Savage Streets (1984) Distributor: Arrow DVD Release Date: 20th June 2011 Directed by: Danny Steinmann Starring: Linda Blair, Sal Landi, Robert Dryer, Linnea Quigley, John Vernon Review by: Ben Bussey Now it’s 1984, knock-knocking at your front door. And would you believe it; the kids are out of control. They’re not going out to the library [...]

Interview conducted by Marc Patterson – June 2011 Several days ago we showed off a killer trailer for a new gory exploitation flick called Dear God No! Immediately noticeable was the authentic feeling the trailer exuded. Whereas most modern grindhouse flicks are obvious homages, you’d be hard pressed to look at Dear God No! and [...]

Virgin Witch (1971) Distributor: Odeon Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 28th February 2011  Directed by: Ray Austin Starring: Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle, Keith Buckley, Patricia Haines Review by: Ben Bussey Two beautiful, virginal, adolescent sisters run away from home with dreams of fame and fortune in London town. Promptly picked up by a smooth-talker in [...]

Cannibal Girls (1972) Distributor: Nucleus Films Release Date (UK): 14th February 2011 Directed by: Ivan Reitman Starring: Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Ronald Ulrich Review by: Ben Bussey Farnhamville is a little Canadian town, situated somewhere between Nowhere and Buttfuck. Despite the notable absence of anything to see or do, it seems the town has enough [...]

Corman Night Double Feature: Fantastic Fest 2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010) Directed by: Mark Hartley Sharktopus Directed by: Declan O’Brien Starring: Eric Roberts, Sara Malakul Lane, Roger Corman, Ralph Garman Reviews by: Damon Swindall Leave it to Austin’s incredible Fantastic Fest to bring one of genre cinema’s most treasured heroes to town for the recognition he [...]

Big Tits Zombie Distributor (UK): Terracotta Directed by: Takao Nakano Starring: Sola Aoi, Risa Kasumi, Mari Sakurai, Minoru Torihada Review by: Ben Bussey Professional stripper Lena (Aoi) is a little down on her luck. Recently returned home to Japan from working in Mexico – and we know this because she brought a sombrero and a [...]

by Cap’n Psycho Billy We’d be doing a real disservice to all you gore hungry, boot licking, blood bathing horror heads if we didn’t take a moment to pause and enter into a moment of silence to pay respect to the gods of gore with this nasty bit of exploitation. Hobo with a Shotgun is [...]

Machete (2010) Director: Robert Rodriguez Cast: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson Reviewed by Dustin Hall “We didn’t cross the border! The border crossed us!” Machete opens with a bang. The film is choppy, grainy, and filled with saturated colors that sizzle under the Mexican sun. [...]

by Marc Patterson Let me just come out and say it – I love Dark Sky Films lately. Hell… I think I’ve always loved them. Let’s review why. 1. Great original horror. Most recently? Deadgirl, The House of the Devil, Let the Right One In for starters. They’re also at the helm of Adam Green’s [...]

By Various Staff Intro by Marc Patterson Well boys and girls, it’s the grand kick-off to our summer series that is guaranteed to rock the horrorsphere with all sorts of fun. That’s right, it’s The Lucky 13. We’ve teamed up with Brian Solomon of The Vault of Horror, and his über hip crew to unleash [...]

Interview conducted by Britt Hayes Texas Frightmare Weekend was held in Dallas this past weekend, and I got a chance to sit down with the cast from the Anchor Bay Films remake of I Spit On Your Grave, directed by Steven Monroe. When the film was first announced, I, like many others, was initially weary [...]

by Ben Bussey Coming next Thursday to Odeon Covent Garden is the fourth annual Cine-Excess international conference and film festival. Organised by the people behind Brunel University’s Cult Film and TV MA (of which, yes, I am currently a student), the event brings together academics and filmmakers to promote intellectual debate on film at its [...]

Long Pigs (2010) Directed by Chris Power and Nathan Hynes Cast: Anthony Alviano, Shane Harbinson, Roger King, Kelly McIntosh, Nathan Hynes, Chris Power, Review by Marc Patterson Long Pig is a Polynesian term for human flesh, specifically in reference towards cannibalism. Though on the surface Long Pigs is about a common all-American serial killing cannibal [...]

A Day of Violence Directed by Darren Ward Cast: Nick Rendell, Christopher Fosh, Victor D. Thorn, Giovanni Lombardo Radice Reviewed by Marc Patterson Sometimes I need pure debasement and shocking depravity in my cinema. Nothing more, nothing less. I don’t want some moral story shoved down my throat, just give me some good action, a [...]

Bitch Slap (2009) Distributor: Momentum Pictures Directed by: Rick Jacobson Starring: Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo Review by: Ben Bussey Out in the middle of the desert where the sun burns hotter than hell, something shady is afoot. Up a dirt track that leads to a flea-bitten trailer comes a black muscle car, and [...]

by Marc Patterson In Lesbian Vampire Killers (released in the US as simply Vampire Killers) it was a dorky duo who took on a harem of lesbian vampires. In Life Blood it’s the lesbian vampires that will be doing the killing. Lesbian Vampire Killers would have been PG-13 material if it weren’t for the incessant [...]

by Marc Patterson There’s some kinda revival of the new exploitation going on. Bitch Slap, Piranha 3-D, Run! Bitch Run!, Suicide Girls Must Die, Mega-Piranha, the list goes on… Big budget, low budget, no budget – it doesn’t matter. Lately it seems you can’t blink your eyes before another outrageous Roger Corman inspired film is [...]