‘Child’s Play’ (1988): Need a Christmas gift for the kid? Here’s a fun toy
“Ugly doll.”“F*ck you!”
Tag: horror
‘Nightmare Castle’ (1965): A satisfying pastiche of gothic horror
A few years back, Severin released a spiffy Blu-ray transfer (from the original negative) of Mario Caiano’s Nightmare Castle (Amanti d’Oltretomba), the 1965 Italian gothic horror shocker starring the incomparable Barbara Steele, along with Paul Muller, Helga Line, Marino Mase, Rik Battaglia, and Giuseppe Addobbati.
‘The Devil Bat’ (1940): Lugosi is pure fun in Poverty Row cheapie
“Sharp-Fanged Blood Sucking DEATH Dives From MIDNIGHT SKIES!”
‘Hellhole’ (1985): Sleazy & amusing, indie ’80s at its most nostalgic
Sleazy, thoroughly enjoyable 1980s “women in prison/nuthouse” flick.
‘A Psycho’s Path’ (2019): Small indie pays tribute to 80s slashers
A low-budget indie starring a crazy MMA fighter as a crazy, murderous psychopath in a love letter to slashers of yore.
‘I Saw What You Did’ (1965): An utterly bizarre, eccentric thriller
Director William Castle’s bizarre, schizophrenic children’s nightmare, damn near perfectly realized.
‘A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin’ (1971): Notorious giallo classic by Lucio Fulci
A dreamy, sensuous, and deliciously “off” Italian giallo classic.
‘Hack-O-Lantern’ (1988): Small-town, Southern Satanic panic on Halloween
And you thought your family had problems.
‘Burn, Witch, Burn!’ (1962): A classic witchcraft shocker you must see!
Superlative British shocker: expertly directed, beautifully constructed, and scintillatingly shot.
‘Play Dead’ (1982): Cute dog & rich old dame + black magic = death
Greta, you’re no Cujo. But you’re pretty cute. It’s the best you can do when your film is produced by…a construction company?
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