Review, buy Slasher Movies: Stepfather II [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Hostel/Hostel 2/Shrooms (Triple Pack) [Blu-ray], Halloween [Blu-ray] [2007], Terror Night [1987], The Pool [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sleazy Slashers (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sisters of Death [1976] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dating Death [2004] (Region 1)(NTSC), Headhunter [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Asylum [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Curse of Lizzie Borden II: Promo Night [2008], Wedding Slashers [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Don't Go in the House! [1980], Hostel [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Shark Hunter [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), I Know What You Did Last Summer/I Still Know What You Did Last Summer [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Junior [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Playgirl Killer [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Jackhammer Massacre [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Review Miramax / Stepfather II [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Stepfather II [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Miramax)

Actors & Directors

Jonathan Brandis
Terry O'Quinn
Jeff Burr
Caroline Williams
Henry Brown
Meg Foster

Release date: 2003-03-04
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £13.20

Review Stepfather II [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:

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Hostel/Hostel 2/Shrooms (Triple Pack) [Blu-ray] (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Paddy Breathnach
Linsey Haun
Eythor Gudjonsson
Jan Vlasak
Derek Richardson
Eli Roth
Jack Huston

Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 277 min.
Price: £64.99

Review Hostel/Hostel 2/Shrooms (Triple Pack) [Blu-ray] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Hostel Well-made for the genre-the excessive-skin-displayed-before-gruesome-bloody-torture-begins genre-Hostel follows two randy Americans (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights, and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd) and an even randier Icelander (Eythor Gudjonsson) as they trek to Slovakia, where they're told beautiful girls will have sex with anyone with an American accent. Unfortunately, the girls will also sell young Americans to a company that offers victims to anyone who will pay to torture and murder. To his credit, writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) takes his time setting things up, laying a realistic foundation that makes the inevitable spilling of much blood all the more gruesome. The sardonic joke, of course, is that Americans are worth the most in this brothel of blood because everyone else in the world wants to take revenge upon them. This dark humor and political subtext help set Hostel above its more brainless sadistic compatriots, like House of Wax or The Devil's Rejects. In general, though, there's something lacking; horror used to suggest some threat to the spirit-today's horror can conceive of nothing more troubling than torturing the flesh. For aficionados, Hostel features a nice cameo by Takashi Miike, director of bloody Japanese flicks like Audition and Ichi the Killer. -Bret Fetzer Hostel 2 The inevitable sequel to one of the decade’s most intriguing and well-made horror films, Hostel Part II, as the title implies, picks up pretty much where the last film left off. And it doesn’t take too long for the sequel to find the same groove that earned its predecessor so much attention. The setting is once again an underground club, where people bid for the right to torture residents at the hostel of the title. [+]

Hostel Part II, however, lets us see events from the other perspective too, as we meet the wealthy businessmen who are availing themselves of the club’s services. It’s a logical dynamic for the movie, and it does bring a fresh perspective to a film that does eventually settle down to a cavalcade of gore and shock. As a director, Eli Roth has clearly improved since last time around, even if this time he too often succumbs to the temptation to show rather than imply, and Hostel Part II as a result feels a little less fresh and more uncomfortable than its predecessor. Yet it’s most certainly an unsettling piece of cinema, and one likely to find favour with Roth’s increasing fanbase. A word of warning, though. Hostel Part II isn’t shy about pulling its punches, and it very much justifies its 18 certificate. It’s also a cut above many of its modern day contemporaries in the genre, even though it fails to measure up to part one. -Jon Foster Shrooms Heavily influenced by the influx of Japanese horror films over the past few years, Shrooms is a muddled, yet intriguing film, albeit one with an identity crisis. Is it a conventional horror, or is trying to do something a bit different? Inevitably, it’s a little bit of both. The basic concept could be the basis of any of the avalanche of horror films that have emerged in recent times: six American students in Ireland go hunting for some magic mushrooms. But what Shrooms does is try to distance itself from being a generic slasher movie, and instead attempts to inject some uncertainty. Yet when one of the party, after taking one of the âshrooms’ of the title, forsees trouble ahead, you can still pretty much see what’s around the corner. Shrooms does work hard, though, with an at-times unsettling visual style, and some well earned jumps punching it above many of its contemporaries. But it’s not without problems of its own, not least the fact that the longer the film goes on, the further it goes off the rails. But at least it had something to start with, and Shrooms does reward your time and money by the time the end credits roll. It’s far from the finest horror-thriller of recent times, but it’s got enough of an identity to hold its own. -Jon Foster.

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Review Weinstein Company / Halloween [Blu-ray] [2007]

Halloween [Blu-ray] [2007] (Weinstein Company)

Actors & Directors

William Forsythe
Brad Dourif
Adrienne Barbeau
Rob Zombie
Ken Foree
Micky Dolenz

Release date: 2008-10-21
Creator: Tyler Bates

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Terror Night [1987] (Legacy Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

John Ireland
William Butler
Cameron Mitchell
Staci Greason
André De Toth
Alan Hale Jr.
Nick Marino

Release date: 2005-03-01
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £1.58

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Review Live/Artisan / The Pool [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Pool [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Live/Artisan)

Actors & Directors

John Hopkins
Kristen Miller
Thorsten Grasshoff
Boris von Sychowski
Isla Fisher
Elena Uhlig

Release date: 2002-09-24
Run time: 92 min.
Price: £33.95

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Review BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company / Sleazy Slashers (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Sleazy Slashers (REGION 1) (NTSC) (BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company)

Release date: 2004-08-24
Run time: 310 min.
Price: £3.49

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Review BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company / Sisters of Death [1976] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Sisters of Death [1976] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company)

Actors & Directors

Arthur Franz
Claudia Jennings
Joseph Mazzuca
Paul Carr
Sylvia Howell
Sherry Boucher

Release date: 2004-10-12
Run time: 87 min.
Price: £34.29

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Review Tai Seng / Dating Death [2004] (Region 1)(NTSC)

Dating Death [2004] (Region 1)(NTSC) (Tai Seng)

Actors & Directors

Stephy Tang
Edwin Siu
Herman Yau

Release date: 2005-02-01
Run time: 87 min.
Price: £5.07

Review Dating Death [2004] (Region 1)(NTSC) / Tai Seng:

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Review Xenon / Headhunter [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Headhunter [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Xenon)

Actors & Directors

Kristi Clainos
Paul Tarantino
Lindsey Stoddart
Patrick Hasson
Ralph Lister
Dennis Delsing

Release date: 2006-08-08
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £6.69

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Review Image Entertainment / The Asylum [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Asylum [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Image Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Peter Cushing
Roy Ward Baker
Britt Ekland
Herbert Lom
Barry Morse
Patrick Magee

Release date: 2000-06-20
Run time: 110 min.

Review The Asylum [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:

One of the patients in an institution for the incurably insane was once its director, and a young psychiatrist (Robert Powell) has to figure out which one as they all tell him their stories. What better setting for a horror anthology? It's an inspired framing device, making this one of the better examples of the genre, even if screenwriter Robert Bloch at times resorts to gimmicks rather than invention. The first two stories are less than brilliant (the first is highlighted by dismembered body parts neatly wrapped in butcher paper wriggling back to life for revenge), but Charlotte Rampling and Britt Ekland are marvellous in the third tale, about a mentally unbalanced young woman and her dangerous best friend. Herbert Lom is also excellent in the final story as a scientist who carves an army of dolls he claims he can bring to life by sheer willpower. Director Roy Ward Baker (Quatermas and the Pit) builds momentum with each story until the dark and deliciously bloody climax. This Amicus Studios production looks visually dull compared to Hammer's gothic gloss, but it features a great British cast (including Patrick Magee and Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing), and ultimately Baker makes that gloomy look work for his increasingly creepy production. Amicus produced a series of horror anthologies, including the original 1972 Tales from the Crypt and The Torture Garden (also scripted by Bloch). -Sean Axmaker, Amazon. com.

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