Here is a superior horror anthology, with a twist!

"Tales From the Hood" 1995

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxU6vvSRDos

Some what of a minor classic in it's own right, & definitely taking the lesbian Vampire themes of earlier pictures to new explicit heights, this film delivers.

"Vampyres" 1974

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c1wh ... railer_fun

Moderators, there is explicit nudity & sexual scenes in this trailer, though not hardcore, please delete if you feel it's inapropiate.

This made for TV horror anthology is memorable for one segment, "Zuni," which is worth the whole price of admission alone!

Karen Black is terrorized by a voodoo "Zuni" doll, she got as a present. Intense stuff for a made for TV movie. I remember not wanting to stick my hand under furniture for months after watching this!


Watch & see why!

"Triology of Horror" 1975

"Zuni" trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFBaouxtN4

Early Cronenberg effort, starts out as a quasi vampire flick (only from the mind of Cronenberg), & turns into a quasi Zombie flick.

Note, this pre-dates films like "28 Days Later" by decades!
"Rabid" 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUNQmTiiLs8

Personally, I like this film better than the first one.

Worth your time!

"Damien: Omen II" 1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az86iKhWAjk

I almost didn't put this up, because the video quality is so bad, but all the other trailers were to, & this is the second or third best version of this often filmed saga.

No, "Bram Stoker's Dracula," but an elegant, sophisticated version never the less, with Frank Langella as, "Dracula."

"Dracula" 1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxzavbLWEME

Here is another Cronenberg film for those of you that like the twisted.

"The Brood" 1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfZunKpRVM

Uderrated movie!!

3 1/2 Stars = Very Good

I went to the theater & saw this film. Though many thought it was hokey, I'm a sucker for a monster movie, & this one is pretty good. Sure the special effects are dated by today's standards, but there is a healthy amount of dread & suspense, & some great chase scenes. The opening monster sequence is a doozy!

Well worth a watch on a night you have nothing to do, out in the woods, isolated from the world!


"Prophecy" 1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgZFFJFtx3c

4 Stars = Classic

Long before "the Blair Witch Project," & much more gruesome (still one of the most gruesome films of horror cinema), & still controversial today, is 1980's, "Cannibal Holocaust," which featured live animals being killed, though not as cruel as it's led people to believe that did not see this film, it was still very unnecessary. The animals were killed as food, but you don't need to kill real animals for that in a fictitious film. It does get it point over strongly though. Survival.

More gruesome is it's total depiction of cannibal debauchery, torture, & mutilation, but this film does have a purposeful question to ask, & moral to teach. Who is worse, us or the Cannibals?

Watch this film if you can, & find out the answer.

"Cannibal Holocaust" 1980

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEGZ1mCgakg

4 Stars = Classic

Long before "Lake Placid," there was "Alligator!"

A great little film with plenty of shits & giggles, & a few genuine scares, with moments of dread. "Alligator" is to Chicago, what "Jaws" is to Amity Island, though no where near as many sharp teeth as that toothy film. Alligators works because it don't take it's self seriously, & if you don't, you'll have a Crocodile smile at this Alligator.

Worth a dip in the water!

"Alligator" 1980

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWRZrhp3zkw

Ah, Lucio Fulci, the most popular director of incoherent gore fest movies that ever was!

This film, no exception. I saw this at the drive-in theater when it came out as, "Gates of Hell," now known as "the City of Living the Dead." It has one very famous scene, & actually the only real thing I remember of the movie. A girl vomiting her internal organs out in a car, now that made an impression on my young alcohol & drug riddled mind. The popcorn was especially good that night, as were the hotdogs!

"City of the Living Dead" 1980

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfDiQ99f1-4

Another incoherent bloody mess of a Lucio Fulci gore movie. Many of his fans say this is his best. As for my self, I like "Zombie."

Watch at your own risk of reason.

"The Beyond" 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltPK0IfP4M

Here's a creepy little Zombie film with a major original twist!

"Dead & Buried" 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZmlEh34unM

Good little atmospheric romp of a ghost story, though no where near the haunted heights of the best of the genre, this is still a good BOO! Worth it for the cast alone!

"Ghost Story" 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hko5v3mels

This psychological horror film is either a love it or hate it affair, but a film directed by Oliver Stone, & starring Michael Cain has to have something going for it, right?

Severed creeping hands have always gave me the creeps, maybe not as much as it used to, but as a child, they freaked me out!

"The Hand" 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFCF4EqM14

4 Stars = Classic

As I've said before, I'm a sucker for a monster movie, especially a giant monster movie! "Q: TheWinged Serpent," is such a giant monster movie, & a classic too!

A Mexican Aztec winged serpent god is brought to life through ritual killings by an Aztec high priest, but the death count rises as people in New York City start getting decapitated, & are swept up in thin air. No one knows why, except Michael Moriarty, a small time con man who has seen the serpents nest & extorts NYC for $1,000,000 for it's hiding place, at the top of one of NYC's tallest buildings. A nod to "King Kong."

Moriarty plays his part with the same offbeat manner he is famous for, & is quite enjoyable as the bumbling would be millionaire bum. David Carradine plays a good off beat role as a none traditional cop detective, who is going to outwit Moriarty in divulging the location of the serpent.

What follows is a great little cat & mouse game between Moriarty & Carradine. Great flying sequences as the winged serpent attacks & kills it victims off of skyscrapers. The stop motion effects are superior for 1982, as the winged Serpent looks great! A foreboding reptilian bird like giant, that makes its victims know how it feels to be a worm plucked out of the ground by that pesky Robin, after a rainstorm in the morning.

All this & more, make "Q: The Winged Serpent," a very enjoyable monster romp, for us giant monster fans!

A cult classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bjsag2vYlQ

4 Stars = Classic

This remake of the 1940's classic, is the cat's meow, literally, especially with beautiful Nastassja Kinski in the starring role! She has one problem though, when she gets sexually aroused, she becomes...well...lets just say, a tad feral.

Malcolm McDowell, as Nastassja's brother, always had a penchant for bizarre films & roles, this is no different, as he wants to mate & be mated to his sister for life. This is because their both of the same affliction, sexual arousal causes them to change, to kill, to become a cat! A BIG cat! The only way for them to have sex, & have their partner survive it, is to be an incestuous pair. Though this will repulse people, it makes sense in the film, for our morals don't apply here, & this makes for a unique film of surrealism, as Nastassja spurns her brother for another. The idea of incest repulses her too, but maybe for different reasons than normal. A portrait, a metaphor, of a young beautiful woman coming to grips with her growing sexuality.

"The Cat People" is not for everyone, but those of you that are, will know it, as soon as the cat scratches you!

The ending scene is as profound as they come!

"The Cat People" 1982

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-gku3bkFl0

3 1/2 Stars = Very Good

Here a good horror anthology! Three stories of dread & suspence, with a little black comedy.

The third one is a doozy, as a cat protects a little girl from a Goblin that lives in her bedroom's wall, trying to suck out her life's breath while she sleeps! Her parents think the cat is to blame, but this is a true classic cat & mouse game of chess & chase, if there ever was one! Great episode & worth the price of admission alone! "Cat's Eye" 1985

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdshG0lWac

Rocky Junior(Sage Stallone) died a few days ago. Though he was just found dead today... He owned the company that re-released cool DVDs of this movie as well as a few other classic movies you've posted trailers for in here. Grindhouse Releasing.

and with that said... this was a great movie. I got to see it for the first time at the Bloor Street Cinema when Rue Morgue Magazine used to do their Cinemacabre's there.

3 1/2 stars = Very Good

Vampires from outer space. Whose victims turn into Zombie like creatures that will explode to dust if they don't feed.

Well, "Life Force" is no classic of the horror genre, but it's still a lot of fun! Especially the beautiful naked Vampire in the first part of the film, yeah, she can infect me!

Don't expect this film to make a lot of sense, but take it for what it is, an enjoyable exercise in Sci Fi/Horror, & nothing more.

"Life Force" 1985

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqNquDlAanE

For those of you that seen "Hellraiser," which I'm sure, if you visting this thread, you have, will have probably seen this too. The only sequel which is really worth owning.

It features one the most intensely gory, hideous scenes of terror, ever put on film. Julia's resurrection from the mattress, by a insane man digging perceived maggots of his chest with a straight raiser. Slashing himself to shreds, as Julia comes to live, grabbing him through the mattress, & chasing him by crawling on the floor leaving a trail of blood.

Intense!

"Hellbound: Hellraiser II" 1988

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlclW7kqD4k

If you're a werewolf lover like I am, then you could do a lot worse than this Steven King film. Though the Werewolf is not up to "An American Werewolf of London" or "the Howling" quality, it's still hairy & a tad scary!

Plus any movie that uses Great Danes to hunt a Werewolf, is ok in my book!!!

"Silver Bullet" 1985

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSkvsPs13I

This is one of the greatest monster spoofs of all time! Ranking right up there with, "Abbott & Costello Meets Frankenstein," or is it, "Frankenstien???"

Hilarious film!

"Young Frankenstein" 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPTriLG5cU

4 Stars = Classic

Way underrated sequel to the masterpiece, "Poltergeist."

This film in some ways, was a lot more terrifying than it's predecessor, especially in the character of one Reverend Henry Kane. Just about the creepiest character I can remember from any horror movie! The scene where he walks up to the house to see Carol Anne, is as eerie as they come. The tension of that scene is physically tangible, as he & Mr. Freeling (Craig T. Nelson) have a match of wills, as "Kane" tries to enter the house. Then he walks off & disappears! CREEPY! The scene at the outdoor mall is just about as creepy, as people walk right through "Kane," as he follows & talks to Carol Ann. Julian Beck as "Kane," looks like a walking skeleton with just skin, hair, & those malevolent huge eyes! Better casting has rarely been seen! Also of note, is the forboding music score that accompanies these scenes. They'd lose quite a bit of potency, without that menacing score.

Also of note, is where Mr. Freeling is finishing up a bottle of Quervo Gold tequila, & becomes possessed by "Kane", then vomiting "Kane" out, who was lurking like a Mescal grub at the bottom of the bottle! Then "Kane" crawling out from under the bed with no legs, vaguely looking human, then turning around & smiling. Ranks right up there with "Frank's" resurrection, from "Hellraiser, as one of the best in horror!"

Sadly, the ending killed the full potential of this film. It was if the movie ran out of ideas, & it did, abruptly! Still in retrospect, this film is a classic, & deserves to be reassessed 26 years later.

"Poltergeist II: The Other Side" 1986

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MVl-U-QlgA