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Holocaust 2000 (1977)
There is a lot to say about unoriginality in some of AlbertoDe Martino’s films, with Holocaust 2000 and The Antichrist being quickly produced cash-ins of The Omenand The Exorcist, respectively, and...
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Cthulhu (2007)
Cthulhuprobably stands as one of the more controversial attempts at bringing the Cthulhu mythos to the screen, exploring certain themes completely absent from H.P.Lovecraft’sfictional writing. It’s a...
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Lord of Tears (2013)
Lord of Tears is the first co-production between Hex Media and Dark Dunes. It is an attempt at making a different type of horror film and revitalizing the classic, supernatural chiller style of the...
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Jess Franco's Count Dracula (1970)
As a kid, my earliest understanding of Count Dracula came from The Monster Squad (1987), Count Chocula, Sesame Street, and a mythical final boss I could never get to in the Nintendo game Castlevania 2:...
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Alice / Neco z Alenky (1988)
I’m starting to realize I have a weakness for filmmakers who have their own distinct style, the type I could easily recognize even if I didn’t know what movie I was watching. After having a blast...
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Top Sensation (1969)
It seems there are always new potentials to explore with an isolated movie setting in a mansion, small villa, or castle, where a number of situations with fixed conditions can arise, murders can go...
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Delirium / Delirio caldo (1972)
At first glance, Renato Polselli’s stylistic S&M fever nightmare, Delirium, might feel like an interesting case study of psychopathy, but I’m hesitant to call the film’s protagonist a psychopath....
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News Update: Lord of Tears
The astounding gothic chiller Lord of Tears is an official selection for the 32nd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFFF), one of the biggest genre film events in Europe. Lord of Tears...
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Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods (1972)
Being a conversation heavy drama mystery with a bit of a dreamy languor about it, Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods may require a little focus from viewers if they hope to get absorbed in its...
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Sex of the Witch (1973)
Witchcraft, tainted family history, and murder mysteries are very agreeable story themes, but writer and director Angelo Pannaccio, hitherto unknown to me, gives these horror hallmarks an attractively...
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Morgiana (1972)
Morgiana, by Slovak director Juraj Herz,is a seldom spoken of curio from the Czechoslovak New Wave that’s heavily stylized with regards to its visuals and mood but is straightforward with its story and...
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Down to the Cellar / Do pivnice (1983)
Down to the Cellar is a short film from Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer that I’ve grown fond of. I remember feeling a little underwhelmed when I first watched it, but it stayed with me, for some reason,...
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The Other Side of the Mirror / Al otro lado del espejo (1973)
Jess Franco could film movies faster than I can write reviews for them. His films can sometimes have an overwhelming low quality feel to them, making them difficult to digest for the majority. The...
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Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Lightning, angry mobs, grave robbing, and a criminal’s brain, like so many Frankenstein offshoots / spinoffs / parodies, Lady Frankenstein owes more to James Whale’s classic 1931 horror film than Mary...
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Chicks with Candles (Tumblr Page)
My good friend, and fan of this site, Terence, has a cool Eurocult Tumblr I just found out about yesterday, Chicks with Candles! Not only does it live up to its title, celebrating the beloved gothic...
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Announcing the Second Annual Gore-a-thon
“Do you hear the clarion call? It’s calling out to one and all.” –FalconerThe horror blogging clarion call sounds again! That’s right; it’s almost time for Blood Sucking Geek’s second annual Ultimate...
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The Wax Mask / M.D.C. – Maschera di cera (1997)
The last film Lucio Fulci ever worked on, The Wax Mask,was supposed to have been the grand collaboration between Fulci and Dario Argento, had it not been for Fulci’s tragic death some few weeks before...
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Zombie / Zombi 2 (1979)
I used to not be able to stomach gory zombie films very well. Despite being excited and thoroughly fascinated after watching zombie films in my youth, I suffered from a loss of appetite for a while....
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Daughters of Darkness (1971)
“Genre rules” seem to be most common in zombie and vampire films, and it’s with these particular genres that breaking the “rules” ends up being the most controversial. Yet, these so called rules are...
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Asylum Erotica / Slaughter Hotel (1971)
I was charmed the other day by a 1915 vintage, almost Victorian looking, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes advertisement poster I spotted amongst the old-fashioned-decor adorned on the walls at a local Cracker...
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