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Annie Choi

  • Reviews

    The Burning Moon (1992)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Here’s what I did when I was 23 years old: Go to…

  • Reviews

    Abracadabra (1986)

    There’s a certain look of a feel-good, fun-for-the-whole-family horror-ish film from the Eighties. It’s got poofy hair, oversized geometric-print tops, and pink windbreakers. Somewhere, a girl is wearing big earrings and…

  • Reviews

    Disembodied (1998)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. In college, I lived in a co-op, which is basically a boardinghouse…

  • Reviews

    Invisible 2: Chasing the Ghost Sound (2010)

    Love it or hate it, found footage has earned a spot in the pantheon of horror, alongside slashers, possessions, the occult, haunted houses, beasties, and shitty kids. I’m the first to…

  • Reviews

    Robotrix (1991)

    The first ten seconds of Robotrix tells you everything you need to know: the son of an Arabian oil tycoon slithers into a pool with three topless ladies who argue over…

  • Reviews

    Blood and Steel (1990)

    There are certain elements we’ve all come to expect from low-budget, DIY action films: amateur karate, workout montages, bad haircuts, amped up dialogue delivered in a strong regional accent, a foot…

  • Reviews

    The Seventh Curse (1986)

    My beloved friends, come gather around me and a few well-heeled Miss Asia contestants so I can tell you a little story about a curse. It’s a special curse—a blood curse.…

  • Features

    Exquisites 2022: Films of the Year

    Hey! We made it! You made it! We’ve reached the end of 2022, which for us—and hopefully you—was a year full of cinematic discoveries beamed directly from other worlds. Bleeding Skull…

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    Living Hell (2000)

    Citizen Kane. Psycho. Jaws. Star Wars. No doubt, America has made major contributions to film. But perhaps the most iconic hallmark of American cinema is the archetype of a death-hungry maniac…

  • Reviews

    Call Me Tonight (1986)

    The Japanese toy powerhouse known as Bandai has made billions off of the Power Rangers alone, but there are far more to its holdings. The company also carries toy licenses for…

  • Reviews

    Hell House (2001)

    “What you’re about to see is a reality check . . . a warning of the coming danger of what our culture is facing.” So what are we facing, exactly? Drug…

  • Reviews

    The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966)

    What happens when you struggle with your sexuality? What happens when you are torn between two relationships, the one society wants you to have and the one you actually desire? What…

  • Reviews

    Futuropolis (1984)

    Psychedelics are having a moment. Denver, Oakland, Ann Arbor, Seattle, and Detroit all decriminalized psilocybin. So if you go there, the cops won’t bother you while you smell sounds and hear…

  • Reviews

    Cyclops (1987)

    The origin stories of many kaiju involve nuclear pollution that awakens and/or mutates a beast, usually on an ancient island or deep in the bowels of Earth. The monsters emerge and…

  • Reviews

    Meatball Machine (2005)

    Imagine alien parasites, which look like very oily, slightly hairy scrotums, taking over humans and turning them into goopy, armored, tentacled, supercharged death machines with robotic arms that are giant power…

  • Reviews

    That Little Monster (1994)

    The Nineties were bizarre. Everyone remembers Nirvana, extra-large flannels, and greasy hair, sure. But we often forget about the other part of the era that included the unfortunately named Cherry Poppin’…

  • Reviews

    Final Flesh (2009)

    Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has spent much of his career creating “one-minute sculptures,” in which people hold awkward positions with random objects. Many involve people sticking their head through pieces of…

  • Reviews

    Gakidama (1985)

    In Japanese folklore, hitodama are the souls of dead people. They look like bright balls of fire that float around at night. Sometimes they make a thunderous sound. Other times they…

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