‘Two no-hopers. One cursed village. One hell of a night!’

Lesbian Vampire Killers – also known as simply Vampire Killers in the US – is a 2009 British comedy horror film directed by Phil Claydon from a screenplay by Stewart Williams and Paul Hupfield. It was produced by Steve Clark-Hall. It stars Paul McGann (Alien³; The Monk), James Corden, Mathew Horne and MyAnna Buring.

Momentum pictures has claimed that retailers – including supermarket chain Tesco – demanded warning stickers be placed over the word “Lesbian”. A spokesperson from Tesco said that although they did ask for a cover with less cleavage, they “did not suggest that they [Momentum] amend the wording”

Plot:

Jimmy (Mathew Horne) and Fletch (James Corden) are two friends living in London. Jimmy is dumped by his girlfriend and Fletch is fired from his job as a clown for punching a child. They decide to escape their woes and hike to a remote village in Norfolk that they find via an old map. As they arrive at a pub in the village, they see a number of attractive foreign female history students leaving.

Hoping to find more beautiful women inside, they are greeted by a morose crowd of men and approached by a seemingly crazed vicar (Paul McGann) who believes Jimmy is a long lost descendant of a local vampire slayer…

Reviews:

James Christopher of The Times described Lesbian Vampire Killers as “profoundly awful” stating it is an “instantly forgettable lads’ mag farce” and suggested the film was an “appalling waste of a perfectly decent title”.

” … a movie that is much more interested in ogling women and making schoolboy jokes. Any laughs come courtesy of Corden’s randy, blustering Fletch. Phil Claydon directs at a breakneck pace but maybe he just wanted it to be over as quickly as possible. I know exactly how he feels.” Allan Hunter, Daily Express

“The comedy consists mostly in a lot of blokey swearing and Scooby-Doo-style running and gurning, the latter supplied by Paul McGann as an exorcist vicar. It’s pretty woeful, and unimaginably boring.” Anthony Quinn, The Independent

“St. Trinian‘s meets The Descent in the pages of Nuts magazine. It’s mostly pretty awful, but there are one or two crass laughs, largely provided by Paul McGann playing the potty-mouthed priest who is the only one who knows how to slay the Page-3 vampirettes.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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‘Dining out can be a permanent experience!!!’

Goremet: Zombie Chef from Hell is a 1986 American comedy horror film directed by Don Swan from a screenplay co-written with Jeff Baughn and William Highsmith. It was shot on Super 8 film and promoted as Gore-Met, Zombie Chef from Hell.

Main cast:

C.W. Casey, Charles Barger III, Jeff Baughn, Cindy Castanio,  Chuc Clubb, Loy Dellinger, Theo Depuay, Bob Highsmith, Johnny Howie, Kelley Kunicki, Alan Marx, Joy Merchant, Woody Mitchell, Michael O’Neill, Rocky Oliviero.

Plot:

1386: Priests from “The Ancient Order” place a indefinite curse on a man named Goza that requires him to feed off human flesh.

1986: Goza is now running a seafood restaurant and deli…

Reviews:

“… nearly all of the potential fun is stripped away quicker than a deli slicer can cut through a plastic foot. This doesn’t take itself too seriously and seems fully aware of how dumb it is, but that still doesn’t help matters. The one-liners and gags are lame, there are tons of scenes that seem to go on for an eternity, the continuity is awful and nearly all of the murders take place off-screen.” The Bloody Pit of Horror

“For a movie with such a deliberately exaggerated title there’s very little gore and no real “zombie”. Customers complain about hair and jewelry being in their food so I wouldn’t really call him a “chef”, and “hell” isn’t even really a factor at all. All of that considered, somehow (despite what other reviewers may say) Gore-Met delivers.” Atomic Caravan

” … reeks of weed, Doritos, and old Reebok high-tops in the best of ways. It was made by adults on Super 8, but most likely influenced by ninth-graders playing Dungeons & Dragons while watching Evil Dead. Plus it’s only 67 minutes. Bonus!” Joseph A. Ziemba, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

“The whole film is an exercise in padding. Out of its already brisk 70 minutes, about 20 minutes of that is actually plot. The rest is filled up with impromptu dance sequences featuring a few nude girls, a jazzy musical number of “Down to the Boardwalk”, shots of people drinking beer, and an extended sequence of someone trying to make a phone call.” The Zed Word

“Some call it a parody, but everyone agrees on one thing – it’s really, really unwatchable … features a distracting synthesizer score, and it’s inept in every other possible way.”

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Filming Locations:

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Dance party:

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Demon Hole is a 2016 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Josh Crook (Salvage; Alien Dawn TV series) for production company Monster Circus.

The film is currently in post-production.

Main cast:

Samantha Scaffidi (Terrifier), Austin Ramsey, Paris Campbell, Summer Bills, Adrian Denzel.

Plot:

A fracking crew drills on sacred Native American land unleashing an ancient demon. Six teens have to serve community service in the remote forest where the demon is lurking. They find themselves trapped in a realm of illusions with plenty of marijuana, an abandoned cabin, dark caves, endless woods, and temptation. There are only two ways out of these woods – succumb to the demon or die…

Filming locations:

Athens County, Ohio, USA

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‘Bloody hilarious!’

Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse is a 2015 Australian comedy horror film written and directed by Declan Shrubb. It stars Jim Jeffries, Alex Williamson and Greg Fleet. The film’s working title was Dead Exchange.

The film will be released in North America on July 5, 2016.

Plot:

Three Australian telecom tradesman find themselves trapped in a telephone exchange during the onset of a zombie apocalypse…

Teaser:

Trailer:

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Smothered is a 2014 American horror film written and directed by John Schneider. Five iconic horror actors find themselves the focus of a murderous hunt.

Main cast:

Kane Hodder (Jason Vorhees in four Friday the 13th films and Victor Crowley in the Hatchet films), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; House of 1000 Corpses; The Devil’s Rejects), R. A. Mihailoff (Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III), Malcolm Danare (Christine; Popcorn; Godzilla), and Don Shanks (Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers). Michael Berryman has a cameo role.

Plot:

After a convention appearance gig turns out to be wildly unsuccessful and unpleasant, a group of cult horror icons find themselves reluctantly persuaded to haunt a trailer park.

Lured by the promise of $1,000 a piece for what should be relatively easy work, the group arrives at the park but soon discovers that there is more to the job than they had initially been led to believe and that their own lives are at risk…

Reviews:

“The film is told in book format which means you get information as you need it. This may be jarring to some as it can interrupt the flow, but we’ll see what happens once a release date is announced. With a top-notch cast and endearing performances, John Schneider’s film is worth a look.” Christopher Jimenez, Shock Till You Drop

“With a well-placed cast and entertaining script, Smothered was able to hide some of its shortcomings. There are a number of effects used, and they are hit and miss at best. A little more attention to the details on the make-up and gory F/X would have gone a long way toward polishing this film.” Dread Central

“The scariest thing about Smothered is its low budget. Schneider (who also scripts and cameos) is working with next to nothing to bring the effort to life, keeping most of the action set in the woods, where he can burn through incidents and pages of dialogue without having to move around much, leaving the bulk of the picture to RV-bound encounters and camaraderie.”Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com

“The film is well paced, with the mood changing repeatedly… from slapstick silly to downright scary … without missing a beat. Schneider has clearly spent some time behind the camera (from the final episode of “Dukes of Hazzard” to “Smallville” to made for television films) and that experience and confidence, especially in a genre’ that’s fairly foreign to him, allows him a free eye (and hand) in his story telling.” Media Mikes

Cast and characters:

• Kane Hodder as Striper
• R. A. Mihailoff as R.A. Mihailoff
• Bill Moseley as Soggy Christian
• Dane Rhodes as Randy
• Malcolm Danare as Malcolm Danare
• Don Shanks as Don Shanks
• Rachel Alana Handler as Chunks
• Amy Brassette as Agness
• Ritchie Montgomery as Mountain Man
• Brea Grant as DeeDee
• John Schneider as Player
• Michael Berryman as Michael Berryman
• John Kassir as John Kassir
• Andrew Bowen as Carl
• Shanna Forrestall as Trixie

Choice dialogue:

Chunks: “I like being chunky. Boney women look like shit on a stick”.

Stiper: ” If Friday the 13th is shit then Saturday the 14th will be even shittier!”

Filming locations:

Filming took place mainly on Schneider’s John Schneider Studios lot in Louisiana and additional scenes were shot in downtown Baton Rouge during summer 2013.

Trailer:

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‘Terror is taking over’

Zombie Kill! – original title: Zombibi – is a 2012 Dutch splatter comedy horror film directed by Martijn Smits and Erwin van den Eshof from a screenplay by Tijs van Marle.

Main cast:

Yahya Gaier, Gigi Ravelli, Mimoun Ouled Radi, Sergio Hasselbaink, Uriah Arnhem and Noel Deelen.

Plot:

Aziz works in an Amsterdam office building. He dislikes his job and his boss, but he has just begun dating his dream girl, Tess. Jealous of his success with Tess, his boss uses the constant phone calls by Aziz’s brother Mo as an excuse to fire him. Annoyed, Aziz reluctantly joins Mo at a pool party, only to become an unwilling participant in a fight accidentally initiated by Mo’s stupid bravado.

Mo and Aziz end up jailed with Jeffrey and Nolan, incompetent bouncers from the party, and Joris, a thief. All but Aziz hit on Kim, a tough blonde female cop, and so she tasers both Mo and Jeffrey. Later, alarms go off and the building loses power. When the cell doors open, they leave the station, but zombies covered in green slime attack them…

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Reviews:

” … takes its lead from Shaun of the Dead rather than the po-faced string of cash-in nasties which followed (and continue to follow) in its wake. Kill Zombie! is big, loud, non-stop nonsense full of over-the-top unsubtle European slapstick style humour and a commendable amount of extremely-creative gore and eye-opening splatter FX.” Paul Mount, Starburst

“I like pretty much everyone in the cast, and I certainly appreciate the diversity. It’s startling what these Dutch filmmakers were able to produce on a relatively tiny budget … What rings hollow is that Kill Zombie! feels as if it’s content to parrot the favorite genre flicks of its writer and pair of directors.” Adam Tyner, DVD Talk

“Kill Zombie! isn’t a disaster. It’s well made and has some decent laughs. Unfortunately, it also retreads what other filmmakers have done. Here’s hoping co-directors Martijn Smits and Erwin Van Den Eshof can develop a style and voice of their own in the future.” Mac McEntire, DVD Verdict

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“Still, the flick manages to keep the entertainment level at the upper end of the scale throughout – sporting a lively and convincing cast, consistently upbeat tempo and, surprisingly, a pretty poignant amount of heart as well. It’s no Shaun of the Dead, but Kill Zombie! makes for a great evening’s sofa-bound distraction that any zombie fan will be hard pushed to dislike.” Gareth Jones, This is Horror

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‘They live… They suck…’

They Bite is a 1996 American science fiction comedy horror film directed by Brett Piper (The Screaming Dead; Drainiac!; Queen Crab).

The film follows a similar premise to the plot of Roger Corman-produced horror exploitation classic, Humanoids from the Deep (1980), in depicting sea creatures coming to shore and attacking and mating with humans, but also contains the idea of a film-within-a-film device. Briefly released on VHS in the US by MTI, the film is currently unavailable on DVD.

Main cast:

Donna Frotscher, Nick Baldasare, Christina Veronica, Charlie Barnett, Ron Jeremy (Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) George Mazzone, Alex Pirnie, Patrick Williams, Susie Owens, Roy A. Peddle, Blake Pickett, Jeremy Steele.

Plot:

A film crew (Nick Baldasare plays the director ‘Mel Duncan’) are on location making a film Invasion of the Fishfuckers – which happens to be a story about sea creatures coming ashore and attacking and mating with humans. Ron Jeremy (one of his few non-porn roles) is part of this film crew.

Whilst they are making the film coincidentally the very thing they’re filming seems to be happening around them. Thus, there’s a blurring between reality and fiction…

Trailer:

Killer Vagina from Space clip:

Filming locations:

New Hampshire, USA

Panama City, Florida, USA

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‘First they dance, then they kill!’

Stripperland – also known as Stripper Zombieland – is a 2011 comedy horror film directed by Sean Skelding from a screenplay by Brad McCray and Shawn Justice. It is a parody of Zombieland.

The film stars Ben Sheppard, Maren McGuire, Ileana Herrin, Jamison Challeen, Daniel Baldwin, Linnea Quigley, Boyd Banks,  Thom Bray, Lloyd Kaufman, Hank Cartwright and Brad McCray.

Reviews:

“I’d like less time spent lazily rehashing scenes from Zombieland, especially since the original material is so much better than the direct spoofing. The message about treating sex workers like actual people should have been handled more subtly, woven less obtrusively into the fabric of the film. And at the same time, Skelding shouldn’t have shied away from having some of the zombies take their damn clothes off, since that tends to subliminally undermine his contention that there’s no shame in what strippers do for a living.” 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting

“It does have some original things going on as well, as they end up battling a mad scientist and find themselves at a mall briefly (in a pretty cool nod to Dawn of the Dead), Overall there is enough here to make fans and non-fans of Zombieland both happy. There is plenty of over the top gore and violence here to keep gorehounds happy as well.” Todd Martin, HorrorNews.net

“Stripperland seems to try to diffuse comparisons to Zombieland with pointed asides to the original’s flaws, like the bizarre scarcity of Twinkies, but there’s no comparison beyond unflattering imitation. Stripperland is a meandering film that wanders slowly from one vignette to the next, many of them little more than a pause for a celebrity cameo.” William Bibbiani, Crave

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“I laughed many times throughout, sometimes at the film but other with it. It knows exactly what it is, but is a little bit desperate in getting there. It doesn’t have quite enough jokes or plot to fill the whole film so there are overly-long scenes and random dullness, but if you don’t go in expecting genius, you might have a good time.” Stuart Taylor, Shouting at Cows

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‘Evil most foul’

Zombeak – aka Zombeak! and The Devil’s Cock – is a 2006 American comedy horror film written and directed by Sam Drog.

Main cast:

Melissa K. Gilbert, Daryl Wilcher, Illya Allman, Barry Bishop, Sarah Frances Conkle, Stephanie Conkle, Adam Morris, Tarjatta Rose, Haley Ruth Sands, JimmyLee Smith, Nathan Standridge, Jason Von Stein, Doug Walker, Susan Waters

Plot:

On the darkest night of the year, when Satan is allowed free reign to walk the earth, a motley crew of Satanists kidnap a sharp tongued southern waitress to be a given up as the Dark One’s bride and mortal host of the Antichrist.

However, when her rowdy redneck friends botch up the ritual in a violent rescue attempt, all power of Hell is inadvertently transferred into the most unlikely of hosts: a sacrificed chicken! Now, the Satanists and rednecks battle one another as an evil most fowl threatens to swallow their souls and transform them into a demonic army of the walking dead…

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Reviews:

“It’s definitely low budget; the special effects (a combination of traditional effects and some really low quality CGI) are bargain basement, the acting is substandard and the script goes from funny to abysmal and back again. Despite all those things, it’s still a decent enough film. The script works in many places, has you laughing because it’s funny (and far too often when it’s bad) and the whole film is quite creative in its use of its budget.” Dave Adamson, Den of Geek!

“It’s not exactly easy to make a story of devil poultry both believable and funny. The script is filled with great one-liners and decently funny jokes. If the director had tried to take this totally seriously or go too far off the deep-end with his humor, he’d have hurt the overall product. By finding a decent zany balance, he keeps the tone where it needs to be and the film watchable.” James Lasome, Best Horror Movies

“Watching the film’s titular creature peck maniacally at the faces of its adversaries never gets old, even when the performances and dodgy effects threaten to defecate wildly all over your cinematic merriment. However, the never-ending stream of one-liners, combined with the inherent goofiness of the premise, somehow manages to keep this slipshod production from completely falling apart.” Bloody Good Horror

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Filming locations:

Georgia, USA

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Swiss Army Man is a 2016 American surrealist dark comedy written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. It stars Daniel Radcliffe (The Woman in Black; Horns; Victor Frankenstein), Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Paul Dano.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016 and is released in the US on June 24, 2016, by A24.

Plot:

Hank, a man at the verge of his suicide and marooned on an island, finds a corpse washed up on the beach and engages a surreal relationship with the dead body…

Reviews:

“It’s entirely to the directors and the two lead actors’ credit that what sounds like a bunch of overextended body humor gags of the most juvenile variety evolve, by sheer repetitious attrition, into something bizarrely poetic and strangely touching. It certainly won’t be to everyone’s taste, and the reliance on flashbacks and repeated shots conspire at times to make this feel like an attenuated short.” Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

“I could never prep you enough for the degree to which farting plays a pivotal role in Swiss Army Man. In addition to its plot contrivance (it’s the gas that keeps these lost men on their voyage) the taboo of passing wind (as well as masturbation) becomes the central metaphor for the need to be true to oneself. It’s coarse and it’s stupid, but it is, thanks mostly the two good performances and some stylish use of music and editing, a little bit moving. Profound gas, indeed.” Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian

Cast and characters:

• Paul Dano as Hank
• Daniel Radcliffe as Manny
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Sarah
• Timothy Eulich as Preston
• Marika Casteel as Reporter
• Richard Gross as Hank’s Dad
• Antonia Ribero as Chrissy
• Aaron Marshall as Police Officer
• Andy Hull as Camera Man

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‘The last sound you’ll hear is the rattle of his bones.’

Bonejangles in a 2016 comedy horror film directed by Brett DeJager from a screenplay by Keith Melcher. The titular killer is presumably named after a character from Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.

Main cast:

Reggie Bannister (Phantasm franchise; Bubba Ho Tep; Doctor Spine), Elissa Dowling (Orgy of the Damned; Fetish Factory; The Black Room), Jamie Scott Gordon, Devin Toft, Kelly Misek Jr. (V/H/S Viral), Christopher Hunt, Wade Everett, Julia Cavanaugh, Hannah Richter, Lawrence Wayne Curry, Katie Walgrave, Allen Regimbal, Connor Quinn, Brett DeJager, Nadine Purvis Schmidt, Ben Gersch, Scott Wessels, Brandon Scott Jacobson.

Plot:

A rag-tag group of cops tasked with delivering an unstoppable killing machine must survive a hellish pit stop: a cursed town where the dead rise from their graves…

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‘When they get the munchies… you get wasted!’

Pot Zombies is a 2005 American horror film directed by Justin Powers from a screenplay co-written with Joseph Amdahl, Chris Laster and Matt Powers. 

The film apparently came about as part of Lloyd Kaufman’s ‘Make Your Own Damn Movie’ project to encourage young filmmakers by donating to their meagre production budget.

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In 2012, Powers made a belated sequel, Pot Zombies 2: More Pot, Less Plot.

Main cast: 

Scott Krakowski, Brandon Schuster, Henry Martin, Craig Crowell, Chris Laster, Matt Powers, Angelo Christian, Kim Yeakel, Starla Anderson, Amy Powers, Amy Brown.

Plot:

Radioactive weed turns people into zombies with the munchies for human flesh!

Reviews:

” …one big affectionate snicker at the parallels between potheads and zombies, however, we don’t get too many zingers throughout the film that specifically relate. Instead writer/producer/director Justin Powers uses the movie as a wobbly platform to splatter blood, make gruelling noises on the soundtrack, blare death metal during carnivorous sequences… ” Brian Abrams, High Times

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“I don’t judge people for trying to make their own film, regardless of how much money they have. What I do judge is a film full of incoherent scenes of Pot Zombies, no real plot and a feeling of very little thought being put into it.” Alec Pridgen, Mondo Bizarro

“Admittedly, the film has a certain Troma quality to it – boobs, tasteless gore, eye-rollingly bad humor, etc. And Lloyd Kaufman appears in two scenes as a retarded pizza delivery man, giving that added Troma feel. But, legitimate Troma productions also have narratives, fun cameos, and a shot of a blue car flipping over somewhere in New Jersey.” Brian W. Collins, Horror Movie a Day

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“With humour that sinks way below the level of a horny juvenile and gore that’s subpar, Pot Zombies fails to succeed even on the level of so-bad-it’s-good.” Shirley Halperin, Steve Bloom, Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide

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A Beginner’s Guide to Snuff is a 2016 American dark comedy horror film directed by the Butcher Brothers, a pseudonym for Mitchell Altieri (April Fool’s Day; The Hamiltons; The Thompsons; The Night Watchmen). The film was co-written by Altieri with Cory Knauf and Adam Weis.

Self-described as “a pitch black comedy thriller in the vein of early Coen Brothers films”, the film made its debut at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose on 4 March 2016.  

Main cast:

Joey Kern (Cabin Fever; Beneath; Bloodsucking Bastards), Luke Edwards (Jeepers Creepers 2), Bree Williamson, Brad Greenquist (Pet Sematary; Copperhead; The Cursed), Perry Laylon Ojeda, Kimberley Crossman, Tasmin Einhorn, Alfonso Faustino, Sara Fletcher, Tao Jensen, Ana Lorenzana,  Kara Luiz, Keith Roenke, Vera Teixeira, Katie Wilbert, Milynn Sarley, Jadine Wong.

Official plot synopsis:

Two brothers (Joey Kern and Luke Edwards), desperate to break into the world of television and film, decide to enter a horror movie contest. And what could be more horrifying than the elusive snuff film? Of course, they won’t actually kill someone on camera — all they’re going to do is kidnap an actress, torture her, and make her think she’s going to die. What could possibly go wrong?

Filming locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

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‘Let’s go kill some dead people!’

The Night Watchmen is a 2016 American comedy horror film directed by Mitchell Altieri (The Hamiltons; The Thompsons; A Beginner’s Guide to Snuff) from a screenplay by Dan DeLuca and Jamie Nash.

The film is currently being touted for international sales at Cannes represented by by Automatic Entertainment.

Main cast:

Ken Arnold, Dan DeLuca, Kevin Jiggetts, James Remar, Kara Luiz, Matt Servitto, Max Gray Wilbur, Diona Reasonover, Rain Pryor, Tiffany Shepis, Dan Franko.

Plot:

In a nondescript corporate office building in Baltimore four inept male security guards, along with an attractive and feisty female tabloid journalist, find themselves up against a horde of flesh hungry zombie vampires, or “zompires”, some of whom are dressed as clowns…

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‘Terror vision…’

The Killer Eye is a 1998 American science fiction comedy horror film directed by David DeCoteau (Creepozoids; Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy; Evil Exhumed) using the pseudonym Richard Chasen. The screenplay was by Benjamin Carr, Matthew Jason Walsh and Rolfe Kanefsky. Mark Williams designed and created the eye monster.

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The film was released on 18 January 1999 via Charles Band’s Full Moon Features and was belatedly followed up with a 2011 sequel, Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt. The film’s poster re-used Wizard Video’s  artwork for The Headless Eyes (1971).

Main cast:

Jacqueline Lovell, Jonathan Norman, Nanette Bianchi, Costas Koromilas, Dave Oren Ward, Blake Bailey.

Plot:

A mad scientist attempts to enter the eighth dimension, and in one failed experiment, his assistant loses an eye and the eye quickly expands into a lustful gigantic monster…

Reviews:

” … for all of The Killer Eye‘s faults, hardly anyone other than Full Moon Features, the studio behind the Puppet Master and Subspecies series, knows how to churn out cut-rate monster movies these days. And if that’s your pleasure, excessively creepy sex scenes aside, you might enjoy The Killer Eye.” Keith Phipps, A.V. Club

” … it’s an unsexy softcore porn flick, an unscary horror film, and an unfunny comedy. Nothing works in this picture, from the poorly structured story, to the sparsely decorated sets. Even the actors suck in comparison to the performances they gave in Head of the Family and Hideous!” Steve Miller, 150 Movies You Should Die Before You See

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“The Killer Eye isn’t nearly as killer as it is horny, as it spends the majority of its time molesting its entranced victims with its slimy tentacles. Things pick up in the final act, when bad science is replaced with bad jokes and a number of ridiculous gags. This one is best left to the B-movie fans with eyeball fetishes.” I Like Horror Movies

Choice dialogue:

Rita: “You better tell your new buddy the eyeball here it’s gonna be awful hard for him to take over the world with one of my three-inch stiletto heels sticking outta his yucky fucking face!”

Cast and characters:

• Jacqueline Lovell as Rita Grady
• Jonathan Norman as Dr. Jordan Grady
• Nanette Bianchi as Jane
• Costas Koromilas as Morton
• Blake Adams as Creepy Bill (as Blake Bailey)
• Ryan Van Steenis as Street Kid
• Dave Oren Ward as Tom
• Roland Martinez as Joe

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Terror Toons is a 2002 American comedy horror film produced and directed by Joe Castro from a screenplay by Rudy Balli. It is distributed by Brain Damage Films.

It was followed by sequels Terror Toons 2: The Sick and Silly Show (2007), and Terror Toons 3 (2015). In 2016, Terror Toons 4 and 5 are currently in post-production.

Main cast:

Kerry Liu, Lizzy Borden, Beverly Lynne, Brandon Ellison, Fernando Padilla.

Plot:

In the “cartoon dimension” mad scientist Doctor Carnage experiments on a man, then disembowels him and rips his skull out through his stomach. On Earth, sisters Cindy and Candy are left alone with Cindy’s friend Amy. While Cindy and Amy call over Rick and Eddie, Candy watches a Terror Toons DVD that she received in the mail. Created by Satan, the DVD depicts the antics of Doctor Carnage and his accomplice Max Assassin, a stolen lab monkey that was mutated into a monster by Carnage.

As Cindy and her friends play Strip Ouija, Candy dozes off, awakening when Carnage and Max appear in her room. The two rip Candy’s spine out, behead her friend Tommy when he drops by, dismember a pizza delivery man with a giant pizza cutter, and do a hypnotic disco dance number that causes Eddie to vomit up his own innards. When Cindy, Amy, and Rick try to escape, they discover that all of the doors have been replaced by vertigo-inducing spirals…

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Reviews:

” … it doesn’t work because none of the jokes they attempt work, the entire movie feels throwaway, and it’s extremely hard to sit through. Terror Toons is just missing the witty sight gags using cartoons as a premise could’ve brought (not to mention any of the “terror” of the title) and apart from a fairly decent “hand puppet” scene this is a complete waste of effort…” Chris Hartley, The Video Graveyard

“Everything about Castro’s picture is intentionally askew. His actors are about 10 years too old for their childlike roles. The no-budget blue screen FX rely on IMPACT more than technical sophistication. And the whole thing bobs along like a drug-induced hallucination on a river of good old fashion GORE backed by a circus calliope soundtrack.” G. Noel Gross, DVD Talk

“The animations typically consist of two or three choppy frames and blend seamlessly with the live action in the sense that Chris Rock would blend seamlessly with a Klan meeting. Add a bunch of porn stars trying to get into legitimate acting, a couple of guys in moronic suits, and a few thousand spiral effects to the mix…” Ben Platt, Something Awful

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“Even the animated sequences lack any movement to them and feel as though they were created by me in Flash MX while drunk and watching Timecop in the background. I don’t even feel comfortable narrowing down more flaws in the “direction” of the film because, to put it bluntly, the entire film is a pile of shit.” Robert Fure, Film School Rejects

“Well, the idea may have been charming in a disgusting kitchy cheapy sort of way, but the execution resulted in a complete snoozer. After twenty minutes bored out of my gord, the rest was fast-forward all the way.” Weird Wild Realm

“It took one person to come up with the story, and three to come up with the script. What exactly took three people? The tired cartoon characters running through doors in a hallway? The cop who likes donuts? Strip Ouija? This is a horrible, hateful little movie that will make you wonder about humanity’s capacity to come together and put together something so unbelievably awful.” HauntedHouses.com

Wikipedia | IMDb | Related: Evil Toons | The Ouija Board – article by Daz Lawrence

B.C. Butcher is a 2016 American comedy horror film directed, co-written and co-produced by 17-year-old Kansas Bowling about a tribe of cavewomen being stalked by a prehistoric monster. It has been dubbed as “the first prehistoric slasher film”.Troma Entertainment head honcho Lloyd Kaufman co-produced with Bowling and B.C. Butcher was released in January 2016.

Main cast:

Leilani Fideler, Natasha Halevi, Kato Kaelin, Kadeem Hardison and Rodney Bingenheimer. It also features a music video interlude by Los Angeles punk band The Ugly Kids.

Plot:

After a group of contemptuous cavewomen torture and kill one of their own over a romantic betrayal, a disfigured loner, known only as The Butcher (Dwayne Johnson (not The Rock)), discovers and falls deeply in love with the mutilated corpse. He proceeds on a bloody path of revenge, picking off the sexy murderers one by one…

Reviews:

“The movie is flawed but it looks like it was fun to make and I imagine that if you are a fan of cute girls in leopard print and movies that are so corny that they feel like they come right off the kernel, than this film might be right off your alley. It is a Troma production and with that comes a certain quality you need to be prepared to experience.” Ryan Mudd, HorrorNews.net

“There are a few strong jokes, a lot of fun performance choices, and, yes, a ton of cheese. This isn’t a great film, but it’s a fun one, and it makes me excited to see what Bowling does next.” Jacob Romney, Letterboxd.com

The kills are quick and cheap which is something that we never get from an actual Troma production. Overall, B.C. Butcher is one fun film. The film is a solid slasher with some laughs but is very weak when it comes to kills. If you are looking for a laugh and some over-dramatic characters then this film is for you!” Blacktooth, Horror Society

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Cast and characters:

• Leilani Fideler as Neandra
• Natasha Halevi as Anaconda
• Devyn Leah as Bamba
• Molly Elizabeth Ring as Poppy
• Miranda Robin as Dina
• Kato Kaelin as Rex
• Dwayne Johnson as the Butcher
• Rodney Bingenheimer as himself
• Parker Love Bowling as Po
• Kadeem Hardison as the narrator

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More Troma Entertainment:

Bigfoot (2006)

Blood Hook (1986)

Blood Sucking Freaks (1976)

Bugged (1997)

The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)

The Children (1980)

Christmas Evil (1980)

Combat Shock (1986)

Curse of the Screaming Dead aka Curse of the Cannibal Confederates (1982)

The Dark Side of Midnight (1984)

Decampitated (1998)

Dr. Hackenstein (1988)

Flesh Eaters from Outer Space (1989)

Kabukiman vs. Dracula (2016)

Killer Condom (1996)

MILFs vs. Zombies (2014)

Mother’s Day (1980)

Pigs aka Daddy’s Deadly Darling (1972)

Pot Zombies (2005)

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)

Psycho Sleepover (2008)

Rabid Grannies (1988)

Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake aka Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (1975)

Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1 (2013)

Scream Baby Scream (1969)

Splatter University (1984)

The Taint (2010)

Terror Firmer (1996)

Wendigo aka Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1988)

‘A twisted mind is a terrible thing to waste.’

The Hackers is a 1987 American splatter horror film written [as J. Samuels] and directed John Duncan (Black River Monster).

The Camelot Studios production was released in 1988 and stars Howard Coburn, Dale Caughel, Steve Pricharo and Michelle Rank.

Plot:

Marcie, a young woman, is offered the chance to stay a few weeks at a country estate while the family that own the place are on a trip away.

Meanwhile, Pa Hacker and his two simpleton sons are on a killing spree in the local vicinity. When the Hackers arrive on the scene to do some repair work, a terrifying chain of events takes place with a shocking ending…

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Reviews:

“Compared to other SOV efforts from this time, this has decent acting from the leads (some of the “victims” on the other hand… whew!), a minimum of flubbed lines, a high enough body count and enough cheap bloody moments to please fans of this stuff. There’s even a silly theme song (“Just slash ’em, bash ’em, trash ’em! Throw another corpse in the pile!”). A few of the scenes are half-baked and seem unfinished.” The Bloody Pit of Horror

“The Hackers is basically a poor man’s Mother’s Day. Think about that for a minute, let it marinate, are you really sure you want to watch a movie that wishes it was as good as… Charles Kaufman’s Mother’s Day? Yeah, I didn’t think so.” Hollie Horror, Letterboxd.com

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Cast and characters:

Howard Coburn – Pa Hacker
Dale Caughel – Arnie Hacker
Steve Prichard – Eldon Hacker
Michelle Rank – Marcie
David Duncan – Hitchhiker 1
Laura Forbis – Hitchhiker 2
Bruce Phillips – Gardner
Rick Robbins – Mr. Anderson
Mareena Henry – Mrs. Anderson
Jill Sutter – Bridge Girl
Larry Sieter – Fisherman
Ralph Dove – Bar Heckler
Bruce Parraghi – Store Manager
Dave Hall – Detective Hall
John Hurley – Policeman
Denise Ferris – Angelia
Ann Alexander – Bar Waitress
Chuck Mabe – 1st Hunter
John Duncan – 2nd Hunter

Filming locations:

Croswell and Lexington, Michigan, USA

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‘500 years of marriage is enough’

Therapy for a Vampire is a 2014 Austrian/Swiss comedy horror film written and directed by David Ruehm. It stars Tobias Moretti, Jeanette Hain,
Cornelia Ivancan, Dominic Oley, David Bennent, Freud Karl Fischer, Erni Mangold, Lars Rudolph and Anatole Taubman.

The movie is also known as Der Vampir auf der Couch and Therapie für einen Vampir.

Plot:

Vienna, 1932. Count von Kozsnom has lost his thirst for life, and his eternally long marriage cooled centuries ago. Fortunately, Sigmund Freud, with his innovative new approach to solving life’s existential problems, is accepting new patients.

During their strictly nocturnal sessions, the good doctor suggests the Count appease his vain wife, desperate to see her own reflection, by commissioning a portrait of her by his assistant, Viktor, an aspiring painter.

However, Viktor’s headstrong girlfriend Lucy most intrigues the Count, as he’s convinced she’s the reincarnation of his one true love…

Reviews:

“The soundstagey look and TV-like lighting here are well suited to the movie’s wink-wink tone. Ruhm’s lively pace keeps the plot’s essential silliness from growing tiresome, even if it never kicks into the high-octane farce the picture seems to seek.” John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter

” … takes relentless jabs at vampire lore and, most piercing of all, relationships and the vicissitudes of marriage. It does so in an invigorating way with heaps of wit to spare. But don’t worry, it’s not all top hats and snappy quips. There is enough blood splashed around to paint the walls.” Patrick Cooper, Bloody Disgusting

“David Rühm strikes a few satirical laughs coupled with silly visual effects, but levitation and obsessive-compulsive bloodsuckers eventually grow tiresome without non-stop foolishness. It’s cute and kitschy, but Rühm’s softcore take on vampire mockery pulls its punches and weaves a familiar, weightless connection between jilted-ish lovers.” Matt Donato, We Got This Covered

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The Greasy Strangler is a 2016 comedy horror film directed by Jim Hosking from a screenplay co-written with Toby Harvard. It stars Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo.

Plot:

Ronnie runs a disco walking tour with his son, Brayden. When a sexy, alluring woman comes to take the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also signals the appearance of an oily, slimy inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent, soon dubbed ‘The Greasy Strangler.’…

Reviews:

“It never blinks when one paired-off set of characters stomps around in the nude, incessantly chanting a childish rhyme in order to mock and irritate. That’s one of many setups this film plays out far past any logical limit — whether the joke comes back around to being funny will be a litmus test for your own comic boundaries.” Russ Fischer, IndieWire

“The film’s range of humor is fully disclosed within the first few minutes, and it quite insistently repeats them ad nauseum: unappealing nudity, closeups of unappetizing food, men dressed in tacky retro women’s clothing, childishly crude dialogue, deliberately cheesy gore f/x. The result will efficiently clear a room of those inclined toward taking offense, while leaving most others bored.” Dennis Harvey, Variety

“The shocks in The Greasy Strangler don’t just come from the avalanche of profanity, flatulence, fetishized cellulite, nauseating food, cartoon violence and closeups of phalluses (elephantine and microscopic both). The shocks come from the winding plotting, which follows a dream logic that could only float through a diseased stream of consciousness.” Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian

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