Tokyo Home Stay Massacre (2020)
Kenta Osaka and Hirohito Takimoto have teamed up to direct this tale of three Americans who escape to Japan to have fun, but end up trapped in the home of a crazy family who wish to sacrifice them to their gods. You have to give it to the sales team for the tagline: “You’re not […]
The Last Exorcist (2020)
Danny Trejo has a pretty solid gig these days. Show up for a few minutes in a direct to streaming movie, get the check and keep on being cool. He’s a dependable name above the credits even if he’s only in your movie for a little while. Joan Campbell (Rachele Brooke Smith) must battle a […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 13: Concorde Affaire ’79 (1979)
DAY 13. OPEN SOAR: This should focus on flying or aviation somehow. I’ve gone on record proclaiming my love for the Airport movies, specifically their continual devolution from high end picture to scummy cash-in — and therefore, more awesome films — as the series progressed. By Airport ’77, things had become goofy. And by The Concorde … […]
SLASHER WEEK: Evil Ed (1995)
The editor of Loose Limbs has killed himself, so Edward Tor Swenson gets the job. However, the more that he works on the film, the closer he gets to insanity, as a mental patient tells him that he needs to “correct the world.” At once a slasher movie and a protest against Swedish censorship, Evil Ed made […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 13: Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019)
Day 13: Open Soar: This one should focus on flying or aviation somehow. “Please keep your tray tables — and crucifixes — in the upright position at all times!”— from the smartly-written Shout! Factory press kit. So, did you hear the one about the priest, a rabbi, and an airline pilot captain who boarded a […]
SLASHER MONTH: Video Violence (1987)
Writer and director Gary Cohen was working in a video store and noticed that no one was renting any of the classic films that he loved. They were all renting slashers. One day, a mother asked him if I Dismember Mama had any sex in it. He told her that it didn’t, but it had […]
SLASHER MONTH: The Ghost Dance (1982)
The makers of 1982’s The Ghost Dance — don’t stop, don’t stop the Ghost Dance — deserve credit for their bold decision to create the first Native American slasher. The film tells the compelling story of a medicine man named Aranjo, who becomes possessed by the spirit of Nahalla, a warrior with a deep-seated hatred for […]
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