Rush Week (1989)
This film is delightful! I know that's an odd choice of word to describe a slasher film, but Rush Week, with its small body count and minimal blood spillage, is a fairly light, entertaining film that spends more time on its budding romance (which warmed even my cold, dead heart) than its murder sequences. Plus it features the inimitable Roy Thinnes, and who can say no to one of his horror movies?
Tower of Evil (1972)
A group of archeologists investigate a (supposedly) abandoned island in the wake of a massacre of some young tourists staying there. The archeologists are looking for ancient Phoenician treasure they believe is hidden in caves under the island's surface. But just like the island's previous victims, something is hunting our heroes. The answer to just what is a wonderfully gruesome surprise. Tower of Evil is an original film and features above average acting, a surprisingly sexy sex scene, and a legitimately creepy villain with a chilling, childlike laugh. A must see for fans of 1970s horror.
Frankenstein's Army (2013)
An average script and decent acting are eclipsed by the real star of Frankenstein's Army's show, the creatures. The human/machine mashups created for the Nazis by Dr. Frankenstein steal every scene they're in. These monsters are creepy, threatening, and fascinating to look at. The only downsides are the found footage format, which makes it occasionally hard to decipher what's going on, and the thick Russian accents, which occasionally necessitate turning on the subtitles to understand. The fantastic effects, however, make the film well worth watching despite these flaws.
Cemetery of Terror (1985)
This Mexican Halloween rip off features a Michael Myers-esque unstoppable killer and a Dr. Loomis-esque psychiatrist convinced of the killer's evil and determined to track him down. It also features a graveyard full of reanimated corpses, apparently just for kicks and giggles. While the acting is cheesy and the boom mike makes more appearances on screen than any one member of the cast, this is still a rollicking good time. Check your common sense and the door and sit back and enjoy this campy, but creative, seasonal shocker. There are enough bloody deaths and gooey creatures to suit any undiscriminating horror fan's palate.
Hell's Trap (1989)
Hell's Trap is a survival/backwood's horror flick concerning a bunch of young adults who head to the woods on a bet, in an attempt to catch what they believe is a bear killing nearby campers. It turns out that there's no bear (big surprise!), but there is a crazed American Vietnam war vet who thinks he's still fighting in the Asian jungles. This crazy movie is featured in the same collection as Cemetery of Terror and is another Mexican genre film from the 1980s. While it's a lot less atmospheric than Cemetery, it's still a lot of fun, taking its cues from a number of more popular American genre films, from Rambo to A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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