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Author Archives: Nathan Shumate

Baseline Killer (2006)

Infamous crud writer/director Ulli Lommel demonstrates exactly why he’s infamous by writing and directing this grade-Z crud.

Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life (2005)

The tale of one man so outstanding that it could only be told by… one man.

Skull Heads (2009)

A creepy family in an Italian castle confronts the outside world when the teenage daughter falls for a handsome film director. Also, because this is a Charles Band flick, there are killer dolls running around.

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Mario Bava gives us what’s usually considered the first giallo film, encompassing all of the strengths and weaknesses the genre was to exhibit.

Conqueror of the World (1983)

A tale of cavemen, by cavemen, for cavemen. [Part of 10,000 B.S.]

Watch Me When I Kill (1977)

A black-clad killer slices up seemingly random people in Rome and blah-di-blah-di-blah-blah-blah. Is my enthusiasm showing?

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997)

A young would-be magician gets his hands on a for-real magic ring. Wackiness, as you might guess, ensues.

Bird With the Crystal Plumage, The (1970)

Dario Argento writes and directs one of the most iconic giallo films. Not bad for his first time directing.

Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978)

Ursula Andress goes into the Guinean jungle to search for her missing husband, and instead discovers pretty much the same cannibal tribe as was in Jungle Holocaust.

Blonde Ice (1948)

A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.

Werewolf Reborn!, The (1998)

A fourteen-year-old girl is sent to stay with her uncle in Romania, who just happens to be a werewolf.

Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

Two sisters start a crime scene cleanup company. Excuse me, “Wackiness ensues when…”