The best thing one could say about Bloodsucking Freaks is that it's a failed comedy. Director Joel M. Reed's 1976 sleaze classic manages to irritate the sensibilities of even the most jaded viewer. ...

Movie - Rob Wrigley - 2002-09-07 00:00 - 0 comments

Many attempts have been made to dramatize the tale of Jack the Ripper, but Jesus Franco's 1976 effort into the subject proves to be one of the best. Our killer is given a sense of duality and warped motivations that surpass those provided to ...

Movie - Shaughn Ander - 2008-05-14 10:07 - 0 comments

It makes sense that the success of The Exorcist would spawn a rash of imitators and similarly themed films. Some were low-rent ( Abby , Beyond the Door ), most were low-quality. However, ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2006-06-26 00:00 - 0 comments

Directed by Alfred Sole, Alice, Sweet Alice (originally titled Communion , also known as Holy Terror ) explores the horror lurking behind the Catholic church in a small New Jersey communi ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2002-08-01 00:00 - 0 comments

One can’t help but to smile fondly when one hears the line, “They’re all going to laugh at you.” Carrie was the first, and undoubtedly the best of Stephen King’s book ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-06-20 00:00 - 0 comments

Good versus evil has been a standard cinematic theme, particularly within the horror genre, since the invention of the Cinematographe by Louis Lumiere in 1895. However, as film audiences have become more jaded over the years, the definitions ...

Movie - Kevin Nickelson - 2008-06-05 23:10 - 0 comments

God is one mean mother... er... father... thing. At least Larry Cohen , the writer/director of God Told Me To (also known as Demon ), believes that. There are few films out there like this. It is at ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2002-11-11 01:00 - 0 comments