Need more gore? Check out these four
If a full day's worth of cinematic terror doesn't quench your Halloween thirst, the Exhumed quartet has recommended a further four obscurities for ideal Halloween viewing:
If a full day's worth of cinematic terror doesn't quench your Halloween thirst, the Exhumed quartet has recommended a further four obscurities for ideal Halloween viewing:
Dan Fraga: "Dead and Buried" (1981, directed by Gary Sherman)
"An underseen, underrated, creepy little flick from the early '80s. For years it was my ritual to watch this film every Halloween."
Joseph Gervasi: "The Cremator" (1968, Juraj Herz)
"While not a horror film per se, this jet-black expressionist fantasy is a nightmare of madness and state-sponsored killing (no, not by the Bush administration this time, but by the Nazis). Herz later reached Gothic heights in his take on 'Beauty and the Beast' and the wicked 'Morgiana,' but 'The Cremator' is the film that will make you forget all those inane slasher films you love."
Harry Guerro: "Femmes De Sade" (1976, Alex de Renzy)
"Journey into a wicked world, that of the North Beach district of San Francisco in the mid-1970s. Here, in its rare uncut form, you will see sights that have been expurgated from modern cinema. A freakishly Frankensteinian ex-con stalks 'working girls' and any other women in his path while all around him the bacchanal of a long-gone scene writhes and squirms. In the end, the weaver is caught in the web that he made at a costume party (your very own Halloween connection) and made to suffer for his egregious transgressions."
Jesse Nelson: "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973, John Newland)
"I saw this back in the '70s when it was being rebroadcast as a late night feature. Despite being a TV movie, the film not only delivers the scares but is also fairly downbeat and never shies away from showing the monsters - which still hold up."