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91. TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989)
“One of the most memorable screenings in the early years of Midnight Madness, Tetsuo so stunned the attending crowd that few noticed the print had no subtitles.”–Toronto International Film Festival...
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CAPSULE: THE BRIDE OF FRANK (1996)
DIRECTED BY: Steve Ballot FEATURING: Frank Meyer PLOT: Frank, a mentally challenged old man with a speech impediment, kills various people he meets as he searches for true love from a woman with large...
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LIST CANDIDATE: MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD (2010)
DIRECTED BY: Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi FEATURING: Yumi Sugimoto, Suzuka Morita, Yuko Takayama, Tak Sakaguchi PLOT: On her 16th birthday a bullied teenage girl discovers she’s...
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CAPSULE: BLOODSUCKING FREAKS (1976)
AKA The Incredible Torture Show DIRECTED BY: Joel Reed FEATURING: Seamus O’Brien, Luis de Jesus PLOT: A sadist who runs a Grand Guignol off-off-Broadway show as a cover for his white slavery ring...
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142. TOKYO GORE POLICE (2008)
Tôkyô Zankoku Keisatsu “She is the only actress in the world who can look so beautiful just standing in the midst of a gushing spray of blood.”–Yoshihiro Nishimura on Eihi Shiina “I wouldn’t say I...
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CAPSULE: DEADBALL (2011)
DIRECTED BY: Yûdai Yamaguchi FEATURING: Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino PLOT: A boy with a (literally) killer fastball grows up to become a vigilante, is imprisoned, and is blackmailed into playing on the...
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CAPSULE: EVIL DEAD (2013)
DIRECTED BY: Fede Alvarez FEATURING: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez PLOT: Five kids go to a cabin in the woods, read incantations from an evil tome lying around in the basement, get possessed, and start...
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LIST CANDIDATE: BRAIN DAMAGE (1988)
DIRECTED BY: Frank Henenlotter FEATURING: Rick Hearst, John Zacherle, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry PLOT: One morning a young man wakes to find a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to...
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CAPSULE: MIDNIGHT SKATER (2002)
DIRECTED BY: Lucas Campbell FEATURING: Cory Maidens, Ezra Haidet PLOT: A killer chops up his fellow students on a college campus while a zombie plague brews. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Even if this...
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CAPSULE: THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
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CAPSULE: THE BEYOND (1981)
AKA Seven Doors of Death DIRECTED BY: Lucio Fulci FEATURING: Catriona MacColl (as Katherine MacColl), David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale PLOT: A young woman inherits a hotel that was built over one of the...
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CAPSULE: RAVENOUS (1999)
DIRECTED BY: Antonia Bird FEATURING: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones, David Arquette PLOT: During the Mexican-American war, a cowardly officer is exiled to a backwater fort in California; a...
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CAPSULE: NEKROMANTIK 2 (1991)
DIRECTED BY: Jörg Buttgereit FEATURING: Monika M., Mark Reeder PLOT: A young woman digs up a corpse with the intention of making him her lover; romantic complications arise when she falls for a living...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: THINK ABOUT THIS
Think About This is a safety video which uses exploitation film style violence to encourage workers to use safe practices in the workplace. The musical score is so inaudible that the makers recommend...
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READER RECOMMENDATION: PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE (2008)
Reader recommendation by Simon Hyslop DIRECTED BY: Andrey Iskanov FEATURING: Tetsuro Sakagami, Yukari Fujimoto, Manoush, Elena Probatova PLOT: War prisoners are subjected to various horrifying...
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244. WHY DON’T YOU PLAY IN HELL? (2013)
Jigoku de naze warui “We’re in reality, and they’re in the fantastic. Reality is going to lose!”–Ikegami, Why Don’t You Play in Hell? DIRECTED BY: Shion Sono FEATURING: Hiroki Hasegawa, Fumi Nikaidou,...
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258. BLOOD FREAK (1972)
“The World’s Only Turkey-Monster-Anti-Drug-Pro-Jesus-Gore Film!”–Blood Freak Special Edition DVD box cover DIRECTED BY: Brad F. Grinter, Steve Hawkes FEATURING: Steve Hawkes, Dana Sullivan, Heather...
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1963 EXLPOITATION TRIPLE FEATURE: THE SADIST, BLOOD FEAST, & THE WHIP AND THE...
1963 was such a productive year for horror/exploitation that even Arch Hall, Jr. was involved in a better than normal effort. The Sadist is the film Hall Jr. will most likely be remembered for (if he...
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268. DEAD ALIVE [BRAINDEAD] (1992)
Known as Dead Alive in North America, Braindead elsewhere “You know what they are saying about you don’t you? You’ve got funny in the head! A real bloody weirdo!”–Roger, Dead Alive DIRECTED BY: Peter...
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CAPSULE: TAG (2015)
DIRECTED BY: Shion Sono FEATURING: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai, Ami Tomite PLOT: A Japanese schoolgirl finds herself shunted through many different realities, all of which...
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