There is no greater horror sub-genre than the one known as “shitty kids.” And no shitty kids are shittier than the shitty kids in Blood Brothers. In the sun-bleached wasteland known…
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Wings Hauser is a god among men. A hero. A legend. A king. He is also a criminal defense attorney going up against a satanic cult that’s responsible for grisly human…
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It is an indisputable fact that Satan War is the greatest title in motion picture history next to Violent Shit. It is also an indisputable fact that someone in Satan War…
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Cocaine. The Eighties wouldn’t have happened without it. This was the sleazy, frenetic era of 24-hour parties, teased hair, trashy lingerie, and false metal. It was a time when filmmakers picked…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. “If we lose the ozone layer, we’ll all become mutants.” Well, there you go. In 1986, writer-director Bret McCormick and partner Matt…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. You might as well forego formalities and just take off your pants. Because Zombies Invade Pittsburg will enter your home, make love…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Cannibal Campout was Jon McBride’s debut shot-in-Connecticut SOV film. Someone ate a fetus in that film. Woodchipper Massacre is McBride’s direct follow-up.…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. How do you follow up the despondency of Video Violence? Exactly. COMEDY. Due to the success of Video Violence, Camp Video was…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. A woman, with her two kids in tow, grabs a copy of I Dismember Mama off the shelf of a New Jersey…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. R U ready for Freddy? “Whoever kills the bear will be the winner. It’s about showing the town who’s the best!” Say…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Did Jason Vorhees ever drive a speedboat? Srigala is an Indonesian rip-off of Friday the 13th. But instead of a killer exacting…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Mes joues sont rouges! Translation: Boy, are my cheeks red! When I think French trash-horror, I think Jean Rollin. Then, I think…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Doris Wishman’s gory experiment in necessity isn’t so much a misconstrued slasher as it is a boon to mankind. In the early…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I once ate a slice of concession stand pizza before playing a little league game. This was third grade, maybe fourth. A…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. No one photographs people jumping into pools, delivering pizzas, or staring at neon signs like Ray Dennis Steckler. In the 1960s, Steckler…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. A woman has been chosen to appear on the cover of Cosmopolitan. Therefore, she needs a tan before the photo shoot. We…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Pro tip: If a man wearing a plastic Incredible Hulk mask asks you to come over to his house and watch him…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. “OH SHIIIIIT! I just got off the horn with Donald Pleasance’s agent. Dude’s gonna be in our movie.” “WHAAAAT!!! That’s insane, dude.…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Honeymoon Horror is the story of Frank, a killer with a burned face. Frank exacts his revenge against his cheating wife on…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Thanksgiving can be pretty boring. It’s all stuffing, football, and feigned conversation. Most of the time, everyone just kind of falls asleep…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. While perusing the Yellow Pages for roof repairs, the name “A.J. Hacker & Sons” might stand out. Or, it might not. Prepare…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. When people don’t show up for work in the United States, they get fired. No one is happy. When people don’t show…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Tom Savini has had a very successful mustache for many successful years. Does that have anything to do with the success of…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Night Ripper! is an unbelievable slasher-soap-opera that stars the “Soup Nazi” from SEINFELD. This is also known as the culmination of a…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. “The zombies are aerobicizing, they feel good and everything.” — Linnea Quigley I think we both know what that means. It is…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. ”I’m always ready for some hot action — on the job or off.” After sharing that bit of insight with us (and…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Bobbi Young, your life is calling. And it has very good news. The first ten minutes of Heavy Metal Massacre consists of…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Don’t love Hauntedween for the title alone. Love it for the integrity. This film positions its most unattractive assets — the annoying…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Tommy loses himself in the magic of a Walkman. He closes his eyes and whispers, “I can’t hear nuthin’ anymore.” A video-length…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. If this is college, I hereby revoke my degree. Somewhere between the sexual melancholy of The Last American Virgin and the juicy…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Fatal Images introduced the concepts of wearing one’s pajamas under one’s clothes (“It saves time at night!”) and decorating police stations with…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I don’t just live life. I attack it. So when the theme song from Fatal Games told me to “Take it to…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Don’t Open Till Christmas is a raunchy UK slasher about a guy that kills people who are dressed like Santa Claus. You…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. The French have their talons in me. I’m always on the lookout for another Ogroff, which happens to be the apex of…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. A succubus rubs the crotch of a man who is not interested in having his crotch rubbed. Thirty seconds later, guts are…
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Originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I just slid my keycard to get into the Star Body Health Spa, but it wouldn’t work. Fuck this computer shit. Death…
