The “Godfather of Gore,” Herschell Gordon Lewis (The Gore, Gore Girls) left a blood soaked, indelible mark on horror with many of his films before his passing, none was more notorious at the time, than Blood Feast. This was controversial stuff in 1963, in fact, its tagline, “nothing so appalling …

Asian cinema has a strange habit of blending genres that, as a concept, seem will never work, but dammit, somehow they manage to make it work. And work well. The Blue Jean Monster is one that works, in spite of itself. Synopsis A cop gets buried under steel rebars while …

In 1978, infamous serial killer Ted Bundy committed what would be his last brutal attack at a sorority house at Florida State University. While his crimes have been studied and analyzed ad nauseam, The Black Mass from actress/director Devanny Pinn takes a unique, and decidedly different approach altogether. Synopsis “Inspired …

As a die-hard fan of Euro-sleaze films, my tastes usually veer towards the films of either Jean Rollin or Jesus “Jess” Franco. While Rollin, for the most part, stayed firmly in his vampire/supernatural lane, Franco’s films, however, careen every which way, from Nazi flicks to vampires, to period pieces, jungle …

As a fan of horror cinema, I always hear “Hey man, you should check out _______ from back in the day, you’d love it”. Often time curiosity prevails, and I eventually do. Writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky’s (Nightmare Man) 1990 genre-blending horror/comedy There’s Nothing Out There is one of those films that …

Ahhh, Wild Eye Releasing’s Visual Vengeance series of releases contains some real lost gems, cleaned up and lovingly presented for a new generation of horror misfits! Are they all lost “classics”? No. Enter Scream Queen. Synopsis Malicia Tombs, a well-known horror actress, dies in a car accident under mysterious circumstances …

Genre blending. You know, a “quasi-slasher/thriller with a rom-com twist”, or something. Some films manage to get the amalgamation of horror sub-genres right, and some fail miserably. More often than not, The Dead Girl In Apartment 03 works, but there are moments of schizophrenia in its 72 minute runtime. Synopsis …

Sometimes in life (and horror films) legacy is everything. Filmmakers, since the inception of the medium, have tried to make their indelible mark. In the horror realm, and indeed in the HP Lovecraft sub-genre, the late Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon) unquestionably left both a mark and a legacy. …

How far is too far? With August Underground’s Penance, Fred Vogel and his crew pushed the boundaries of cinema as far as anyone had taken them at that point and paved the way for a virtual army of imitators, wannabes, and bastard children of “extreme cinema” in the 16 years …

I unabashedly love crazy films. The more “out there” and gonzo the better. Sometimes you just need to unplug your brain, take a break from the “artsy” stuff, crack a beer, and watch something so profoundly silly that you grin through the entire thing. Repligator, out now on Wild Eye …