A series of bizarre murders of outsiders is taking place in the lovely, foggy town of Potter's Bluff, and Sheriff Dan Gillis is at a loss as to how to explain what's going on. Now he must face both a hidden murderous violence and his wife's unusual behavior as he uncovers the terrible truth of what's happening to his … Continue reading Dead & Buried (1981)
When is a zombie movie not a zombie movie? When said zombies are in fact a hive-mind of beyond-human intelligence and memory bent on world destruction for the laughs. That's where The Hive comes in. I've had this movie described to me as Memento meets the Evil Dead remake (even the trailers do that), and … Continue reading The Hive (2014)
Man, even the movie poster shows Lucio Fulci's hatred of eyeballs. A bunch of folks in New York City host a seance, during which a woman named Mary sees a priest hanging himself and results in her going comatose and being buried alive. It's soon revealed that what Mary saw is in fact a vision … Continue reading City of the Living Dead (1980)
Did you know Lucio Fulci hates people's eyeballs? The Beyond is all over the place. Its plot ranges from incredibly awesome to barely coherent, its gore is excessive to the point of ridiculousness, and its acting varies depending on the person, though most of the characters do ok in that Italian schlock B-movie kind of … Continue reading The Beyond (1981)
The Earth shall tremble...graves shall open...they shall come among the living as messengers of death, and there shall be the nigths of terror... "Profecy of the Black Spider" I didn't misspell anything, this is exactly how it's written in the postscript for Burial Ground. Nobody cared enough about this movie to even bother checking if … Continue reading Burial Ground (1981)
Ok, so perhaps you're wondering why the movie poster says this film is called Virus while the header says Hell of the Living Dead. That's because this movie has half a dozen names, such as Hell of the Living Dead, Apocalipsis canibal, Virus, Virus - l'inferno dei morti viventi, Night of the Zombies, Zombie Creeping … Continue reading Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
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)
