February 2011
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HATCHET 2 (2010)
Adam Green
More gory axe killings as the movie picks up from where the first one ended
**MONSTERS (2010)
Gareth Edwards
Understated but compelling journey through an area in Mexico infected with aliens
THE REEF (2010)
Andrew Traucki
A group of friends get stranded out at sea – a cross between Jaws & Open Water
BITTER FEAST (2010)
Joe Maggio
A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food critic who torpedoes his career
****PRIMAL (2009)
Josh Reed
Excellent Aussie horror with gore, monsters & a touch of black humour – Full DVDr
ENTER THE VOID (2009)
Gaspar Noe
Psychedelic, controversial drama thriller – Blu-ray copy with top quality picture but no menus
SAVAGE (2009)
Brendon Muldowney
Obsession & revenge consume a man after he is brutally attacked
DEATH RACE 2 (2010)
Roel Reine
Dumb but good fun violent actioner
REPO CHICK (2009)
Alex Cox
Slightly mad & very colorful follow up to the director’s classic original Repo Man
COCKHAMMER (2009)
Kevin Strange
Very low budget comedy horror brimming with toilet humor & boobs
DEATHSTALKER (1983)
James Sbardellati
Totally over-the-top cheesy action fantasy with violence, nudity, blood & crappiness galore
DEATHSTALKER 2 (1987)
Jim Wynorski
More of the same & if anything, slightly better
RATMAN (1988)
Giuliano Carnimeo
A rat-monkey-man thing is on a killing spree on a Caribbean island! Full Shameless DVD release
THE PSYCHIC (1977)
Lucio Fulci
Decent giallo horror
UNRATED: THE MOVIE (2009)
Timo Rose & Andreas Schnaas
Low budget gorefest – full German import DVD
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE - UNRATED (2010)
Steven R. Monroe
Uncut controversial remake of the rape revenge video nasty
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (2010)
Tod Williams
More creepy goings on are caught on camera in the scary & atmospheric sequel – extended version
**SAW VII – THE FINAL CHAPTER (2010)
Kevin Greutert
Very stupid but incredibly entertaining & insanely gory!!
LET ME IN (2010)
Matt Reeves
Excellent remake of the Swedish vampire drama Let The Right One In
CHAIN LETTER – UNRATED (2010)
Deon Taylor
If you don’t forward the text a psycho killer will come get you – horror with a decent cast
VIRUS X (2010)
Ryan Stevens Harris
Quarantined medical scientists infected by nasty germs must uncover a deadly secret
**BRAIN DEAD (2007)
Kevin Tenney
Really good old-school style gore soaked zombie horror comedy
ZOMBIE TOWN (2007)
Damon Lemay
Decent zombie comedy horror
**BLOOD CULT (1985)
Christopher Lewis
One of the first ever horror movies to go straight to video - classic cheese-fest with LOADS of extra features
WEDDING SLASHERS (2006)
Carlos Scott
Low budget gory comedy horror with some flaws but is quite entertaining
WALKING THE DEAD (2010)
Melanie Ansley & David Mitchell
Creepy horror set in china – burial rituals go wrong & the dead walk the streets
TRASH HUMPERS (2009)
Harmony Korine
Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee – weird low budget experimental trash!!
ONE DARK NIGHT (1983)
Tom McLoughlin
Obscure creepy horror – high school initiation in a mausoleum
DOLEMITE (1975)
D’Urville Martin
Classic blaxploitation action with Rudy Ray Moore – entertaining good fun
PHANTOM OF DEATH – OFF BALANCE (1988)
Ruggero Deodato
Uncut gory giallo with Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasance & Michael York
ASIAN LANGUAGE
HAUNTED HOUSE PROJECT (2010)
Cheol-ha Lee
More kids (this time Korean) run around a spooky old house with a video camera
A WOMAN A GUN & A NOODLE SHOP (2009)
Yimou Zhang
Eccentric comedy action drama based on the Coen Brothers film Blood Simple – Blu-ray copy with top quality picture but no menus
OTHER LANGUAGES
****TROLL HUNTER (2010)
Andre Ovredal
Fantastic comedy action horror with superb CGI effects – brilliant entertainment!!
RESONNANCES (2006)
Philippe Robert
Low budget French sci-fi horror with underground tentacle monster
DAMONENBRUT (2000)
Andreas Bethman
3 disc box set of the low budget German crap-fests
DEAD IN 3 DAYS (2006)
Andreas Prochaska
Decent horror/thriller from Austria
PARIS LOCKDOWN (2007)
Frederick Schoendoerffer
Violent French crime thriller
CONVERTED TO DVD
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE GRIND (2009)
John Millea
Thriller with mucho sex n violence
KIDS GO TO THE WOODS… KIDS GET DEAD (2009)
Michael Hall
Low Budget horror spoof paying homage to the classic slasher
SEA OF DUST (2008)
Scott Bunt
Low budget kinda disjointed tongue in cheek tribute to hammer horror with Tom Savini
COLONEL KILL MOTHERFUCKERS & DEAD SHIT (2008)
Kevin Strange
Very low budget comedy horror trash
SINISTRE (1996)
Ronnie Sortor
Very low budget horror
SPIRIT CAMP (2009)
Kerry Beyer
Not so much horror but plenty of comedy & girls in cheerleader outfits
THE RESURRECTED (1992)
Dan O’Bannon
Very highly rated hidden gem of a horror movie based on a H.P Lovecraft story
BLUE MONKEY (1987)
William Fruet
Long lost monster horror – VHS quality
BOOGEYMAN 3: RETURN OF THE BOOGEYMAN (1994)
Deland Nuse & Ulli Lommel
Embarrassingly bad sequel/rip off of the first Boogeyman film – VHS quality
BOOGEYMAN 2 REDUX
Bruce Starr & Ulli Lommel
Talk about weird!! This is Boogeyman 2 with all the original Boogeyman 2 footage cut out & replaced by Boogeyman 1 then some clips of Ulli Lommel added, talking about the murders like they were real… or something – VHS quality
ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES (1985)
Michael Stanley
Very bad but highly amusing low budget trash-fest monster horror in which a monster attack involves people off camera throwing doll monsters at the victims! Hilarious!! – VHS quality
ASIAN LANGUAGE
LOST SOULS (1980)
Tun Fei Mou
Another sickie exploitation flick from the Men Behind the Sun director
PRAYER BEADS (2 DISCS) (2004)
A series of 9 30-minute episodes strung together with the characters in each episode designing one thread of fate. The short independent episodes are skillfully linked together to become one story
OTHER LANGUAGES
**SLIM SUSIE (2003)
Ulf Malmros
Quirky comedy crime mystery that’s highly rated
TUNO NEGRO (2001)
Pedro L. Barbero & Vicente J. Martín
Spanish attempt at dumb American horror
VHS RIPS
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FAN-EDITS
****THE WAR OF THE STARS (TWOTS)
A ‘Grindhouse’ version of Star Wars which gives the film a totally different vibe - R2D2 has subtitles (and he’s got a dirty mouth!) there’s blood splatter when storm troupers are shot & Darth Vader is really camp!!