Category Capsule Reviews

April Fool’s Day, Basket Case, The Church

April Fool’s Day – 1986, Canada/US, 89m. Director: Fred Walton. Basket Case – 1982, US, 91m. Director: Frank Henenlotter. The Church – 1989, Italy, 102m. Director: Michael Soavi. APRIL FOOL’S DAY (1986) A practical joke gone horrible awry sets the…

Exorcist II, Nightlife, The Tomb

Exorcist II: The Heretic – 1977, US, 117m. Director: John Boorman. Nightlife – 1989, US, 92m. Director: Daniel Taplitz. The Tomb – 1986, US, 84m. Director: Fred Olen Ray. EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977) A disillusioned priest (Richard Burton) is…

The Blind Dead 🧟‍♂️

Tombs of the Blind Dead – 1972, Spain, 85m/100m (uncut). Director: Amando de Ossorio The Return of the Evil Dead – 1973, Spain, 90m. Director: Amando de Ossorio The Ghost Galleon – 1974, Spain, 87m. Director: Amando de Ossorio Night…

Flesh Feast, The Guardian, The Possessed

Flesh Feast – 1970, US, 70m. DIrector: Brad F. Grinter. The Guardian – 1990, US, 92m. Director: William Friedkin. The Possessed – 1977, US, 74m. Director: Jerry Thorpe. FLESH FEAST (1970) This shot-in-Miami shoestring sounds like a movie by Herschel…

Cathy’s Curse, C.H.U.D., You’ll Like My Mother

Cathy’s Curse – 1977, Canada, 82m. Director: Eddy Matalon. C.H.U.D. – 1984, US, 88m. Director: Douglas Cheek. You’ll Like My Mother – 1972, US, 92m. Director: Lamont Johnson. CATHY’S CURSE (1977) Little Cathy (Randi Allen) becomes the embodiment of pure evil…

The Mutilator, Scream (1981), Terror Train

The Mutilator – 1984, US, 86m. Director: Buddy Cooper. Scream – 1981, US, 82m. Director: Byron Quisenberry. Terror Train – 1980, Canada, 97m. Director: Roger Spottiswoode. THE MUTILATOR (1984) (AKA: Fall Break) An appropriately titled bloodbath filmed in North Carolina…