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Jean Rollin And The Tragedy Of The Living Dead Girl

Jean Rollin’s lyrical, gore-drenched zombie film is one of the overlooked masterpieces of European horror cinema.

Mayhem Film Festival 2023: Door

Opening our preview of Mayhem Film Festival highlights with a look at an extraordinary and forgotten Japanese study in obsession and psychosis.

Gore Blimey: The Zombie Holocaust World Of Dr Butcher

One of the more outrageous films from the Golden Age of Italian exploitation cinema.

Valentine’s Day Massacres

It’s not all about flowers and romance – here are the movies that rip the heart out of Valentine’s Day.

The Reprobate Movie Night: The Flesh Eaters

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A new, semi-regular collection of obscure cult classics to enjoy in their entirety kicks off with this 1960s splattery shocker.

Gore – The Outrageous French Splatter Fiction Series

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Not for the faint of heart – a sordid collection of outrageous and extreme pulp fiction novel cover art from France.

Anthropophagous II: An Exercise In Worthless Opportunism

The newly-made follow-up – in name only – to the notorious Video Nasty is not an enjoyable viewing experience.

Evilio – A Relentlessly Nasty Short Film From Spain

A Spanish slasher short that left unsuspecting TV viewers aghast in the early 1990s.

My Adventures In Horror Film Making

Melissa Todd takes part in a low-budget horror movie production and lives to tell the tale.

Halloween Hammer: Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell

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Concluding our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the last gasp of the traditional gothic horror and the final chapter in the Frankenstein saga.

Halloween Hammer: Hands Of The Ripper

Continuing our look at Hammer Horror with one of the company’s most impressive works from the 1970s.

Adventures In Illegal Distribution: Gorotica

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Remembering the oddball world of underground video production, tape trading and sexploitation splatter movies.