Hellmaster (1992)

Directed by Douglas Schulze

Starring John Saxon, David Emge and Amy Raasch

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The Birds II: Land's End (1994)

Clip: "Hey you chicken-livered mainlanders..."



Watch the entire movie here:



Directed by Alan Smithee (aka Rick Rosenthal)

Starring Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field and Tippi Hedren

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Death Spa (1990)

"Hand-Mixer Massacre" scene.


"Exploding Mirror" scene.


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Directed by Michael Fischa

Starring Ken Foree, William Bumiller and Brenda Bakke.

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Dolly Dearest (1992)

Directed by Maria Lease

Starring Denise Crosby, Rip Torn and Sam Bottoms

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The Sect (La Setta) aka The Devil's Daughter (1991)

Directed by Michele Soavi

Produced by Dario Argento

Starring Kelly Curtis and Herbert Lom

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Fatal Frames: Fotogrammi Mortali (1996)

The awful, mind-destroying music video within the movie. Be warned.



Directed by Al Festa

Starring Stefania Stella, David Warbeck (The Beyond), Alida Valli (Suspiria), Linnea Quigley (Savage Streets), Donald Pleasance (Halloween) and Angus Scrimm (Phantasm). Woah!

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Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

Directed by William Lustig.

Written by Larry Cohen.

Starring Robert Z'Dar, Robert Davi, Claudia Christian and Bruce Campbell.

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Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)

Directed by William Lustig and Joel Soisson.

Written by Larry Cohen.

Starring Robert Z'Dar, Robert Davi, Robert Forster, Jackie Earl Haley and Caitlin Dulany.

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A Cat In The Brain (1990) aka Nightmare Concert

Directed by Lucio Fulci.

Starring Lucio Fulci.

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Technically not Fulci's last film, but A Cat in the Brain is his last real memorable one and it is a total blast of gore drenched insanity starring the auteur himself.

It was also remarkable in that it came after two total duds in the made for TV films "Sweet House Of Horrors" and "House Of Clocks". In a way, Cat In The Brain probably owes it's ferocity to the constraints of television Fulci had recently experienced but it is much more than that.

Fulci lashes out at his morally outraged critics and scolding psychiatrists who hounded the director all throughout his lengthy and outrageous career. Despite all the severed heads and hacked off limbs, this is a high concept, Fellini-type film where Fulci plays himself, making this a sort of hyper-violent "8 1/2".

To expect this film to be as good as something like "City Of The Living Dead" (still my favourite Fulci film) or "The Beyond" is not realistic, but for latter day Fulci, this is as good as it gets.

Grindhouse Releasing has just put out a double disc DVD of Cat In The Brain with all sorts of extra Fulci content such as interviews and convention footage.

Go get it while you can.

Popcorn (1991)

Directed by Mark Herrier.

Starring Jill Schoelen and Dee Wallace.

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Cruel Jaws (1995)

Directed by Bruno Mattei.

Starring David Luther.

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A mind-blowing rip-off of Jaws that actually uses footage from Steven Spielberg's movie as well as Jeannot Szwarc's sequel Jaws 2. What's even better is that this re-uses a ton of footage from Enzo G. Castellari's "Great White" from 1980 which was even more of a rip-off of Jaws than this one. In fact, "Great White" was pulled from distribution after Universal sued.

So this is a second-generation rip-off I guess. It was actually marketed as "Jaws 5" in some regions. Genius.

Mattei was responsible for other great Italian schlock like "Hell of the Living Dead", "Violence In A Women's Prison" and the unheralded dystopia film "Rats".

There are many great moments in this trailer, such as when the little girl in the wheelchair is accidentally dumped into the water and the various re-enactments of scenes from Jaws like the little dog who is the Italian version of "Pippet".

Try and figure out how much footage is actually from Jaws (there is a lot).

Shock 'Em Dead (1991)

Continuing with our possession theme, Shock 'Em Dead is a late entry into the short-lived Heavy Metal horror genre but it's a memorable one. It was made in the 90's but its heart is in 1986. This of course stars ex-porn star Traci Lords right after her successful stint in John Waters "Cry Baby".

This trailer has all the elements and goes for the gold right away with a shameless breast exposure. Also watch for nods to the Exorcist and the classic quote, "When you make a deal with the devil, there's always a catch".

If you like fare such as Trick Or Treat, Black Roses or Rock and Roll Zombies, you'll dig this.

Shockingly, this hasn't been put out on DVD yet so you'll have a hard time tracking it down.

Directed by Mark Freed.

Starring Traci Lords, Troy Donahue and Aldo Ray.

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Troll 2 (1990)

Directed by Claudio Fragasso.

Starring Michael Stephenson, Robert Ormsby and George Hardy.

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Be sure to visit the Troll 2 fan website - BestWorstMovie.com

Demonia (1990)

Directed by Lucio Fulci.

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Voices From Beyond (1991) (German Language)

Directed by Lucio Fulci.

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The Ambulance (1990)

Directed by Larry Cohen. Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons and Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless!)

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Bride of Re-Animator (1990) UK trailer

Directed by Brian Yuzna. Starring Jeffrey Combs.

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Dark Waters (1993)

Directed by Mariano Baino

Starring Louise Salter

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Frankenhooker (1990)

Directed by Frank Henenlotter.

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Directed by Brian Yuzna.