 'worst films ever' in your list, you may be new, but you already know the perfect way to pique my interest... :)
It may be a touch tricky to find, and I admit it has some weak moments, but if you haven't seen Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburg, it may be worth checking out. It IMO is one of those rare horror comedys that works.
Also, less effective, but entertaining as a curio, Flesh Eating Mothers.
Alone (2007) - Someone already recommended it ... and it is good, but not as their previous project Shutter.
Hey man, I didn't sift through all of the recommendations or all of your reviews because I am incredibly lazy, but here are some movies you might get a kick out of if you haven't already seen them:
Spookies - Pure 80's cheese. It was apparently three different movies that were edited together to make one full length movie, and they bullshat up some plot to link them together.
Forever Evil - more 80's cheese. This one's about a Lovecraftian cult who kill people every few decades and the 2 survivors who try to stop them. Lots of really inaccurate depictions of police and hospital personnel. Everything about this movie is ridiculous.
Night Train to Terror - Great anthology. God and the Devil are telling stories on a train which is full of dancing teenagers for some reason. Bull from Night Court is in two of the vignettes.
The Devil's Rain - More fun cult business with Ernest Borgnine, Tom Skerrit and William Shatner. I think this was John Travolta's first film role.
Night of the Demons - The best 80's crap film. So perfect I can't even describe it.
The Untold Story - Chopstick rape scene! An uneven film, but totally worth checking out.
Dark Heritage...
Rawhead Rex. Sleepaway Camp, and My boyfriend's back....or not the last one. I don't care.
Hey BC have another one for you..I checked your ghosts section and thought you should check out 13 Ghosts...it has Mathew Lillard in it along with Shannon Elizabeth. It actually has cool special effects and a decent story. Stir of echoes was awesome...Also do you remember MONSTER SQUAD? that is the movie i watched repeatedly as a kid with my friends (along with revenge of the nerds) I dont know if you reviewed it, but its a great movie to go back and watch..kinda like THE BLOB..which is now at the top of my que on netflix..i havent seen that movie since it was on HBO back when i was like 7 years old.
I don't know if it's in the comments (skimmed them), and don't think you've reviewed it. But, FUNNY GAMES is a must see.
Hands down, the most intense film I've ever seen. And, the American remake is coming out in March so now is as good a time as ever to watch.
Do me a favor and review the Blood Shed, so I'll know if it's worth getting or not.
I've just read your Silk review and I think I might try and see that one. I'm not a massive fan of Asian horror but I have seen a couple that completely knocked my socks off - both by Takashi Miike, called "Audition" (truly amazing movie) and "Visitor Q" (this one will make you go "what the fuck...?" a lot. A lot A lot).
George Romero's "Martin." Check it out when you get a chance.
Love the site by the way. Keep up the good work.
If you're looking for a few Asian horror flicks that don't have ghosts, I can recommend a few. I haven't seen most of them and I don't know if you'll like them but they aren't ghost stories, so that's something.
"Wild Zero", "Junk", "Stacy" and "Bio Zombie" are all zombie movies. "Versus" has zombies, as well as gangsters and time traveling samurai. "Ebola Syndrome" is a gore movie about... well Ebola and "The Untold Story" by the same guy is about a restaurant possibly serving people. "Guard from the Underground" is a slasher flick by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who did "Pulse". He also made a serial killer movie called "Cure". "Memories of Murder" is also a serial killer flick. "Marebito" is kinda a vampire-ish movie by Takeshi Shimizu. The Korean "Quiet Family" and it's Japanese remake "Happiness of the Katakuris" are about a family opening a remote guest house whose clients keep dying, though "Katakuris" is a lot stranger. And "Jigoku" is about hell. Though that one may have some ghosts in it.
Maybe you can find something out of those you'll enjoy.
only have a couple of films for you and just like some other people on here, i'm too lazy to look up if you've seen them. hehehe...
wolf creek - aussie outback serial killer type movie. i was slightly dissapointed, but everyone else seemed to really like it.
battle royale - i'm seconding this movie (or is it thirding or fourthing by now?). it is absolute brilliance.
white zombie - it made me giggle. alot.
shadow of the vampire - interseting take on the filming of nosferatu and moves willem defoe up in my respect list.
ps i added a link to your blog on mine ages ago, hope you don't mind.
HI,
Just found your great site.
I request "A Howling in the Woods".
Its stars Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman 1973.
based on a Velda Johnson novel.
I read it is very good. It was an ABC Tv Movie. Thanks Vince
Have you watched House of 9? I just watched Cube and was wondering if House of 9 (similar concept) is worth watching at all? Thanks.
Also, I'm new to your site, is there any easy way to search your review movies to look them up quite quickly?
Suggestions for Asian films:
Audition
Suicide Club
(Battle Royale
Oldboy
...are both AMAZING.)
R-Point
Temegotchi
Ring 0 - also called Birthday Ring. Its a prequel to Ringu, hard to find but worth the effort. Look around at cons and you might get lucky and find a bootleg.
Visitor Q
Tale of Two Sisters
Tomie
Ichi the Killer
Versus
Junk
The Red Shoes
Ab-normal Beauty
Bio Zombie
Full Metal Yakuza
Gozu
Long Dream
I'll go ahead and recommend the film Sabbath. It came out on DVD about a month ago, is obscure enough that it doesn't have an IMDB entry, and is easily the worst film I've seen all year. And I've seen some stinkers.
I know you like the breakdown genre a lot, so I was wondering if you've seen these two movies.
Sheitan (2006)
It's a French film and it's main definign quality is that it's weird as hell. Vincent Cassel gets to go all out as the local backwoods hick. Don't expect it to be as awesome as Calvaire, but it's defintely deserves to be seen.
Wilderness. (2006)
A British film that should have at least gotten the same kind of exposure as Severance, but didn't for some reason. (It even features a very similar gore gag and I'd say Wilderness does it better.)Anyway, it's about British juvinile delinquents who get sent to an island for some character building and get picked off one by one. But the only thing you really need to know is that it kicks serious ass. See it.
Basketcase. I friend and I watched it last night for the first time on VHS, the way it was meant to be seen. The quality of the video and of the film itself was an experience similar to being at the New Beverly.
"Deadly End" (played festivals with the infinitely superior title "Neighborhood Watch" about 3 years ago but was re-named for dvd release...I have yet to check out the extras to find out exactly why)
A truly disturbing, darkly humorous, slow-building gag-reflex tester. My wife was ashamed of me for liking this so much.
PS: I apologize for my drunken Myspace comments back in December about RZ's Hall...oh, you know.
Three of 'em for you:
"Dust Devil"
"Street Trash"
"Brain Damage"
Hi, I would love to recommend to you a norwegian movie, named "Fritt Vilt" (Cold Prey).
It came out last year, and was quite a success. Basicaly a slasher movie set in a ski lodge, and has some good tension and set pieces.
Heres its IMDB write up.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808276/
It really is worth tracking down if you can manage it.
Wow, that's a long list of replies. I didn't read all so I apologize if stuff has been mentioned before.
Good stuff:
Darkness (Jaume Balaguero)
Tesis (A. Amenabar)
Shivers (Cronenberg)
The Brood (ditto)
Event Horizon
The Prophecy (G. Widen)
The Hidden
Better Than Expected:
Mimic 2 (Fun sequel)
The Calling (Decent "Omen"-rip off)
Bats
Castle Freak (Reanimator-Crew united!)
Terrible films for the crap section:
The Giant Spider Invasion (the spider is a camouflaged car)
Cannibal Man (Spanish trash without any true cannibals)
How about The Keep? Oh, and Wishmaster 2. That shit is GOLD.
If you've never seen it - Castle Freak. Not anywhere near as bad as I expected it to be, with some pretty gruesome violence.
try Mega Snake
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914813/?c=1
i think it was originally a sci-fi channel movie, but isn't too bad
acting ranges from okay to terrible
CGI ranges from bad to horrendous
but it's still a fun creature feature.
The line "There's No Shower In Here" is a great one liner (in context)
...and if nothing else then you can have a lot of fun imagining just how incredibly idiotic the people fighting the snake must've looked before the cgi was put in (some of them do even with the snake in).
oh and also someone before me recommended Castle Freak
i agree with that, it is very good, not like your average full moon movie (though i like most of full moon's stuff)...And it's based of an H.P. Lovecraft story
I couldn't find it, so I don't know if it's on your site somewhere, but I would like to recommend the Civil War-era haunted house movie Dead Birds. I liked it a lot, and it seems I'm the only person in the world who did. This probably says something about my taste in movies.
the brood
the dead zone
i drink your blood
thanks brian <3
Just mentioned this film in a c omment to your review of Candyman, thought I'd add it here aswell. Paperhouse, also directed by Bernard Rose. It's a very original film and I'd be interested to see what you would make of it (that is of course if you haven't already seen it). Here's the imdb link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098061/
hey, uh, im going to get burned for suggesting this, but... well, about your whole rental system thing...
I mean its great... giving back and all that... but if your budget is stripped low, and all that... i mean, theres always the other way of procuring video... even just to let you watch those movies you say you wouldnt be able to otherwise. you could always try torrenting them...
not trying to cause any morality probs, just saying, you might find that helps make watching foreign horror movies easier, god knows theres some gritty stuff across the pond, on either side. Would be nice if you reviewed that stuff a bit more you know?
anyway, great job, i read your thoughts everyday, totally are like the internet version of my friends who i watch horror with. Video reviews would be pretty cool though, maybe like once a month, a special review of your favourite movie of the month where you show clips of what stood out for you. and overlay your own commentary over the clip. Id watch that. anyway keep it up man, peace!
I'm really not down with torrenting movies; i think quality is not only important, but fair to the filmmakers. if it was up to me every film would be shown theatrically. that said, if there is legitimately NO other way to see a film, and it's one I really want to watch, I will make an exception.
As for video/commentaries - I planned to do audio commentaries (you guys would sync them yourself) but haven't had the time to set it up yet. Video might be fun too.
I would love to hear your commentaries on movies. If they were as insightful and amusing as your reviews, they'd probably be better than most of the movies themselves.
Voodoo Island... amazing film.
Now I know this is not really Horror by definition but I think its good enough to pretend at least. It's got horror like elements anyway. Krull!!!!!!!
Do you know anything about Hei Tai Yang 731. English title: Men Behind The Sun. It sounds awesome but I can't find it anywhere.
Maybe I just can't find the review but...Jacob's Ladder.
humanoids from the deep.
Man, I suck. Just posted my recommendation in the wrong place. Anyway, let me duplicate my thoughts here:
-'God Told Me To'
-Larry Cohen
-Great set up
-Controversial subject
-possible Alien abduction plot
-Young, still alive, Andy Kaufman
Watch it!
How about "Incubus," with William Shatner? Released in 1965 and is the only movie ever made that's entirely in Esperanto. It's every bit as strange as it sounds and it does have its moments.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059311/
Irreversible
Camp Blood 1-3
Salo
I'd like to second whoever said Basketcase. It was the movie that introduced me to shitty horror. And if you could manage Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, I would be so grateful. My little brother got it way back when but it was in the wrong format (you know, EP when it was supposed to be SP...or vice versa, I have no idea) so I never got to see it. It would make my childhood dream come true. Oh, and Motel Hell. I split a bottle of wine with my mom while watching this, so it might necessitate being tipsy to be tolerable, but we alternately cringed at the skeeviness and laughed our asses off at the absurdity. Sorry I only have fodder for the "crap" category. All of the good horror I've seen is either classics that everyone has seen, quaint old black and whites that I keep to myself because no one else ever seems to enjoy them as much as I think they should, or new horror recommended by you. I heartily endorse the suggestion someone gave to have a favorites section. I always come here when I am looking for a good flick. I <3 HMAD.
I think my comments have skewed bitchy so I will try to make a positive contribution. Much of my horror movie background came from having illegal cable like all of my life, so every summer I was glued to The Movie Channel and got to see a slew of great movies. Try The Beast Within, that still scares the crap out of me, and you learn some safety tips on how to deal with people when they have seizures. Galaxy of Terror with Erin Moran, that has some tender morsels. Without Warning with Jack Palance, blood sucking alien starfish! I do not know how many are on DVD but I think they would be great to check out if you have not seen them.
Well, since you asked for some Asian horror that doesn't involve long-haired ghosts, here's some suggestions (some of which I already suggested in the Audition thread, but still):
From Takashi Miike, there's Gozu, which is a kind of Cronenbergish head-trip horror comedy, Ichi the Killer, which is an ultra-bloody serial-killer/yakuza film, and Izo, which is a feature length film about a demon man with a sword that runs around killing everyone.
There's also the Host (I think you already reviewed it, but I don't remember for certain), Battle Royale, Onibaba, Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf, Horrors of Malformed Men, Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Mr. Vampire, the Eternal Evil of Asia, the Ebola Syndrome, Wild Zero, Evil Dead Trap, and Battlefield Baseball.
Also, if you want to try an outright parody of the scary-girl-ghost-with-long-hair genre, you might want to check out Exte, which comes out on DVD at the end of the month.
watch Night of the Lepus. It'll get bunnies into your Beast section, and remind you how differently crap, how comprehensively crap crap movies could be in the 70s.
Oh man. So I was just watching Jesus Camp (a documentary on evangelicals) and I was like, BC should totally write a review of this, it is scary enough, but not horror. Then I looked it up on imdb and sure enough it has the horror genre. This shit is crazy, frightening. Check it out.
Batman Begins and the dark Knight. They aren't technically horror movies but both contain elements of horror. The fear gas/Batman's first appearance and the Joker are horrifying.
ok ok:
basket case
otis
some MOH: fair haired child, the black cat
see jane run (its horrendous)
lets do it to it man
Killer Workout, aka Aerobicide
Here's a few from me, didn't find them searching the blog:
Moontrap
Jacob's Ladder
Tetsuo, the Iron Man
Have you done Maximum Overdrive or Virus yet? I couldn't find either but you mentioned the latter (the robotic spider one) and the former is pretty awesome so I figured it might be in here somewhere.
- Salvage
I finally got around to watching Intruder, the "supermarket slasher"!! It's from 1989 , but so good it feels like it might as well be from 1981. One of the best of the genre, especially to come around so late in the game. The (then soon-to-be rich and famous) talent involved definitely shows and helps it stand out from the rest... along with the KNB FX gore!
Highly recommended .. but I'm sure I'm not the first to tell you that...
-Ben
I recommend a french film called 'Baby Blood' aka 'The Evil Within'. It's from 1990 is actually quite amazing. Exquisite gore, lots of full on nudity, and a "heroine" that must have inspired the girl from 'Teeth'. I saw it this past weekend and can't wait to see it again.
John Carpenters - Ghost of mars. Ghost/Possession/Alien
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228333/
not sure if you've written a review on this one yet but i didnt see it on ur site.
love your site dude, i come here all the time to get my fix of horror movies.
When it comes to awesomely stylish and symbolic horror, you can't go wrong with Richard Stanley's filmography, which has a whopping two feature films (and some documentaries and whatnot). My favorite of his is Hardware, which is sort of a Sci-Fi/Horror/Action movie with an artsy vibe not unlike Donald Cammell or Nicolas Roeg. However, unlike the films of those guys his are actually fun. The symbolism in Hardware is heavy handed but you've got to give him credit for at least trying to do something unique. My favorite part of the film is the creepy pervert (played by the great William Hootkins) who lives next door to the heroine. He installed security cameras in her apartment, but secretly also installed cameras to spy on her. Stanley based much of the character off of a creepy guy he knew in real life! It's definitely my favorite killer robot movie, and, while this may be blasphemy, I prefer it to Terminator. The style is awesome, as Stanley was greatly influenced by Argento (who's also an admirer of the film.)
The other movie he did was Dust Devil, which is like a supernatural, slow-burn version of The Hitcher se t in Africa. The interesting element to me was that it was based on a series of real murders that took place (and ended with the suspect so messed up by the police in a gunfight that they were never able to identify him!) Like Hardware it's very stylish, but it's not as frenetic and it's far more subtle.
Another unconventional horror film I love is Ingmar Bergman's Hour of the Wolf. It's very slow but it's not too long, and it has some excellent performances. There's one scene in particular involving Max Von Sydow and a little boy fishing on a cliff that's likely to creep anyone out. It's not a film for everyone, but I was very haunted by it. It's one of David Lynch's favorite movies (and a major influence on Lost Highway, which is one of Lynch's creepiest) and when watching this it's easy to see why.
For a rather strange Argento-wannabe type movie, I'd suggest the rare Spider Labyrinth. It's really weird, but not Phantasm-weird, and not very satisfying in the end, but you haven't lived until you've seen the freaky spider-baby at the end (along with the killer and the ludicrous shrieking noise they make!)
Also, if you haven't yet seen Intruder you have to get on that right away! It's by far my favorite of the post-Halloween slashers, mainly for it's sense of humor (which is to be expected in a movie directed by Scott Spiegel and featuring two of the Raimi brothers. Even Bruce Campbell shows up at the end!) My favorite thing about Intruder is the weird angles that Spiegel films things from. There's even a shot from the P.O.V. of a telephone!
return of the living dead girls. its french. its weird.
Would love to see you do a review of KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE and get medieval on it's ass. That is one hilarious awesome shitflick!
Ichi the Killer and Battle Royale Rule. If you have reviewed those movies already, please let me know so I can check what you think of those two.
Oh, and try these other interesting Asian movies
1. The Victim
2. The Red Shoes
3. The Teacher
If you are looking for something different try Eternal Evil of Asia or any of the Mr. Vampire series of films or the Chinese Ghost Story trilogy. And if you want a little soft core porn/horror/kung fu check out the Erotic Ghost Story series. These are all examples of the rather bizarre horror films that came out of Hong Kong in the late eighties and early nineties.
Not sure if this has already been recommended but I saw the Asian anthology Three Extremes the other day and I think it's well worth watching, if not a little baffling at times. Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan and Park Chan-Wook are the directors.
If you want some good, bad special effects fun, have you tried the Troma films? Blood Sucking Freaks is one I saw in Junior High and is still burned in my head. Good gore (bad FX) and gratuitous nudity....Terra Firma is another one to consider....Good Times....
How about Vampire's Kiss? Nicolas Cage goes insane and believes that he's becoming a vampire.
What about Tombs of the Blind Dead? Classic spanish horror.
Attack of the Killer Pussies
Milo. I promise you, you won't regret it! :) Well, at least I loved it. I searched your blog and couldn't find a review on it, so I am trusting that you haven't seen it yet. Go get it NOW!
Here's a few movies that I'd recommend some better than others...
Prophecy
Monster House--fun animation
It's Alive--might was well see the original before the remake
Three...Extremes
Race With the Devil
13 Ghost--William Castle
Planet of Vampires
not a movie related recomendation...but you could make a HMAD twitter page, just update it with like what you'd do if it was full review soon
ie.
Movie Title: asoulute trash full review at horrormovieaday.com
I was just thinking of this movie the other day. A friend introduced me to it quite some time ago.
I didnt see it in your watched movies.
Sleepstalker
(1995 movie with Jay Underwood, from "the boy who could fly" and all those random ass commercials nowadaways.)
I'd definitely recommend Death Tunnel. Shot entirely on location at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium and not some Hollywood sound stage. Many areas of the plot have direct ties to actual events that happened there, as well as locations (5th floor, Room 502).
I only discovered this blog today and I haven't heard or seen 50% of the movies reviewed in here. But after I read this section I found my opinion might count for some horror cinema fans. Specialy to those who are looking for a real scary experience and not the most well executed special effects. So here it goes:
- REC
- HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
- SHINING
- JU-ON
- ONE MISSED CALL (Takashi Miike Version)
- the BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
- the RING & RINGU (See both)
These are the ones I don't dare to watch alone at night. But if you're seekin' for GORE and extreme violence just try:
-IRREVERSIBLE
or the classic:
-CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
If possible, i'd like an opinion and some suggestions.
2 movies that are so high camp & so low budget that I love them so much!
Motor Home Massacre (goofs galore!)
Blood Car ("But I'm a vegan!")
forget what movie it was on but you said that October Extras 2 would be your last
i have an idea to do another one (which wouldn't take up an enormous amount of time)
you could do reviews of horror shorts on youtube! there are tons of them, and they don't take up much time!
Return to Sleepaway Camp
I hope you haven't seen these yet:
Blood for Dracula, 1974
Flesh for Frankenstein, 1973
Directed by Paul Morrissey, starring Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro.
I saw this one when I was very young, late at night: Deranged. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071408/). I'd love to hear your take on it :)
I did a search but "Silent Hill" didn't come up. That would be a horror-ish type movie, right? I recommend that one as well!
dog soldiers.
I have to first recommend that you check out Eternal Evil of Asia. I can't stress the awesomeness of that film enough. Then I'm going to have to insist that you check out Christmas Evil aka You Better Watch Out! a film of mind shattering greatness. Its like if Taxi Driver and Silent Night Deadly Night fucked and had a baby this movie would be that baby!
Possession (1981)
Dir: Andrzej Zulawski
Starring:
Isabelle Adjani &
Sam Neill.
This one totally messed with me, a surreal crazy head fuck of a film! Both actors are superb but Isabelle takes the prize, mesmerizing! Highly recommended!
If you've never seen "Braindead"/"Dead Alive" by Peter Jackson before, you have to see that now. I'll recommend that movie to anyone who will listen.
I just watched a movie called "100 Tears" yesterday, which wasn't that bad. It's a really low budget, really gory killer clown movie.
Automation Transfusion....B zombie movie, made for about $30,000.
"Us Sinners" it's a micro-budget horror movie that's been getting great and awful reviews.
Scarecrows (1989) - This flick is about a paramilitary group that robbed a fort, although we don't see that. We see them on a plane and one of the guys jumps out with all the money. The rest of the team of course follows suit to get the money back. The action is pretty decent and random scarecrows start killing people. This is my favorite scarecrow film, now topping Dark Night of the Scarecrow.
Hard Rock Zombies (1985) - Straight from IMDB Trivia " Originally, this was only meant to be about 20 minutes long and solely used as the feature movie in American Drive-In (1985). At some point during production, the decision was made to invest a little bit more money and come out with two full length feature films instead of just one." The movie is wonderfully bad because of it. Sections of it are simply like music videos, the delightfully cheesey kind, but the music is quite good by 80's standards, especially the love ballad "Cassie". If that's not enough the film also contains a midget, an unexplained self eating ghoul, a werewolf mom who uses knives to kill, a sexy blonde psycho vixen and much more.
Winterbeast (1991) - This movie is claimed to be worse than Troll II and it is. It's not quite as charming as the former but it makes up for that in terrible claymation monsters that are completely random. ex:giant chicken, giant iguana, killer tree, etc. This movie is quite whacked and I would definitely recommend it.
You can find all of these films on Netflix and I hope to see your reviews of them sometime in the future.
I highly recommend Machine Girl. It's a Japanese revenge movie, but has definitely slasher elements and more blood that I've seen in a long while. Plus the main girl gets her arm tempura fried!
Man, have you seen Nights of Terror? Midget plays small boy who wants to have sex with his mother as terrible, AWFUL looking zombies attack a chateau.
(notice- when the humans lose the bearded guy- the zombies CANNOT LOSE. You cannot defeat the beard)
Also, PLEASE review Death of a Ghost Hunter, it's some peice of shit horror channel movie that just... My God... Inept is not the world for it- speaking of Horror Channel and Inept, I also highly "recommend" trying to sit through 'Bone Sickness' and 'Zombies Anonomous'- the former is basically a feature length FX test, and the second is actually a quite entertaining Z-movie about zombies in a support group.
But, seriously I actually recommend Wrestlemaniac, a slaher spoof that is just awesome, about a mexican wrestler frankensteins monster killing porno filmmakers in Mexico. Stock up on doritos and watch it in a sombrero.
Hey Emmett - I have actually reviewed Death of a Ghost Hunter, Zombies Anonymous and Wrestlemaniac. And I agree with your thoughts i think! I'll definitely check out the midg-cest movie though.
Sorry,
Here are some I did not see on the site after wandering around a bit
Basket Case (The ending will traumatize any horror fan)
Rosemarys Baby
The Woods
Heavy Metal
Recommendation.
Tokyo Gore Police, which I've just reviewed on Amazon UK and, oddly didn't actually describe -more my own shaken response to it. It's a mixture of Robocop, Cronenberg, and splatter. Includes: a penis gun (the result of) a penisectomy, a woman whose lower half is a crocodile's head, a hand gun that shoots hands and lots more wounds mutating into weapons.
I would love to know what you think of it.
ianw700 (as I'm known on amazon uk as reviewer -top 1,000- and marketplace seller).
If you want to find out what the absolute worst vampire movie ever made is, I'd recommend "Ankle Biters." I know its available on DVD, not sure how easy it is to get it though. I found my copy at a "trucker video store" just over the Arizona state border.
I truly would recommend watching it, if only so that every movie you watch after, no matter how bad, will seem better in comparison. That and I'd feel better knowing I'm not the only idiot who's seen it.
I don't know if you've seen R Point(or if I've recommended it before), but this Korean horror movie set in the war in Vietnam is my favorite of the Asian horror movies.
If you have never seen the original vr. of "Shutter" (the Thai ?? one),
wotch it.
I have, it has been reviewed here as well.
for the rape and revenge section you should do "i spit on your grave (aka day of the women)" directed by Meir Zarchi
How about DEAD SET. Its a british TV-serie about a zombie outbreak. With a length of about 140 min. it should count as a movie and it's really great!
review "BLED" (2009) great horror movie about vampires and the like
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I saw a great one the other day, called 4BIA...it's an asian horror anthology, with 4 stories. I'd say 3 out of the 4 were pretty entertaining, and the film had a fun atmosphere overall.
Have you seen Hole? It's got Thora Birch, Keira Knightley, and Desmond Harrington in it. It's a Brit film where a bunch of kids get trapped in a bomb shelter for a week or something and they start killing each other... but ooh, there's a tweeest?!?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242527/
I recommend "Little Otik". It's a Czech fantasy/horror/bizarre as all hell movie. Definitely worth a look-see.
I just watched a strange German gay zombie movie called "Otto; or, Up With Dead People" and I would definitely like to hear your take on it.
If you've got Mill Creeks' Nightmare Worlds set, you've got to check out "The Nightmare Never Ends"..You've got to see it to believe it.
Every 5 seconds there's something that makes you wish you were watching Manos..It's hilariously bad
Hey BC, check out The Child if you get the chance, I know how much you like Cathys Curse and I find the two to share many similarities so you might enjoy it, Ill be posting a 5m review on it tonight or tomorrow. Have a great one!
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned these 80's slasher sleazefests:
1. Iced
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/05/iced-1988.html
2. Motel Hell
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/04/youll-check-in-but-you-may-not-check.html
3. Mountaintop Motel Massacre
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/04/youll-check-in-but-you-may-not-check.html
4. Graduation Day
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/03/trifecta-of-slasher-sleaze.html
5. Don't Panic!
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/04/dont-panic-1988.html
6. The Burning
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/03/trifecta-of-slasher-sleaze.html
7. Christmas Evil
http://planetofterror.blogspot.com/2009/03/christmas-evil-1980.html
These are hard to find on DVD but I can burn you copies and mail them. Yes, I love your blog that much.
Hey Planet, a lot of those are already reviewed here! AND I HATE ICED SO MUCH!!! Don't Panic is unknown to me, I'll check that out, thanks!
Sorry dude, I guess I should have searched your blog first :)
I hate and love Iced all at the same time. So many ridiculous one liners. 'I'm taking a shower, then crashing, when's dinner?'
How about Rene Clair's And Then There Were None?
Hey BC, what about Ice from the Sun? I can't remember reading a review about it on your site.
I'd like to recommend "American Scary".
Don't know if it's been suggested, and you once mentioned you'd like to view more documentaries, and this may loosely count. It's about late-night tv horror-hosts.
I couldn't find a review on your site so how about "pray for morning". It's actually pretty good.
I just read your review of The Pit. I was glad to read that someone else enjoyed that movie as much as my husband and I. I think someone recommended it a while ago, but I would like to hear what you think of Bio Zombie. Like The Pit, I came across it by accident and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Love your blog.
Shadow: Dead Riot is an interesting film. Well, it's kind of a "so bad it's good" type of movie. With zombies, boobs, kung fu, and Tony Todd.
If you want to watch one of the most hilariously inept movies ever, seek out Black Devil Doll From Hell (1984). Or at least watch the Cinema Snob's review, which tells you everything you need to know about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcdJDwIbzX8
The funniest part is that someone actually felled compelled to do a remake/sequel called just Black Devil Doll! It looks pretty funny, but in a more intentional, Troma-esque kind of way.
I am sure they are posted all over the place but, May and Dead Alive are two of my favorite films. Definitely check those out.
dude, s. darko, for the sheer hell and torture of it. dont make me have suffered alone.
snuff, coon, frankenhooker, terror circus
just wanna recommend u watching:
- rule number 1 (chinese)
- coming soon (thai)
- alone (thai)
- dial d for demon (chinese)
- the maid (s'pore)
maybe u've watch maybe not, but just give these a shot. and also, since u don't want to give score or grading, perhaps u can put a list of ur recommended movies... or put categories like, good, awesome or bad. because i wanna watch good horror movies, and i don't wanna waste time watching those which are not. and u might want to update list of movies uve seen? thanks.
werwolf (unless the mst3k version counts). where's my other suggestion!
A new Recommendation is ONE EYED MONSTER starring ron jeremy and his alien abducted penis haha it was funny with a lot of porn jokes and actually watchable. If u get around to it ill read your review and give my feedback on it.
The Children of the Corn series. I've seen the first one on here but not the many sequels it spawned. This is also a series I think that could benefit from a remake.
TOKYO GORE POLICE!!!
Not exactly horror, but it's extremely gory so it should count. Some of the most delightful, hilarious crap I have ever seen.
"Are You Scared?" - bat but not unwatchable, kind of 'my little eye' meets 'saw' - in fact it's SO much like 'saw' i was surprised that Mockbuster merchant's 'Asylum' didn't make this - they would have called it "Seen" (saw it / seen it - get it?))
"Los Sin Nombre" (Spanish title), a.k.a. "The Nameless" (English title). Directed by Jaume Balaguero (Spain, 1999). It has a really twisted ending.
Village of the damned (original, not remake)
sorry found the "recommendations" page after posting a suggestion on your "I have watched these" page.
Aussie Horror
Long Weekend (1978 remade 2008) - estranged couple go camping at a beach where their arguements lead them into conflict with the very world around them
Razorback - big feral pig terrorizes American visitor in the outback
Frog Dreaming - mysterious waterhole creature freaks out visiting American kid (a theme perhaps?)
The Cars that Ate Paris (1974)
Dead Calm (1988)- couple go sailing to get away from their lives and come across a languishing ship at sea...
The Last Wave (1977) - a lawyer defending a group of Aboriginal's is beset by dreams and visions of the supernatural
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - A group of private schoolgirls go for a picnic on Valentines day to the picturesque Hanging Rock... they go walking amongst the rocks and some do not return (classic 70's cinema)
More recent fare:
Wolf Creek
Dying Breed
Alexandra's Project
Undead
Daybreak
I'd like to see you review the 1977 film The Sentinel. Overshadowed by the heavy hitters The Exorcist, The Omen and Rosemary's Baby, this film deserves more attention.
i coulda sworn you watched it, but i searched; anyway, repulsion.
It might be pretty hard to find right now (it's Swedish and just got a limited US relase a week or two ago) but Dead Snow is amazing.
I rented this Greek zombie movie a while back called Evil. I went into it not expecting anything, or knowing anything about it, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's got a great outbreak scene. The cover art makes it look animated but it's not. Check it out.
I didn't see this listed on your site, but I just saw a kind of interesting low-budget movie called Spliced. It's a cross between Wishmaster and one of those "movie-within-the-movie" concepts, but I thought it was a lot of fun. And it has the late, great Ron Silver, too!!
THE BELIEVERS (the 1987, John Schlesinger one with Martin Sheen, Jimmy Smits, etc)
I've always liked this one and never seem to see/hear it mentioned on horror blogs, nerd conversations, sites, etc..
Looks more like a police drama at first glance, but it's very much a horror movie. Plus it makes that rare, bad ass, ballsy, "oh shit!", horror movie move of a killing kid (or two)... so you know it isn't fucking around.
If you haven't seen it, I think you'd like it, or at least appreciate it.
-Ben
ah shit.. I meant "killing A kid"... of course.
-Ben
Man, you're great! And you gotta see Wilderness an english horror-thriller directed by Michael J. Bassett. You won't regret because it's one of the very few movies that doesn't spoof Wrong turn and company.
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You should definitely watch THE PERFECT WITNESS (sometimes called THE UNGODLY). Stars Wes Bentley, and, although I know you don't like to use Netflix streaming, its available that way.
I watched it at work with a co-worker and we liked it well enough. Pretty interesting.
I heartily recommend Fever Lake. It was shot on a shoestring budget and features the once passable Corey Haim. Bonus points for being shot near my hometown in Wisconsin, but it's so bad it might make your head go *poof*!
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