#sorority house massacre II

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays to Jim Wynorski!

[havendance]

Velveteen vs The Masterpost

When I was in high school, I stumbled across Seanan McGuire’s series of “Velveteen vs.” stories, staring Velma “Velveteen” Martinez, a former child superhero with the power to animate toys, who stumbles from one misadventure to the next. Taking place in a world where superheroics is run almost entirely by a single corporation and child heroes are put through some of the worst abuses of child stars, the series features fun characters, worldbuilding, and relationships, and of course, cool fight scenes. In true comics fashion, it ends on a rather open-ended note and, as far as I can tell, she hasn’t written any stories since 2017, but most of the main arcs are tied up and I definitely recommend you check them out!

(I became obsessed with these stories after finding them. An example of me getting into comics before I actually got into comics.)

(Thank you to https://broken-engines.blogspot.com/ for compiling directory of story links I could borrow for this post.)

Velveteen vs. The Isley Crayfish Festival

Velveteen vs. The Coffee Freaks

Velveteen vs. The Flashback Sequence

Velveteen vs. The Old Flame

Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots, West Coast Division

Velveteen vs. The Eternal Halloween

Velveteen vs. The Ordinary Day

Velveteen vs. Patrol

Velveteen vs. The Blind Date

Velveteen vs. Blacklight vs. Sin-Dee, Part I

Velveteen vs. Blacklight vs. Sin-Dee, Part II

Velveteen vs. The Holiday Special

Velveteen vs. The Secret Identity

Martinez and Martinez v. Velveteen

Velveteen vs. The Alternate Timeline, Part I

Velveteen vs. The Alternate Timeline, Part II

Velveteen vs. The Retroactive Continuity

Velveteen Presents Victory Anna vs. All These Stupid Parallel Worlds

Velveteen vs. The Uncomfortable Conversation

Velveteen vs. Bacon

Velveteen vs. The Robot Armies of Dr. Walter Creelman, DDS

Velveteen vs. The Fright Night Sorority House Massacre Sleepover Camp

Velveteen vs. Vegas

Velveteen Presents Victory Anna vs. The Difficulties With Pan-Dimensional Courtship

Velveteen vs. Legal

Velveteen Presents Jackie Frost vs. Four Conversations and a Funeral

Velveteen vs. Jolly Roger

Velveteen vs. Everyone, Part I

Velveteen vs. Everyone, Part II

Sponsorship: Velveteen vs. The Epilogue

Velveteen vs. The Aftermath

Velveteen vs. Hypothermia

Velveteen vs. Santa Claus

Velveteen vs. Global Warming

Velveteen Presents The Princess vs. Public Relations

Velveteen vs. The Thaw

Velveteen vs. Balance

Velveteen vs. Spring Cleaning

Velveteen Presents Polychrome vs. The Court of Public Opinion and Not Punching Anyone

Velveteen vs. The Melancholy of Autumn

Velveteen vs. A Disturbing Number of Crows

Velveteen vs. Trick or Treat

Velveteen Presents Action Dude vs. Doing the Right Thing

Velveteen vs. The Consequences of Her Actions

Velveteen vs. Going Home Again

Velveteen vs. Everything You Ever Wanted

Velveteen vs. The Retroactive Continuity (2)

Velveteen Presents Jacqueline Claus vs. The Lost and the Found

Velveteen vs. Recovery

Velveteen vs. Temptation

[trash-fuckyou]

Sorority House Massacre II (1990) 

[lambychop]

It’s that time of year again besties!! In the spirit of the season, I present to you:

Athina’s Horror Masterlist

Slashers

The Halloween Franchise

The Friday the 13th Franchise

The Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise

The Scream Franchise

The Child’s Play Franchise

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Franchise

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

The Burning

Alice, Sweet Alice

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Slumber Party Massacre

Sleepaway Camp

You’re Next

Black Christmas

Prom Night

Happy Death Day

Maniac

Hatchet

Pieces

The Prowler

The Candyman Franchise

The Hellraiser Franchise

Psycho

Tourist Trap

When a Stranger Calls

Terror Train

The Last House on the Left

The Hills Have Eyes

The Stepfather (1987)

The House on Sorority Row

I Know What You Did Last Summer Franchise

Urban Legends

American Psycho

Rob Zombie’s Firefly Series

The Strangers

The Purge Franchise

Don’t Breathe

The Wrong Turn Franchise

There’s Someone Inside Your House

X

Haunt

Hell Fest

Terrified

Trick

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

31

Fear Street Series

Creature Features

A Quite Place I and II

The Thing

Underwater

The Descent

The Alien Franchise

The Predator Franchise

Jaws

47 Meters Down

Shark Night

Black Water

Rogue

Alligator

Anaconda

The Fly

C.H.U.D.

The Tremors Franchise

The Ruins

Castle Freak

Basket Case

Supernatural

The Conjuring Franchise

The Insidious Franchise

The Amityville Horror

The Poltergeist Franchise

Sinister

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Lights Out

The Exorcist

The Grudge

The Ring

The Evil Dead Series

The Night House

The Woman in Black

It Follows

Susperia

The Babadook

Hereditary

The Witch

The Changeling

1408

Dead Silence

It (Chapters 1 & 2)

The Shining

Doctor Sleep

Oculus

Crimson Peak

The Orphanage

The Empty Man

Thirteen Ghosts

Rosemary’s Baby

Carrie

The Skeleton Key

The Omen

Devil

Mama

The Rite

Sleepy Hollow

The Ritual

Pet Sematary

The Endless

The Dark and the Wicked

The Void

The Wretched

Eli

In the Tall Grass

Werewolves

An American Werewolf in London

The Howling

Howl

Ginger Snaps

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Bad Moon

Wer

Dog Soldiers

Silver Bullet

The Cursed

Vampires

The Lost Boys

Fright Night

Salem’s Lot

30 Days of Night

Nosferatu

From Dusk Till Dawn

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Bran Stoker’s Dracula

I Am Legend

Zombies

Night of the Living Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Day of the Dead

Train to Busan

28 Days Later & 28 Weeks Later

Pontypool

Blood Quantum

Re-Animator

World War Z

Found Footage

Paranormal Activity Franchise

Grave Encounters

V/H/S Franchise

Host

As Above So Below

Hell House, LLC. Franchise

Creep

Spree

Dashcam

Gonjiam Haunted Asylum

Unfriended and Unfriended: Dark Web

The Blair With Project

The Taking of Deborah Logan

Devil’s Pass

Savageland

Apollo 18

The Mirror

Troll Hunter

Lake Mungo

REC / Quarantine

The Bay

The Conspiracy

Cloverfield

Cannibal Holocaust

The Last Exorcism

The Final Prayer (aka Borderlands)

The Tunnel

Willow Creek

The Visit

Ratter

Butterfly Kisses

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

The Den

The Gallows

Psychological

Watcher

1 BR

What Keeps You Alive

Triangle

The Invitation

Super Dark Times

Men

The Rental

Last Night In Soho

Possessor

The Lodge

Midsommar

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Us

The Invisible Man

The Girl on the Third Floor

It Comes At Night

Split

The Silence of the Lambs

Jacob’s Ladder

The Lighthouse

The Wickerman

Orphan

The Others

Goodnight Mommy

The Killing of a Sacred Dear

Annihilation

Get Out

Session 9

Split

Eraserhead

The Color Out of Space

1922

Things Heard & Seen

Apostle

The Perfection

His House

Cadaver

Hush

Incident in a Ghostland

Coming Home in the Dark

Body Horror/ Gory

The Saw Franchise

The Hostel Franchise

The Green Inferno

Audition

The Collector and The Collection

The Final Destination Franchise

The Belko Experiment

Society

Tusk

Martyrs

Cabin Fever

Videodrome

Raw

The Girl Next Door

Giallo

Tenebrae

Deep Red

Torso

Phenomena

Orgasm I

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

The New York Ripper

StageFright

The Cat O’Nine Tails

Anthologies

Trick r’ Treat

Creepshow I and II

The Mortuary Collection

Body Bags

Cats Eye

Southbound

Family Friendly

Coraline

Paranorman

Corpse Bride

Beetlejuice

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Monster House

Frankenweenie

The Haunted Mansion

Gremlins

Ghostbusters

Little Shop of Horrors

Labyrinth

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Shows

American Horror Story

Creepshow the Series

Slasher

NOS4A2

Channel Zero

The Twilight Zone

Midnight Mass

The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Haunting of Hill House

Castle Rock

Archive 81

Penny Dreadful

Hemlock Grove

Bates Motel

The Devil in Ohio

I’m sure there’s a ton that I missed, so don’t be afraid to reblog and add to the list! Keep in mind that trigger warnings may apply to all of these movies, so feel free to reach out and ask about any in particular. I love to talk horror, so send me your thoughts, questions, etc about any horror stuff! Happy spooky season and stay safe!

[unbornwhiskeyy]

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[dollyread]

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) | Sorority House Massacre II (1990)

[videoreligion]

Sorority House Massacre II (1990)

[2othcentury]

Sorority House Massacre II: Nighty Nightmare (1990)

[01sentencereviews]

“new-to-me” - oct 2021

sex demon (1975, j. c. cricket)

ichi the killer (2001, takashi miike)

the dirties (2013, matt johnson)

psycho ii (1983, richard franklin)

the rage: carrie 2 (1999, katt shea)

elvira, mistress of the dark (1988, james signorelli)

christine (1983, john carpenter)

fear x (2003, nicolas winding refn)

sorority house massacre (1986, carol frank)

the cabinet of dr. caligari (1920, robert wiene)

+++

the beyond (1981, lucio fulci)

the city of the dead (1960, john llewellyn moxey)

cursed (2005, wes craven)

dude bro party massacre iii (2015, tomm jacobsen, michael rousselet & jon salmon)

the exorcist iii (1990, william peter blatty)

the poughkeepsie tapes (2007, john erick dowdle)

psycho iii (1986, anthony perkins)

the witches of eastwick (1987, george miller)

new releases:

BELLE (mamoru hosoda)

drive my car (ryusuke hamaguchi)*

dune (denis villeneuve)

ferny & luca (andrew infante)

khtobtogone (sara sadik)

memoria (apichatpong weerasethakul)*

petite maman (céline sciamma)

pvt chat (ben hozie)

squid game (hwang dong-hyuk)

[tenaflyviper]

Women in Horror

As it is currently Women's History Month, I figured it was a great opportunity to spotlight women directors that have contributed to the horror genre. Unfortunately, I could not list every single name and piece of media out there, so I chose to focus on directors that have made feature-length films. However, for anyone interested, the website Cut-Throat Women has a more comprehensive list of not only directors, but producers, and other industry innovators.

SUPER IMPORTANT: While I will try to add warnings when applicable, I’m afraid I have not seen every single film on this list, so there may be upsetting content that I’m not aware of. If you are unsure about a film’s content, and whether or not it will be right for you, please consider looking up the IMDB or Wikipedia listings beforehand. Otherwise, the website DoestheDogDie.com is an excellent resource to find out if a film may contain potentially triggering material.

Lastly, permanent link availability is NOT GUARANTEED.  I wish I could have had more links to offer, but I’ve tried to rely only on free streaming sites and Youtube, so as to avoid sending anyone to any sites that might be untrustworthy.  Tubi TV requires signing up, but it is still 100% free (and it’s also available as an app on IOS, Android, Xbox Live, and the Playstation Network).  I will do my best to update links when there are changes.

There are a few films here that veer more toward being thrillers, sci-fi, or dark fantasy, but I still felt they deserved to be included. Also, every film is in English or has English subtitles unless otherwise noted.

Faust et Méphistophélès (1903) – Alice Guy

Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber

Salomé (1922) – Alla Nazimova

The Hitch-Hiker (1953) – Ida Lupino

Blood Bath (1966) – Stephanie Rothman

The Velvet Vampire (1971) – Stephanie Rothman

Blood Sabbath (1972) - Brianne Murphy

The Other Side of the Underneath (1972) – Jane Arden

Messiah of Evil (1973) - Gloria Katz

A Woman’s Torment (1977) - Roberta Findlay

The Mafu Cage (1978) – Karen Arthur (WARNING: Mentions/implications of incest)

The Secret (1979) – Ann Hui

Humanoids from the Deep (1980) – Barbara Peeters (R*PE WARNING! The fish monsters are hellbent on mating with human women. These scenes were not filmed by Barbara Peeters, but added in afterwards by a different director, as Peeters refused to film them)

Home Sweet Home (1981) – Nettie Peña

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) – Amy Holden Jones

Wolf Devil Woman (1982) – Ling Chang

The Being (1983) – Jackie Kong

A Night to Dismember (1983) – Doris Wishman

Mr. Wrong (aka Dark of the Night) (1984) – Gaylene Preston

The Oracle (1985) – Roberta Findlay

Sorority House Massacre (1986) - Carol Frank

Blood Diner (1987) – Jackie Kong

Blood Sisters (1987) – Roberta Findlay

Near Dark (1987) – Kathryn Bigelow

The Slumber Party Massacre Part II (1987) – Deborah Brock

Prime Evil (1988) – Roberta Findlay

Banned (1989) – Roberta Findlay

Celia: Child of Terror (1989) – Ann Turner

Pet Sematary (1989) and Pet Sematary 2 (1992) – Mary Lambert

Tenement (1989) – Roberta Findlay

Mirror Mirror (1990) – Marina Sargenti

The Slumber Party Massacre Part III (1990) – Sally Mattison

Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991) – Marina Sargenti

Critters 3 (1991) - Kristine Peterso

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) – Rachel Talalay

Howling VI: The Freaks (1991) – Hope Perello

Witchcraft III (1991) - Rachel Feldman

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – Fran Rubel Kuzui

Ghostwatch (1992) - Lesley Manning (A notorious BBC program made to look like a legitimate Halloween television special featuring the investigation of a haunted house. Legendary for the havoc it caused upon airing)

Tale of a Vampire (1992) - Shimako Sato

Boxing Helena (1993) - Jennifer Lynch

Ghost in the Machine (1993) – Rachel Talalay

Blood and Donuts (1995) – Holly Dale

The Last Supper (1995) – Stacy Title

Organ (1996) – Kei Fujiwara

Spirit Lost (1996) – Directed by Neema Barnette

Office Killer (1997) – Cindy Sherman

The Curse (1999) – Jacqueline Garry

The Green Elephant (1999) – Svetlana Baskova (WARNING: This film falls under the realm of "extreme cinema". It is comparable to the works of filmmakers like Marian Dora or Fred Vogel. If you are unfamiliar with either of those names, you may wish to avoid this one. It is not for those with weak stomachs)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) – Katt Shae

Ravenous (1999) – Antonia Bird

American Psycho (2000) – Mary Harron

Cursed Part 3 (2000) – Written, produced, and directed by Rae Dawn Chong

Trouble Every Day (2001) – Claire Denis (WARNING: R*pe scene)

Visible Secret (2001) – Ann Hui

In My Skin (2002) – Marina de Van (WARNING: Self-harm and self-cannibalism)

Graveyard Alive (2003) - Elza Kephart

Monster (2003) - Patty Jenkins

Hotel (2004) - Jessica Hausner

Incubus (2006) – Anya Camilleri

Pathogen (2006) – Emily Hagins (Directed at only 12 years old!)

Roman (2006) – Angela Bettis

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006) – Stacy Title

April Fools (2007) – Written, produced, and directed by Nancy Norman

Forever Dead (2007) – Christine Parker

Soulful (2007) - Sarah Poindexter

The Dead Outside (2008) – Kerry Anne Mullaney (French--no subtitles)

Fistful of Brains (2008) – Christine Parker

Prank (2008) – Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Heather Langenkamp

Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut (2008) – Amy Lynn Best

The Countess (2009) – Julie Delpy

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009) - Jen and Sylvia Soska

Family Demons (2009) - Ursula Dabrowsky

Hurt (2009) – Barbara Stepansky

Inner Demon (2009) – Ursula Dabrowsky

Jennifer's Body (2009) – Karyn Kusama

Strigoe (2009) – Faye Jackson

3 Day Weekend (2009) – Tarjatta Rose

Within (2009) - Hanelle M. Culpepper

10 Days to Die (2010) – Elaine Niessner

The Fugue (2011) – Barbara Stepansky

Hard Labor (2011) – Juliana Rojas

Red Riding Hood (2011) – Catherine Hardwicke

Silent House (2011) – Laura Lau and Chris Kentis

My Sucky Teen Romance (2011) – Emily Hagins

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) – Lynne Ramsay

American Mary (2012) – Jen and Sylvia Soska

Among Friends (2012) – Danielle Harris

The Awakened (2012) – Lou Simon

Black Rock (2012) - Katie Aselton

Brutal (2012) – Darla Rae

Chained (2012) – Jennifer Chambers Lynch

Chanthaly (2012) – Mattie Do

A Few Brains More (2012) – Christine Parker

Helter Skelter (2012) – Mika Ninagawa

Kiss of the Damned (2012) – Xan Cassavetes

The Moth Diaries (2012) – Mary Harron

Sun Don't Shine (2012) – Amy Seimetz

Blood Drive: The Movie (2013) – Sophia Robbins

Carrie (2013) – Kimberly Peirce

Dark Touch (2013) – Marina de Van

Dead Woman's Hollow (2013) – Libby McDermott

Evangeline (2013) - Karen Lam

HazMat (2013) – Lou Simon

Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013) – Katrina Gebbe

She Wolf (2013) - Tamae Garateguy

Silent Retreat (2013) - Tricia Lee

Soulmate (2013) – Axelle Carolyn

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) – Hélène Cattet

Truth or Dare (2013) – Jessica Cameron

The Babadook (2014) – Jennifer Kent

Blood Punch (2014) – Madellaine Paxson

Crushed (2014) – Megan Riakos

Dys- (2014) – Maude Michaud

The Falling (2014) - Carol Morley

Fix it in Post (2014) – Christine Parker

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) – Ana Lily Amirpour

Goodnight Mommy (2014) – Veronika Franz

Honeymoon (2014) – Leigh Janiak

Lyle (2014) – Stewart Thorndike

The Midnight Swim (2014) - Sarah Adina Smith

Necropolis Symphony (2014) – Juliana Rojas

Rosemary’s Baby (2014) – Agnieszka Holland

See No Evil 2 (2014) – Jen and Sylvia Soska

6 Days Dark (2014) – Moons Bogovic

Tormented (2014) – Audrey Cummings

21 Days (2014) – Kathleen Behun

The Voices (2014) – Marjane Satrapi

Agoraphobia (2015) – Lou Simon

Amer (2015) – Hélène Cattet

The Blue Hour (2015) – Anucha Boonyawatana

Carver (2015) – Emily DiPrimio

Cleveland Abduction (2015) - Alex Kalymnios

Computer Hearts (2015) - Louise Weard and Dionne Copland

Evolution (2015) – Lucile Hadžihalilović

#HORROR (2015) - Tara Subkoff

The Invitation (2015) – Karyn Kusama

In Their Sleep (2015) – Caroline Dupotet

Kill Me Please (2015) – Anita Rocha da Silveira

The Lesson (2015) - Ruth Platt

The Lure (2015) - Agnieszka Smoczynska

Nobody Can Cool (2015) - Marco Boyle and Rachel Holzman

Rage: Midsummer’s Eve (2015) - Tii Ricks

Shock Attack (2015) – Jaclyn Chessen

Southbound (2015) - Roxanne Benjamin

All Girls Weekend (2016) – Lou Simon

Always Shine (2016) – Sophia Takal

Brides to Be (2016) – Lindy Boustedt

Christmas Apparition (2016) – Colleen Griffen

Dark Circus (2016) – Julia Ostertag

Dearest Sister (2016) – Mattie Do

Demon Hunter (2016) – Zoe Kavanagh

Dolly Deadly (2016) – Heidi Moore

4426 (2016) – Fathimath Nahula

Egomaniac (2016) - Kate Shenton

Honeybee (2016) – Nicki Harris

Lilith's Awakening (2016) – Monica Demes

The Love Witch (2016) – Anna Biller

Midnight Show (2016) – Ginanti Rona Tembang Sari

Model Hunger (2016) – Debbie Rochon

Ozark Sharks (2016) – Misty Talley

Prevenge (2016) – Alice Lowe

Raw (2016) – Julia Ducournau (WARNING: Cannibalism)

She Was So Pretty (2016) – Brooklyn Ewing

Toxic Insects (2016) – Kayoko Asakura

The Abduction of Jennifer Grayson (2017) – Corynn Egreczky

Altered Perception (2017) - Kate Rees Davies

Berlin Syndrome (2017) – Cate Shortland

Blood Child (2017) – Jennifer Phillips

Blue My Mind (2017) – Lisa Bruhlmann

The Bye-Bye Man (2017) - Stacy Title

Cabaret of the Dead (2017) - Staci Layne Wilson

Cargo (2017) - Yolanda Ramke

Darken (2017) – Audrey Cummings

Feminist Campfire Stories (2017) - Brea Grant

Friendly Beast (aka O Animal Cordial) (2017) – Gabriela Amaral Almeida

Good Manners (2017) - Juliana Rojas

Haunted Maze (2017) – Susan Engel

The Honor Farm (2017) – Karen Skloss

The Ice Cream Truck (2017) - Megan Feels Johnston

The Keeping Hours (2017) – Karen Moncrieff

Lost Gully Road (2017) - Donna McRae

M.F.A. (2017) - Natalia Leite

Molly (2017) - Colinda Bongers

Most Beautiful Island (2017) - Ana Asensio

1993 (2017) – Elle Millie

Predatory Moon (2017) – Shiva Rodriguez

Revenge (2017) – Coralie Fargeat

7 from Etheria (2017) – Heidi Lee Douglas, Arantxa Echevarria, Martha Goddard, Anna Elizabeth James, Karen Lam, Barbara Stepansky, Rebecca Thomson

13 Chambers (2017) – Jessica Aceti, Megumi Arai, Lindy Boustedt, Claire Buss, Gisella Bustillos, Nancy Chang, Dayna Hanson, Kat Larson, Wynter Rhys, Norma Jean Straw

13 Dolls in Darkness (2017) – Zeda Müller

A Twisted Tale (2017) – Susan Engel

Vuelven (aka Tigers are Not Afraid) (2017) – Issa Lopez

XX (2017) – Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama, St. Vincent, and Jovanka Vuckovic

All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018) - Rebekah McKendry

Ánimas (2018) – Laura Alvea

At the Door (2018) – Maude Michaud

A Bad Place (2018) – Jessica Cameron

Braid (2018) – Mitzi Peirone

Bugs: A Trilogy (2018) - Simone Kisiel

Cemetery Tales: Tales from Morningview Cemetery (2018) – L.C. Cruell

Dark, Deadly & Dreadful (2018) – Allisyn Snyder

Echoes of Fear (2018) – Laurence Avenet-Bradley

The Father’s Shadow (2018) - Gabriela Amaral

The Five Provocations (2018) – Angie Black

Hair Wolf (2018) (short film) - Mariama Diallo

Livescream (2018) – Michelle Iannantuono

Manos Returns (2018) – Tonjia Atomic

More Blood! (2018)(documentary) – Heidi Moore

The Nightingale (2018) – Jennifer Kent

Noxious (2018) – Diana Riggs

Pumpkins (2018) – Maria Lee Metheringham

The Ranger (2018) – Jenn Wexler

Rust Creek (2018) – Jen McGowan

Summer of ’84 (2018) – Anouk Whissel

3 mukhi (2018) – Aishwarya Addala (Telugu--no subtitles)

The Wind (2018) - Emma Tammi

Black Christmas (2019) – Sophia Takal

Blood of the Mummy (2019) – Christine Parker

Body at Brighton Rock (2019) – Roxanne Benjamin

Darlin' (2019) – Pollyanna McIntosh

The Devil’s Doorway (2019) - Aislinn Clarke

JED (2019) – Lauren Green

Knives and Skin (2019) – Jennifer Reeder

The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows (2019) - Lizzie Blake Thomas

The Lodge (2019) – Veronika Franz

The Long Walk (2019) – Mattie Do

Love and Murder of Sheep and Wolf (2019) – Kayoko Asakura

Psycho Granny (2019) – Rebekah McKen

Rabid (2019) – Jen and Sylvia Soska

Saint Maud (2019) – Rose Glass

Satanic Panic (2019) – Chelsea Stardust

Them That Follow (2019) – Brittany Poulton

Amulet (2020) – Romola Garai

Candyman (2020) – Nia DaCosta

The Craft: Legacy (2020) - Zoe Lister-Jones

M.O.M.: Mother of Monsters (2020) – Tucia Lyman

Relic (2020) - Natalie Erika James

Run Sweetheart Run (2020) – Shana Feste

The Turning (2020) - Floria Sigismondi

12 Hour Shift (2020) – Brea Grant

To round this all out:

Here is a playlist with trailers for nearly every film on this list (maybe two or three are missing), plus a couple I had to cut for space.

Here is a playlist of over 250 short horror films made by women--perfect for a light horror binge!

Enjoy! 👻

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | Forbidden World (Holzman, 1982)

Forbidden World has an aesthetic that's a mix between Star Wars and Alien and a story with a little bit of the former and a lot of the latter. The movie opens with a modest bit of spectacle, a space battle in the vein of the former movie but on a fraction of the budget. At this time we're introduced to a droid, who awakens its master so they can fend off their aggressors. The droid, whose personality brings to mind a less bumbling C-3PO but whose appearance resembles that of a stormtrooper, is not an unpleasing presence but lacks the charm of the robot with a Southern drawl from Luigi Cozzi's Starcrash. Director Allan Holzman was thrust into directing the opening sequence with no script and the barest minimum of instructions from Roger Corman (something about a robot, an astronaut, four days and... Lawrence of Arabia, if he needed inspiration). What he turned out is a passable approximation of the thrills offered by Star Wars, but not much of the personality. Had the movie stayed at this level, it may have been reasonably enjoyable, but this being an '80s Corman production, the proceedings must be spiced up.

By which I mean blatantly ripping off Alien in as trashy a way as possible. The hero, some kind of space military problem solver dude, gets assigned to investigate a violent incident at a research station at a remote desert planet. It turns out that the scientists there are researching experimental food sources and ended up developing a dangerous new organism that ended up killing all the other test animals. The hero wisely suggests killing it ASAP, but the scientists prevent him from doing so, only for the organism to escape, mutate and proceed to kill off the inhabitants one by one in a series of reliably gruesome gore scenes. The organism, referred to as a metamorph (not a xenomorph, it's completely different, what are you talking about, please don't sue), starts off as a goopy black shape and evolves into a final form that equally resembles the monster from Alien and the plant in The Little Shop of Horrors. (Be warned that it looks nothing like the monster on the poster.) It's worth noting that while this lifts the plot from the Ridley Scott movie, it lacks the satirical bite of that movie and its sequel, as the motivation for preserving the lifeform is much more altruistic rather than the nakedly capitalist reasons in those other movies. It's also worth noting that like those movies, the protagonists eventually realize that the creature can't be reasoned with, but not before trying to communicate with it through a computer. (The screen flashes "Please stand by" in the movie's funniest scene.) At one point they try to stake out the creature in its cocoon, and the movie again brings Star Wars to mind with the atrocious accuracy of their blaster fire.

The 80s were the decade where Corman apparently became a full on cheapskate (rather than an astute but artistically nurturing pennypincher in previous decades), a quality I'd found visibly detrimental in Jack Hill's Sorceress from the same year. Corman's frugality here manifests mostly in the recycling of sets from Galaxy of Terror, shot here in cramped setups and bathed in garish lighting. Some may find it striking; I found it rather ugly, but at least not blatantly squalid. The cast also lacks any notable names, although those with similar tastes as mine may recognize June Chadwick, David St. Hubbins' lady friend in This is Spinal Tap, and Fox Harris, who played a mad scientist of sorts in both Repo Man and Dr. Caligari. (This appears to be better liked in my Letterboxd circle than Galaxy of Terror, but I'm afraid I can't agree. That movie has a much better cast, including a delightfully off-kilter performance by Grace Zabriskie as a hotshot pilot with PTSD, moodier cinematography and many more monsters. It does however mislead its audience less as it's actually set on a single planet like it says in the title, while the other movie suggests a galaxy-wide saga that never materializes.)

It compensates for the aforementioned lack of star power and accompanying forgettable characterizations with a greater emphasis on schlock, especially in terms of sexual content. Now, as a straight male, I won't pretend I don't find the sight of good looking ladies in the buff at least somewhat pleasing, but I would also like a movie to maintain some level of dignity in delivering the goods, and this movie definitely strains in that regard. Despite the presence of a murderous, continuously-evolving creature on the ship, both female characters make time to jump the hero's bones and later shower together while plotting how to defeat the monster (one of them rubs the other's shoulders as she suggests a new line of attack). Of course, given that the hero is supposed to be hunting this monster, it's a little disappointing that spends his time with them thusly, but in his defense, his vacation got canceled. It won't be a surprise that the screenplay was written by Jim Wynorski, whose Sorority House Massacre II is even more gratuitous in this respect and contains another great text-based gag. (The one in that movie concerns Elvis.)

The wardrobe of the female characters is also suspect, featuring at one point robes that suggest a spa rather than a research facility (although it's nice that this workplace has amenities like a sauna and a glowing space shower featured in the aforementioned scene), and a pink jumpsuit sported by Chadwick's friend. (The colour is a shade or two away from Nantucket Red, leading me to wonder if Murray's Toggery Shop delivers to that part of the galaxy.) The movie's dogged pursuit of prurient thrills does manifest in one great moment, powered largely by its weird editing style: a montage of the hero and Chadwick in a bout of vigorous lovemaking, spied on by a creepy security guy playing with what I assume is a space yo-yo, while another character regaling them with the sounds of what I assume is a space kazoo. And while I didn't find the movie all that nice to look at, the soundtrack of what I assume is space prog makes it reasonably pleasurable to listen to. Look, this isn't a very good movie on the whole, but it gets together enough scraps of enjoyment to justify its meager runtime of 77 minutes. A good enough timekiller on Tubi, perhaps paired with the superior Galaxy of Terror.

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AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE and SHOUT! FACTORY Announce Theatrical Distribution of WERNER HERZOG’S Films and More

The American Genre Film Archive, the largest non-profit genre film archive and distributor in the world, is excited to announce new additions to their ongoing theatrical partnership with Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company. AGFA will distribute 16 restorations from incomparable filmmaker Werner Herzog -- as well as 75 additional titles from Shout! Factory’s cult classic movie library -- to theaters in 2021. This is the latest collaboration between AGFA and Shout! Factory following their theatrical distribution partnership in 2019.

From FITZCARRALDO to NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, Werner Herzog has blurred the line between fiction, documentary, and genre, creating a body of work that has established him as one of the most daring and visionary filmmakers of our lifetime. It’s no surprise that French New Wave legend Francois Truffaut once called Herzog “the greatest filmmaker alive today.”

“Werner Herzog as a person is extremely well known and loved, but he is first and foremost a filmmaker -- one of the greatest,” said AGFA’s Executive Director Alicia Coombs. “It's an honor to work with Shout! Factory to bring Herzog's catalog back to theaters so audiences can see his films as they're meant to be seen."

The full list of Werner Herzog titles from Shout! Factory that are distributed by AGFA: AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD BATTLE OF THE LITTLE SOLDIER COBRA VERDE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL FATA MORGANA FITZCARRALDO HEART OF GLASS LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS LESSONS OF DARKNESS LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY MY BEST FIEND NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE STROSZEK WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM WOYZECK

In addition, AGFA has curated 75 new titles from Shout’s movie catalog to reissue in theaters throughout the year. These movies include cult fan favorites such as THE LAWNMOWER MAN, early queer cinema triumph THE LEATHER BOYS, deep-cut horror blasts like Carol Frank’s SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE, John Carpenter’s DARK STAR, and seminal Black cinema milestones such as TNT JACKSON.

The latest Shout! Factory titles distributed by AGFA:

ANNA TO THE INFINITE POWER ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN, THE AVALANCHE BIG BAD MAMA BIG BIRD CAGE, THE BIG DOLL HOUSE BORN INNOCENT BRAIN DEAD BRAIN, THE BREAKER MORANT BURY ME AN ANGEL CHOSEN, THE CREMATORS, THE CRY BABY KILLER, THE DANCE OF THE DAMNED DARK STAR DATE BAIT DAVID AND LISA DEADTIME STORIES DEATH WATCH DEATHSTALKER DEATHSTALKER II DIRT BIKE KID, THE DIRTY DUCK EDITOR, THE EVIL, THE GAY DECEIVERS, THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION, THE GROTESQUE HELLS ANGELS ON WHEELS HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT HIGH SCHOOL CAESAR HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, THE I MET MY LOVE AGAIN I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN IMPOSTER, THE LADY FRANKENSTEIN LAWNMOWER MAN LEATHER BOYS, THE LET IT ROCK aka WHITE STAR LIPSTICK CAMERA LIVING IN OBLIVION LOVE LETTERS LUV MAGIC MISS FIRECRACKER MONSTER A GO-GO MUNCHIE NAKED OBSESSION NEST, THE NEW GLADIATORS, THE NIGHT IN CASABLANCA OLD ENOUGH PERRY HENZELL: A FILMMAKER'S ODYSSEY RAW DEAL ROBINSON CRUSOE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE SATURDAY THE 14TH SCREAMERS SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED SILVER CITY SKATEBOARD SLIDING DOORS SLIPPER AND THE ROSE SLITHIS SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP SORCERESS SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE STORY OF O, THE STREETWALKIN' STRIPPED TO KILL STUDENT NURSES, THE SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS SURVIVE! SWEET KILL T-BIRD GANG THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD aka SHINING STAR TIME WALKER TNT JACKSON TOO HOT TO HANDLE TOP OF THE HEAP TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL TRUE LEGEND TWICE DEAD UNBORN, THE UNDER CAPRICORN UP FROM THE DEPTHS WASP WOMAN, THE YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE

Shout! Factory movies are available on DCP -- and in some cases, 35mm -- for theatrical bookings from AGFA starting immediately.

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