I was never in a band growing up, but if I had been, I probably wouldn’t have found a weird monster to drive me around in a van. But if I had, I definitely would have written a song about it. Uncle Peckerhead is the tale of one such band, joyfully named Duh, that does […]
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Offerings (1989)
Little John Radley had a crappy childhood. He takes his frustrations out on his pets because his dad abandoned him, his mom is abusive and the neighborhood kids pick on him because he doesn’t talk. The only nice thing in his life seems to be his lone friend, Gretchen. But even Gretchen can’t save him […]
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The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
A string of women connected to a blackmail conspiracy are being brutally murdered in Rome. The killer is paralyzing his victims with specialized acupuncture needles before slicing open their stomachs while they can do nothing but helplessly watch. Now it’s up to Inspector Tellini to track down this mad murderer. Unfortunately for him, the killer […]
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Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
Puppet Master 5 began its task of trying to win me back over by opening with a scene that I suspect occurs to all horror movie survivors after the credits roll. By that I mean, having the police arrest the main character on suspicion of murder for all of the deaths that occurred in the previous film.
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Blind Woman’s Curse (1970)
During a rain-drenched showdown between two Yakuza factions, Akemi, the leader of one faction, inadvertently slices the eyes of an innocent woman trying to protect her relative. She looks down to see a cat lapping up the fallen woman’s blood before the feline attacks her, in an act that Akemi is convinced is the product […]
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Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Incredibly young (is he even out of High School?), Rick, is researching artificial intelligence at his lab in the Bodega Bay Inn as part of a study called the Omega Project. Though Rick has already discovered Blade, he is oblivious to Blade being alive or the puppets significance to his research. It isn’t until Rick friends Suzie, Laura and Cameron show up, and they all discover the old trunk belonging to Andre Toulon, that Rick figures out how Blade seems to magically appear in various places around the hotel.
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Puppet Master II (1990)
Puppet Master II takes place not long after the first. On a dark and stormy night, the puppets descend on Shady Oaks Cemetery. After the fiasco with their last master from the first movie, the puppets seek the guidance of their original mentor, Andre Toulon (who died in 1941 now, instead of 1939). The puppets […]
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Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (1992)
In 1957, a mentally unstable priest, Father Jonas, snaps and kills two teenagers with a metal crucifix while they’re making out in the back seat of their car on prom night. His fellow clergymen at the seminary, convinced he is possessed by a demon and not wanting to cause a scandal, apprehend Jonas and lock […]
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Puppet Master (1989)
In 1939, the titular Puppet Master, Andre Toulon, is hiding out in the high-end Bogada Bay Inn. Using some sort of ancient Egyptian secret, Toulon has somehow managed to bring the marionettes he creates to life. Two of his creations inform him that some sort of German assassins are coming for him. But Toulon is unconcerned and seems resigned to his fate.
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The Redeemer: Son of Satan (1978)
AKA: Class Reunion Massacre A murderous preacher with a flair for the dramatic traps a group of six former classmates in an isolated, abandoned school after luring them there on the pretext of a class reunion. Deeming the old friends ‘sinners’ and wishing to ‘redeem’ them, the preacher locks them all in their old, run-down […]
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