August 2010

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

****KICK ASS (2010)
Matthew Vaughn
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Great action comedy!!

**NEIGHBOUR (2009)
Robert A. Masciantonio
A mysterious girl moves into town & begins torturing her new neighbours in gruesome ways

WHITE LIGHTNIN’ (2009)
Dominic Murphy
Highly rated violent drama described as a "rollicking terrifying trip" and a "white-trash psychobilly nightmare"

BITTEN (2008)
Harvey Glazer
Jason Mewes plays a paramedic with a blood guzzling girlfriend in this low budget comedy horror

REPO-MEN (2010)
Miguel Sapochnik
Big budget futuristic action thriller with a fair bit of blood & guts

HARD RIDE TO HELL (2010)
Penelope Buitenhuis
Grindhouse style horror with Satan worshipping bikers & ritual sacrifice etc

**TAKE AN EASY RIDE (1976)
Kenneth F Rowles
Short British public information film with a heavy dose of sleaze & a bit of rape & sexual violence thrown in - & extra features

**CREATURES FROM THE ABYSS aka PLANKTON (1994)
Massimiliano Cerchi
Demented low budget horror with hilarious dialogue & eye popping gore. German import

ZOMBIE CULT MASSACRE (1998)
Jeff Dunn
Very low budget gorefest with angry bikers, a religious cult & undead zombies

HUNTER PREY (2009)
Sandy Collora
Decent low budget sci-fi

**THE COLLINGSWOOD STORY (2002)
Michael Costanza
Web cam/video phone horror that starts slow but builds to one of the scariest endings EVER!!

**MASSACRE IN DINOSAUR VALLEY aka CANNIBAL FEROX 2 (1985)
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Cut in the UK this is the full & uncut Region 1 release. Indiana Jones meets the cannibals

**BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY (2008)
Barak Epstein & Blair Rowan
Gory & funny comedy horror – the disc has menus but no extras

**PIRANHA (1978)
Joe Dante
All time classic comedy horror

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000:
THE LOST CONTINENT
Joel & his sidekick robots Crow & Tom Servo make fun of really bad old movies

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000:
**JACK FROST
Joel & his sidekick robots Crow & Tom Servo make fun of really bad old movies

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000:
CRASH OF THE MOONS
Joel & his sidekick robots Crow & Tom Servo make fun of really bad old movies

ASIAN LANGUAGE

TOKYO GORE SCHOOL (2009)
Yôhei Fukuda
In school, a mobile phone game is hypnotizing students into violent fighting machines

****CROWS ZERO 2 (2009)
Takashi Miike
More school rivalry & top notch action

ASSAULT GIRLS (2009)
Mamoru Oshii
Tons of CGI & special effects – mostly English language with non-removable Japanese subtitles

**IP MAN (2008)
Wilson Yip
Highly rated martial arts film with Donnie Yen & Simon Yam & fight scenes by Sammo Hung

**EGG (2005)
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Weird & wonderful darkly comic horror in which a woman begins seeing an egg when she closes her eyes… what if the egg hatches??

**MERANTAU WARRIOR (2009)
Gareth Evans
Lots of Tony Jaa ‘style’ fighting in this Indonesian martial arts film – good stuff! 106 minute international version

**POSSESSED 2 (1984)
David Lai
Wild & Whacky Hong Kong horror – some previously cut scenes have been re-inserted to make this the most complete & uncut version

OTHER LANGUAGES

13 TZAMETI (2005)
Géla Babluani
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him...

IN MY SKIN (2002)
Marina De Van
A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident

CONVERTED TO DVD

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

AMAZONIA (1985)
Mario Gariazzo
Girl gets abducted by cannibals in the Amazon

THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE (1992)
Rolfe Kanefsky
Horror spoof that plays with the ‘rules’ of horror movies – pre-dates Wes Cravens’ Scream

**DIE & LET LIVE (2006)
Justin Channell
VERY low on budget but great fun to watch!

BLOOD FRENZY (1987)
Hal Freeman
Cheesy 80’s gory slasher

BEYOND DREAMS DOOR (1989)
Jay Woelfel
Nightmares & reality become blurred in this cheesy 80’s horror

OFFICE OUTBREAK (2006)
Shawn Woodard
Low budget horror comedy

CRIMINALLY INSANE (1975)
Nick Millard
An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating!!!!!!

ASIAN LANGUAGE

POSSESSED (1983)
David Lai
Bonkers Hong Kong horror that ‘borrows’ from trashy classics like Poltergeist, The Entity & werewolf movies. The sequel is even better!!

THE PEEPING TOM (1997)
Kai Ming Lai
Category III shocker from Hong Kong – a psycho is obsessed with women’s legs!!

LATE BLOOMER (2004)
Gô Shibata
A man’s disabilities begin to drive him mad

OTHER LANGUAGES

MALABIMBA (1979)
Andrea Bianchi
Completely uncut with previously cut bits re-inserted including the XXX naughty bits & some extra features are included

DEATH WARRIOR (1984)
Cüneyt Arkin & Çetin Inanç
Absolutely the most insane incomprehensible movie ever! Quite rare & picture quality is somewhat dodgy

DIVX/XVID

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GOREMET ZOMBIE CHEF FROM HELL (1986)
Don Swan
This is one of those films that’s so bad you can actually smell it - & it smells BAD!!!!!!