Severin Films have more Italian horror goodness releasing in May and it is one of the most insane zombie movies ever. Shortly before completing the sequel to his classic ZOMBIE, the legendary Lucio Fulci became ill and left the Philippines-based production. But when director Bruno Mattei (SHOCKING DARK) and writers…
Browsing: 1980s Horror
CANNIBAL FEROX *** Italy / USA 1981 Dir: Umberto Lenzi. 92 mins In a come-on typical of its sub-genre, the opening title card of Lenzi’s most notorious movie warns of at least two dozen scenes of torture and sadistic violence about to unfold before our very eyes. Does anybody actually…
If an ancient demon rampaging through the Irish countryside sounds like your cup of tea, Arrow Video’s Blu-ray release of Clive Barker’s RAWHEAD REX is a must-have. With a strong cult following, this is a much-loved horror film that ticks all the right boxes: picturesque location, an angry demon, locals…
GHOSTHOUSE *** Italy 1988 Dir: Umberto Lenzi. 89 mins In the dying days of the Italian horror scene, Lenzi made this heavy-handed stew of haunted house clichés in America with U.S. actors and a slew of dialogue references to contemporary icons (Simon LeBon, Kim Basinger, Kelly Le Brock). Set to…
NIGHTMARE BEACH (a.k.a. Welcome To Spring Break) *** Italy 1989 Dir: Umberto Lenzi. 90 mins Michael Parks is typically engaging as a hard-drinking Florida doctor in Lenzi’s Fort Laudedale-shot slasher, referring accurately to Spring Break as “the annual migration of the idiot”. It’s a standard 80’s American dead teenager movie…