Yeah, that's an exploitative movie poster all right, but my favorite part is the pun in the tagline. It's one of the reasons why I occasionally mix this one up with The Driller Killer in my mind. That and that he's holding a drill too. The Toolbox Murders starts as a slasher film, but after … Continue reading The Toolbox Murders (1978)
I always thought this would be a campy blaxploitation piece of cheese, and it certainly delivers at that, but Blacula is a surprising piece of effective horror cinema with some genuinely freaky moments that I did not expect. It's also got some distasteful ones, for sure, but there's a rough edginess to it and how … Continue reading Blacula (1972)
When I said earlier that I enjoyed nunsploitation, I meant it, and School of the Holy Beast delivers. A woman infiltrates a nunnery to find out about the parents that supposedly abandoned or orphaned her. In the process, she discovers sadism, corruption, thievery, homosexuality, and torture are pretty much what nuns do all day every day in Japan. To top it … Continue reading School of the Holy Beast (1974)
A fashion model named Alison Parker with a shady past and an even shadier lawyer boyfriend moves into a Brooklyn apartment owned by the Catholic church and watched over eternally by an ancient, unmoving, blind priest. And now a secret wing of the Church wants Alison to be their next guardian to the gates of Hell, as a means to save the Earth … Continue reading The Sentinel (1977)
This indie horror film from 1976 is filmed in a pseudo-documentary style. It gets a lot of facts half right and takes a lot of artistic license, but it's mostly well handled for a low budget affair. The film is based loosely on the crimes of a serial killer in Texarkana who was active in the 1940s, … Continue reading The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Take a 1970s biker film. That's a good place to start. Mix in some poorly handled New Age mumbo jumbo, some hardcore Satanism, and a pinch of gore, then for bonus effect use the same werewolf effects we've been seeing since the 1940s, and you've got Werewolves on Wheels, a film that is just as … Continue reading Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
Who doesn't love a good nunsploitation film? God knows I do. Satánico pandemonium centers on poor Sister Maria, who has been targeted by Satan to destroy her convent and lead her fellow nuns to Hell, through a combination of murder and sexuality. There's racism too, but funny enough that wasn't caused by Satan. These nuns … Continue reading Satánico pandemonium (1975)
