By Melissa Antoinette Garza You say video nasty, I say ooh-la-la! It’s kind of like the tomato/tomahto thing, but just a whole lot sexier. EXPOSÉ (1976) or as it’s otherwise known as TRAUMA and HOUSE ON STRAW HILL begins with writer Paul Martin (Udo Kier) and his lover Suzanne (Fiona […]
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BLOOD FOR DRACULA (1974) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza BLOOD FOR DRACULA (1974) aka Andy Warhol’s DRACULA, begins with the Count (Udo Kier) putting on cosmetics. One of my kicks is certainly watching a sexy gent delicately apply makeup. I often just watch a video of Klaus Nomi in front of a mirror doing the […]
Female Vampire (1973) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza The movies of Jesús Franco are so much fun! I love them for so many reasons. The blood, sex, odd stories and strange visuals that turn off so many draws me in. One of reasons I sometimes socialize with the straight-laced is because I get […]
Sodoma’s Ghost (1988) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Leave it to Italian horror icon Lucio Fulci to write and direct a film about sexually frustrated Nazi ghosts terrorizing tourists. The film opens in Paris during WWII. Some Nazis are hanging in a villa having an orgy. Voyeur Aryan bastard Willy (Robert Egon) walks […]
SEVEN DEAD IN THE CAT’S EYE (1973) Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza This film opens with a murder, a kitty and an orangutan in that order. If that doesn’t captivate you immediately, it’s on you. After a man is murdered by an unseen individual with a cat, we see Corringa (Jane Birkin) being brought to her Aunt’s […]
The Stepfather II (1989) Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Attentive father and loving husband, Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn) survived a horrific near fatal assault at the hands of his spoiled step-daughter and bitchy, nosy ex-wife. They weren’t even the first fam, Jerry tried to brighten up with his presence. He was forced to kill the […]
The Evil (1978) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza THE EVIL (1978) opens with caretaker Sam (Ed Bakey) tending to an old mansion awaiting the arrival of a real estate agent (Milton Selzer) and potential buyer C.J. Arnold (Richard Crenna). Sam hears voices and laughter. He does the dumbest thing possible and follows it. The […]
The Body Beneath (1970) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza THE BODY BENEATH (1970) starts off with Anna Ford (Susan Clark) placing flowers on her mother’s grave at a cemetery right before closing. Three blue-faced fem-vamps attack her on the way out. The vampires in this flick dislike sun, but it’s not a rule-breaker and they […]
Bloody Moon (1981) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I decided that I’m still in the mood to watch some Jesús Franco films so I’m delving a few years forward to 1981 and the German/Spain film BLOODY MOON (1981). The film opens with disfigured Miguel (Alexander Waechter) who is very self-conscience about his appearance. He […]
HOME SWEET HOME (1981) – THANKSGIVING HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Melissa Antoinette Garza There are not many Thanksgiving horror films out there. Thankfully, one of the few we do have, HOME SWEET HOME (1981) is a wonderful train wreck of insanity. It’s not subtle and it’s not high-brow. It’s over-the-top lunacy done with a self-awareness that makes for some […]
DEEP RED (1975) Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Dario Argento has provided horror with countless violent, gory sexy and genuinely scary films. DEEP RED (1975) is among his best. In the opening sequence we see a shadow of someone being stabbed while cheerful music is played and a Christmas tree can be seen in […]
HORSEPLAYER (1990) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza This is a difficult find typically. I have a VHS And bootleg DVD, but since I just noticed someone uploaded it to YOUTUBE under the name BRAD IS BUD, I figured it was available enough to review. Brad Dourif is one of the greatest actors of […]