Ultimate Anthology Horror Film List

List of 190 anthology horror films, ranging from the very good Dead of Night, Kwaidan and Three Extremes. The very popular Creepshow, Trick 'R Treat and Twilight Zone: The Movie. And the down right bottom of the barrel sludge Zombie Chronicles, Creaturealm and Creepshow III.

Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) aka Eerie Tales
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924) aka Waxworks
Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) Released in the 40's as The Living Dead
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Dead of Night (1945)
Unusual Tales (1949)
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Obras maestras del terror (1960) aka Master of Horror, Short Stories of Terror
The Devil's Messenger (1961)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
I tre volti della paura (1963) aka Black Sabbath
Kwaidan (1964)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Pánico (1966) aka Panic
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967)
Torture Garden (1967)
O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão (1968) aka The Strange World of Coffin Joe
The Illustrated Man (1969)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Asylum (1972)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
Encounter with the Unknown (1973)
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Blood Bath (1976)
Dead of Night (1977)
The Uncanny (1977)
Alien Zone (1978)
Screams of a Winter Night (1979)
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Die xian (1980) aka Haunted Tales
The Monster Club (1981)
Three Furies (1982)
Creepshow (1982)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Nightmares (1983)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Night Train to Terror (1985)
Shock Chamber (1985)
Escapes (1986)
Freaky Fairytales (1986)
Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller (1986)
Mania (1986)
Screamtime (1986)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Bates Motel (1987)
Chillers (1987)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
The Offspring (1987)
Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987)
Terrorgram (1988)
After Midnight (1989)
Freakshow (1989)
Fright House (1989)
Rock-A-Die Baby (1989)
Terrifying Tales (1989)

Dark Romances Vol. 1 (1990)
Dark Romances Vol. 2 (1990)
The Death King (1990) aka Der Todesking
Due occhi diabolici (1990)
Adrénaline (1990)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror (1990)
The Willies (1990)
Campfire Tales (1991)
Honto ni atta kowai hanashi (1991) aka Scary True Stories
Madhouse (1991)
Poison (1991)
Honto ni atta kowai hanashi: Dai-ni-ya (1992) aka Scary True Stories: Night 2
Shin honto ni atta kowai hanashi: Yuugen-kai (1992) aka Scary True Stories: Night 3
Body Bags (1993)
Necronomicon (1993)
Strane storie (1994)
Twisted Tales (1994)
DeGenerazione (1995)
Tales from the Hood (1995)
Freakshow (1995)
Thriller Zone (1995)
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
The Burning Moon (1997)
Troublesome Night 1 (1997) aka Yin yang lu
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Troublesome Night 2 (1997) aka Yin Yang lu: Zhi wo zai ni zuo you
Campfire Tales (1997)
Twists of Terror (1997)
Creaturealm: Demons Wake (1998)
Creaturealm: From the Dead (1998)
Hellblock 13 (1999)
Tales of Madness (1999)
Troublesome Night 3 (1998) aka Yam yeung lo ji sing goon faat choi
Troublesome Night 4 (1998) aka Aau yeung liu 4 yue gwai tung hang
Troublesome Night 5 (1999) aka Yin yang lu wu zhi yi jian fa cai
Troublesome Night 6 (1999) aka Yin yang lu wu zhi xiong zhou kan

Troublesome Night 7 (2000) aka Yin yang lu qi chuang dao zheng
Troublesome Night 8 (2000) aka Yin yang lu ba zhi guan cai zai
Terror Tract (2000)
Bangkok Haunted (2001)
Scary Tales (2001)
Troublesome Night 9 (2001) aka Yin yang lu jiu zhi ming zhuan qian qun
Troublesome Night 10 (2001) aka Yin yang lu shi xuan yan zhou
Troublesome Night 11 (2001) aka Yin yang lu shi yi liao gui tiao ming
Cradle of Fear (2001)
Troublesome Night 12 (2001) aka Yin yang lu shi er zhi mei rong shi
Cremains (2001)
Campfire Stories (2001)
La noche de los muertos (2002)
NightThirst (2002)
Three (2002)
Sentinels of Darkness (2002)
Troublesome Night 13 (2002) aka Yin yang lu shi er zhi mei rong shi
Troublesome Night 14 (2002) aka Yin yang lu shi si zhi shuang gui pai men
Troublesome Night 15 (2002) aka Yin yang lu shi wu zhi ke si hun lai
Troublesome Night 16 (2002) aka Yin yang lu shi liu zhi hui dao wu xia shi dai
The Zombie Chronicles (2001)
Troublesome Night 17 (2002) aka Aau yeung liu sap chat ji gaam fong yau gwai
Troublesome Night 18 (2003) aka Yam yeung lo sap baat ji gwai soeng san
Troublesome Night 19 (2003) Aau yeung liu sap gau ji ngo dui aan gin diy yau
Troublesome Night (2003)
Beyond the Limits (2003)
Darna Mana Hai (2003)
Inagawa Junji no shinjitsu no horror (2003) aka J-Horror Anthology: Legends
Soul (2003) aka Lhorn
Tales from the Grave (2003)
Creepy Tales: Girls Night Out (2003)
Evil Deeds (2004)
Office yauh gwai (2004) aka Haunted Office
Grave Tales (2004)
Tomb of Terror (2004)
CreepTales (2004)
Flowers on the Razorwire (2004)
Street Tales of Terror (2004)
The Three Faces of Terror (2004)
Tales from the Crapper (2004)
Tears of Kali (2004)
Three... Extremes (2004)
La Daga del diablo (2005)
Tales from the Grave, Volume 2: Happy Holidays (2005)
Suiyô puremia: sekai saikyô J horâ SP Nihon no kowai yoru (2004) aka Dark Tales of Japan
J-Horror Anthology: Underworld (2005)
Rampo Noir (2005)
Up for Rent (2006)
Black Night (2006)
Creepshow III (2006)
You Must Be Scared (2006)
Hood of Horror (2006)
LovecraCked! The Movie (2006)
Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
Junkfood Horrorfest (2007)
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Nite Tales: The Movie (2008)
Peur(s) du noir (2007)
Slices (2008)
Scare 2 Die (2008) aka Hark sei nei
4bia (2008)
The Horror Vault (2008)
Trapped Ashes (2006)
Takut: Faces of Fear (2008)
The Horror Vault 2 (2009)
Amusement (2008)
The Telling (2009)
Beneath the Flesh (2009)
Edges of Darkness (2009)
Phobia 2 (2009)
Late Fee (2009)
Drive-In Horrorshow (2009)
Deadtime Stories (2009)
Terror Overload (2009)

Deadtime Stories 2 (2010)
Do Not Disturb (2010)
Habeas Corpus (2011)
The Horror Vault 3 (2010)
Cinco (2010)
Anthology of Terror: Prelude (2010)
Monsterpiece Theatre Volume 1 (2011)
Psycho Street (2011)
Little Deaths (2011)
Italian Ghost Stories (2011)
Scary or Die (2011)
The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Silly Scaries (2011)
Chillerama (2011)
The Perfect House (2010)
Monsterpiece Theatre Volume II (2012)

Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)

Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
aka: La rebelión de las muertas
Director: León Klimovsky
Writer: Paul Naschy
Country: Spain Runtime: 89 min Soundtrack: Juan Carlos Calderón
Cast: Paul Naschy, Romy, Mirta Miller, María Kosty, Aurora de Alba
An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.

A creepy masked man uses black magic to raise women from the dead, which he sends out to kill for him. The first attack happens randomly against a pair of grave robbers, then the masked voodoo killer focuses his attention on the followers of an Indian mystic guru named Krishna, who is based in London. After more murders a detective starts to suspect its occult black magic, and it slowly unfolds that its Krishna disfigured brother Kantaka, whose behind the crimes.

Fun Spanish occult drama from the great León Klimovsky, it was penned by legendary horror actor Paul Naschy under his real name Jacinto Molina. The plot its self is pretty loose making the film feel sloppy at times. Some of the murders seem way too random, the killer changes his look and method almost every murder, theres even a segment he looks a little like V from V for Vendetta. Sometimes the killer uses wax figures to conjure up the undead, other times he uses the figures to take control of living people, he even uses them directly to force people to commit suicide. Naschy has three roles, one as the central character Krishna (which he olive skins up well for), he's also Kantaka the disfigured brother, and during a dream sequence he plays an horned satan. The films got a cool atmosphere with the zombies usually slowed down to add impact, the bloods bright red and the visuals in general are glossy. I wouldn't say its Naschy's best or an essential must own Euro horror, but its entertaining and well worth a view.

Themes Included: Voodoo ● Indian Mystic ● Zombies
Chicken Head Chop ● Black Magic

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 6½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 12]
[Gorequota 4/10]
[Boobquota 3/10]

Lost! (1986)

Lost! (1986)
Director: Peter Rowe
Writers: Peter Rowe, Thomas Thompson
Country: Canada Runtime: 95 min Soundtrack: Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon
Cast: Kenneth Welsh, Helen Shaver, Michael Hogan
Bob and his wife Linda accompany his brother Jim on a sailing cruise to Costa Rica, where Jim will start as a missionary. In a terrible storm their boat flips over. Jim believes the accident was a sign from god and throws away their distilling apparatus and food - "You shall not interfere with god's will". However nobody knows they're lost, so no one searches them for weeks.Bob and his wife Linda accompany his brother Jim on a sailing cruise to Costa Rica, where Jim will start as a missionary. In a terrible storm their boat flips over. Jim believes the accident was a sign from god and throws away their distilling apparatus and food - "You shall not interfere with god's will". However nobody knows they're lost, so no one searches them for weeks.

Bob Fisher and his wife Linda join his crazy Christian brother Jim on a boat trip to Costa Rica where he's to become a missionary. During an harsh storm their boat capsizes forcing the three to try and survive on limited rations until they're rescued.

Pretty dull Canadian TV film based on a true story. After 72 days being capsized, eventually the boat named the Triton was found 1000 miles off the US coast. Bob was the only survivor, Linda died during the trip and Jim died weeks later in hospital.

Themes Included: True Story ● Survival ● Crazy Christian

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 4 out of 10]
[Deathcount 1]

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (Video 2010)

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (Video 2010)
Director: Jimmy Maslon, Frank Henenlotter
Country: USA Runtime: 106 min Soundtrack: Various
Cast: Herschell Gordon Lewis, David F. Friedman, Joe Bob Briggs, John Waters
Herschell Gordon Lewis documentary

Entertaining documentary about the legendary exploitation film maker HG Lewis. It contains interviews with him his cast and crew including his main producer David F. Friedman. Also includes trailers, clips, out-takes and interviews with celebrity fans including John Waters, Frank Henenlotter and Joe Bob Briggs. The documentary covers everything from Lewis beginnings in nudies to his later more popular gore movies. The highlight is the segment they cover 2000 Maniacs which Lewis describes has his favorite picture, he even sang the theme tune which he does again live during the docs end credits. They take both Lewis and Friedman back to the small town it was made. Other great moments include Lewis speaking about how bad it was to work with Colonel Saunders, he only did it for free chicken. Also contains rare clips from the never finished/released An Eye for an Eye. Essential viewing for any self respecting exploitation movie fan.

Themes Included: Clips/Out-Takes ● Interviews ● Trailers

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 8 out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount N/A]
[Gorequota N/A]
[Boobquota N/a]

Creature (2011)

Creature (2011)
Director: Fred Andrews
Writers: Tracy Morse, Fred Andrews
Country: USA Runtime: 95 min Soundtrack: Kevin Haskins
Cast: D'Arcy Allen, Daniel Bernhardt, Mehcad Brooks, Amanda Fuller, Sid Haig
In the back country of Louisiana, a group of friends unearth a terrible secret that unleashes a monster from the depths of the swamp.

Review Coming Soon...

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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

Fourteen Rainbow Colors (2000)

Fourteen Rainbow Colors (2000)
aka: Chetyrnadtsat tsvetov radugi
Director: Dmitri Svetozarov
Writer: Dmitri Svetozarov
Country: Russia Runtime: ● Soundtrack: Various
Cast: Svetlana Smirnova
The three main heroes of the movie are an escaped convict, a suicidal intellectual, and a former actress with heroine addiction, turned prostitute. They meet accidentally in the streets of contemporary St Petersburg, and they set on a journey to the island Belyj in search of a rainbow - or a treasure that is supposedly been buried there since the war. The islanders are a rather unfriendly bunch and soon they start hunting the unwelcome visitors. Only the escaped convict survives the massacre but, shut in the throat, he loses his voice.

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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

Terror And Black Lace (1985)

Terror And Black Lace (1985)
aka: Terror y encajes negros
Director: Luis Alcoriza
Writers: Ramón Obón, Luis Alcoriza
Country: Mexico Runtime: 97 min Soundtrack: Various
Cast: Gonzalo Vega, Maribel Guardia, Claudio Obregón, CesarJaime Moreno
A woman is terrorized by a maniac in her own apartment building while wearing only black lingere.

Unfairly marketed as a sexy Mexican version of a giallo/thriller, its more domestic drama that just so happens to have an hair obsessed killer among its characters. Isabella is a bored housewife, tired of the way her husband is treating her, and the fact she feels he's imprisoned her in their apartment. While on a shopping trip against her husbands wishes she strikes up a none sexual relationship with another man. As their friendship grows she needs to decide if she wants to stick in her loveless marrage or leave. Meanwhile a man living in her appartment block is going around assualting women and stealing hair samples. On the night of Isabella's decission her crazy neighbor progresses from just beating up women to killing them, when he slaughters a maid. He then turns his attention on Isabella who needs to fight for her life

Poor attempt at a thriller, offering next to none the 'terror' of its title. For most the duration the film seems purely intent on showing us how attractive its lead actress Maribel Guardia is (even getting topless a few times). Shame then that they couldn't have made her more sexy or promiscuous. Unless your seeking a marital drama I'd avoid Terror And Black Lace at all costs.

Themes Included: Underwear ● Apartment Block ● Hair Fetish Killer

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 4 out of 10]
[Deathcount 2]
[Gorequota 2/10]
[Boobquota 2/10]

Refuge of Fear (1974)

Refuge of Fear (1974)
aka: El refugio del miedo, Creation Of The Damned
Director: José Ulloa
Writer: Miguel Sanz, José Ulloa
Country: Spain Runtime: 91 min Soundtrack: Juan Pineda
Cast: Craig Hill, Patty Shepard, Teresa Gimpera
A husband and wife along with their son and another couple find themselves stuck in a rather sophisticated underground bomb shelter after a nuclear war, with there only contact with the outside world being a somewhat temperamental short-wave radio. But an affair between the son and the wife of their friend, along with boredom, drug abuse and diminishing supplies cause tempers to flare and things slowly descend in to desperation.

After a nuclear bomb has wiped out most of the US, Robert his wife Marge along with their son Chris (adopted son of Robert) and their neighbors Arthur and Carol are all shacked up together in Roberts state of the art bomb shelter. Their only contact is a lone radio signal they receive from another survivor named Peter. Due to the confined nature of being underground they slowly start to come undone. Carol has an affair with Chris, which causes friction among the two couples. It comes to an head when Arthur becomes sick and dies, shortly afterwards Chris who Carol suspects has killed her husband decides to go to the surface where he knows he'll eventually become sick and die from the radioactive fallout. Next Marge becomes ill and dies, and a clearer picture unfolds that Roberts planned the proceedings all along because hes become infatuated with Carol, wanting her to become Eve to his Adam.

Overly soapy plot twists and acting, and flat direction hampers what could have been a fantastic sleazy post apocalyptic film. The brief segment with Chris going top side as a lone survivor among the dead was pretty good and reminiscent of Charles Hestons Omega Man, but the highlight was actress Patty Shepard as the horny housewife Carol. She does a strip tease for all the group, wanders into Chris's room naked, then later during her sex scene with him delivers the films best line "those shrieks on the radio, sound like souls trapped in hell". The ending is really peculiar, it cuts to years before the bomb with both couples sitting in a garden, while Robert picks out his choice of shelter. Not sure if it was pointing at him having day dreamt the whole thing, or maybe having planned the whole thing years earlier, whatever its intention it failed. I wouldn't rush out of my way to see it again, but its worth at least one view, the only other film of the top of my head I remember being set in a shelter was Paul Bartels Shelf Life.

Themes Included: Post Apocalypse ● Nuclear Bomb ● Bomb Shelter

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 5½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 4]
[Gorequota 3/10]
[Boobquota 1/10]

Super (2010)

Super (2010)
Director: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Country: USA Runtime: 96 min Soundtrack: Tyler Bates
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.

An ordinary man turns super hero after his wife leaves him for a local drug dealer. Short order fast food chef Frank (Rainn Wilson) has had two great moments in life, one helping the police when he was younger to catch a shop lifter, the 2nd was when he married the beautiful recovering alcoholic waitress Sarah (Liv Tyler). He can see his wife slowly drifting out of his hands for a local drug dealer (Kevin Bacon) but isn't man enough to do anything about it. When she finally leaves, Frank as a break down and seeks the comfort of a Television evangelist super hero named The Holy Avenger (Nathan Fillion). Frank as a brainstorm and decides he too can become a super hero and stand up to wrong doings. For preparation he goes to the local comic-book store, where he meets Libby (Ellen Page). After his first few steps into the crime fighting gain the news headlines, Libby works out its Frank and together they form the duo Crimson Bolt and Boltie. Franks number one task as the Crimson Bolt is to save his wife Sarah from the hands of the drug dealer shes shacked up with.

Fun film dealing with an everyday man, hell bent on cleaning up life's wrong doings. Its similar to the film Falling Down, with the added appeal of super heroes. The same idea's been done loads lately with films like Special, Kick-Ass and Defendor, Super doesn't offer that much different, its only diversion really is how far Frank will go concerning some of the most trivial matters, like the queue pusher he beats to a pulp with his weapon of choice a pipe wrench. Enjoyable for what it is, I loved Fillions Christian crime fighter character, cult fans will have fun spotting the likes of Michael Rooker (Henry:Portrait Of A Serial Killer), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma) and Rob Zombie as the voice of God.

Themes Included: Super Hero ● Crime Fighter ● Costume Sex

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 7½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 8]
[Gorequota 6/10]
[Boobquota 0/10]

Griff the Invisible (2010)

Griff the Invisible (2010)
Director: Leon Ford
Writer: Leon Ford
Country: Australia Runtime: 91 min Soundtrack: Sep Caton, Lee Devaney
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Marshall Napier
Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.

Office worker Griff is a dreamer, whose never really fit into things, other than his bond with his brother he's never had a real relationship before. Instead he's slipped into a fantasy world where hes a super hero fighting the injustices he see's around him.

How to disappear completely, anyone expecting another irrelevant superhero tale along the lines of Special, Kick-Ass, Defendor or Super will be greatly disappointed. As Griff is purely a romantic tale about the age old saying that theres someone out there for everyone, no matter how bizarre or weird you you dress, it only really uses the costumed super hero as its backdrop. Even though its very slow paced I sort of enjoyed its small quirky feel, it reminded me of another small Oz movie Malcolm (1986). I was shocked to find out Ryan Kwanten who plays Jason in True Blood was an Australian, at least now I know why he does a pretty dodgy southern accent. He's really good here sticking to the lonely dreamer character, I was expecting him to get tough and end up with all the office women swooning, but that never happens. Very light hearted no real surprises but nice enough small film.

Themes Included: Invisibility ● Office Worker ● Hero By Night

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 6½ out of 10]

Taxi Killer (1988)

Taxi Killer (1988)
Director: Stelvio Massi
Writer: Mario Gariazzo, Paola Pascolini
Country: Italy, USA Runtime: 105 min Soundtrack: Stelvio Cipriani
Cast: Catherine Hickland, Chuck Connors, Walter D'Amore, Eddie J. Fernandez
A never seen rape and revenge movie, produced by Fred Williamson.

On her first night as a taxi driver, beautiful Jenny (Catherine Hickland) picks up four young passengers who beat, rape and rob her. Unfortunately for Jenny, with the information including the phone and house number the gang stole, they continue to victimize her along with her parents. The final straw comes when Jens father (Chuck Connors) gets killed while at work. The following night Jen witnesses a violent mugging and decides enough is enough. She along with her her fellow female cab drivers form a vigilante team, hell bent on taking down the cities criminals.


Never officially released, the only available versions are 3rd generation copies taken from a pre completed workprint. Sadly the missing content includes the titles, credits, Chuck Connors death sequence and the entire Stelvio Cipriani score. What is left isn't much to shout about, the acting is emotionless more a kin to TV than feature films. The highlight for me was the scene Jen sexually lures one of the gang members to a warehouse with her friends waiting. The rape itself wasn't shown, it cuts to a blur and fades out. And theres only the hint of violence, never actually any onscreen. As racy as it gets is the odd swear word chiefly Connors calling the gang cock suckers, and a final scene when a car explodes. Its hard to judge how a finished version would have held up, but its safe to say its not in the same league as other rape revenge tales like MS.45 and Death Wish.

Themes Included: Rape Revenge ● Vigilante Taxi Drivers ● Police

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 4 out of 10]
[Deathcount 5]
[Gorequota 0/10]

Misteri janda kembang (1991)

Misteri janda kembang (1991)
Director: H. Tjut Djalil
Writer: H. Tjut Djalil
Country: Indonesia Runtime: 86 min Soundtrack: Various
Cast: H.I.M. Damsyik, Fujiyanti and Sally Marcellina
A girl returns from the dead to gain her revenge on a gang of thugs that raped and murdered her.

Wild supernatural rape n revenge movie from Indonesia, director H. Tjut Djalil also made the equally mad Mystics in Bali. I watched it without subtitles so what is going on is pure guess work. The film wastes no time as we see back flashes of a gang rape before the credits role, then we see a woman rise from a grave completely clean and dressed up. Even her dog rises from the grave with her, no doubt to keep the ghost company. No sooner as she fed her dog some glass (must be the stable diet of ghost dogs) shes ripping the guts out of a local thug, then feeding his innards to the dog. Next up our ghost decides to jump into the body of another thug making him jive, she eventually finishes the guy off by way of detaching her head and munching on him, she then makes a brief visit to her family. The following morning the gang gather together in the hope of learning what is attacking their members, at which point one of the them as a back flash of the rape earlier. This time shown in more detail. He puts two and two together and figures the gang deaths and rape are connected, and tries to resolve the matter by speaking with a local priest. The priest gets involved as much to aid the thugs, as to help the female ghost find peace.

Given the rape murder subject matter the film is oddly pure comic in tone, not really adding much for the die hard horror or exploitation fans. The deaths are inventive enough though, including the the now ubiquitous flying head. The final of the film gets weird with people disappearing and appearing at random, all the spirit cloning and body jumping left me puzzled. Theres also a truly bizarre haunted tongue moment, it splits into a mouth complete teeth, mini tongues and a baby which was maybe hinting at the woman being pregnant during her death. Even watching a substandard copy I enjoyed it, sadly unlike Mystics in Bali, its never seen a western release. So finding a copy in any state regardless of it being original or subtitled is a mission.

Themes Included: Funny Rape Faces ● Priest Fu ● Gang Rape
Ghost Fu ● Flying Head ● Ghost Mutt ● Dancing Possessed

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 7 out of 10]
[Deathcount 7]
[Gorequota 5/10]

I Am (2009)

I Am (2009)
aka: Me, Ya
Director: Igor Voloshin
Writer: Igor Voloshin
Country: Russia Runtime: 88 min Soundtrack: Various
Cast: Artur Smolyaninov, Andrei Khabarov, Oksana Akinshina
The film tells the story of a young Russian in early 90s, trying to escape the army in a psychiatric clinic and after intensive compulsory treatment released years later. Then as a documentary film maker he gets involved in Chechen conflict. There he meets his apparent death and between life and death he recalls his life and realizes it as a life of a whole generation.

Russian director Igor Voloshin's semi autobiographic story about his life growing up in 90's Russia. 'I Am' follows young Geroi, whose youth was spent mostly hanging with his mates on the streets looking for his next way to get wasted. Now a young man having been beaten and abused by the authorities, hes put in a criminal mental institute. The film follows his struggle inside the institute, and the even darker internal struggle he faces. Instead of facing the grim reality of his situation, he does his best to keep himself drugged out of his mind in a dreamlike fantasy world, where his remembered past intertwine with his re-imagined present.


Imagine if the addicts in Trainspotting got taken to the mental asylum featured in 12 Monkeys. Highly enjoyable drugged out fantasy drama, featuring a fantastic range of colorful hyper stylized visuals. Most the film takes place in the hazy institutionalized mind of the central character Geroi played superbly by Artur Smolyaninov, kinda like hes Fight Clubs Tyler Durdon. The plot is padded out with various meetings with a female doctor named Nina (Oksana Akinshina) great looking eye candy. These meetings usually spark some back story of his wasted youth and regret, as he remembers his life growing up. These parts introduce his old friends like the popular junky dealer come guru Rom (featuring a movie stealing performance by actor Aleksey Gorbunov). The film does have a few minor weak areas, I could have lived without the obvious religious imagery like walking on water and being nailed to a cross. Also the labored style of the eventual resolve, its good the director mentions the friends he's lost and infairness its done with great style. It just felt some what unfitting like 'Iggy Pop' singing 'Lust for Life' then ending it with a 'But You Don't Wanna Live It' disclaimer. I HIGHly enjoyed it, not many Russian film makers become known outside of the eastern bloc, but from what I've seen so far from director/writer Igor Voloshin (this and his short film Atlantic) he could very well be in that few who do. I even hear hes working with the team behind the Russian hit Night Watch next.

Themes Included: Drug Addicts ● Meth Lab ● Electro Shock Therapy
Sexy Doctor ● Mental Institute ● Wayward Youths ● Horse Driven Car

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 8 out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount N/A]
[Gorequota 5/10]

Nirvana (2008)

Nirvana (2008)
Director: Igor Voloshin
Writer: Olga Larionova
Country: Russia Runtime: 90 min Soundtrack: Alexander Kopeikin
Cast: Marya Shalaeva, Artur Smolyaninov, Olga Sutulova
Essentially a conventional story about dug addiction and the redemptive power of female friendship, Bored and disappointed with life in Moscow, nurse Alisa moves to St. Petersburg, where she takes a room in a filthy but once-stately apartment. The dig's other residents are Valera, nicknamed "Dead Man", and his bartender g.f. Vel, whom the landlady describes as "drug addicts, but quiet."

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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

El Pico 2 (1984)

El Pico 2 (1984)
aka: Overdose 2
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia
Writer: Gonzalo Goicoechea, Fermín Cabal
Country: Spain Runtime: ● Soundtrack: Joaquín Carmona
Cast: José Luis Manzano, Fernando Guillén, Andrea Albani
Sequel to Eloy de la Iglesia's "El Pico", this "quinqui" movie is about a murder investigation, police corruption, troubled youth, heroin addiction, drug dealing, life in prison, sex, homosexuality, friendship and survival.

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Themes Included: Quinqui ● Prison ● Drugs
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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

El Pico (1983)

El Pico (1983)
aka: Overdose
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia
Writer: Gonzalo Goicoechea, Eloy de la Iglesia
Country: Spain Runtime: 105 min Soundtrack: Luis Iriondo
Cast: José Luis Manzano, Javier García, José Manuel Cervino
This movie belongs to the "quinqui" genre, i.e. tales of impoverished teenagers having sex, taking drugs or trying to score a fix by selling their bodies. Basically, it's Pasolini's "Ragazzi di vita" in the post-Regime Spain. Like the italian novelist and filmmaker, in fact, Eloy de la Iglesia used to cast young non-professional actors to play themselves: José Luis Manzano and "Pirri" actually were uneducated and unemployed kids bound to tragically die of an overdose or AIDS. However, "El Pico" features an interesting variation on the fixed "quinqui" formula: in this movie, in fact, the troubled teen protagonists are the son of a politician and the son of a General.

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Themes Included: Drugs ● Quinqui ● ___
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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]