2018 • Russia • Directed by Kirill Sokolov

Shades of early Tarantino, Edgar Wright and Sam Raimi abound in this violent, stylish and riotously entertaining slice of family life, Moscow style, described as "a splatterpunk action comedy drenched in gleefully dark Russian humour" - The Hollywood Re...

1980 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chor Yuen

Acclaimed director Chor Yuen was credited for bringing mystery thriller ingredients into his atmospheric martial arts epics, and this is one of the most impressive examples. The title refers to the feared nickname of a notorious rapist-murderer who swoops...

1980 • Hong Kong • Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung

After making successful thrillers, well-received action films and popular comedies, director Kuei Chih-hung put his first “hex” on the audience. This eerie, frightening, supernatural mystery thriller was so effective it led to Hex Versus Witchcraft a...

1979 • United States • Directed by Jeff Werner

A busload of three cheerleading teams is hijacked by an ex-football player jock (Jason Williams) and are held for ransom. Plotting an escape, these shapely victims led by Debby Williams (Kristine DeBell), use their hidden charms to entice their capt...

1992 • United States • Directed by Ed Hansen

Bikini-clad car wash attendants give a sudsy Los Angeles establishment a slippery edge on the competition.

1976 • Hong Kong • Directed by Ho Meng-Hua

Famous director Ho Meng-hua, who gave Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung breaks in his early kung-fu films, broke new ground with his horror hit Oily Maniac. Based on a true story about a creature that kills people at night and covers them in oil, it stars youn...

1983 • Hong Kong • Directed by Richard Yeung Keun

Originally planned to be part three of the Shaw Brothers’ Black Magic trilogy, due to its over-the-top blood-splattering nature and gross-out shock levels, Seeding Of A Ghost ran into censorship problems and was released under a new moniker. It’s...

1977 • Hong Kong • Directed by Pao Hsueh-Li

Pao Hsueh-li, the trusted co-director for several of Chang Cheh’s most memorable productions (including The Water Margin), here creates one of his own. A brother who loves books and a sister who loves swords must face a yellow-robed warrior, the Red Py...

2018 • United States • Directed by Dimitri Simakis and Lehr Beidelschies

Over the last 10 years, EIT! has reinterpreted our shared memory into 3,000+ daily web videos, collected 15,000 Jerry Maguire VHS tapes, and forever altered the collective consciousness. Now, with their longtime collaborato...

1976 • Italy • Directed by Pupi Avati

While typically famed for its lurid Technicolor hues and grand guignol murders, the Italian giallo thriller had a less bombastic side as well. Erring less towards exploitation than to art, these lesser-seen gems offer some of the greatest rewards for adventu...

2020 • United States • Directed by Erick Lorinc

Meet the Brimstons. They're a normal American family with one exception: Every November, they hunt down anybody who doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving.

1982 • United Kingdom • Directed by Dick Randall

Infamous producer Dick Randall (PIECES, THE WILD WILD WORLD OF JAYNE MANSFIELD) presents this revealing look at sex on screen. From D.W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE to modern erotica, discover how cinema shed its inhibitions via clips from film archive...

1975 • Hong Kong • Directed by Hua Shan

It’s pint-sized Godzillas fighting a Chinese superhero in one of Hong Kong’s most fantastical films ever: Super Inframan! Mixing motorbike shenanigans with mind-boggling fight choreography, a young Danny Lee (internationally known from John Woo’s The Kille...

1983 • Hong Kong • Directed by Alex Cheung Kwok-Ming

A Hong Kong science fiction film? Despite the worldwide success of Star Wars and Star Trek, science fiction is one genre which has seemingly passed the world of Hong Kong cinema by. Well, not entirely! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is an extreme...

​2022 • United States • Directed by Roger Lay Jr.

​An inside look back at the greatest geek year in cinema ever, 1982, with stars, directors, writers, producers, critics and pop culture historians sharing their insights about such classic films as "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," "Blade Runner," "S...

1975 • Hong Kong • Directed by Hua Shan

It’s pint-sized Godzillas fighting a Chinese superhero in one of Hong Kong’s most fantastical films ever: Super Inframan! Mixing motorbike shenanigans with mind-boggling fight choreography, a young Danny Lee (internationally known from John Woo’s The Kille...

1981 • United States • Directed by Abel Ferrara

From Abel Ferrara, director of The Driller Killer and King of New York, comes a terrifying revenge-thriller in the tradition of Death Wish and Taxi Driver... Ms. 45 (aka Angel of Vengeance) will blow you away.

New York, 1980. Raped at gunpoint on ...

2021 • Italy • Directed by Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin

Documentarians Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin reveal the story of Joe D'Amato's remarkable life and career featuring an in-depth interview with the late filmmaker, new and archival insights by Michele Soavi, Luigi Montef...

2023 • United States • Directed by Anthony Penta

We Kill for Love goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores. Balancing film art with scholarship...

1977 • Hong Kong • Directed by Pao Hsueh-Li

Pao Hsueh-li, the trusted co-director for several of Chang Cheh’s most memorable productions (including The Water Margin), here creates one of his own. A brother who loves books and a sister who loves swords must face a yellow-robed warrior, the Red Py...