Retro Slashers

The Disciples of Rambo face off against the Brotherhood of Jason in this hybrid slasher from the mid 1980s. The film opens with a fierce paintball battle between the Zero Boys and a gang comprised of hunchbacks, snake handlers, cowboys, and nazis. After vanquishing their foes and claiming Kelli Maroney as a prize, the Zero [...]

Scarecrows is one of the scariest independent films released during the 1980s. This film should feature a warning label: Do Not Watch Unless You Want the Heebie-Jeebies, Goosebumps, and Cold Chills Slithering Up Your Spine. It’s the type of film that makes you turn on every light in the house when it’s over. Some scary [...]

When Perfect Blue played movie festivals in the late 90′s it created an immediate sensation. The blending of animation with a sophisticated murder mystery caught viewers by surprise. Anime and horror magazines proclaimed director Satoshi Kon a visionary and urged their readers to see this amazing new film. Horror animation wasn’t new in 1998 but [...]

The students of Lanier College have more than exams to worry about. A slasher armed with a butcher knife is stalking the corridors of academia. Only the survivors get to exempt this test. Final Exam could have been just another generic campus slasher but is saved by bizarre camera angles, an oddball but loveable cast, [...]

A rapist is stalking the quiet streets of Galen. The town doctor (John Cassavetes) and sheriff (John Ireland) are horrified by the vicious crimes and perplexed by the strange evidence left at the crime scenes. The doctor discovers the attacks only occur when Tim, his daughter’s boyfriend, has nightmares. Is Tim responsible, or is there [...]

In 1946, a woman is raped during a Labor Day party. 36 years later, a group of teens become stranded on Dog Island after their yacht hits some rocks. The group quickly discovers there is something worse than wild dogs living on the island. While watching Humongous, slasher fans should look for the many Scooby-Doo [...]

An early SOV series that bridges the cinematic gap between Snuff and Hostel. Gary Cohen, a video store owner back during the Mom & Pop glory days, noticed the glut of terrible horror movies flooding shelves on a weekly basis and decided to make his own cheap fright flick. So Cohen rounded up friends, actors [...]

Prof. Richard Harwell (Tom Scheier) discovers Jack the Ripper’s ring in a Tulsa, Oklahoma antique shop. Wearing the ring unleashes Jack from limbo and allows him to increase his bloody body count. Only horror geek Steve (Wade Tower) and skeletal dance instructor Carol (Mona Van Pernis) can stop the two-hundred-year-old killer from completing his mission. [...]

In 1983 David A. Prior wrote and directed Sledgehammer. After languishing for a year, it found a distributor but slasher fans had a hard time finding copies at local mom & pop video stores. Fortunately, Sledgehammer has been saved from obscurity with a new DVD release from Intervision Picture Corp and Severin Films. The movie [...]

The Legend: The woods in Upstate New York belong to Cropsey, a madman with a passion for butchering young campers. Why Cropsey kills is unclear. Some say he was a cruel handyman disfigured by campers who fought back during one of Cropsey’s alcohol fueled rages. Others say Cropsey was a judge who lived with his [...]