We seen this story before, lonely nerd gets bullied and turns to dark forces to help him get revenge. But you haven’t seen it with a young Clint Howard in a main role. Evilspeak is such a film, and let me tell you it’s definitely something to behold. The plot takes place at a military …
Demonic forces have your number is the 80s classic 976-Evil. This is the directorial debut from Robert Englund and you can see the influence his building legacy had on this film. We see a bullied teen who dials 976-Evil and ends up with a direct line to the forces of hell itself. He gains supernatural …
In a small town, a preacher named Smythe is accused of adultery. He has a band of loyal followers who live with him and follow every notion he addresses. Of those followers includes several small children, a couple, the preacher’s new girlfriend and her children, and a mysterious woman named Leah who is accused of …
In 1982, Taiwanese director William Chang Kee released an animal attack film that was intended to be exploitive, shocking, and violent. What he accomplished was something that still rings true to this day on a multitude of levels. In “Calamity of Snakes”, a wealthy businessman has hired a highly-regarded young architect to complete a high-rise …
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I figured now would be a good time to look into the past films of the Evil Dead franchise, namely Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. Considered by most to be the best film in the series and I am inclined to agree as it is brings laughs along with buckets of various shades of …
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Oh, once again, we’ve returned to an infamous “Video Nasty” just for your (dis?)pleasure. Tonight’s offering is a hefty dose of necrophilia, depression, and bad romance. It’s coverage of these topics was so taboo that it was only released here in the United States (with an official release) in 2014. ‘Nekromantik’ tells the tragic love …
If you like campy 80s slasher, then The Mutilator should definitely be up your alley. Full of cheese, blood, and some gruesome kills, this is definitely a fun time. The plot sees a father who suffers a psychotic break when his wife is accidentally killed by his son who was just a little boy at …
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“These violent delights have violent ends” This is a saying that really comes to mind after viewing Possession(1981), and really no easy way of saying how visually disturbing this one is. The plot is about the deteriorating relationship of a married couple Mark and Anna. Anna asks for a divorce and Mark suspects infidelity is …
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Holiday horrors can be a mixed bag, which is definitely the case with Don’t Open Until Christmas. It’s not good, and it’s not entirely awful, it’s just okay. This is a British slasher from 1984 about a serial killer who targets anyone dressed as Santa Claus and murders them in various ways. The kills are …
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