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Night Driver

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JUST BEFORE DAWN

Media Blasters half-hearted DVD release of Just Before Dawn met with much criticism when it was released recently – an incomplete print, a bad re-master and lackluster cover art sent fans into a tailspin – but newbies to good old 80s slashers will still savor at the chance to see Jeff Lieberman’s superior horror movie.... read full review.

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THE MANSON FAMILY

Viewed as a factual historical account of the precise inner workings, conversations, and murderous activities of the notorius Manson family, Jim Van Bebber's film is questionable at best. However, viewed as an exploitation film of gore, shock, full frontal, and really dirty hippies, it delivers...read full review.

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PRISON A-GO-GO

Prison A-Go-Go is far from a flawless film. Actually, it may be rather insulting to many subsets of the population, including men, women, and zombies. But is it entertaining? Hell, yeah...read full review.

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SCHOOL OF THE HOLY BEAST

I just love a girl in uniform.

Norifumi Suzuki's School of the Holy Beast tells the story of inquisitive young Yumi Takigawa who is in pursuit of the details of her mother's fate within the Sacred Heart Convent. She takes a religious vow and manages to gain access to the convent by becoming one of the young nuns in attendance. There, she is witness to all sorts of heinous oddness and masochistic (some outright torturous) behavior as she slowly unravels the mysteries and secrets hidden by the private order... read full review.

AENIGMA

It’s not unusual for a prolific filmmaker to have his share of successes and failures and Italian splatter master Lucio Fulci is no different. But his status remains unwavering, even after his death in 1996. Aenigma came towards the end of his most successful phase, one he enjoyed for well over a decade,...read full review.

THE BACKLOT MURDERS

Attempting to ride on the coattails of Scream, this late 90s entry into the slasher genre doesn’t really add anything new to the burgeoning renaissance, and quite frankly, it doesn’t look like they were trying...read full review.

BLIND TARGET

Jess Franco has made over 180 films, so love him or hate him, it’s hard not to admire the pure tenacity and passion he possesses for filmmaking. He’s proved himself more than once, mostly during the heyday of his career of the 70s and 80s, but Blind Target unfortunately falls into that category of Franco films that only pure enthusiasts will want to see... read full review.

BATTLE ROYALE

In Japan a law is passed in order to deal with the overcrowding of schools and the teenage delinquency problem. The Battle Royale act allows one class every year to be chosen at random to be sent to a deserted island where they are fitted with explosive collars and find out that they have three days to kill each other off with whatever weapons they are given at random... read full review.

CAREER BED (1969)

Susan (Jennifer Welles) is a nice farm gal with the dream of something better like a husband and a nice career. But, her mother has bigger plans for her little girl...... read full review.

THE CAT O' NINE TAILS

I love almost all of Dario Argento's films (and plan to review some of them in the coming months), but for some reason I couldn't get into this one. Sure, there are some neat killing scenes, but there is SOOOOOOO much talk in this one that I had a hard time just trying to stay awake. "Is there a killer out there?" "Yes there is a killer out there." "Are you the... read full review.

DRILLER KILLER

For it’s time, Driller Killer may have been shocking, controversial, and a cult hit, but seeing it now, I couldn’t say it’s anything special. Of course, this is only my opinion, but I was greatly disappointed in every aspect of this boring film. Director Ferrara stars as an aspiring artist on the brink of insanity whose future depends on the success of his latest painting. He believes it is the one that will make him rich, and he pours his entire soul into completing it. However, things don’t go as planned, and all last-standing signs of sanity vanquish as he starts .... read full review.

ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS

This is closer to the movie that her original "Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark" should have been. A true modern "burlesque" film, this film is filled with purposely corny jokes, cheesy sets, purposely bad acting, and lots and lots and lots of boob jokes and cleavage flashing. In a good move, this film in set in the 1800s with Elvira as a traveling cabaret performer hitching rides in the countryside with her hefty servant... read full review.

THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION

I should first warn you that this movie has been MST3Ked, which obviously means that it sucks loads of dick. Released in the mid 1970s (admittedly a little past the prime of the giant bug subgenre), The Giant Spider Invasion features gloriously craptastic special effects, copious fiddle music, and Alan Hale Jr., who you may recognize as The Skipper from Gilligan's Island...... read full review.

ICHI THE KILLER

Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano) is a masochistic wise guy, his face scarred with the very any wounds and blows he has solicited. He is on the trail of the mobsters who kidnapped his boss Anjo.... read full review.

NEKROMANTIK

Apparently the only things held sacred to director Jorg Buttgereit are sex, love, and sorrow. Everything from cute little kittens, fluffy innocent rabbits, and urinating humans to the rotting corpses of somebody’s late loved ones are exploited to the fullest in his masterwork, Nekromantik... read full review.

NEKROMANTIK 2

What can one say about Jorg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik 2, other than it was another sequel that didn’t need to be made… The story is basically about Monika’s (played by Monika M.) internal struggle between her necrophiliac tendencies and the possibility of living love. The film begins with the recap of the ending to Nekromantik, Rob’s suicide, intercut with shots of Monika digging up Rob’s grave and taking him home. After some mediocre sensual scenes with the body, she happens... read full review.

PANDORA PEAKS

It came from out of nowhere...well, we knew it was out there, but never really expected it to be released. (And believe it or not I myself was being considered to design the poster for a possible theatrical release of the film in question.) Well, here it is; "Pandora Peaks"... perhaps Russ Meyer's final pre-mortem opus. And it's either total trash or great genius...or... perhaps a sly combination of both... read full review.

PRIMITIVE LOVE

How the hell do you review a DVD with two movies on it and keep it short? And more importantly, how the hell do you review a Something Weird Video? Well, there is one thing that is for certain and that is anything released by Something Weird Video is best viewed in a large group...and stinking drunk. But I unfortunately opted for viewing this DVD both alone and sober. Make sure you keep that in mind while reading this review... read full review.

SCHRAMM

Bible-thumpers getting their heads smashed in, date rape, paint, a sexy whore in bondage, sex with a cheap inflatable torso, plenty of full frontal male nudity, cock torture with nails, a decrepit apartment building with ugly wall paper, plenty of blood, creepy hallucinations, and a seemingly all around quiet, nice guy are what Jorg Buttgereit& 8217;s Schramm is all about. Did I give too much away? Hell no. You’ve got to see this film. Schramm follows the fleeting, disjointed memories of the previous few.... read full review.

SCARLET DIVA (2000)

Anna Battista, a popular young actress and "restless romantic" of 24, engages on a hedonistic, self-destructive spree across Europe and to America in an effort to reinvent herself as an "artist", hoping to shed her boytoy image and realize her aspirations to direct a semi-autobiographical film entitled "Scarlet Diva"..... read full review.

SEX BY ADVERTISEMENT (1967)

This is the first film by Joel Reed. Sex By Advertisement is a sex educational film of the 60?s, but on the hard edge of a knife. A doctor (Georgina Spelvin) lectures us on the abnormal sexual/fetish practices we are about to see: bondage, S&M, sex clubs, and peeping toms..... read full review.

TRUTH OR DARE

Although Truth or Dare is an entertaining movie, the most compelling story is found in the featurette, which showcases how this movie, made renegade style, was lensed by a then 18-year-old Tim Ritter. A true labor of love, this low-budget potboiler makes the most of what is available to the ever-resourceful Ritter... read full review.