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Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular DVD

Ghosts-a-poppin’ at the midnight chasm of spasms! Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and witness something that few eyes have seen before: a true DVD masterpiece! On this slim disc you will find not only a collection of the craziest … Continue reading

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Jeepers Creepers

A new Boogeyman in town It may be a bit early to call this one a horror classic, but Jeepers Creepers has a lot of the same spirit of invention and old fashioned scare tactics as Halloween, if you can … Continue reading

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Nutcracker: An American Nightmare VHS

Dance of the sugar plum psychosis The Nutcracker story has always been one of the more disturbing Christmas tales for me. The image of the madly staring figure in military dress is bad enough, but even worse is the focus … Continue reading

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Dracula’s Daughter / Son of Dracula DVD

Vampire offspring Universal double feature For the 2001 crop of Universal Monsters classics on DVD, they appear to be getting down to the “B-squad” titles. Thus, they’ve generously decided to give our wallets a slight break and combine this wave … Continue reading

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Lust for Frankenstein DVD

The Return of Franco-stein During the busy year of 1972, filmmaker Jesus Franco made two Frankenstein movies, both of which were distributed under a half dozen titles. They are among the most bizarre films in the Franco filmography – and … Continue reading

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The Mummy Returns

Pyramid scheme Guest review by Michael Flores The last year has been an economic bloodbath for Hollywood. Serious dramas and adult topic movies have been critically applauded, and have died at the box office. The year before, psychotronic films brought … Continue reading

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The Forsaken

Plagiarism after Dark In 1987, Katherine Bigelow’s Near Dark brought big changes to the languishing vampire genre, presenting a gun-toting outlaw gang that roved around terrorizing the modern American West. The shadow of Near Dark is still cast over horrordom, … Continue reading

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Mantis in Lace DVD

The Swingin’ ’60s – swingin’ a big butcher knife! Producers Harry Novak and Peter Perry (who first got together for the sex/comedy/monster picture Kiss Me Quick) decided to make a feature that they could sell as either a sex show … Continue reading

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Hannibal

Tasty Thomas Harris wrote his first two novels featuring incarcerated psycho Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter for fun. The third was written under pressure. Though Harris claims to care little for public acclaim, preferring to live as a semi-recluse, the … Continue reading

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Nightmare City DVD

Where the rent is an arm and a leg One of many zombie pictures made in the wake of Dawn of the Dead, this Italian epic by director Umberto Lenzi is known under many titles: City of the Walking Dead, … Continue reading

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