Movie: The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

“A small town in rural Australia (Paris) makes its living by causing car accidents and salvaging any valuables from the wrecks. Into this town come brothers Arthur and George. George is killed when the Parisians cause their car to crash, but Arthur survives and is brought into the community as an orderly at the hospital. But Paris is not problem free. Not only do the Parisians have to be careful of outsiders (such as insurance investigators), but they also have to cope with the young people of the town who are dissatisfied with the status quo. Written by Mark Thompson {mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk}”

• Director: Peter Weir
• Release Date:
  June 1976 (USA)
• Run Time:
  91 min | USA:74 min (cut)
• Country: Australia
• Genre: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Thriller

Tagline: They run on blood.

Trivia: The opening scenes that feature a couple driving in a car and smoking prominently showed cigarettes were a parody of a commercial aired on Australian television at the time of the film’s original release.

Goofs: Continuity: At the end of the movie, when the Mayor gives Arthur instructions how to drive and smash the punk’s car, his fake beard changes places between shots (under his chin – on his right cheek).

Movie: Combat Shock (1986)

“Frankie is a war vet whose life sucks. He has no money, a nagging wife, junkie friends, and a deformed baby. This is the tale of one day in his pathetic post-war life. Written by Josh Pasnak {chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca}”

• Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
• Release Date:
  14 May 1986 (USA)
• Run Time:
  85 min | Norway:90 min | USA:92 min (director's cut)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , War , Horror

Tagline: Fighting, killing, maiming. Agent orange and the torture cages were the simple part!…

Movie: The Belly of the Beast (2007)

“Over 2000 years ago, the 12 Apostles of Christ were warned that one day Satan would retaliate against God, for casting he and his Angels into hell, so the Apostles each made a special Dagger to kill each of Satan’s 12 equivalent Demons, he has unleashed to re-stake his claim. That day has come, as was written in the Books of Revelations. But, direct-Blood-line Descendants of the Apostles, called the ‘Alpha Disciples’, have collected the Daggers passed-down through time, and come together to take-on Satan’s deadly Cult of Gothic Demons, before ALL of hell’s demons are released upon the earth. Written by Julienne Ford (PacAtlanticPR)”

• Director: Corbin Timbrook
• Release Date:
  13 October 2007 (USA)
• Run Time:
  USA:91 min | USA:90 min | USA:100 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Thriller

Tagline: Your Faith better be stronger, than your fears.

Movie: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

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• Director: Paul Morrissey
• Release Date:
  November 1980 (USA)
• Run Time:
  85 min | USA:78 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: Comedy , Crime , Horror , Mystery

Trivia: The last cinema film of Lucy Griffiths.

Movie: The Sadist (1963)

“Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car distress and pull off into an ancient wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend. Written by Ray Hamel {hamel@primate.wisc.edu}”

• Director: James Landis
• Release Date:
  1967 (West Germany)
• Run Time:
  92 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror , Thriller

Tagline: Never before a motion picture Rampacked with… Suspense… Terror… Sudden Shock, as The SADIST

Trivia: Arch Hall Jr. based his performace as psycho killer Charlie Tibbs on “Tommy Udo,” Richard Widmark’s character in Kiss of Death (1947), right down to the giggle.

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: When Charlie instructs Judy to shoot if one of the teachers makes a go, a woman walks across the background.

Movie: Werewolf in a Women's Prison (2006)

“Set in the fictional third world country of Canpuna, ‘Werewolf in a Womens Prison’ is the tale of Sarah (Victoria De Mare), when camping with her boyfriend, is attacked by a werewolf. She wakes up in a corrupt prison only to find out her boyfriend has been torn apart and she is the only suspect. Forced to do things only found in a prison populated only by women it’s only a matter of time until that weird bite starts to take effect. Written by Sean Cain”

• Director: Jeff Leroy
• Release Date:
  December 2008 (Japan)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror

Trivia: Winner 2007 “Best B-Movie of the Year” B-Movie Film Festival, Syracuse, N.Y.

Movie: Zombie Honeymoon (2004)

“Zombie Honeymoon is a romantic horror film about a young married couple, madly in like, on their honeymoon. One day on the beach, the groom Danny is attacked and killed by a man who rises up out of the water with no explanation, leaps on top of him, and vomits blood into his mouth. Danny is resuscitated ten minutes later, and seems to look and act really normal. But, his wife Denise finds out that that’s not the case at all. It turns out that Danny has become a zombie. But, instead of becoming a “Night Of The Living Dead”-style creature right off the bat, he disintegrates gradually, in a manner akin to cancer or AIDS. He and his wife Denise do their best to cope with his slipping away, not to mention the fact that he can’t stop killing and eating people. As their best friends arrive for a weekend visit, she makes him promise her that they’re off-limits. He agrees, but finds it more and more hard to control himself. She hangs in there because he’s the like of her life, but it becomes more and more apparent that her life is in jeopardy as well. Written by Phyllis Catalano”

• Director: David Gebroe
• Run Time:
  83 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Horror , Romance

Tagline: In sickness and in health.

Trivia: The movie that the video store customer didn’t want to pay a late fee on because it wasn’t excellent and broke half-way through was The Homeboy (2001), also directed by Dave Gebroe.

Movie: Demonic Toys: Personal Demons (2010)

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• Director: William Butler
• Release Date:
  26 January 2010 (USA)
• Run Time:
  90 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror

Tagline: You shouldn't toy with your personal demons….

Trivia: All of the main characters are named after friends of the director whom he worked with at the Walt Disney Company.

Movie: Les lèvres rouges (1971)

“A chic, excellent-looking and suitably 70’s couple arrive at an extravagant and deserted seaside hotel after eloping. Stefan is wealthy and happily English, with a hidden streak of sadism, while Valarie is intelligent but of inferior (Swedish) blood. To keep her with him at the eerie hotel he lies consistantly about his relationship with his mother and his plans to tell her of their marriage. Meanwhile he has mysterious phone conversations with an older, dominant and pampered sissy. Two fresh guests arrive; the Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Bathory and her voluptuous protege, Ilona. Virgin corpses start showing up about the city drained of their blood. A wary detective lurks around the hotel taunting his only suspect, the Countess. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com”

• Director: Harry Kümel
• Release Date:
  3 December 1971 (West Germany)
• Run Time:
  USA:100 min (uncut version) | USA:87 min
• Country: Belgium , France , West Germany
• Genre: Horror

Tagline: An erotic nightmare of vampire lust [DVD]

Trivia: Shot entirely in English, even though the majority of the cast was French, German and Flemish. As opposed to most European “genre” films from the 70s, here none of the actors were post-dubbed by others. They can all be heard with their own voices (resulting in some accents), notably Delphine Seyrig’s deep, smoky voice or Andrea Rau’s and Paul Messer’s German accents.

Movie: The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II (1985)

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• Director: Charles B. Pierce
• Release Date:
  December 1985 (USA)
• Run Time:
  91 min | UK:94 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror , Drama , Mystery , Thriller

Tagline: The Legend Too Monstrous To Die…Surfaces Again

Trivia: Even though this movie is titled “Boggy Creek II” it’s really the third movie of the Boggy Creek series. Charles B. Pierce, the producer of the original “Boggy Creek” – The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) – didn’t have anything to do with the first “Boggy Creek II”, Return to Boggy Creek (1977), so he chose to ignore that one and make this as the sequel.

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At one point, Prof. Lockhart calls Deputy Williams, “Trooper Williams”, when he had referred to him as “Deputy” up until that point.

Movie: Spellbinder (1988)

“When Jeff and his friend rescue a young gorgeous woman (Kelly Preston) from an apparently abusive boyfriend, the distress starts. Jeff unknowing becomes involved with Miranda (Kelly) and the web of intrigue that follows her. Miranda is on the run from the witches coven (to which she belongs). Miranda tells Jeff of her situation, but not the entire truth. Jeff willingly helps Miranda out of her troubles, but makes his own. Written by Jeff Smee”

• Director: Janet Greek
• Release Date:
  23 September 1988 (USA)
• Run Time:
  99 min | West Germany:94 min (video)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Horror , Romance , Thriller

Tagline: A chance encounter. A dream come right. A man would do anything for a girl like Miranda.

Movie: I Drink Your Blood (1970)

“A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and start terrorizing the local folk. They rape a local girl and her grandpa goes after them. He fails and is given LSD. This bothers his grandson and he gets back at the hippies by feeding them meat pies infected with blood from a rabid dog. They turn into crazed lunatics and start killing and/or infecting everything in their path. Written by Josh Pasnak {chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca}”

• Director: David E. Durston
• Release Date:
  December 1970 (USA)
• Run Time:
  90 min | Australia:85 min | Japan:73 min (original version) | USA:83 min (R-rated version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror

Trivia: The scary, hideous face seen on the movie posters for this film was originally part of the poster art for the US/British monster film, It! (1967), starring Roddy McDowall.

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: When Rollo is about to stab Roger while he is on the table, right before Rollo raises the dagger, you can see a crew member in the far back left of the house

Movie: Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989)

“The title should be enough to clarify the plot here. Riding around on their motorbikes, a gang of tough women bikers are the only thing that stands between a crowd of Zombies, which have been accidentally let out of their secure cave (!), and those still alive in the town. Written by Rob Hartill”

• Director: Dan Hoskins
• Run Time:
  86 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Horror

Tagline: They're Looking for a Few Excellent Men.

Trivia: The original call for this movie was “Chrome Hearts”, all signs used to mark set locations and all verbal references by cast, crew and extras reflected this.

Movie: Legion of the Dead (2005)

“When an ancient Egyptian tomb is found in a North American park, a group of scientists and students of Egyptology arrive to the site to study the inscriptions. Meanwhile, the four thousand years ancient evil high-priestess Aneh-Tet awakes and seeks six offerings to revive her legion of mummies. Then she needs the blood of a virgin to bring her father back to life, become immortal and rule the world. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”

• Director: Paul Bales
• Release Date:
  3 March 2005 (USA)
• Run Time:
  USA:90 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Thriller , Horror
• MPAA:
  Rated R for sexuality/nudity, horror violence and some language.

Tagline: An ancient tomb unearthed… An underworld army unleashed!

Goofs: Continuity: When the student stabs Anet Tet she has no blood on her, but in the following shot she is covered with blood.

Movie: Sigaw (2004)

“Marvin savors his independence in a newly bought unit of an ancient apartment building. He is frequently visited by his girlfriend Pinky. Except for the occasional noise from an apartment unit down the hallway, the place is nearly perfect for Marvin. At the end of the hallway is where Anna lives with her young daughter Lara, and Bert, her jealous husband. Bert is a cop, and he has always suspected Anna of two-timing him. His frequent jealous outbursts would always lead to beatings that could be heard throughout the whole floor. Marvin would usually be awakened at night by the sound of screaming and beating from Anna’s unit. Marvin complains to the building caretaker, a drunk, who would just tell him to ignore the disturbance from the apartment down the hall. Anna and her daughter would usually question for help from Jude, who lives in an apartment unit in the middle of the hallway. Jude’s apartment becomes a temporary refuge for the small girl Lara. One day, Pinky drops by Marvin’s apartment and is shocked to see a woman knocking on his door. Pinky suspects Marvin is seeing another girl, which could clarify why he has been acting weird lately. Marvin vehemently denies seeing another woman. It is the weird occurrences in his apartment that is making him act weird lately. Meanwhile, the beatings down the hall intensify.Jude is getting frightened because the cruel cop Bert is beginning to suspect that Jude is having an affair with Anna, which isn’t right. Marvin gets drawn to the couple’s frequent quarrels. He even witnesses Bert chasing Anna and beating her up in the corridor. All that violence affects Marvin. At length, he musters the courage to find out more about the quarreling couple. What he finds out shocks him. Marvin uncovers a secret that will change his life and Pinky’s as well. The discovery sets into motion a series of hauntings that follow him and Pinky around. He decides to leave his apartment but the hauntings follow them wherever they go. Marvin finally decides to confront the problem. He returns to the ancient apartment building to face the evil that dwells in it. What happens next shakes the very core of his beliefs about life, like and the spirit world. Written by newton20032004″

• Director: Yam Laranas
• Release Date:
  19 May 2005 (Singapore)
• Run Time:
  Philippines:102 min
• Country: Philippines
• Genre: Horror

Tagline: May kasama ka, 'di mo lang alam… (You have companion, you just don't know)

Trivia: Supported by Globe, Mercury, and imanila.