Is Horror the Ultimate Form of Escapism?
CatBusRuss is not a practitioner of evil, but he is a fan of the art. No one deserves to die, but what is a good story without a few casualties? And if the deaths are just the same through out like the Bond films before the MPAA gave us G, M, R, and X, the audience would soon be tired of bloodless cinema. Celebrate cinematic sins whenever you can.
Horror Pictures (Sinful Cinema)
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2001 Maniacs (2005)
Robert Englund and Lyn Shaye are Confederate ghosts murdering Yankee spring breakers.
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A24 Elevated Horror Marathon in Alphabetical Order
For GalaxyCon Des Moines, CatBusRuss and the Dread Pirate Syzer from Skies of Fortune are going to be guests on each others’ panels. Russ needed to quickly become an expert in A24, so he partook in a preparation binge of “Death of a Unicorn”, “Heretic”, “Men”, and “Midsummer”.
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Antibirth (2016)
Natasha Lyonne is a hard-partying slacker who suddenly finds herself pregnant. But that is impossible since the gestation was less than a day. Is it alien? Is it a government experiment? Will her lack of patience be her DIY abortion?
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Biohazard (1985)
What happens when you decide to shoot an “Alien” ripoff with 40-something pin-up girls and your backyard.
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David Cronenberg and His Rabid Gangster Bugs
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Dance of the Dead (2008)
CatBusRuss and Mitchell Whitt from the “Morbidly Macabre” podcast discuss an under seen zombie comedy with all it takes to be Romero approved.
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Dark Glasses (2022)
Dario Argento’s first film since “Dracula 3D”. Does this tale about a recently blinded woman and immigrant orphan evading a serial killer demonstrate that the master still has it?
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Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Lesbian vampires inspired by Elizabeth Bathory attempt to steal a newly wed wife from her increasingly abusive husband.
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The Brilliance of Stuart Gordon
"Castle Freak" and "Dagon" are all low-budget bangers. And after Russ brings up the 2013 no-budget stinker "Eternal Damn Nation", you will have a greater appreciation of the man who did the most to honor H.P. Lovecraft's horrors (and, to a lesser extent, Tommy Wiseau).
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Gothika (2003)
Halle Berry is locked up in the mental institution she worked at after murdering her husband. There she is haunted and lead to believe that she must have had a just motivation.
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
The conclusion of the “Apocalypse Trilogy” focuses on an insurance investigators task to locate an unstable horror novelist who out sells Stephen King. To succeed he must survive rabid readers and the authors insistence that everything he writes changes reality.
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"The New York Ripper" (1982) & "Out of the Dark" (2014)
A brutal Lucio Fulci classic and Julia Stiles in a dull, environmental-themed ghost story.
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Night of the Demons (1988)
CatBusRuss and Tim Bates chat up a classic horror comedy that shows us how under-appreciated Kevin Tenney is.
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Powerbomb (2020)
Independent wrestling legend Matt Cross is kidnapped by a fan who is obsessed with the idea of getting him to the WWE. Torture is to be endured and his only hope is his wife to find him. If only she can stop his agent from stalking her.
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Red Lips (1995)
A woman desperately trying to survive on the streets of New York decides to try a new vaccine for $100 a day. She suddenly desires to taste human blood. Is that a bug or a feature?
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Spiral (2021) & Nocturne (2016)
Chris Rock provides “Saw” fans with a worthwhile fix. It beats the no-budget confusion of the “award-winning” 2016 possession movie.
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Torso (1973)
A serial killer has started murdering women at an Italian university. Surely, the safest thing is to run off to the countryside where the killer would not follow. Obviously, our cavalcade of lasses do not understand how stalkers operate.
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You're Next (2011)
A family reunion is ambushed by a duo of animal-masked killers. Too bad they didn’t plan of an Australian survivalist being a family member’s plus one.