Extraordinary Movie & Video Guide

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EASY RIDER. (1969). D: Dennis Hopper

This film isn't just a story about two potheads riding across country on choppers, its a story about freedom and life. Billy (Dennis Hopper) and Wyatt aka Captain America (Peter Fonda) are the two rebels on wheels. They have made a drug deal worth thousands and are using the money to finance a trip across the USA to Mardi Gras. Along the way, they come across different people and they try to identify with the people and 'dig their scene'. To me, Billy and Wyatt represent new/ old west outlaws riding across the open roads/prairies on their bikes/horses. After all, their names are taken from two of the most famous men of the old west. One of the scenes in the film that show the inspiration from the era is the one when Billy and Wyatt need to change a flat tire on Wyatt's bike. They come across a farmer's ranch and they are able to stop there. As the farmer fixes a horseshoe for his horse, Wyatt and Billy change the flat tire on the bike.

The metaphor shows us that these two are the equivalent to the western outlaw, except they are riding bikes. Throughout the film Billy and Captain America, find new friends, smoke lots of grass, take an acid trip, and they also run into some typical southern redneck psychos. Jack Nicholson has one of his best acting roles as George Hanson, a loveable drunk lawyer. George hitches a ride with Billy and Wyatt on their journey to Mardi Gras. Hopper has a great directing style in the film too. I think the toughest thing a director has to do is make a film flow without any bumps. This film rides as smooth as the bikes they're on. That alone is a great accomplishment. The cinematography is also an excellent aspect of this 60s film that spoke out for a generation. 94 min, Rated R, Color, Available on videocassette and laserdisc. Director: Dennis Hopper. Cast Includes: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper,Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Luke Askew, Luana Anders, Robert Walker, Phil Spector, Toni Basil.

Review by Pete@ Cult Clash

EAT THE RICH. (1987). D: Peter Richardson

Black comedy about the restaurant called Bastards, which comes very popular among rich people because the waitresses are rude and mean. Things are getting very bizarre when they start to make food from the rich. Not for every taste, but it gives me good laughs still, after thousands of viewings. From the great Comic Strip-group from UK, stars include Lemmy Kilmister, Fiona Richmond and in cameo parts there are Linda & Paul McCartney, Bill Wyman, George Harrison and Koo Stark. And with heavy dose of Motörhead songs (whole band also appears in the flick)

EATING RAOUL. (1982). D: Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov are a couple, which kills perverted people with a frying pan. And it's all because of money. Stupid but funny, so go for it.

EL MARIACHI. (1993). D: Robert Rodriguez

Debut of Rodriguez is low-budget predecessor of Antonio Banderas- starred, Rodriguez-directed Desperado - and is also better. Reminds a lot of early Raimi flicks with weird camera-angles. Recommended violent actioner.

ELEPHANT MAN. (1980). D: David Lynch

Black & white drama tells the story of deformed John Merrick, who wants to be treated like everyone else. Very powerful and emotional flick, but I cannot watch this without smiling when Leslie Nielsen's John Hurt-imitation in Police Squad - "I am not an animal, I am a human being!" - pops up in my mind.

ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK. (1988). D: James Sigornelli

Television horror hostess Elvira's film is just simple, easy to watch and enjoyable fun. No blood, no thrills, but entertainment a lot. Cassandra Peterson is good in title role.

ENTER THE DRAGON. (1973). D: Robert Clouse

Bruce Lee was the best martial artist ever. In this film we can see that Lee was on the road to becoming a big Hollywood name. The untimely death of this superstar will always be remembered as a huge loss to film fans. His performance in this was incredible. It was dynamic. Or as Mr. Han says "Extraordinary". After seeing the 25th anniversary edition distributed by Warner Bros, I have gotten a new sense of how poplular Bruce Lee was. The new anniversary edition has a lost interview which preceeds the film itself. It also has the original theatrical trailer from 1973. For an extra kick, there are 3 full minutes of footage which was cut from the original version.

The movie combines a James Bond type plot with the explosive martial arts action portayed by Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. The fight between Lee and O'Hara (Bob Wall) is beyond compare. This film also has a look and aura that only a 70s film can. Thats another reason why I love it. Most film fans will agree that 'Dragon' is the best martial arts film ever made. I agree. Lee is bigger than life in it. He shines like a dragon on fire. He was the chinese James Dean. The rebel in black. After Lee died there were plenty of copycats who tried to take his place, but Bruce Lee was different. He IS martial arts, not only in life but in death as well. 97 min, Rated R, Color. Director: Robert Clouse. Cast Includes: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri, Yang Tse, Angela Mao. This was filmed after (but released before) Lee's RETURN OF THE DRAGON. Also known as THE DEADLY THREE. Panavision.

Review by Pete@Cult Clash

ENTITY. (1982). D: Sidney J. Furie

Barbara Hershey is attacked by invisible ghost or something, which even rapes her. I've heard this is based on true story, so if you dig parapsychology, dig this. Yep, it's above average.

EPITAPH. (1987). D: Joseph Merhi

I wonder how many direct-to-video flicks has Merhi directed or produced or whatever...This is first horror film that I've seen from J.M., others are awful action video's and this ain't great either. Don't bother, I won't bother to tell more about it.

ERASERHEAD. (1977). D: David Lynch

Famous art-horror from Lynch, which has very depressing atmosphere. Dream scenes where dancer steps on the fetuses, or where pencils are made of Jack Nance's head, aren't recommended if you're on the edge of suicide. And the story is about couple with mutant baby. I don't really always understand it, but it's great.

EVE OF DESTRUCTION. (1991). D: Duncan Gibbins

Eve VII is an female hybrid of human and robot, which surprisingly doesn't work properly. She starts to kill men who have been mean to her in the past. Shades of Robocop? This stupid but fairly entertaining low-budget scifithriller has Dutch actress Renee Soutendijk in title role.

EVENT HORIZON. (1997). D: Paul Anderson

Surprisingly entertaining and chilling sci-fi / horror picture, but the end is packed with unnecessary showcase of special make-up. Still, has great atmosphere with a story where astronauts investigate the return of spaceship - which was disappeared once in black hole... Starring Larry Fishburne, Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan.

EVIL DEAD. (1982). D: Sam Raimi

Evil Dead is still one of the best horror movies ever. Though sometimes funny special effects, Evil Dead is visually awesome stuff. Camerawork has inspired many filmmakers - check out for example Roberto Rodriguez' El Mariachi. Version with name Book Of The Dead is THE uncut one, and it's worth of finding, too.

EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN. (1987). D: Sam Raimi

Best of Evil Dead series, I've watched this tens of times and still doesn't bore me. Bruce Campbell in his best role: scene where Ash goes nuts after stuffed animals - among other things - begin to laugh at him, is a riot. 10 points.

and then some: It was a nifty flick!I almost peed my pants during some of the morefrightening scenes.It was a high-tech romp.It was filled with thrils, chills, and spills.Bruce Campbell was quite a dramatic actor.In the scene where he has to cut offhis own hand, I nearly cried due to his strong acting performance.He has "leading man" written all over him.Truly a genious of our time.

review by Miguel

EVIL TOONS. (1990). D: Fred Olen Ray

Whoa! This horror comedy is so lousy that it's hard to believe. Ancient book brings back to life a...cartoon wolf! That's pretty much of a plot, main reason of this film is showing scream queens Monique Gabrielle, Suzanne Ager and Michelle Bauer unclothed.Perfect example of (s)exploitation. All in all, it's very dull picture, though.

EXISTO - THE FORBIDDEN MOVIE. (????). D:

I'm sorry for the lack of info on this movie but it seems you can only get bootleg copies of it. I saw it a year or so ago at an independant movie theater with no expectations but came out thinking this was one of the best movies i've seen in a while. It's about anarchists who use art and drugs (lsd) to over power the fascists. (sp?) Anyway, i'm not a great reviewer but I think you should check out this movie and give you're opinion. The only place I know you can buy this movie is through the website www.existo.com but it's worth it.

review by Sian10000

EXORCIST. (1973). D: William Friedkin

A chilling classic tale of possessed Regan (Linda Blair) and two priests (Jason Miller and Max von Sydow) trying to send Satan back to hell using Exorcism. Still effective after all these years.

EXORCIST 3: LEGION. (1990). D: William Peter Blatty

Underrated, full-of-talk sequel directed by the original's writer. It's slow but interesting, and few visually great scenes raise this high above average.

FACE/OFF. (1997). D: John Woo

Solid action flick, well directed by action superstar John Woo, and features great performances by Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. If you enjoyed Con Air you'll love this and if you enjoy this you'll like the Big Hit! ***** out of *****

review by meares@hotmail.com

FACES OF DEATH. (1978). D: Conan Le Ciliare

One of the first Shockumentary films to be released, 'Faces of Death' was shocking in its day. But with the more recent releases of 'Death Scenes' and 'Traces of Death', it has been proved that most of the footage in this film is fake. There are six films in this set, and 'The Worst of Faces of Death'. As the series went on, the footage became more and more real, but after number four, the footage went fake again. 'Faces of Death' is a great film, well done, and most of all, it has so much gore. There are some points in the film where you can't understand what the narrator is saying, and there are two interviews in the film that are that way, too. Be warned, F.O.D is sure to shock!

review by KevinH@Aol.com

FART TAKES. (1999). D: Steven Antoniou

See and hear 30 minutes of non-stop farting! Check this out if you want to see that Hollywood legends are still just plain human beings. It was fun to notice how stars have been reacting to their own farts - Humphrey Bogart tries always to be cool, but Erroll Flynn just laughs himself. If you're a fan of black&white -era flicks, you'll get the most out of this extraordinary documentary (?) from Edge Films. Of course, I wouldn't mind little narration and short breaks... check out the website www.farttakes.com.

FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL...KILL!. (1966). D: Russ Meyer

Meyer's ultra-cult classic is an ode to the violence in women. Three go-go girls are a new breed of superwomen (all very big breasted) who race cars and break necks. A true classic.

review by Mudbone

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. (1998). D: Terry Gilliam

Hunter S. Thompson is a legend in the writing world. He has written many books and articles on his strange adventures in the 60s world of drugs and alcohol. This film, even though its relatively new, deserves to be considered a cult film. I believe in the years to come, we will look at F&L and place it up there with films like Repo Man and Easy Rider. If you watch the film once, you feel like you've been on a bad LSD trip. If you watch it more than once, you start to appreciate it. Note: THIS FILM MUST BE WATCHED MORE THAN ONCE!. I saw this film in the theater last summer when it debuted. I knew that I was in for a real fun ride when I heard Raoul Duke/Hunter S. Thompson's (Johnny Depp) hopped-up voice speaking as Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) picks up a wacky looking hippy who could be the long lost twin of the deranged housekeeper in Rocky Horror Picture Show.

If you can't understand the bottom line about the film you should realize before watching that: ITS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE BIG DRUGGED-OUT TRIP. No, its not a film about drugs, it is drugs. Its Easy Rider meets Laurel and Hardy. Check this one out, guaranteed you'll find favorite scenes, quotes, etc. Don't forget to put on your fake rubber lizard tail and your gas mask. Oh yeah, pour yourself a mixed drink and whatever else you want to intake, sit back, and enjoy the ride. Cast Includes: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Cristina Ricci, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Flea, Mark Harmon, Penn Gillette.

review by Smokey Pete

Adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson�s drug-induced biographical work of writing, this a non-stop mixture of hallucinated images, drug abuse, moral deprivation and incoherent dialogue. Bombastic and without any redeeming value, only showing that drugs will make you see lot�s of weird stuff. Cool! Depp is unexceptional as Raoul Duke, on a trip to Las Vegas with a car full of various narcotics. This is a virtual assault on the mind and senses, proving that a big-budget will still get you absolutely nowhere, as this film is bent on accomplishing. It really makes no sense what-so-ever, you will will probably kick yourself for wasting these two hours. Repulsive by any standard. Rated R for nonstop explicit substance abuse, content and its effects including hallucinations, related violent content and depravity, and constant deviant behavior, and for strong profanity.

review by brokenhalo000

FEMME FONTAINE: KILLER BABE FOR THE C.I.A. (199 ). D: Margot Hope

God I love those Troma titles! Great, tongue-in-cheek action flick starring, written, produced and directed by Hope. She's Drew Fontaine, CIA assassin who is about to avenge his father's killing. But it isn't easy, especially when there are enemies like skinheads, porn-industry businessmen and lesbian Feminazis!

FIRE IN THE SKY. (1993). D: Robert Lieberman

No suprises, just plain OK science fiction thriller. Four lumberjacks see a flying saucer, and one of them will be abducted. Based on the true story.

FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. (1964). D: Sergio Leone

Clint Eastwood has been a legend in westerns for years now. He is up there with John Wayne and Gary Cooper. When Eastwood worked with Sergio Leone on the "Man with No Name" trilogy, he portrayed the loner with a finesse. I believe Leone and Eastwood truly helped each other become legendary icons. When watching this film, I can see that Eastwood knew what Leone really needed to make his film a work of art. Together with the resounding music score by Ennio Morricone, these images will forever be part of our conscienceness.

When Leone made these Italian films, he probably didn't realize they would become such a prominent part of American cinema. This is where Italy merged with Hollywood and became the same. The great "spaghetti western" was born. Originally, the film was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo". Leone transformed the story from a lone samurai to a common western outlaw. It was a great transition. There is only one great spaghetti western, for me, this is it. 96 min, No rating, Color, Available on videocassette and laserdisc. Director: Sergio Leone. Cast Includes: Clint Eastwood Gian Maria Volonté,, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Mario Brega Carol Brown. Released in the U.S. in 1967. Sequel: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. Techniscope.

Review by Pete@Cult Clash

FLESH + BLOOD. (1985). D: Paul Verhoeven

Title says it all; this violent action/adventure brings us back in 16th century with Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh. OK stuff, but there are better flicks from Verhoeven in the market.

FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC. (1987). D: Jeffrey Bloom

Strange drama mixed horror story about children locked up in the attic by their momma. Could've been better made, and left a little confused feeling.

FLY. (1958). D: Kurt Neumann

Original Fly is surprisingly effective despite the age of this flick. Scientist gets little ugly when he becomes a fly, after failed experiment. Starring Vincent Price, among others.

FLY. (1986). D: David Cronenberg

Great remake of '58 classic, and maybe the most entertaining and the mostnormal (?) film of Cronenberg. Great FX, good acting and so on.

FLY 2. (1989). D: Chris Walas

Stupid and useless sequel which stars Eric Stoltz as Geena Davis' and Jeff Goldblum's (from the Cronenberg-movie) son. You sure wonder if he starts to change to a fly...

FOG. (1980). D: John Carpenter

I expected little more of this horror story. The Fog doesn't have the atmosphere it should have. Carpenter has succeed many times before and after.

FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION. (1970). D: Luciano Ercoli

Not-so-typical but very interesting Italian thriller - giallo - with effective plot twists. Young wife has a mysterious stalker after her, and the world is falling apart - no-one seems to believe her. English dubbing makes the dialogue sometimes..if not ridiculous, but naive nevertheless. But clearly one of the best of its kind. With music by Ennio Morricone.

FOREVER FEVER. (1998). D: Glen Goei

Glen Goei's inspired East-meets-West entertainment blends Bruce Lee iconography with "Saturday Night Fever" footwork and "Purple Rose of Cairo" fantasy. A man in a white polyester suit steps out of a cinema screen to give advice on fashion, romance and kung-fu to an insecure Ah Hok (Adrian Pang), who works in a supermarket and prepares for an upcoming dance contest. Originally called "Don't Call Me John Travolta", the film is evocatively photographed by Brian Bremeny of the "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" fame and was re-edited and re-dubbed by Miramax for wordwide distribution. aka THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT.

review by Asko Leinonen

FORTRESS. (1992). D: Stuart Gordon

OK scifiaction by the director of Re-animator. Man and wife are forced into massive prison in near-future, because they've tried to escape from their strict country. Starring Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith and Jeffrey Combs.

FOXTRAP.(1985). D: Fred Williamson

Fred Williamson directs and stars in this mid 80's post-blaxploitation action film. Now he's Thomas Fox, a detective finding missing girl, who is involved with prostitution. It's always nice to see Williamson whoop bad guys' asses, his motions are so cool even though they're often over-acted. Sadly enough, whole movie can't compete with those great 70's era actioners. Those who are interested : contains lots of violence and brief nudity - did you expect something else? Tarantino should bring Williamson back to fame!

FOXY BROWN. (1974). D: Jack Hill

Pam Grier as a nurse, who seeks revenge because her lover was killed by drugdealers. In Coffy, Grier was a nurse seeking revenge because drugdealers turned her sister as a junkie. And both films are directed by Jack Hill. Nevertheless, good but not clean fun and blaxploitation at it's best. And dig that title tune!

FRANKENSTEIN '80. (1972). D: Mario Mancini

Tale of Frankenstein set in a modern world. Reminds little bit of Re-animator - a monster has been re-animated with life-serum. But when Re-animator tended to give some thrills and shocks, this one seems to concentrate to show dead women's breasts.

FRANKENSTEIN GENERAL HOSPITAL. (1988). D: Deborah Roberts

I don't remember any of this film. Hey wait..somethings coming up... oh yeah, it's a one the worst horror comedies ever. Not even a single laugh.

FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND. (1990). D: Roger Corman

Fun when you see it once, second time isn't that good. Scientist get's to the year 1817, where Mary Shelley and Frankenstein and his creature live. Starring John Hurt.

FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR. (1971). D: Enrique L. Equiluz

Cult fame Paul Naschy stars as Wolfstein in this laughable horror romp. Wolfstein wants to get cured, but the helpers seem to be vampires... Written by Naschy, under his real name Jacinto Molina.

FREAKS. (1932). D: Tod Browning

Banned in many countries, this is a true B&W masterpiece and maybe the best film in 1930's. Sideshow of real-life freaks travel across the States, but not without troubles...darkly humouresque ending is great.

FRIDAY 13TH. (1980). D: Sean S. Cunningham

This one is little different compared to it's eight (or more..?) sequels, and the difference is the identity of killer. Best one's of sequels are the fourth (The Final Chapter, '84, D: Joseph Zito) with it's gruesome and effective scenes and the sixth (Jason Lives!, '86, D: Tom McLoughlin) with it's slickness.

FRIGHTENERS. (1996). D: Peter Jackson

Jackson's fantasy/comedy/thriller can't decide if it's humoresque or thrilling, but nevertheless it succeeds in both styles and in highly unique way. Michael J. Fox as the ghost chaser who has these dead friends who keep him in work by haunting houses and unsuspecting people. But ghost of serial killer is on his way to haunt Michael...Highly recommended - although some people might find these kind of movies too confusing. Jeffrey Combs has maybe best role since Re-Animator.

FRIGHT NIGHT. (1985). D: Tom Holland

Famous vampire movie which is pretty good, except that it has this teenage/Hollywood-look that have been seen before and after many many times. Not bad.

FRIGHT NIGHT 2. (1989). D: Tommy Lee Wallace

Nothing unusual. Not bad either, though not as good as the first one. Should I say "not" once more?

FROM BEYOND. (1986). D: Stuart Gordon

Great Lovecraft-adaptation from Gordon year after Re-animator, and this one has few same actors - Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Carolyn Purdey-Gordon(director's wife). Highly imaginative story where the scientist has found a way to beyond, to other dimension. And of course not without trouble. Gordon had to cut the film many times before MPAA(US censorsh*t association) accepted it.

FULL ALERT. (1997). D: Ringo Lam

Crime thriller/drama in very familiar Hong Kong -way. This is acclaimed picture, but I don't know if I've watched these films too many. Of course the action scenes and the whole movie is well-made, but brings up nothing original. But if you haven't seen many Asian crime thrillers, I can recommend it. Original title: Ko dou gai bei.

FULL ECLIPSE. (1993). D: Anthony Hickox

Suprisingly good action/horror movie dealing with vampires who all work at the police squad. Good atmosphere and OK actors (Mario Van Peebles and Patsy Kensit).

FURY. (1978). D: Brian De Palma

Actually very fun horror/thriller about the chances and dangers of psychokinetic forces. Starring Kirk Douglas & John Cassavetes. Look for the great splatter scene in the end.

GALAXY OF TERROR. (1981). D: B.D. Clark

Roger Corman-produced junk scifi/horror with cast that includes Happy Days' Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Robert Englund and Zalman King. One of those darn Alien-clones and got a sequel too, Forbidden Planet, which used same sets.

GATE. (1978). D: Tibor Takacs

Harmless but also average horror film for younger viewers, where the gates of hell open up in the backyard. Funny special effects.

GATES OF HELL. (1981). D: Lucio Fulci

Ultimately gory horror flick shows us what happens when the gates of hell open up. Zombies, brains, splatter, Fulci! (Don't expect too much of acting & directing.)

GHOST. (1963). D: Robert Hampton (Riccardo Freda)

Fine, atmospheric horror story with legendary Barbara Steele. Steele and her lover is haunted by her dead husband, dr. Hichcock. Plot is crafted nicely and superb acting makes this moody film a winner. Even though I would prefer these Italian movies without english dubbing.

GHOST IN THE MACHINE. (1993). D: Rachel Talalay

Same kind of stuff as the Lawnmover Man, but is better and not so confusing mess as the Stephen King-adaptation. Murderer makes comeback in the computer network. Still too average.

GHOST IN THE SHELL. (1996). D: Mamoru Oshii

One of the best anime's I've seen, with intelligent dialogue and impressive animation. Story is about the Puppetmaster, a hacker who's hacking peoples' mind, and the cyborg police's who try to stop the bastard.

GHOST STORY. (1981). D: John Irvin

Ghost (Alice Krige of Sleepwalkers) haunts four old englismen. Effects of Dick Smith is the only good thing in this stylish but boring crap.

GHOSTS...OF THE CIVIL DEAD. (1988). D: John Hillcoat

Whoa! One of the few films in movie history, that doesn't have a bit of positivism in it! A prison drama/thriller, which turns your stomach inside out. Nick Cave was co-writer and plays also a small role as maniac prisoner. You've been warned.

GHOULIES. (1985). D: Luca Bercovici

Little bit like Gremlins but more violent. Fun entertainment with beer and popcorn, but nothing unusual.

GINSENG KING. (1989). D: Rotar Ru-Tar

Absolutely amazing and unbelievable story of a thousand year old ginseng god, who helps a little boy to fight back for instance a nazi zombie (just imaging a living corpse shouting "Sieg Heil"!), meet three-headed monsters and giants... All this and much more done in lovable cheap way, but it's always entertaining. Ginseng King himself looks like a kid dressed up in a tree-like suit with eyes of a bug. I am not kidding. Very rare film from Thailand that can be found from grey market dealers.

GLEN OR GLENDA. (1953). D: Ed Wood, Jr.

Too bad that Wood didn't know how to make good movies - this could've been opening people's minds to see transvetism otherwise than mental illness. But let's not get too serious: you'll have a great laugh if you dig ultimate Z-grade flicks. Bela Lugosi seems to act for other film (again). Guaranteed Ed Wood-quality.

GOD TOLD ME TO. (1976). D: Larry Cohen

Normal people start to kill with only one excuse, saying "god told me to". As usual, Cohen's story is really unordinary - especially when this film mixes also alien encounters in it...It's good, though.

GOOD SON. (1993). D: Joseph Ruben

Great choice of signing Macauley Culkin as psycho, but Stepfather- director Ruben doesn't get it work.

GORE-GORE GIRLS. (1971). D: H.G. Lewis

True Lewis gore, worth of seeing once.

GOTHIC. (1986). D: Ken Russell

Confusing and weird story of Mary Shelley and her friends - hell, I don't know if this good or bad or what...Leaves you in the mixed- up state of mind.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT. (1990). D: Ralph S. Singleton

Mutated rats attack the people and kill them in the mill, and when this flick based on Stephen King's story is actually well made and suspenseful - check it out. You've seen much worse.

GUARDIAN. (1990). D: William Friedkin

Friedkin's first horror movie after Exorcist, and this time the result is something like Hand that rocks the cradle with fantasy elements. Laughable maybe, but not boring.

GUILTY AS CHARGED. (1991). D: Sam Irvin

Horror-comedy 'bout the true-christian Rod Steiger, who uses his electric chair to the bad guys. Has it's moments but leaves a feeling that something's missing.

GUINEA PIG 3 : FLOWERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD. (1990). D: Hideshi Hino

One night Charlie Sheen saw this dull flick in a party, and thought it was a real snuff film. After that Charlie wanted to help other people not to see this horrifying thing and was involved in a campaign to stop promoting this and other Japanese Guinea Pig-films in America. If only he would have known better, since this hideous crap is nothing but 1. woman is kidnapped from the streets 2. kabuki-masked weirdo starts to cut her down little by little 3. it is shot on videotape 4. it is not real and it bores you to death. Watch Charlie's movies instead.

HAIRSPRAY. (1987). D: John Waters

Waters shows his kinder side in this funny musical comedy/satire, where teenagers want to get into the shooting of "Corny Collins Show" in 1960's Baltimore. Starring Divine, Sonny Bono, Ricki Lake and Debbie Harry, with small parts of Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora and Waters himself.

HALLOWEEN. (1978). D: John Carpenter

A classic. One of the most imitated movie in history of horror, and shows with its low-budget that good film cannot always been done with great amount of money. With also the most famous horror score (by Carpenter, made in two weeks) besides Bernard Herrman's Psycho.

HALLOWEEN 2. (1981). D: Rick Rosenthal

Underrated sequel to '78 classic is well made and fun to watch, but only because it's so similar to the original. Though this one doesn't have much of a plot.

HAND. (1981). D: Oliver Stone

Severed hand kills people and causes Michael Caine lot of headache. Though it's fun and campy, you should rather check Evil Dead 2 with much more imaginative "hand" scenes.

HARD-BOILED. (1992). D: John Woo

Unbelievable action-thriller, which has Chow Yun-Fat as a cop against arm dealers - he has also a hit man helping out. It's so fast-paced that you have to take breath lots of times during the film. Action film meets acrobatics! Coordination is so well-planned that it's hard to believe. Whoa!

HAWK THE SLAYER. (1980). D: Terry Marcel

Very bad fantasy/adventure/middle-age flick with magics, swords and Jack Palance. Few laughable scenes but nothing else.

HEAD. (1959). D: Victor Trivas

Good German horror movie was ahead of it's time, since it has a lot of elements that Stuart Gordon used in Re-Animator and especially in its sequel, Bride of re-animator over 25 years later. Mad but intelligent doctor trying to steal the formula for keeping the human organs alive. Incredible scenes with speaking decapitated head... and in '59!

HEATHERS. (1989). D: Michael Lehmann

Comedy 'bout teenagers suicides which doesn't work always as it should, but still real surprise hit. Highly recommended for fans of very black comedy. Cast includes Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty! Lehmann directed later not-so-good Airheads.

HEAVENLY CREATURES. (1996). D: Peter Jackson

Amazing and unique look at two teenager girls who create their own fantasy world. Since their parents won't understand their relationship, there is only one solution: murder. Based on a true story, starring Titanic-fame Kate Winslet.

HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2. (1988). D: Tony Randel

*** out of *****. Grotesque sequel has Pinhead unleashing more hell on humanity. This time even more disgusting effects come into play, along with a non-existant plot. Taking place right after the horrors the first film, a young psychiatric patient named Kirsty once again faces the pain equals pleasure mentality of Pinhead. If you enjoyed the first, this is a satisfying blood-soaked and engulfing assault on the senses. A virtual bombardment of images semmingly culled from the very depths of hell. Good stuff for horror fans. Unrated contains consistent, very explicit and nauseating blood, gore, horror and gruesomeness. Also contains brief nudity, momentary sex, and scarce profanity. R Rated version has less scenes of gore.

review by brokenhalo000

HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN. (1987). D: R.J. Kizer and Donald G. Jackson

This could be a Troma-flick, but isn't. Rowdy Roddy Piper stars as only fertile man in apocalyptic future world. Our hero has to fight against mutant frogs and rescue few beautiful human women. Comedy-side is very strong in this fun, little campy cult movie. Sequel Return to Frogtown starred Lou Ferrigno, better known as Hulk.

HELL NIGHT. (1981). D: Tom DeSimone

Predictable haunted house tale with ultimately stupid american teenagers doing "it" & drinking beer and being just stupid. Linda Blair doesn't save this.

HELL SQUAD. (1985). D: Kenneth Hartford

Hilariously bad commando flick, where the pack of Vegas' showgirls are trained to kick arab ass and kill if needed to. And they have to bath together for a many many times during the film. So bad you cannot believe it before you watch it. Recommended.

HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2. (1987). D: Bruce Pittman

High school's prom queen is under the possession of Mary Lou, the prom queen from fifties who died in accident. Humorous touch raises this from the cesspool of sequels.

HELLRAISER. (1987). D: Clive Barker

Debut direction of Barker from his own story is good-looking, well- made and well-acted - to put it in another way: very good horror film. Thank god (eh..) Barker doesn't put funny lines to his horror heroes mouth. Pinhead surely isn't Freddy.

HELLRAISER 3 : HELL ON EARTH. (1992). D: Anthony Hickox

Better than Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 - simpler and therefore more easier to watch. Average, still.

HELLRAISER : BLOODLINE. (1996). D: Alan Smithee

Surprisingly interesting third sequel to a Clive Barker classic. This one has lots of original ideas and very stylish direction & camerawork. Plot first takes to the future and then to the past, and after that to the present day - and it's still very slick and entertaining stuff. Wonder why the director uses the "Smithee"- pseudonym, there's no use to be ashamed of this film.

HENRY: PORTRAIT OF THE SERIAL KILLER. (1986). D: John McNaughton

Very disturbing and realistic entry (one of the first) on modern serial killer subgenre. Not easy to watch, but reached a cult status for a good reason.

HEROIC TRIO. (1992). D: Siu-Tung Ching, Johnny To

Absolutely great and slick fantasy/action film, with a great female trio: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Anita Mui! If you're not familiar with Hong Kong action flicks, this is good one to start with. Original title: Tong Fong Sam Hop.

HEROIC TRIO 2: THE EXECUTIONERS. (1993). D: Siu-Tung Ching, Johnny To

Sadly the sequel is really an average Hong Kong action-flick. But: average Hong Kong movie is usually better than average western action movie.

HIDER IN THE HOUSE. (1991). D: Matthew Patrick

Gary Busey acts perfectly as psychopath, who gets attracted to Mimi Rogers. He gets obsessed to her and moves to secret place in her family's house. Otherwise very average psychothriller but Busey's performance makes it work good.

HIDDEN. (1987). D: Jack Sholder

Very fun and slick horror-scifi-actioner which has alien parasite from outer space making ordinary people act crazy and violent - actually the parasite digs heavy rock and driving cars! Kyle MacLachlan, the FBI agent from outer space(?) goes after the parasite with human being Michael Nouri. One of the best action movies of 80's.

HIDDEN 2. (1993). D: Seth Pinsker

Why did they make this? Best scenes are the flashbacks of original film.

HIGHWAY TO HELL. (1990). D: Ate De Jong

High above average horror-comedy, which still leaves a familiar "something's missing" feeling. Chad Lowe goes to hell, after Hellcop - the cop from hell, get it? - kidnaps his girlfriend Kristy Swanson. We are allowed to meet some ugliest and gruesome persons, even though Satan himself is handsome man.

HILLS HAVE EYES. (1977). D: Wes Craven

Cannibal family kills the parents of normal family, and hunt the rest. No signs of teenager horror, like later in Craven's films. This one is one hell of an adult horror flick.

HITCHER. (1986). D: Robert Harmon

Rutger Hauer in his best role so far, as the hitchhiker who changes C. Thomas Howell's life into a living hell. Gruesome killings and disturbing suspense makes this slasher a winner.

HIT MAN. (1972). D: George Armitage

Pretty good blaxploitation thriller/drama features Bernie Casey as tough mutha whose brother is murdered by porn movie makers. Now he's on streets to seek for revenge. Starring Pam Grier, too. White version of same story, Get Carter starred Michael Caine two years earlier.

HITTER. (1977). D: Christopher Leitch

Very cool blaxploitation film of an ex-boxer(Ron "Superfly" O'Neal) who now plays just billiard and with women. Groovy music, funny-sounding jive talk and enough action makes this one a winner.

HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD II. (1989). D: Steve Barnett

Low-budget parody of making of low-budget action flicks, produced by Roger Corman! Cameo by Jim Wynorski! Starring Ginger Lynn Allen (former porn-star, nowadays better known from Metallica's "Turn the page" video)! Sounds interesting, but sadly misses the point somewhere during the film. Few great and funny scenes.

HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS. (1987). D: Fred Olen Ray

Great title, too bad that funny idea isn't slick enough - or more important, fun enough - to reach "thumbs up" from me. With Gunnar Hansen(Leatherface from the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Linnea Quigley - among few more scream queens.

HORROR EXPRESS. (1972). D: Gene (Eugenio) Martin

This spanish horror flick stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas, and is actually pretty good movie. Life force from outer space makes passengers of train into corpses - with effective blank eyes.

HORROR STAR. (1981). D: Norman Thaddeus Vane

Boring campy horrorflick about horrorflick star, who wants to have Academy Award - from the dead. Few fun moments but that's it.

HOUSE. (1986). D: Steve Miner

Haunted house horror comedy with William Katt and George Wendt is very fun to watch. It's harmless and slick, and doesn't try to be more than a great entertainment.

HOUSE 2 : THE SECOND STORY. (1987). D: Ethan Wiley

Am I the only one who likes this film? OK, it's not horror-comedy - it's adventure-comedy with touches of a horror film. Should I watch this again and tell if I still like it?

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY. (1981). D: Lucio Fulci

Gory stuff from Lucio, but is only slightly better than usually.

HOUSE OF WAX. (1953). D: Andre de Toth

Great, suspenseful fifties horror movie starring always great Vincent Price. Corpses covered by wax in wax museum sounds a pretty good idea!

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL. (1958). D: William Castle

A true ghost house classic from the imaginative director Castle. Vincent Price as the billionaire, who offers a thousands of dollars to a group of people if they spend the night in his creepy haunted house. Best shock: a horrific-looking witch who moves forward with roller skates.

HOUSE ON SKULL MOUNTAIN. (1974). D: Ron Honthaner

No surprises, but still an entertaining "haunted house"-movie with all-black cast. If you want to get familiar with blaxploitation, check out rather Coffy - for example.

HOWLING. (1981). D: Joe Dante

Classic werewolf flick, and the most famous 80's werewolf story with Landis' American Werewolf In London. Howling is slightly more serious, but still has few humorous scenes. Great FX by Rob Bottin - wonder when the werewolf movies make a comeback, this time they have the chance to use computer graphics (well, American Werewolf in Paris really sucked because of computer graphics...)

HOWLING 4. (1988). D: John Hough

Very very bad sequel that should be forgotten. Yuck.

HUEVOS DE ORO. (1993). D: Bigas Luna

Sex-packed tragicomedy from this great Spanish director, and again a satire about macho-lifestyle. Tells a story of a building workerer with dream to build highest skyscraper in the city. Really crude at the times, and the end surely isn't happy. English title (I suppose) is Golden Balls.

HUMAN TORNADO. (1976). D: Cliff Roquemore

Sequel to blaxploitation semi-classic Dolemite presents again lead actor Rudy Ray Moore as foul-mouthed badass. No surprises since the formula was presented in original, but nevertheless it works like a... human tornado. Of course the acting is terrible, the plot is nonsensical and low-budget seems to peek in every corner, but they are important elements making these films as fun as they can be.

HUNGER. (1983). D: Tony Scott

Stylish vampire yarn with cast including David Bowie, Suran Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve. And it still fails! A plot has absolutely nothing in it, characters are cold (that may be in purpose) and whole movie is nothing but a showcase of cameramen and art directors.

HUNTING ASH. (1992). D: Mitsunori Hattori

Original title : CHOKOUSO HANTINGU. Abnormal Species Humanoid (A.S.H.) have been living on earth since early 80's and they look almost like humans - only a "root" growing from their back reveals them. ASH are trying to take over the world by sexual contacts to human beings - special police units hunt ASH but these damn humanoids have deadly telepathic talent. A fast-paced, high-tech sci-fi action thriller that should get better attention from western world. FX are good enough and there's plenty of action, violence and sex to get you interested. Story works most of the time too so why not expand your viewing habits to Japanese cinema?