September 2011
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****RED STATE (2011)
Kevin Smith
Excellent horror thriller – this is THE ‘must see’ movie of the year! BluRay copy
ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011)
Joe Cornish
British comedy horror with aliens invading London council flats
**THE PERFECT HOST (2010)
Nick Tomnay
Decent black comedy horror psycho slasher with a nice twist
BEACON 77 (2009)
Brad Watson
Intelligent British horror thriller with religious conspiracies & supernatural overtones – Dutch import DVD
BEREAVEMENT (2010)
Stevan Mena
The horrific account of 6 year old Martin abducted from his backyard swing & forced to witness the brutal crimes of a deranged madman
**A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE (2010)
Adam Wingard
Horror thriller which tries to be a bit different in style – with good results…
CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS (2011)
Joel Soisson
Another entry into the mostly forgettable series – this one’s not as bad as it could have been!
**HANNA (2011)
Joe Wright
A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives
**THE LAST LOVECRAFT (2009)
Henry Saine
Very good fun 80’s style low budget comedy horror flick
COWBOYS & ZOMBIES (2010)
Rene Perez
Low budget comedy horror
PTERODACTYL (2005)
Mark L. Lester
The director of ‘Class of 1984’ makes an entertainingly dumb dinosaur horror
**STRANGE GIRLS (2007)
Rona Mark
Weird, creepy & unnervingly dark low budget horror with a touch of humour
ANIMAL SOUP (2009)
David V.G Davies & J.A.K
VERY low budget nastiness with all manner of torture & stuff – uncensored & uncut
STRIDULUM aka THE VISITER (1979)
Giulio Paradisi
Uncut Italian import disc - the soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil. REALLY weird stuff with an all-star cast!!
**THE NEST (1988)
Terence Winkless
Decent but cheesy killer cockroaches horror – no DVD menu
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)
Tom Savini
Remake of the Romero classic horror
**NIGHTMARE (2005)
Dylan Bank
Surreal thriller in which a director is forced to make a movie chronicling the horrific murders he believes he is committing
PRIMAL RAGE (1988)
Vittorio Rambaldi
Entertainingly cheesy ‘rage virus’ horror
BLOOD RELATIONS (1988)
Graeme Campbell
Atmospheric shocker with a dysfunctional family, devious plots, madness & murder!!
**WAXWORK (1988)
Anthony Hickox
Uncut Fullscreen (open matte) German import disc - A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world
DR. MOREAU’S HOUSE OF PAIN (2004)
Charles Band
Low budget but better than expected mad scientist horror
**SHIVERS (1975)
David Cronenburg
French import DVD with the only Widescreen version of this cult flick yet released
TITICUT FOLLIES (1967)
Frederick Wiseman
Controversial Documentary filmed inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness
**LONG WEEKEND (1978)
Colin Eggleston
Incredibly creepy Aussie horror in which mother nature turns against a young couple
**HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK (1980)
Ruggero Deodato
Full ‘Shriek Show’ DVD of the classic video nasty
PSYCHO HOLOCAUST (2009)
Krist Rufty
6 friends on vacation in the woods are terrorized by psychos in this very low budget horror – picture quality isn’t too great unfortunately
**SCUM (1977/79)
Alan Clarke
2 disc release with the film version & the original BBC TV version – both uncut
VOICES FROM BEYOND (1991)
Lucio Fulci
A family man’s murder is covered up so his spirit returns to aid his daughter in finding his killers
FROSTBITER (1995)
Tom Chaney
B-movie horror from Troma, lots a 80’s style cheesy effects & dumb dialogue
BARBARELLA (1968)
Roger Vadim
Sci-fi sex romp classic – no menus on disc
THE STUNT MAN (1980)
Richard Rush
A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, he takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady
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SPIRAL (SERIES 2)
Excellent French crime drama TV series - 8 episodes on 2 discs
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MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED (2010)
Mark Hartley
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking
SUBCONSCIOUS (2010)
Chris Petropoulos
A mind-bending entry in the found footage horror genre – English with Greek subtitles & Greek with English subtitles
ZOMBIE DEAREST (2009)
David Kemker
Quirky low-budget comedy horror
**SCARY MOVIE (1989)
Daniel Erickson
Warren, a cloyingly paranoid young man, gradually comes to believe an escaped lunatic may be hiding in the neighborhood Halloween house of horrors in which he is trapped – sourced from a rare VHS tape
**EATING RAZORS & WHITE LIE (2005/6)
Ron DeCaro
2 low-budget, brutal & disturbing short films – also on the disc is The Gateway Meat
DEMONOID (1981)
Alfredo Zacarias
Strange cult horror in which a demon possesses the left hand – the only cure is to sever the hand which then scurries away to find another victim!! VHS copy
TITUS ANDRONICUS (1999)
Christopher Dunne
Imagine, if you will, a Shakespeare play performed by pro wrestlers, washed-up porn stars and the Rural Kentucky Trailer Park Players – this is the film of that play with gallons of fake blood added on top!!! VHS copy
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DEMONS 5: MASK OF THE DEMON (1989)
Lamberto Bava
Spanish TV uncut version with 2nd audio track in Italian & English subtitles - this is the series: Demons 1 & 2, Demons 3: The Ogre, Michele Soavi's The Sect aka Demons 4, Demons 6 from Luigi Cozzi aka The Black Cat
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WOLFGUY (1975)
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
The incredible Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba is WOLFGUY, the only survivor of a clan of werewolves who relies on his feral, full-moon-activated superpowers to solve mysterious crimes
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XTROPHOBIA
A ‘mixtape’ of weird & wonderful TV & movie clips & music videos – this is the ultimate journey into the foul heart of cheap rubber monster movies…