This stylish, colorful (we’re talking ample use of pink and purple) horror film deserves credit for starting the giallo, slasher and body count horror subgenres in one gruesome swoop.Ī Boy and His Dog – (L. Models at a baroque fashion mansion are getting gruesomely murdered at a rate even beyond the norm and everybody’s a suspect.
Terrible special effects and an ancient-tome-load of witty one-liners make this outrageous film a cult classic.īlood and Black Lace – (Mario Bava) Unavailable for 40 years, the Italian horror film that started it all is finally back in circulation. Puppeteer Craig Schwartz and his less than ethical friends quickly learn to exploit the possibilities of the unexplained phenomenon.Īrtistry: **** Fun: **** Strangeness: *****īig Trouble in Little China – (John Carpenter) Kurt Russel plays a truck-driver turned hero, after his friend’s fiancé is kidnapped by a 3000 year old Chinese sorcerer. After assuming partial control of the celebrity, the usurper is expelled at a nearby turnpike.
Battle Royale manages trenchant commentary about delinquency, high school politics and cliques but succeeds best when aiming for campy, pitch-black comedy.īeing John Malkovich – (Spike Jonze) Behind a cabinet in an office on the 7.5th story of an office building is a small passage that temporarily leads into the consciousness of actor John Malkovich. The students receive a map, some food and a random weapon and have three days to kill everyone else on the island or have the collar attached to their necks explode. Battle Royale – (Kenji Fukasaku) In the not too distant future the worst high school class of the year in Japan is forced on a deadly fieldtrip.
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