Women are being killed with gardening implements. Could the suspect be Caleb, the goofy, odd looking gardener who suffers from multiple personalities and regularly adopts the identity of his much better looking brother, Lester who died previously? The Love Butcher is batshit crazy and great fun because if it. There’s a rich vein of zaniness …
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Druids invade a small town, looking for a rare blood type to resurrect their leader. Invasion of the Blood Farmers is a freaky, almost psychedelic early 70’s film that has the garish colour palates of the clothing of the era. I loved the depiction of something out of the ordinary infiltrating the humdrum life of …
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In the 80s I was obsessed with A Nightmare on Elm Street. Because of the popularity of this film, an earlier Wes Craven film was re-released on video in the UK. That film was 1977's The Hills Have Eyes. I first saw the video for this release on a video store’s shelves whilst on holiday …
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An artist, Arthur, is robbing a woman’s apartment. She is asleep on her bed but the noise he’s making wakes her up. All she can find to defend herself is a spoon (!) which she uses to gouge one of his eyes out with. With now only one eye, Arthur becomes obsessed with gouging out …
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Pam Grier stars as the lead character who takes on a gang of drug dealers after they kill her undercover cop boyfriend. Foxy Brown has so much going for it- Grier who is fantastic in the lead, Antonio Fargos (yes, Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch), a great soundtrack (that was released on Motown) and …
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The son of a mafia kingpin goes to Hollywood and ensues in a bloody rampage to get what he wants. Leading actor Duke Mitchell also wrote, produced and directed Massacre Mafia Style. Whilst the film’s detractors may describe the movie as a Temu Godfather, this is way too uncharitable. Yes, the use of non-actors sometimes …
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A husband and wife who are both doctors buy a mansion to turn it into a drug rehabilitation centre. Unfortunately, it contains a gateway to hell. What a bad investment. But, seeing an apparition when you’re viewing a property is a red flag in any one’s book. Except Yvette Fielding, possibly. The Evil is a …
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Dr Frankenstein and his assistant are in the process of reanimating their creation when they are both killed by a rival who takes the creature to his lair. The doctor’s daughter reanimates her father long enough to learn that this is the work of Cagliostro and where he has taken the creation. She heads out …
Deep in Texas, people are dying in freakish ways. The mayor thinks these are accidents. His deputy thinks these might be murders and so investigates. A satanic cult is soon discovered. Enter The Devil is a slow burn and nothing to write home about. The hybrid of a Western (really!) and religious horror film is …
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A woman who religious elders think is a witch, is examined and a needle inserted into her body and shown to not draw blood (a huge red flag apparently). She must be a witch/demon/devil woman (to quote Cliff Richard). She then looks straight into the camera and pulls a ‘possessed’ face that made me burst …
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Meathook Cinema 