In the wake of George Romero's Of the Dead series, Italy's exploitation community went more than a little nuts with zombie films, leading to the Zombi/Zombie/Zombie Flesh Eaters series, depending on the region. Most of the films that appear in these disparate series are not actually related in any way, but titles were changed or … Continue reading Nightmare City (1980)
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)
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