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The Plague of the Zombies (Real Folkloric Zombie Mayhem)
Amazing, a zombie film that embraces the use of the term “zombie.” I thought they were extinct! When did calling the undead “zombies” become a cuss word in cinema? Writers treat it like the plague (pun intended). Seriously though, the 1966 Hammer production (reproduced by Scream Factory on Blu-Ray, which is how I accessed […]
Arrow Video \ Blu-ray \ giallo \ horror \ horror Blu-ray \ Sergio Martino \ slasher \ slasher film
Torso (Giallo Proto-Slasher Lives On)
Now, I’m not a huge slasher fan, especially slashers with non-supernatural villains, but I rather enjoyed Torso (1973, here the Arrow Video 4K special edition with a wealth of valuable, extra features), or, in the original Italian, I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (The Bodies Show Traces of Carnal Violence). Let me change […]
Blu-ray \ body horror \ coming-of-age \ horror Blu-ray \ Unearthed Films \ zombie horror
Deadgirl (Zombie Slave Lover Film)
If you ever feel yourself begin to crave a film that provides necrophilia, a coming-of-age story, or body horror all in bloodied package, there’s Deadgirl. Made in 2008 and released for its 15th anniversary by Unearthed in 2023, the film has aged surprisingly well. The story follows two teenage boys, Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and […]
Amy Chan Suet-Ming \ Asian horror \ Blu-ray \ body horror \ Cantonese horror \ Category III \ Error 4444 \ Hong Kong \ Hong Kong horror \ Keith Li
Centipede Horror (蜈蚣咒) – Insects Can Act Hong Kong Creepy Crawly Sorcery
Centipede Horror, 1982 exploitation film from Hong Kong revitalized by Error 4444, does not give up the gore easy. A steady chug through an intriguing narrative, with well-placed moments of special effects throughout, pays off when key moments burst out and crawl. When Pak (Michael Miu) goes to Southeast Asia to uncover the cause of […]
A24 \ Australia \ folk horror \ psychological horror \ supernatural horror
Bring Her Back (Supernatual Folk Horror)
Okay, before you read this, watch the movie. Please. The first time I saw Bring Her Back, it was a split-second decision; I didn’t actually know what it was about, only recognizing it from blowing up on social media. I remembered the hype from people gushing over the gore, but I was so sure […]
1960s horror \ Blu-ray \ Dracula \ folk horror \ folklore \ horror Blu-ray \ Mexican horror \ Mexican horror film \ Mexploitation \ Powerhouse Films \ Rafael Baledón \ vampire film \ vintage horror
The Curse of the Crying Woman (Mexican Folklore Turned Vampire Nostalgia)
Something about Lucha Libre (AAA in particular), got me into diving further into Mexican horror over the past few years. I was acutely aware of it already, primarily because of the great overview by Doyle Green in Mexploitation Cinema. Now, guy got the release date on The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición […]
Amazon Prime Video \ indie slasher \ Michael Donovan Horn \ slasher film \ tubi
Bone Face (Self-Reflective Indie Slasher)
To normal people, the horror nerd urge to scrape Tubi’s dregs and plumb dollar store DVD bins is inexplicable. But I pity them, because they don’t know the nat-20 dice-roll thrill of the pleasant surprise. It’s what keeps us returning to bargain baskets and back pages. Bone Face had nothing to recommend it. A […]
Fabio Frizzi \ giallo \ gore film \ Italian horror \ Lucio Fulci \ zombie film
City of the Living Dead (Evil Zombies 4K Slop)
Haunted by the absence of a reliable film critic, I finally swiped the cozy couch of fate myself and dove back into pure cinema trash. Not for enlightenment, but to waste my own time rather than delegate the job and pay for it. Still, unlike music, movies present their own unique difficulty in critique: […]
body horror \ Coralie Fargeat \ rape revenge \ Rezo Films
Revenge (I Spit on Your Male Gaze)
Revenge is a 2017 outing from The Substance director Coralie Fargeat. If the latter was riffing on Cronenberg body horror, this is an elevated I Spit on Your Grave sequel starring a female Mike Danton (or you could go with John Rambo if that’s your taste, it’s not mine). This movie takes forever to get […]
Natalie Erika James \ possession film \ possession horror \ possession thriller
Apartment 7A (Underappreciated Possession Horror)
At first glance, Rosemary’s Baby prequel Apartment 7A looks identical to The First Omen: period legacy prequels to classic demon child movies, set six years apart; both by female directors, dealing with unwanted occultist-engineered pregnancies. They may walk the same path, but The First Omen stumbles, clumsy and shouting, while James’s film dances with […]
