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04. The Cage (1947, USA) Sidney Peterson [short] B&W 28 Min. -

worth seeing
Ballet mécanique for the beatnik crowd.

05. Beyond the Darkness (1979, Italy) Joe D'Amato -

worth seeing
Sort of a Eurosleaze take on the Ed Gein story, this is one those horror films that is compulsively watchable despite never being quite successful at what its going for. It has quite a bit of notoriety amongst gorehounds for a few scenes of body dismemberment and yet another deadly cool score by The Goblins. Serious genre nuts only on this one…

06. The Night Stalker (1972, USA) John Llewellynn Moxey -

a must see

07. The Dead Next Door (1989, USA) J.R. Bookwalter -

worth seeing

09. Troll (1986, Canada) John Carl Buechler -

worthless

10. Bad Biology (2008, USA) Frank Henenlotter -

a must see [B]

11. Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture (1973, Japan) Teruo Ishii -

worth seeing

12. In the Mood for Doyle (2007, France) Yves Montmayeur -

worth seeing [C]

15. Death Note: The Last Name (2006, Japan) Shusuke Kaneko -

has redeeming facet [D]

16. Christmas, U.S.A. (1949, USA) Gregory J. Markopoulos [short] B&W 13 Min. -

has redeeming facet

17. Adventures of Jimmy (1950, US) James Broughton [short] B&W 10 Min. -

worth seeing

18. Interim (1952, USA) Stan Brakhage [short] B&W 24 Min. -

a must see

19. Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection (1953, USA) Stan Brakhage [short] B&W 29 Min. -

a must see

20. Viva (2007, USA) Anna Biller -

Excellent [A-]

22. Troll 2 (1990, Italy) Claudio Fragasso -

worthless

24. Dead in 3 Days (2006, Austria) Andreas Prochaska -

has redeeming facet [D+]

26. Home Movie (2008, USA) Christopher Denham -

worth seeing [C+]

29. The Way to the Shadow Garden (1954, USA) Stan Brakhage [short] B&W 11 Min. -

a must see

30. The Extraordinary Child (1954, USA) Stan Brakhage [short] B&W 13 Min. -

has redeeming facet

35. Synecdoche, New York (2008,USA) Charlie Kaufman -

a must see [B]

36. Alien Raiders (2008, USA) Ben Rock -

worth seeing [C]

37. The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977, Italy) Luciano Martino -

worth seeing

A good helping of Euro-Sleaze, like a greasy cheeseburger, just feels right every now and then… In that case Andrea Bianchi is my Dave Thomas.

38. On Evil Grounds (2008, Austria) Peter Koller -

worth seeing [C]

39. Fear(s) of the Dark (2007, France) Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire -

has redeeming facet [D+]

Great animation means nothing when it’s doing service to a story that would barely pass as interesting in graphic form…

40. Redneck Zombies (1987, USA) Pericles Lewnes -

worthless

Could barely finish…

41. Scar (2007, USA) Jeb Weintrob -

worthless [F]

Cocktail mix of current trends in Torture Porn and 80’s slasher tropes that manages to bring out many of the worst and least interesting elements of each horror movement. A Jigsaw-like serial killer tortures innocent teens to ludicrous extremes and some 10 years after the fact returns to the same town to resume his M.O. on a fresh virginal flock. Angela Bettis (May) is completely wasted in a lead role that requires nothing more than a solemn facial expression and running in the dark. Some producer tried to spice this up after the fact by releasing it in 3-D, a decision only made worse by the film’s cruddy looking DV photography.

43. The Office - Complete Series (2001, UK) Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Highly recommended

44. 42nd Street Forever (2005, USA) Trailer Compilation - Recommended

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