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What, is it a new year?! It sure feels like a bad rip-off of last year. Less brains and more violence. Speaking of which, if you wanted to know what happens when a scrappy group of filmmakers try to do THE TERMINATOR (1984) in Texas, I give you R.O.T.O.R. (1988)!
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Cyber Monday: R.O.T.O.R. (1988)
Cult Movies, Horror Movies, Bud Spencer, Science Fiction, Slasher, Christmas Films, Cinema, Detective, Monster, Action, Sci-Fi, Obscure, Video Junkie
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January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
What, is it a new year?! It sure feels like a bad rip-off of last year. Less brains and more violence. Speaking of which, if you wanted to know what happens when a scrappy group of filmmakers try to do THE TERMINATOR (1984) in Texas, I give you R.O.T.O.R. (1988)!
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Yes, Christmas is over, but the hangover lingers on. Ever wanted to see '80s genre mom Dee Wallace return to the screen in an Australian Christmas horror movie? If so, 82 minutes with this abomination will change your mind in a fraction of that time.
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December to Dismember: RED CHRISTMAS (2016)
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December 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Yes, Christmas is over, but the hangover lingers on. Ever wanted to see '80s genre mom Dee Wallace return to the screen in an Australian Christmas horror movie? If so, 82 minutes with this abomination will change your mind in a fraction of that time.
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Ever wanted to see a movie with Santa's wife losing her shit and going all homicidal on stupid Christmas revelers? Yeah, me too... Unfortunately, you ain't getting that here. Except for the stupid Christmas revelers. But hey, Brinke Stevens is in it! ...as a cop.
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December to Dismember: MRS. CLAUS (2018)
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December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ever wanted to see a movie with Santa's wife losing her shit and going all homicidal on stupid Christmas revelers? Yeah, me too... Unfortunately, you ain't getting that here. Except for the stupid Christmas revelers. But hey, Brinke Stevens is in it! ...as a cop.
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Krampus has turned into a popular pop-culture figure in North America over the past 10 years, but did you ever wonder where he came from? Well, you ain't gonna find out in KRAMPUS ORIGINS (2018), in spite of the fact that it starts out during WWI!
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December to Dismember: KRAMPUS ORIGINS (2018)
Cult Movies, Horror Movies, Bud Spencer, Science Fiction, Slasher, Christmas Films, Cinema, Detective, Monster, Action, Sci-Fi, Obscure, Video Junkie
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December 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Krampus has turned into a popular pop-culture figure in North America over the past 10 years, but did you ever wonder where he came from? Well, you ain't gonna find out in KRAMPUS ORIGINS (2018), in spite of the fact that it starts out during WWI!
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If you need something to bring you down from that tryptophane buzz this Turkey Day, this sucker will do the trick!
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Heinous for the Holidays: THANKSKILLING (2009)
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November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If you need something to bring you down from that tryptophane buzz this Turkey Day, this sucker will do the trick!
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Remember that one turkey-themed holiday slasher, HOME SWEET HOME (1981), that '80s workout guru Jake Steinfeld thought would boost his career? Bizarrely, it certainly didn't hurt it.
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Heinous for the Holidays: HOME SWEET HOME (1981)
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November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Remember that one turkey-themed holiday slasher, HOME SWEET HOME (1981), that '80s workout guru Jake Steinfeld thought would boost his career? Bizarrely, it certainly didn't hurt it.
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Movies and TV shows play up the sexy, glitzy side of life in Brazil, but Rodrigo Aragão dumps that shit in his black magic and gore-soaked low-budget horror films that take place in the swamps of abject poverty, rife with cutthroats, zombies and demons!
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Halloween Havoc: THE BLACK FOREST (2018)
Rodrigo Aragão, horror, Brazilian, Lovecraft, occult, black magic, cult movie, evil dead, brain dead, gore, zombies, indy,
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October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Movies and TV shows play up the sexy, glitzy side of life in Brazil, but Rodrigo Aragão dumps that shit in his black magic and gore-soaked low-budget horror films that take place in the swamps of abject poverty, rife with cutthroats, zombies and demons!
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When talking about the latest in cutting edge micro-budgeted splatter movies, you can't forget the CGI/practical effects pioneers, Necrostorm. Their latest is a sequel to the hyper-gory DREDD (2012) knock-off TAETER CITY (2012), titled TAETER BURGER (2023)!
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Halloween Havoc: TAETER BURGER (2023)
necrostorm, adam chaplin, taeter burger, gore, italy, de santi, sci-fi, dredd, cannibalism, future fascist, indy, low-budget
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October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When talking about the latest in cutting edge micro-budgeted splatter movies, you can't forget the CGI/practical effects pioneers, Necrostorm. Their latest is a sequel to the hyper-gory DREDD (2012) knock-off TAETER CITY (2012), titled TAETER BURGER (2023)!
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The continuation of the overview of Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE series, uh, continues! In the final two movies Tim decides to teach us all about... the dangers of the internets! Now that's some scary shit.
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Halloween Havoc: Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE Series (1986-2017) Part 2
Tim Ritter, slasher, truth or dare, indy, sov, wicked games, screaming for sanity, horror, movie, video, Joel Wynkoop, masked killer, deadly dares
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October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The continuation of the overview of Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE series, uh, continues! In the final two movies Tim decides to teach us all about... the dangers of the internets! Now that's some scary shit.
www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...
www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...
After a long, long year of waiting, the Halloween season has returned! This year, what have the "gore-tuers" of the SOV, DTV era done for us lately? First up is Tim Ritter, one of the most important indy horror names ever, with his TRUTH OR DARE series!
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Halloween Havoc: Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE Series (1986-2017) Part 1
Tim Ritter, slasher, truth or dare, indy, sov, wicked games, screaming for sanity, horror, movie, video, Joel Wynkoop, masked killer, deadly dares
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October 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
After a long, long year of waiting, the Halloween season has returned! This year, what have the "gore-tuers" of the SOV, DTV era done for us lately? First up is Tim Ritter, one of the most important indy horror names ever, with his TRUTH OR DARE series!
www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...
www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...
The Halloween season is only days away, and what better way to celebrate than with a low-rent, SOV Aussie slasher that boasts more exploitation value than the last half-dozen crapfests that you've watched put together. HOUSEBOAT HORROR (1989)!
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Halloween Havoc: HOUSEBOAT HORROR (1989)
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September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Halloween season is only days away, and what better way to celebrate than with a low-rent, SOV Aussie slasher that boasts more exploitation value than the last half-dozen crapfests that you've watched put together. HOUSEBOAT HORROR (1989)!
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With Halloween quickly approaching, we have some new stuff coming up. Meanwhile, we have something from 112 Ocean Ave to, ahem, tide you over. Yes, that means we are talking about arguably the best non-3D sequel, AMITYVILLE DOLLHOUSE (1996). No, seriously.
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Halloween Havoc: AMITYVILLE DOLLHOUSE (1996)
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September 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
With Halloween quickly approaching, we have some new stuff coming up. Meanwhile, we have something from 112 Ocean Ave to, ahem, tide you over. Yes, that means we are talking about arguably the best non-3D sequel, AMITYVILLE DOLLHOUSE (1996). No, seriously.
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With Fall finally upon us, I find my thoughts going to corn. And children. And elder gods that really like to fuck up small towns. Of course this can mean only one thing, CHILDREN OF THE CORN III (1993) which brings He who Walks Among the Rows to the Windy City!
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Halloween Havoc: THE CHILDREN OF THE CORN III - URBAN HARVEST (1993)
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September 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
With Fall finally upon us, I find my thoughts going to corn. And children. And elder gods that really like to fuck up small towns. Of course this can mean only one thing, CHILDREN OF THE CORN III (1993) which brings He who Walks Among the Rows to the Windy City!
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What could be better than ALIEN (1979) and THE THING (1982)? A mashup of the two set underwater! Ok, maybe not, but for all of it's sticky-fingered shenanigans, Sean Cunningham's submerged monster movie is actually a lot better than it gets credit for.
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Abyss-mal Cinema: LEVIATHAN (1989)
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September 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What could be better than ALIEN (1979) and THE THING (1982)? A mashup of the two set underwater! Ok, maybe not, but for all of it's sticky-fingered shenanigans, Sean Cunningham's submerged monster movie is actually a lot better than it gets credit for.
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www.videojunkie.org/2014/06/abys...
What better way to celebrate a blisteringly hot Labor Day weekend than with a moment of aquatic tranquility... like SHARK NIGHT 3D (2011)! A movie that refuses to honor anything in the title. There are few sharks, lots of daylight and minimal 3D.
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Shark Attack Summer: SHARK NIGHT 3D (2011)
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September 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What better way to celebrate a blisteringly hot Labor Day weekend than with a moment of aquatic tranquility... like SHARK NIGHT 3D (2011)! A movie that refuses to honor anything in the title. There are few sharks, lots of daylight and minimal 3D.
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www.videojunkie.org/2013/05/shar...
Now that health insurance is more fucked in America than ever before, what better to talk about than how fucked up hospitals are? TERMINAL CHOICE (1985) is a Canadian thriller about a hightech hospital that patients are dying to leave.
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Medical Deviates: TERMINAL CHOICE (1985)
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August 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Now that health insurance is more fucked in America than ever before, what better to talk about than how fucked up hospitals are? TERMINAL CHOICE (1985) is a Canadian thriller about a hightech hospital that patients are dying to leave.
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What lurks in the depths of the sea, waiting for squishy humans to stumble on to their Lovecraftian, flesh-eating machinations? The genius behind PIECES and SLUGS decided that the world needed to know this and brought us THE RIFT (1990) aka ENDLESS DESCENT!
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Abyss-mal Cinema: THE RIFT (aka ENDLESS DESCENT; 1990)
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August 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What lurks in the depths of the sea, waiting for squishy humans to stumble on to their Lovecraftian, flesh-eating machinations? The genius behind PIECES and SLUGS decided that the world needed to know this and brought us THE RIFT (1990) aka ENDLESS DESCENT!
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www.videojunkie.org/2014/07/abys...
With the sun actively trying to end human life on Earth, all I want is shark movies. Russell Mulcahey produced and co-wrote this underappreciated Aussie shark outing that plays out like a slasher movie with a shark subbing in for a masked killer and it's in 3D!
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Shark Attack Summer: BAIT (2012)
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August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
With the sun actively trying to end human life on Earth, all I want is shark movies. Russell Mulcahey produced and co-wrote this underappreciated Aussie shark outing that plays out like a slasher movie with a shark subbing in for a masked killer and it's in 3D!
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www.videojunkie.org/2013/05/shar...
In one of the few times that we actually stooped to talk about a mainstream Hollywood movie (perish the thought), we get to wax rhapsodic about how Renny Harlin used to make fun movies and how L.L. Cool J's chef is really the star of DEEP BLUE SEA (1999).
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Abyss-mal Cinema: DEEP BLUE SEA (1999)
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July 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In one of the few times that we actually stooped to talk about a mainstream Hollywood movie (perish the thought), we get to wax rhapsodic about how Renny Harlin used to make fun movies and how L.L. Cool J's chef is really the star of DEEP BLUE SEA (1999).
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www.videojunkie.org/2014/06/abys...
In the summer heat, some folks rush to the beach to... do what ever people do at beaches, while some folks do the sensible thing and watch killer shark movies! Yep, what the world needs now is a deep dive into Lamberto Bava's notorious epic released in an edited form here in the US as DEVIL FISH!
Abyss-Mal Cinema: MONSTER SHARK (1984)
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July 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In the summer heat, some folks rush to the beach to... do what ever people do at beaches, while some folks do the sensible thing and watch killer shark movies! Yep, what the world needs now is a deep dive into Lamberto Bava's notorious epic released in an edited form here in the US as DEVIL FISH!
Not to be confused with the Amazon series of the same name, THE RIG (2010) could be accused of providing the inspiration for it, but that would probably be the only inspired thing about it.
Abyss-mal Cinema: THE RIG (2010)
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July 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Not to be confused with the Amazon series of the same name, THE RIG (2010) could be accused of providing the inspiration for it, but that would probably be the only inspired thing about it.
Now that the weather is tipping over 100 degrees in some parts of the US, there is only one thing on my mind. "Beer?" I hear you ask. No man, killer sharks! These days killer shark movies come in a wide variety of flavors, but nobody can fuck up a shark movie like my man Joe D'Amato!
Shark Attack Summer: DEEP BLOOD (1990)
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July 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Now that the weather is tipping over 100 degrees in some parts of the US, there is only one thing on my mind. "Beer?" I hear you ask. No man, killer sharks! These days killer shark movies come in a wide variety of flavors, but nobody can fuck up a shark movie like my man Joe D'Amato!
We have a giallo streak a mile wide and Bruno Mattei needs a little love - even these days when his best movies are on blu-ray. MADNESS (1994) is Mattei's throw-back to a previous time before Argento changed the game forever and ya know what? It's a lot of fun.
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Giallo Pudding: MADNESS (1994) aka EYES WITHOUT A FACE
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July 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We have a giallo streak a mile wide and Bruno Mattei needs a little love - even these days when his best movies are on blu-ray. MADNESS (1994) is Mattei's throw-back to a previous time before Argento changed the game forever and ya know what? It's a lot of fun.
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www.videojunkie.org/2025/07/gial...
Ever wonder what would happen if a Japanese anime house decided to do an H.P. Lovecraft OVA? Nothing good, but it definitely qualifies as strange with bondage, lesbian sex, zombies and... skiing. Yes, you read that right. Skiing.
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H.P. Lovecraft Week: Mystery of the Nothingtodowithlovecrafticon
Cult Movies, Horror Movies, Bud Spencer, Science Fiction, Slasher, Christmas Films, Cinema, Detective, Monster, Action, Sci-Fi, Obscure, Video Junkie
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July 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ever wonder what would happen if a Japanese anime house decided to do an H.P. Lovecraft OVA? Nothing good, but it definitely qualifies as strange with bondage, lesbian sex, zombies and... skiing. Yes, you read that right. Skiing.
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www.videojunkie.org/2010/05/hp-l...
Shameless plug for Chris Poggiali's new(er) book, These Fists Break Bricks! Preorder the new massive hardcover at www.thesefistsbreakbricks.com
This is not a paid endorsement of any kind. Chris is awesome, and this book rules.
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This is not a paid endorsement of any kind. Chris is awesome, and this book rules.
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Book Drop: These Fists Break Bricks (and so will this book!)
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June 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Shameless plug for Chris Poggiali's new(er) book, These Fists Break Bricks! Preorder the new massive hardcover at www.thesefistsbreakbricks.com
This is not a paid endorsement of any kind. Chris is awesome, and this book rules.
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This is not a paid endorsement of any kind. Chris is awesome, and this book rules.
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