As if shit wasn't insane enough in the world today, we have recently discovered that there are flesh-burrowing, blood-sucking insects that will literally chase your ass down! So what should we be watching now? The 1993 splattery monster epic TICKS of course! www.videojunkie.org/2012/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: TICKS (1993)

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Phew! With the weather broiling the country with a vengeance, what better to talk about than Edward Murphy's HEATED VENGEANCE? (yeah, I hear you groaning!) Richard Hatch is a Nam vet running afoul of drug dealers that include Mills Watson and Michael J. Pollard! www.videojunkie.org/2010/07/hell...

Hell in the Jungle: HEATED VENGEANCE (1985)

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My PC is finally out of the hospital and recovering nicely! We celebrate with Toei's attempt to create a DTV series that incorporates their Metal Heroes franchise with ROBOCOP! Amazingly, coming soon to blu-ray. Sometimes this timeline doesn't suck. www.videojunkie.org/2014/07/cybe...

Cyber Monday: LADY BATTLE COP (1990)

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Since it turns out that the Book of Revelations was pretty much on the nose in our current timeline, what better to talk about than the completely absurd attempt to resurrect the OMEN series? Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, fresh off of 1989's HALLOWEEN 5! www.videojunkie.org/2013/11/sata...

Satanic Panic: OMEN IV: THE AWAKENING (1991)

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During any given catastrophe, be it personal, local or global, I try to think of the upside. How about movies? Yes, that's my answer to everything, but here we have Nick Millard trying his hand at military maneuvers with Marland Proctor! www.videojunkie.org/2012/02/mond...

Mondo Millard: THE TERRORISTS (1980?)

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Reggie Bannister of PHANTASM fame is, not one of, but the nicest, most genuine and honest people that I'd ever met. Never mind that he was the coolest ice cream man ever, but he is just a great human being and could use all of our support right now. www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...

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With all of the crazy in modern politics, it's crazier when you look back at JACK TILLMAN: THE SURVIVALIST (1987) which feels downright prophetic with the collapse of society stemming from nothing but wingnut beliefs. Nobody does "wingnut" like Steve Railsback! www.videojunkie.org/2013/09/redn...

Redneck Rampage: JACK TILLMAN: THE SURVIVALIST (1987)

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If you've ever been in a hospital, you'll know, it's nothing like Boaz Davidson imagines it is. This is a shame because I could think of nothing more resuscitating than Barbi Benton running around in one! www.videojunkie.org/2012/10/medi...

Halloween Havoc: X-RAY (HOSPITAL MASSACRE) (1982)

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If you are a spelunker in the deep dark netherworld of low budget exploitation, you have seen a Matt Cimber film. In THE CANDY TANGERINE MAN (1975), Cimber actually delivers on the action-packed promise in the poster! This may come as a shock. www.videojunkie.org/2013/02/blac...

Black in Action: THE CANDY TANGERINE MAN (1975)

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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)! www.videojunkie.org/2013/07/cybe...

Cyber Monday: 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. www.videojunkie.org/2018/12/dece...

December to Dismember: RED CHRISTMAS (2016)

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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. www.videojunkie.org/2020/12/dece...

December to Dismember: MRS. CLAUS (2018)

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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! www.videojunkie.org/2018/12/dece...

December to Dismember: KRAMPUS ORIGINS (2018)

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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! www.videojunkie.org/2010/11/hein...

Heinous for the Holidays: THANKSKILLING (2009)

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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. www.videojunkie.org/2014/11/hein...

Heinous for the Holidays: HOME SWEET HOME (1981)

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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! www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: THE BLACK FOREST (2018)

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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)! www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: 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. www.videojunkie.org/2025/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE Series (1986-2017) Part 2

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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...

Halloween Havoc: Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE Series (1986-2017) Part 1

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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)! www.videojunkie.org/2013/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: 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. www.videojunkie.org/2016/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: AMITYVILLE DOLLHOUSE (1996)

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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! www.videojunkie.org/2012/10/hall...

Halloween Havoc: THE CHILDREN OF THE CORN III - URBAN HARVEST (1993)

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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. www.videojunkie.org/2014/06/abys...

Abyss-mal Cinema: LEVIATHAN (1989)

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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. www.videojunkie.org/2013/05/shar...

Shark Attack Summer: SHARK NIGHT 3D (2011)

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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. www.videojunkie.org/2014/04/medi...

Medical Deviates: TERMINAL CHOICE (1985)

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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! www.videojunkie.org/2014/07/abys...

Abyss-mal Cinema: THE RIFT (aka ENDLESS DESCENT; 1990)

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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! www.videojunkie.org/2013/05/shar...

Shark Attack Summer: BAIT (2012)

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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). www.videojunkie.org/2014/06/abys...

Abyss-mal Cinema: DEEP BLUE SEA (1999)

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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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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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