Plot: adventurers search for diamonds in Africa and find white girl instead. The release of West German jungle adventure Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956) and its sequel Liane, White Slave (1957) was somewhat controversial. The film’s underage star Marion Michael appeared topless and both movies coincided with the series conclusion
Plot: socially stunted programmer falls in love with sentient air doll. The cycle of otaku wish fulfillment fantasy grinds ever onward with Inflatable Lover (for once a direct translation from its native 充气情人) - another dreadful but surprisingly faithful imitation of Air Doll (2009). Next to ticking all the required boxes
While it was poet James Shirley who posited that death is the grand leveler it was Greek statesman and general Pericles who observed that time is the wisest counselor of all. For well-seasoned and battle-hardened Québecois brutalists Cryptopsy this rings more true than others. To say that the
Plot: eccentric aristocrat revives ancient mummy and bloody murder ensues. Within the annals of Eurocult at large, and more specifically within the scope of continental European gothic horror revivals of the 1970s, El secreto de la momia egipcia (or The Secret of the Egyptian Mummy) (released as Le sang des
Plot: young boy’s longing for adventure gets him in trouble. Hilarity ensues! Werner Jacobs is one of the great forces in German comedy along with Ernst Hofbauer, Hubert Frank, Franz Josef Gottlieb and to a lesser degree Alois Brumer and Walter Boos. On the production end Erwin C. Dietrich,
Plot: idyllic weekend getaway turns into nightmare for thirty-somethings. El último fin de semana (or The Last Weekend, for some reason released internationally on streaming services as Our Last Weekend) is an early fantaterror exercise from Spanish one-man bilge basher Norberto Ramos del Val that mixes up a
Consistency and reliability should be regarded as the highest of virtues, especially in an environment and culture as notably conservative, preservationist, and enthralled by its own mythology as the death metal scene writ large. The prominence and relevance of regional scenes is only as strong as its most vital representatives,
Plot: dance the night away at Disco Transylvania in Transylvania. At the peak of disco in the late seventies Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Sister Sledge, the Bee Gees, and ABBA all had chart-topping albums. Saturday Night Fever (1977) brought disco culture to the masses, and Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)
Plot: who or what is prowling and killing in the Amsterdam canals? How do you follow up your most successful movie? How do you even approach such a venture after nigh on 40 years? Do you do a sequel or a remake now that people only vaguely remember the name?
Plot: hell hath no fury like a woman trapped, cornered, and scorned. Have you also secretly pined for that Die Hard (1988) spin-off wherein a nubile Lucy McClane fights bad guys in her apartment? Everly answered the call and can charitably be summarized as, “Salma Hayek fights bad guys
Within the larger scope of the nascent Tampa, Florida death metal explosion of the early 1990s Fort Lauderdale’s Monstrosity has sturdily remained hidden despite pooling talent and sharing membership with its more popular brethren. Whereas Cannibal Corpse, Cynic, Death, Deicide, Malevolent Creation, Morbid Angel, and Obituary all went on
Plot: the souls of sinners are tortured in Hell for eternity. After the international success of Suzzanna: Buried Alive (2018) Anggy Umbara hasn’t exactly been resting on his laurels. In between the horrors that he’s famous for he has dabbled in comedy, drama, and romance. Siksa Neraka (or