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)
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)
The Prowler doesn't do much new with the genre, but what it does with the usual, it gets right. Phenomenally so. I thought going in that I would love this movie, and I did. The killer is terrifying, the heroes aren't totally stupid, the ending is suitably shocking, and the movie is nice and dark, … Continue reading The Prowler (1981)
Well, this is more like it. Don't Go in the House is another of the famed Video Nasties, but this one deserves the title far more than Visiting Hours. Don't Go in the House is a Psycho-wannabe, but with the murderer as the lead (though not to the point of Maniac. We hear his hallucinations … Continue reading Don’t Go in the House (1979)
I've watched a lot of bad films. In my opinion, this is a good film, but it still receives the B-movie treatment because it ended up on the Video Nasty list in the UK. But why did it end up on the list? It does have a disturbing rape scene, but it isn't necessarily graphic. … Continue reading Visiting Hours (1982)
Argh, Maniac Cop is so much better! For one, Robert Z'Dar plays a much more intimidating killer than Robert Shafer does here. It looks like Shafer didn't care and just goofs off the entire time. He's laughing, with maniacally wild eyes, spouting awful dialog and one-liners that make the audience groan in a forced deep … Continue reading Psycho Cop (1989)
A team of filmmakers follow around a serial killer as he goes about his business, but over time he eventually convinces them to take part in his crimes and work as his assistants in this darkly comic mockumentary. It's violent and sleazy, with a lead who openly reveals his racism and misogyny, his sexual fascinations, … Continue reading Man Bites Dog (1992)
