Monday, October 27, 2014

Don't Go in the House (1979)


A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.

The Ganja Express (1978)


Tony (played by porn legend Jamie Gillis) is a smart drug smuggler living in a luxurious home by the beach. His only problem is that the Narcotics Bureau has him hot in their sights and are looking to stop the monthly ganja express. Eventually it will all come to a conclusion in a mix of sex, drugs and violence.

The Killer Nun (1979)


A demented nun struggling with morphine addiction slides into madness while presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude is the head nurse/nun in a general hospital, whose increasingly psychotic behavior endangers the staff and patients around her.

Desert of Fire (1971)


A desert bandit leader robs a jeep and hauls off a bunch of American money. He doesn't get much of a chance to enjoy it, however, because he and his men are soon attacked by a so called phantom, who kills all his men, and his own weapons mysteriously disappear. When a beautiful young woman shows up to see if he still has the money, the phantom rapes her. Another man shows up and the three decide to head into the desert to find the treasure and wind up finding something the weren't expecting.

The musical score for this film was done by the legendary Ennio Morricone and features the lovely Edwige Fenech.


Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Midnight (1982)


A teenage girl runs away from home because her police officer/stepfather puts the moves on her. While hitchhiking to California, she's picked up by two guys who are also traveling cross country. Along the way, they decide to camp out in the woods and run across a family of Satanists who keep their dead mother in the attic.

The film stars Melanie Verlin from George Romero's "Monkey Shines" and is directed and written by "Night of the Living Dead" co-writer John Russo. It is based on Russo's 1980 novel of the same name. It was shot on location in rural Pennsylvania for $71,000. The make-up effects were done by the legendary Tom Savini.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Empire of Ash (1988)


In a post-apocalyptic future, cities have been destroyed so the survivors roam the remaining forests. An aggressive, traveling gang of "maniac warriors", named LARD, which stands for, what else, Leukocytes Acquisitors for Remission of Disease, go around terrorizing and killing people. Who they don't kill, they kidnap and steal their blood so they can continue to survive. Naturally they are led by an insane, shroud-wearing preacher, and when they kidnap the wrong girl, her sister and a defector from LARD who is now a good guy team up to try and rescue her.

This film was re-released as Empire of Ash 2.


Violated Angels (1967)


Okasareta Hakui (Violated Angels) is a film made by controversial Japanese director Kōji Wakamatsu. The film is based on the mass murder spree of Richard Speck in 1966. It is considered to be Wakamatsu's most famous film.

A young man breaks into a nurses' rooming house and one by one kills off the nurses who live there. In the tradition of Wakamatsu's other Pinku eiga, there is lots of sexuality and nudity.


Werewolf Woman (1976)

 

A victim of childhood rape grows up into a woman who has delusions that she is a werewolf, just like one of her ancestors was. She kills men until she falls in love with one. She is then raped again and goes on a second killing spree against her rapists.