The Future Of Madman Marz

Joe Giannone’s Madman (shot in 1980, released 1982) has experienced a resurgence with slasher fans in recent years similar to the Sleepaway Camp...

The Future Of Madman Marz

Maniac Cop Screenplay

Here’s the original script for Bill Lustig’s MANIAC COP, titled simply “Cordell” by master screenwriter Larry Cohen. Cordell (aka Maniac...

Maniac Cop Screenplay

Slumber Party Massacre IV: It Runs In The Family (Faux Trailer)

Check this out, cats! The Dustin Ferguson-directed trailer so good, it WON’T be appearing on the doco Sleepless...

Slumber Party Massacre IV: It Runs In The Family (Faux Trailer)

Shock Festival DVD Review

The dvd companion to Stephen Romano’s excellent Shock Festival book is out now and it is a must have for slasher lovers, exploitation junkies, and...

Shock Festival DVD Review

Confessions Of A Slasher Movie Fan In The 80’S

A kid in the 70’s, I grew up like a Monster Kid was supposed to. I began with the Universal horror classics like Dracula, Frankenstein...

Confessions Of A Slasher Movie Fan In The 80’S

Slashertherapy!

Feeling blue? Seeing red? Hate colour metaphors? Don’t despair… slasher movies can help! Psychologists have long recognized the healing power of feel-good...

Slashertherapy!

News

Black Devil Doll From Hell Coming To DVD

Black Devil Doll From Hell Coming To DVD

We received a special features list from Shawn Lewis regarding the long awaited debut of the err, inspiring curio behind Black Devil Doll – Chester Turner’s Black Devil Doll From Hell which he announced to be coming out on October 26.
-Collector’s edition Lenticular 3D Cover for the first 1000 sold
-Audio commentary by Art (Ultra Violent [...]

Reviews

Rosso Sangue a.k.a. Anthropophagus II (1981)

Rosso Sangue a.k.a. Anthropophagus II (1981)

A year after Anthropophagus became an international hit, director Joe D’Amato (Aristide Massaccesi) re-teamed with star George Eastman (Luigi Montefiore) for this underrated sequel.  Rosso Sangue was banned by the British government during the Video Nasty Era and suffered from multiple name changes when it was released.  In America, Wizard Video released the film as Monster Hunter [...]

Retrospectives

Slasher Movie Assholes... and More!

Slasher Movie Assholes… and More!

Everyone loves a good slasher retrospective. That’s why we have a whole category of articles devoted to ’em here at Retro Slashers. Therefore, I feel it’s my duty to direct you to the blog Vegan Voorhees by Chrys Hudson Lee which – if you haven’t already discovered (and, like me, become addicted to) – you’d be [...]

Library

Maniac Cop Screenplay

Maniac Cop Screenplay

Here’s the original script for Bill Lustig’s MANIAC COP, titled simply “Cordell” by master screenwriter Larry Cohen.
Cordell (aka Maniac Cop) (3.16meg) July 7th 1987 Draft by Larry Cohen – PDF format
Innocent people are being brutally murdered on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. As the death toll rises and City [...]

Interviews

The Future Of Madman Marz

The Future Of Madman Marz

Joe Giannone’s Madman (shot in 1980, released 1982) has experienced a resurgence with slasher fans in recent years similar to the Sleepaway Camp movement. Yet this has all been contrary to the increasing rarity of the film since Anchor Bay’s DVD went out of print.
But that’s about to be remedied as Code Red DVD prepare [...]

Random Violence

Proto-Slashers (Lucky) #13 – “The Centerfold Girls” (1974)

Proto-Slashers (Lucky) #13 – “The Centerfold Girls” (1974)

The Centerfold Girls is a grimy and grim precursor to 80’s slashers like Maniac and Don’t Answer the Phone; it’s also a prime example of 70’s Grindhouse filmmaking. With its dark take on that 70’s standard, the Battle of the Sexes, an argument can easily be made for this as a feminist horror film.

Our body count continues...