Evilspeak (1981)
In 15th Century Spain, a monk named Estaban and his followers are excommunicated from the church for being devil worshipers. As a final epic FU to the inquisitors, he sacrifices some poor, nameless lass on a beach. Cut to present day and we’re introduced to poor social outcast Stanley Coopersmith. Stanley is not only unpopular […]
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Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Catherine Spages is preparing for the first communion of her young, popular daughter, Karen, while simultaneously trying to fend off the jealousy the event is causing in her older daughter, Alice. Alice, it turns out, is anything but sweet. She’s an outcast, sullen, has problems at school and is prone to tantrums. So when Karen […]
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Nightmare City (1980)
AKA City of the Walking Dead AKA INCUBO Sulla Citta Contaminata Television reporter Dean Miller is sent to the airport to interview a scientist about a recent nuclear disaster. But when he and his cameraman get there the airport is in the middle of an emergency situation. An unmarked, and seemingly unmanned military aircraft is […]
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Blood Freak (1971)
Motorcycle riding Herschel helps a stranded motorist, Angel, on the road. She takes him to her place, only to find her sister, Anne, having some kind of drug party in the living room with all her ‘friends.’ Angel and Anne are clearly rivals and opposites in every way. Angel is the conservative bible thumper and […]
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Dressed to Kill (1980)
Kate Miller seems to have a good life. She’s got a handsome husband and is a loving mother to a kind, brilliant, highly motivated teenage son. Yet she’s also a sexually frustrated housewife who yearns for more passion in her life (don’t we all). After a talk with her therapist, Kate decides to take a […]
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The Hooker Cult Murders (1973)
AKA The Pyx Detective Henderson and his partner are tasked with investigating the suspicious death of a young woman seen falling from a high-rise, their only clues to her identity being an upside-down crucifix and a small metal box. During the course of their investigation they find out that the woman is Elizabeth Lucy, a […]
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Sleepstalker: The Sandman’s Last Rites (1995)
Sleepstalker: The Sandman’s Last Rites You sure it’s not Mudman? No? Alright. Thanks to some quick thinking by the local police, a young boy named Griffin becomes the sole survivor of a crazed serial killer known only as The Sandman. Seventeen years later Griffin is a grown man whose nightmare is about to come to […]
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Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
High school senior, Trish, is planning a private party at her house for her teammate friends while her parents are out of town. Unfortunately for them (and other members of the populace), a local psycho has just escaped the confines of his cell and he’s got his heart set on crashing their little shindig. Par…tay? […]
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