Goodnight God Bless, I Was A Teenage Zombie, Slime City
GOODNIGHT, GOD BLESS (1987) (AKA: Lucifer) A priest opens fire on a group of schoolchildren for no apparent reason and subsequently goes on a pointless killing spree. The survivor of the shooting, a small girl (Jane Price) who seems completely…
Dolls, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Visiting Hours
DOLLS (1987) Stranded travelers take shelter in the home of enchanted toymakers Guy Rolfe and Hilary Mason, unaware that the couple’s vast collection of dolls are watching (and judging) them. Whenever the guests show disrespect towards Rolfe and Mason, the…
Cheerleader Camp, Graveyard Shift, Pulse
CHEERLEADER CAMP (1988) Someone with a vendetta against cheerleaders is making mincemeat out of the pretty trainees at Camp Hurrah, a campsite for competitive cheerleading. Bodies start dropping after the arrival of nightmare-plagued Alison (future Saw alumni Betsy Russell), whose…
Death House, Flesh-Eating Mothers, Zombie 4
Death House – 1988, US, 90m. Director: John Saxon. Flesh-Eating Mothers – 1988, US, 89m. Director: James Aviles Martin. Zombie 4: After Death – 1989, Italy/Philippines, 84m. Director: Claudio Fragasso. DEATH HOUSE (1988) Decorated Vietnam vet Dennis Cole is framed…
Bad Taste, Curse of the Screaming Dead, Lady Stay Dead
Bad Taste – 1987, New Zealand, 90m. Director: Peter Jackson. Curse of the Screaming Dead – 1982, US, 92m. Director: Tony Malanowski. Lady, Stay Dead – 1981, Australia, 95m. Director: Terry Bourke. BAD TASTE (1987) Aliens have invaded Earth—well, New…
Attack of the Swamp Creatures, Murder Weapon, The Video Dead
Attack of the Swamp Creatures – 1971, US, 100m. Director: Don Barton, Arnold Stevens Murder Weapon – 1989, US, 81m. Director: David DeCoteau The Video Dead – 1987, US, 90m. Director: Robert Scott ATTACK OF THE SWAMP CREATURES (1971) A…
Bloodrage, Open House, Prime Evil
Bloodrage – 1980, US, 78m. Director: Joseph Zito. Open House – 1987, US, 95m. Director: Jag Mundhra. Prime Evil – 1988, US, 87m. Director: Roberta Findlay. BLOODRAGE (1980) (AKA: Never Pick Up a Stranger) A high-strung loser (Ian Scott) discovers…
The Beast Within, Graduation Day, TerrorVision
The Beast Within – 1982, US, 98m. Director: Philippe Mora. Graduation Day – 1981, US, 95m. Director: Herb Freed. TerrorVision – 1986, Italy/US, 85m. Director: Ted Nicolaou. THE BEAST WITHIN (1982) The rape of a woman by some kind of…
Alien 2, Faceless, New Year’s Evil
Alien 2: On Earth – 1980, Italy, 91m. Director: Ciro Ippolito. Faceless – 1988, France, 97m. Director: Jess Franco. New Year’s Evil – 1980, US, 85m. Director: Emmett Alston. ALIEN 2: ON EARTH (1980) (AKA: Alien Terror) An excruciatingly bad…