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Andreas Schnaas' Violent Sh*t 3: Infantry of Doom

Mon, 18 Aug 2003 02:24:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - The Italian film industry, moreso than any other, makes no sense whatsoever. I mean this in no derogatory fashion whatsoever. It's abstract art most of the time. The films of Dario Argento made little sense in their majority, yet several (Tenebre, Susp...

H.G. Lewis' The Wizard of Gore

Sun, 4 May 2003 00:57:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - I've already written three introductory paragraphs pertaining to the films of H.G. Lewis, so you'll have to pardon the slip shod one that follows. H.G. Lewis made gore movies. Only predated by a few other truly gory films, his were the first to play to...

Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, and Benoit Poelvoorde's Man Bites Dog

Tue, 7 Jan 2003 05:33:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - It had been a while since I last viewed Benoit Poelvedoor, Remy Belvaux, and Andre Bonzel's Man Bites Dog, but after revisiting the film upon it's Criterion DVD release, I noticed I was strangely uninterested in the film, yet no less fascinated by...

H.G. Lewis' A Taste of Blood

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 05:28:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - *** 1/2... A Taste of Blood can simply be stated as H.G. Lewis' excursion into the vampire genre. T'was here, at his career's high point, that Lewis decided, like many of his peers in the horror field, to drop their trademark, or atleast limit...

Olaf Ittenbach's Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead

Sat, 9 Nov 2002 04:34:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - Olaf Ittenbach's Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead is the stuff of myth in the gore field, widely known, vastly adored, yet rarely realized. The film has garnered comparisons to Peter Jackson's gore epic Dead Alive in terms of gore I...

Marino Girolami's Zombie Holocaust (The Obscure Horror Films Write-Off)

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 06:00:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - This my late entry into brandon_m's "Obscure Horror Film Write-off". Also check out our host's entry as well as these groovy two:

JackSommersby

&

brodieman

Enjoy... Please...

Among the deluge of...

Wes Craven's Deadly Friend

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 05:31:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - At a glance, Wes Craven's career seems to be split into three major sections; the exploitation films (Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes), the slasher/serial killer flicks (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Shocker), and his...

H G Lewis' 2000 Maniacs (Chainsawboy's A Sequel that Actually Didn't Suck write-off)

Wed, 26 Dec 2001 05:31:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - Despite it's repore with Blood Feast and Color Me Blood Red as being one of the first gore films ever made, H G Lewis' Two Thousand Maniacs! in fact tends to come off as more of a violence film. A really fun violence film. Granted I...

Ruggero Deodato's The Atlantis Interceptors

Wed, 12 Dec 2001 05:23:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - If you're a fan of mid-80's post apocalyptic Italian cinema then you're no doubt aware of the slew of them which overcame the midnight show going public during the years of 1980-1985. Sergio Martino's After the Fall of New York and Lucio Fulci's...

My, What Bad Taste You Have! Jim Muro's Street Trash

Sun, 8 Jul 2001 02:10:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - I've been debating whether or not I liked Street Trash in my head over and over for quite some time now. Did I enjoy watching it? Yes. Did I like it? I don't know. The film does indeed grab your attention and manages to hold it because there is...

Ken Wiederhorn's Return of the Living Dead Part II (SS Write-Off)

Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:14:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - The motivation for the madness of the masses in Return of the Living Dead 2 is really quite simple and has been seen in several other films in the genre. It begins aboard an army transport vehicle carrying several of the barrels full of toxic...

The Embodiment of Extremely Twisted Cinema-- Dario Argento's Phenomena

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 22:52:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - 1985/A.K.A. Creepers/Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasance, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento (briefly), and Michele Soavi (also briefly)

Released the same year as Lamberto Bava's Demons (which was scripted in part by...

Charles Philip Moore's Demon Wind (Write-Off)

Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:39:11 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - 1991/Starring: Eric Larson, Francine Lapensee, and Rufus Norris

Out of all the genres of horror out there American slashers probably lack style more than any other, which unto itself isn't that big of a deal, but add into the...

Hal Hartley's Amateur

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 15:59:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - 1995 -- Starring: Martin Donovan, Isabelle Huppert, Elina Lowensohn, and Damian Young

If you were to read the cover of Amateur in your local video store and decide to check it out, odds are that unless you're a big...

Robert Forster and Fred Williamson Battle Ruthless Pimps in William Lustig's Vigilante

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:56:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - 1982/Starring: Robert Forster and Fred Williamson

Helmed by director William Lustig (Maniac, Maniac Cop) Vigilante is a crossbreed of Jack Hill, blaxploitation, exploitation, gangster, and 70's cop films. It's the oddball...

Klaus Kinski in The Bloody Dead

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 04:00:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney -

1968

Starring Klaus Kinski in two roles and a bunch of other people that are quite likely dead.

So far this year, I've been hit in the face by movies on 3 separate occasions. Back in January a girl threw a tape to her...

Lucio Fulci's Ode to Snuff Television -- The New Gladiators

Sun, 3 Jun 2001 03:13:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney -

1983

Starring Jared Martin, Fred Williamson, and Al Cliver

Before the gore, Lucio Fulci was known to dabble in practically every genre of film... ever. He made everything from nudie movies to westerns to hokey sci-fi...

Bill Plympton's I Married a Strange Person

Fri, 1 Jun 2001 19:28:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney -

1997/Lions Gate Films

Featuring the vocal talent of: Chris Cooke, Charis Michelsen, Tom Larson, & Richard Spore

Usually I wouldn't rave about an animated film, I just don't seem to catch enough of them. Bill...

Hey Lady! Turn That Muzak Off! (Write-off)

Wed, 30 May 2001 15:00:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney -

1971

Starring: Cesar Burner, Esther Roy, Fernando Sancho, Elena Arpon, Joseph Thelman, Rufino Ingles, and Antonio Orengo

Tombs of the Blind Dead, while nothing spectacular, is still a fairly impressive zombie film...

Michael Gornick's Creepshow 2

Sun, 27 May 2001 21:55:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - Released in 1987, Creepshow 2, the follow-up to, you guessed it, Creepshow 1, is quite the perplexing horror movie. Not that the plots of it's 3 episodes are complicated but rather that Michael Gornick, George Romero's resident...

One Star Horror Movie Write-Off: Alvin Rakoff's Death Ship

Sun, 20 May 2001 13:44:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - 1980

Starring George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, and a bunch of unknown thespians now residing in oblivion.

If you ask me, a major factor in what makes a horror film bad is the same thing that makes a lot of the good ones great.....

Slave of the Cannibal God - - Sergio Martino's Perfectly Average Cannibal Film

Thu, 17 May 2001 22:38:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - 1978/ A.K.A. Mountain of the Cannibal God (but Slave of the Cannibal God is cooler)

When thinking of the deluge of 70's and 80's cannibal films, or any horror movie for that matter, usually you only hear about the best and the worst. The...

Takashi Anno's Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma

Tue, 15 May 2001 23:12:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - (Fairly sure this is a.k.a Yoma and Yoma: Curse of the Undead)

I'm not a huge anime fan, but I'll usually rent one once a month or so just so see what I'm continually missing out on. Honestly, I don't know why I'm not a fanatic when it comes...

The Worst "Mass Genocide of Doe-Eyed Youths" Film Ever Made

Sat, 12 May 2001 19:12:51 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - I had heard a lot about this film. Mostly bad things, but keeping in mind it was distributed by Troma, which in most cases means bad in a good way, I decided to check it out. However, after watching this film I'm beginning to realize that Troma may not...

Sergio Martino's Superb Giallo - - Torso

Mon, 7 May 2001 23:54:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matt_harney - The title works on so many levels...

A lot can be said about director Sergio Martino's 1973 film Torso (a.k.a. The Bodies Introduce Traces of Carnal Violence). Is it an exploitation movie? An extremely atmospheric giallo? A serial...