Horror

  • Sisworo Gautama Putra – Pengabdi setan aka Satan’s Slave (1982)

    1981-1990CultHorrorIndonesiaSisworo Gautama Putra

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    Poor teenager Tommy isn’t having a good time of it. His mother just passed away at a tragically young age. Tommy starts seeing a ghostly white apparition of her unrestful spirit. He also experiences scary nightmares of an evil devil cult. Plus a couple of close friends of the family meet brutal untimely ends. Could it be mysterious new housekeeper Darminah who’s behind the freaky and troubling events that have befallen Tommy and his family? Director Sisworo Gautama Putra does an expert job of ably creating and sustaining a powerfully eerie and unnerving otherworldly atmosphere. Moreover, Putra does a totally convincing job of evoking a thoroughly believable mundane everyday reality that’s ripped asunder by bizarre and inexplicable supernatural phenomenon.Read More »

  • Katt Shea – Dance of the Damned (1989)

    1981-1990HorrorKatt SheaUSAWomen Make Horror

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    Very low-budget BUT very well done.
    9/10
    Author: capkronos from Ohio, USA
    29 January 2002

    This is a wonderful low-budget sleeper, proving that not all contemporary Roger Corman-produced films are trash. And all it really is is a night long conversation between a self-destructive, suicidal stripper and a brooding, world weary vampire. Go figure. But it also would probably take a more mature, patient viewer to sit through this one, because if you’re looking for gore, action and special effects, you’ll find little of that here.Read More »

  • Douglas Buck – Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America (2003)

    2001-2010Douglas BuckDramaHorrorUSA

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    From acclaimed director Douglas Buck comes an unflinching, disturbingly beautiful look at the underbelly of American family. Three separate narratives (including the shocking film festival favorite “Cutting Moments” as well as “Home” and “Prologue”) combine to create a unique trilogy of life today that will leave you devastating… and begging for more.Read More »

  • J.A. Bayona – El orfanato AKA The Orphanage (2007)

    2001-2010HorrorJ.A. BayonaMysterySpain

    A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.Read More »

  • Jean Rollin – La vampire nue AKA The Nude Vampire (1970)

    1961-1970EroticaFranceHorrorJean Rollin

    A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she’s being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she’s a vampire.Read More »

  • Joko Anwar – Forbidden Door aka Pintu terlarang (2009)

    2001-2010HorrorIndonesiaJoko AnwarThriller

    A successful sculptor whose life run by domineering wife and mother discovers a secret organization in which members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in the town which are fed from hidden cameras. When he stumbles upon a channel showing a little boy who’s being viciously abused by his parents, he tries to find the kid to save him. But his quest leads him back to a secret door in his own house that could be the answer to many puzzles.Read More »

  • Liliek Sudjio – Ratu Ilmu Hitam AKA The Queen of Black Magic (1981)

    1981-1990HorrorIndonesiaLiliek Sudjio

    Murni is a young woman in love with the the handsome Kotar. He promises to marry her, but after taking her virginity he marries another woman, the daughter of the village headman. Murni is not well pleased with this. The wedding does not go off smoothly, with the bride having strange visions of skeletal husbands, and in fact the whole event becomes a shamble. It is clear to the villagers that black magic is at work here.Read More »

  • Jean-Christophe Meurisse – Oranges sanguines AKA Bloody Oranges (2021)

    2021-2030ComedyFranceHorrorJean-Christophe Meurisse

    Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When the shoe drops, the winner won’t necessarily be the one we expected.Read More »

  • J. Michael Muro – Street Trash (1987)

    1981-1990ComedyHorrorJ. Michael MuroUSA

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    This shocker will most likely appeal to fans of pitch-black beyond-bad-taste comedy. Others may find it highly offensive and gory as it chronicles the fate of homeless Brooklyn winos when they get into some tainted wine and begin melting into slimy puddles of human goo. The wine, called “Tenafly Viper,” is being sold by the owner of a liquor store who found it lying around in his basement and sells it to the bums for a buck. It is later revealed that the wine was deliberately spiked by the government.Read More »

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