A crazed killer goes on a rampage at a college campus, cutting up various young women and stealing their body parts, all so he can “piece” together the perfect woman.
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The Last Matinee (2020)
A group of movie goers get more of an immersive experience than they bargained for one afternoon, when they go to watch a cheesy horror movie and find themselves at the wrong end of a variety of pointy objects thanks to an unnamed psychopath with an obsession with eyeballs.
Read moreSeven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye (1973) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
If you read the title and immediately asked whether there is a cat in this giallo, I’m happy to inform you that yes, there is indeed a cat. Often times gialli have animals referenced in their titles but don’t actually use them; that’s not the case here. There’s a cat walking around, and guess how […]
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Schizoid (1980)
AKA: Murder by Mail Julie works as an advice columnist at the local newspaper. She’s been on-edge lately because she’s been receiving anonymous cut-out notes threatening her with increasing levels of violence. But no matter where she turns, no one seems to be willing to help her. The police say they can’t do anything for […]
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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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The Vampire Doll (1970)
AKA The Legacy of Dracula: The Vampire Doll AKA The Night of the Vampire AKA Legacy of Dracula After a six month long business trip, Kazuhiko braves a horrendous storm and travels out into the remote Japanese countryside to visit his girlfriend (fiance?), Yuko. Upon arriving at the estate he is coldly informed by Yuko’s […]
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The Killing Hour (1982)
AKA The Clairvoyant A woman and two men are found dead in quick succession. Each one of them murdered, and each one of them bound with a pair of handcuffs. The police, headed by Det. Larry Weeks, are afraid there’s a serial killer on the loose, but are unable to link the three individuals, despite […]
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A Blade In The Dark (1983)
AKA: La Casa Con La Scala Nel Buio Musician Bruno is doing a score for an upcoming horror film. His director is notoriously secretive about the endings of her films, and as this is Bruno’s first time scoring a horror movie, she wants him to be able to capture the right mood. So the studio […]
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I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
I Know Who Killed Me is about a young student named Aubrey Fleming. She’s a small town girl living a peaceful little life until the day she gets abducted by a creepy killer who likes to wear blue. Miraculously, unlike the unfortunate previous victim, Aubrey turns up alive and well, minus a couple of appendages. […]
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
One good write-up deserves another, so why not just jump right in to this quasi-remake, shall we? Over 60 years after the events depicted in the first film, the masked Phantom had returned to stalk and kill people in poor, little Texarkana. Huh, this looks familiar… After leaving a showing of The Town That Dreaded […]
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