New York writer Jennifer Hills relocates temporarily to a lakeside idyll in Connecticut to write her first novel. A local gang of four men attack, humiliate and rape her. They then order one of the gang to go back and kill her. He lies to them and says he has but they then learn that …
Continue reading Day 11- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
A famous plastic surgeon causes a car accident in which his daughter’s face is disfigured. The surgeon coincidentally has a new theory he's dying to test out which involves transplanting whole faces. This could save his daughter’s maimed features but this procedure involves donors- willing or not. I first saw this film when I was …
Continue reading Day 9- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Les Yeux Sans Visage/Eyes Without a Face (1960)
This Hindi film concerns a young woman who finds she is possessed on the eve of her wedding. Can her family save her? As this is a Bollywood film there are song and dance routines (one that brilliantly lapses into hip-hop), comedic turns and plenty of jollity along the way. But this is a horror …
Continue reading Day 8- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Mantram (2017)
William Lustig's depraved classic Maniac was massively controversial when it was first released in 1980. It garnered the ultimate accolades for an exploitation film- it was HATED by Siskel and Ebert (Gene Siskel said he made it to the shotgun murder then had to leave the preview screening as he couldn't stomach anymore!) and was …
Continue reading Day 1- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Maniac (1980)
Here are the films I will be reviewing throughout October for the annual 31 Days of Halloween- Maniac (1980) The Stepfather (2010) Color Me Blood Red (1965) Last House on the Left (1972) Psycho (1960) Cry of the Banshee (1970) Peeping Tom (1959) Mantram (2017) Ek Thi Daayan (2013) Mondo Keyhole (1966) I Spit on …
Corman romp about security robots in a shopping mall that malfunction and take it out on a group of teens who are there after closing time. With this being Corman there are some great cameos from stable regulars like Mary Waronov, Paul Bartel and Dick Miller. A great sense of humour and some gory moments. …
Continue reading Chopping Mall – Day 11 – 31 Days of Halloween
I remember watching this as a kid on VHS in the 80s and loving it. Now as a gay horror fan who's all grown up watching the film feels different. Firstly, it's because the great gay icon Bette Davis is in it. Safe in this knowledge I know that this isn't just any run-of-the-mill performance …
Continue reading The Watcher in the Woods – Day 10 – 31 Days of Halloween
Meathook Cinema 