A double date decide to investigate a travelling carnival that has just come into town. After strolling around the different attractions, they decide to hide overnight in the actual funhouse (like a ghost ride) which is on the grounds of the carnival. The Funhouse starts out so well with the carnival and the people who …
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Two scientists try to master the tricky subect of immortality. But instead they create zombies who can only stay alive by staying cool. Yes, that really is the plot. There are shots of the zombies recharging in deep freeze units. Everything about Frozen Scream (geddit?!) is just as bonkers as the plot. The frankly bizarre …
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The Evil Dead is just as infamous for the furore surrounding the film as it is for the actual content. I grew up in the midst of the Video Nasties storm in a teacup in which the Tory government led by Herr Thatcher thought that the commoners who watched certain horror movies would grab a …
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Donny is a very damaged person. After an incident at work sees one of his colleagues set himself on fire, we see Danny freeze with terror at the incident. This is explained through flashbacks. We see that as a boy his mother used to punish him by burning his forearms. When he returns home from …
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The locals of a coastal town seem to be en masse psychotic, as we witness outsiders being slaughtered by them. The local sheriff and coroner both set out to find answers as to what’s happening. Dead and Buried is a true one-off. It incorporates elements of The Fog, The Stepford Wives and the work of …
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A boat sails into New York containing what appears to be innocuous boxes of coffee. However they actually contain alien eggs that cause people to explode when a change in heat cause the eggs to emit their contents. Yes, this is a cheap Italian Alien rip-off but it's darn entertaining nonetheless. There might be considerable …
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A couple of criminals kidnap a girl who's family are very wealthy. They hide her in a friends house in the jungle which is populated by cannibalistic tribespeople. Cannibal Terror is a rare entry into this specific sub-genre in that it's actually a French production rather than Italian. The plot also dips it's toe into …
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This film begins with the vile abuse of a small boy and his sister after they spied on their mother getting it on with her boyfriend. After Willy is tied up and gagged on a bed, his sister Lacey grabs a huge butcher knife, cuts the ropes that are holding her brother to the bed …
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BEWARE- There are spoilers herein. This 1981 Lucio Fulci film centres around a young woman called Lisa Merril who arrives in Louisiana from New York as she has been left a hotel as part of an inheritance and which she hopes to renovate. Several unexplained events happen however. She then learns that the hotel is …
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Probably Argento's best movie in my opinion. A successful writer Peter Neal is visiting Rome from America. He becomes aware that a serial killer is on the loose and strongly influenced by his work. This film is staggeringly good. Prepare to be astounded by the tracking shot of the outside of the apartment block- one …
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