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This was a random Shudder pick based on a fun sounding premise and attractive actresses. I didn’t realize this was a Cirio H. Santiago...

A hazy, fragmented, and elliptical look at a young woman and her relationships in turn of the century Taipei. Vicky (Shu Qi) started...

*Disc borrowed from Naro Video Collection, not currently streaming in North America Breaking News is a 2004 Hong Kong film from director...

Shout out to online writer Outlaw Vern and his community. They recommended this to him, and his glowing review made me add it to my...

Last October I enjoyed the lovely and lusty lesbian vampire flick The Vampire Lovers (1970). This year I decided to follow up with the...

Bio Zombie Wilson Yip directed some of the most acclaimed martial arts films of the 21st century (SPL/Killzone, Ip Man 1-4). Before that,...

Metal Mural Music The Devil's Candy was added to my Halloween list to go along with some other devil/demon/possession movies, but it...

I am trying to expand my horror horizons this year, and pretty much the entire black and white era is a blind spot for me. Part of that...

I saw this movie 30 years ago when I was 8 years old. Unlike some other horror movies I was too young to be watching, I don’t remember...

Film student Tyler is obsessed with "The Hills Run Red," a lost film that is supposed to be the scariest movie ever made. He is looking...

After the last two movies tried to class it up with Poe and Bible quotes, this entry has a purely perfunctory opening. Producer,...

Four college students spend the night in a creepy mansion as part of a fraternity hazing. They are told it was the home of a deformed and...

Part 3 opened with an Edgar Allen Poe quote, part 4 one ups that by opening with a Bible quote. Which is a hilariously solemn start to...

As part of my Shocktober Marrowthon I am watching all the (pre-reboot) A Nightmare on Elm Street movies. I saw Freddy's Dead and then New...

Catch the Heat is a 1987 star vehicle for Tiana Alexandra. Alexandra's family fled Vietnam for America in 1966. As a young woman, she met...

Tony Jaa burst onto the international scene with Ong-Bak (2003, released in North America in 2005). His hard-hitting Muay Thai felt new...

If The Hidden was like a Grand Theft Auto rampage in movie form, L.A. Wars is the movie version of rushing through a bunch of low-level...

After watching Maniac Cop 2 and The Hidden, I noticed another Claudia Christian movie, Hexed. I decided to check it out when I saw that...

A body-hopping alien parasite leads cops on a deadly chase around Los Angeles in this action/sci-fi/horror hybrid. The thin script gets a...

I have been meaning to watch this 2002 movie since seeing it on video store shelves 20 years ago. It has so many potentially appealing...