Showing posts with label Low Budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Low Budget. Show all posts

Coffin (2011)

Coffin (2011)
Directors: Kipp Tribble, Derik Wingo
Writer: Kipp Tribble
Country: USA Runtime: Soundtrack: Various
Cast: Johnny Alonso, David Banks, Luke Barnett
A horror thriller about kidnapping.
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Review Coming Soon...
Themes Included: _________
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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

Deadtime Stories Vol. 2 (2010)

Deadtime Stories Vol. 2 (2010)
aka: George A. Romero Presents Deadtime Stories Vol. 2
Director: Matt Walsh (Gorge), Jeff Monahan (Sabbath Hill), Michael Fisha (Dust)
Writer: Jeff Monahan
Country: USA Runtime: 102 min Soundtrack: Kerri Fabian, Matthew Tait
Cast: George A. Romero (Host), Nick Mancuso, Amy Marsalis, Jeff Monahan
Anthology horror collection.
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#1 The Gorge: Three friends get caved in while out exploring a gorge, after 27 days of eating only bats and rats, the two healthier members eat their dying friend. After being found they continue to crave human flesh.

#2 Sabbath Hill: A married teacher is haunted by a pupil, who commited suicide after he had an affair and got her pregnant.

#3 Dust: To help his terminally ill wife, a security guard steals a vial of dust from work, thats thought to be a potential cure for cancer. At first she seems to be cured, only things don't work as he'd hoped, and she becomes addicted to the dust.

Abysmally bad, unimaginative trilogy of tales, for the life me I wonder why Romero got involved. The first tale is a poor mans Descent rip off, seconds a flat morality tale about being haunted by guilt, the thirds a laughable 'how far can a man go to protect that which he loves' featuring moon dust and zombies. Highlight of the whole thing is the cleavage of actress Amanda Frost (who plays pregnant pupil and suicide victim Allison Knowles) , its just a shame we never actually see her topless. The gores amatuer the tension is none existant and theres zero humour throughout the entire duration, at least the worst troma offering, has gags this has nothing. I urge fans to avoid it at all costs, and urge Romero to use his name for something more worthy (which would be absoultly anything than more volumes of this garbage).

Themes Included: UndeadDeadSick Teacher
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 3½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 3]
[Gorequota 4/10]
[Boobquota 0/10]

Deadtime Stories Vol. 1 (2009)

Deadtime Stories Vol. 1 (2009)
aka: George A. Romero Presents Deadtime Stories Vol. 1
Directors: Michael Fischa, Jeff Monahan, Matt Walsh
Writer: Jeff Monahan
Country: USA Runtime: Soundtrack: Kerri Fabian, Matthew Tait
Cast: Bjorn Ahlstedt, Amy Lynn Best, Carla Bianco, Liz DuChez
George A. Romero, the renown horror writer and creator of Night of the Living Dead, has partnered with writer-actor Jeff Monahan to create horror anthology George A. Romero Presents ... Deadtime Stories. The first volume of this two volume set consists of an anthology of three 30-minute horror films: Valley of the Shadow: A woman searches for her missing husband in jungles of South America...and soon, the hunters become the hunted. WeT: A lonely potter finds a valuable jade box buried on the beach. And what s inside...it wants to keep him company. House Call: In poor and lonely farm country, a woman calls an elderly doctor out on a dark and stormy night to make a house call on her strangely-ailing son. And what he finds when he gets there isn't listed in any medical books.
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Review Coming Soon...
Themes Included: _________
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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

Alien Zone (1978)

Alien Zone (1978)
aka: Last Stop on 13th St, The House of the Dead
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: David O'Malley
Country: USA Runtime: 89 min Soundtrack: Stan Worth as Stan V. Worth
Cast: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Burr DeBenning
A man who is having an affair with a married woman is dropped off on the wrong street when going back to his hotel. He takes refuge out of the rain when an old man invites him in. He turns out to be a mortician, who tells him the stories of the people who have wound up in his establishment over the course of four stories.
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During a stormy night a sales rep who is having an affair with a married woman ends up being dropped off in the wrong area, and gets invited in from the storm by a mortician. The mortician tells him four tales based on the lives of the bodies in his funeral palor.The first story concerns school teacher Miss Sibiler, who gets victimized in her home by a group of party masked kids, when the children eventually take off their masks she relizes they're monsters. The second helping follows a lonely man who securs dates with various women, on bringing them back to his appartment, he murders them while filming. The third tale is about a world famous inspector from scotland yard named McDowal, he observes a US detective has he tries to solve a case concerning a killer who sends anonimous letters before he stalks. It turns out the Englishman isn't all he seems. The final tale follows rich self important businessman Den Cantwell, being trapped in an elevator shaft within a empty building. He's slowly fed wine, untill he becomes a bum.At the end we learn the mortician is really a death type character who is there to pick up the sales rep, because he's been shot by the husband of the woman he's been cheating with.

I'm not sure what the hell went on with this anthology horror, or why its mostly known as Alien Zone, its either been cut to ribbens or never contained science fiction or alien themes. It all feels like something is missing, the second story especially feels unfinished. I must be honest the segment with the masked kids, has a slightly creepy atmosphere, but I'd avoid the hell out of it.

Themes Included: Clown MaskShower StalkingFilmed Death
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 2½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 6]
[Gorequota 1/10]
[Boobquota 0/10]

Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller (1986)

Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller (1986)
Director: Lynn Silver
Writers: Ralph Lucas, Sandra McLees
Country: USA Runtime: 56 min Soundtrack: Unknown
Cast: Bob Jenkins, Ralph Lucas, Laura Kay
A collection of eerie tales featuring master storytellers presenting classic and original ghost stories far too scary for television.
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Five spoken word stories, set in Tuesday Hill Boneyard and introduced by the graveyard creeper (Bob Jenkins).

The first "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy" is written and narrated by Ralph Lucas, its the tale of a woman who one night has a nightmare about being raped by rats, only her nightmare continues as she eventually gives birth to a cross breed boy she calls Billy.

The second yarn is Sandra McLees "Mr. Fox" narrated by Laura Kay, its the tale about a woman whose never had interest from men. she eventually finds someone whose interested in her Mr Fox, only he turns out to be a lady killer.

Next up is Sandra McLees narrating her own story "Buried Alive" its the tale of a woman who has a fight with her husband, when she wakes up everyone thinks shes dead, she ends up being buried alive. Only to be dug up by the towns drunk, so he can steal her jewelry, out of revenge she pretends to haunt her husband.

Bob Jenkins tells the forth story "Hunting Werewolves for Uncle Albert" a silly tall tale about a young man who was sent out to hunt a werewolf by his uncle, only he encounters various other monsters including a space monster and Frankenstein monster.

The final tale is Sheri Emonds "Reunion" told by Maria Hayden, its the tale of a female witch being reunited with her dead former husband Jack.

Shot on video yawn fest, that might be a total hoot if your extremely stoned and into amateur stage productions. Filmed spoken word rarely works, off the top of my head I can only remember BBC's Jackanory doing it justice, but that had names like Jeremy Irons and Helena Bonham Carter behind it, you can tell the actors here, who no doubt had good intentions of bringing these stories to life, have not had much experience outside of a their bedrooms mirror. It doesn't help either that the stories are unoriginal rubbish. Why it was ever released in the first place is shocking, and why I sat through it, is quite frankly, beyond me.

Themes Included: ___Spoken WordAmateur Dramatics
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 3 out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount 0]
[Gorequota 0/10]
[Boobquota 0/10]

See No Evil (1999)

See No Evil (1999)
aka: Hasfalmetszök
Director: Zsolt Bernáth
Writer: Mark Kis-Szabo
Country: Hungary Runtime: 51 min Soundtrack: Zoltan Vegh
Cast: István Bartók, Bela Bene, Zsolt Benke
For their first job, two young hitmen have to kill the wife of a rich businessman at her Grandfather's house. Grandpa turns out to be a serial killer and the house is where he hides the bodies.
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While on a stake out, two hit men tell each other tales to relieve the boredom. When they eventually find the location of their contract things get out of hand, because the dead start rising.

Hungarian amateur zombie nonsense, that from what I could make out, was trying to go for a Pulp Fiction meets Night of the Living Dead vibe. The film started extremely slow and was very wordy, I didn't have subtitles so not sure if the dialog was good or not. Some of the low rent gore towards the final was fun enough. At just under an hour it doesn't have enough action, shame the director didn't just release it as a 20 min short.

Themes Included: Fat Guy ShowerBlooded BathGraves
Old Man ZombieHit MenKnife In Neck
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 3½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 3]
[Gorequota 4/10]
[Boobquota ½/10]

Orcs (2011)

Orcs (2011)
aka: Orcs!
Director: James MacPherson
Writers: Jason Faller, Anne K. Black
Country: USA Runtime: Soundtrack: Various
Cast: Adam Johnson, Maclain Nelson and Brad Johnson
Orcs Orcs Orcs are battle ready, ugly, peeved and pouring out of the mountain to wreak havoc and destruction on outdoor enthusiasts and eventually all of mankind. Our collective fates lie in the hands of our hero trio; a couple of bumbling but well-meaning park rangers and Katie, a hot and feisty, over-the-top environmentalist. Faced with extinction, two park rangers are forced to defend the national park against hordes of rampaging orcs. Ancient and long forgotten, these orcs are unleashed from the depths of the mountains, and they won’t stop until we’re all dead.
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Review Coming Soon...
Themes Included: _________
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Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
[Boobquota _/10]

Top of the Brine (2011)

Top of the Brine (2011)
aka: Top of the Brine - Cinemageddon Collaboration 1
Director: Chadman, SCanfield, Bitchnun , Shrimp, junkyardgod, Mudman, OfficerDown
Cast: Chadman, SCanfield, Bitchnun , Shrimp, junkyardgod, Mudman, OfficerDown
Horror short, collaborative video project.
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Short horror collaboration from members of the cinemageddon cult film community. TotB doesn't so much follow a scripted plot but mixes various vignets together around the rough theme of a contaminated water supply. It's real home made, shoe string movie making of the lowest variety, made by fans for fans. But has the unique twist that one member films their segment than hands it to the next member and so on. Its only 5 minutes long, so should be seen more as a toe dipping exercise than fully realized project. That will no doubt, knowing the cinemageddon clan, grow into something so much more. I personally had as much fun with this short as I did with most the ones on the Troma dance collections. And who knows what the future holds for these guys. As it stands over 400 people have seen it, so if just a small % of those show interest in a future production whose to say where it could end.
Themes Included: BoobsHead SawingMeth Lab
Bald Britney SpearsStrange Blue LiquidShootingGlove Puppet Monster
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 6½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 2]
[Gorequota 4/10]

Twister's Revenge! (1987)

Twister's Revenge! (1987)
Director: Bill Rebane
Cast: Dean West, Meredith Orr, David Alan Smith, R. Richardson Luka, Jay Gjernes
Three bumbling criminals have been trying to get their hands on the computerized control system of Mr. Twister, a talking monster truck with a mind of its own. Our three hilarious hoodlums have tried one scheme after another, only to be foiled and embarrassed by Mr. Twister. Our trio decides to take one last shot at the truck, this time with a M60 Army tank!
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Rednecks mechanics Kelly, Dutch and Bear hatch a cunning plan to steal a 250.000 dollar AI computer navigated big foot truck named Twister, from local racer Dave and his soon to be wife Sherry. Things go wrong for the hapless trio, instead of getting the prize winning monster truck, they end up kidnapping Shelly and holding her hostage, in the hope of getting ransom from her rich father. It's up to Dave and Twister to rescue the girl and settle the score with the criminals.

Side splitting funny b-movie gem, that you can't help but feel if it had been released 10 years earlier, before the VHS gore period, when drive-in's were in their heyday, it would have been regarded as cult classic. Twister sits someplace between between Knight Rider and Dukes of Hazard, say a backwards cousin if you like. The three villains are hilarious especially Bear who makes Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber look like Einstein. The chats with Dave and the kitt like Mr Twister are also comedy gold. Low budget Estonian born b-movie guru Bill Rebane must have friends in demolishing and car breaking because what Twister's Revenge lacks in budget it makes up for in vehicle and building crushing. If you take Twister's for what it is, pure childish and none offensive entertainment, you'll have a blast. It even contains a truly bizarre bar scene, which I've made a link to below, its packed with loads of classic movie homage's like 'Star Wars' legendary Mos Eisley Cantina bar scene, Jack Nicholson's 'Hell's Angels on Wheels' the 'She's Lost That Loving Feeling' segment from 'Top Gun'. The singer even looks like Divine so could be a nod to John Waters.So much fun, highly recommended.

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 7 out of 10]
[Deathcount N/A]
[Laughquota 8/10]
Themes Included: Multiple Car CrushingHouse CrushingRednecks
Movie HomagesTank DrivingTalking Monster Truck

Slime City Massacre (2010)

Slime City Massacre (2010)
Director: Greg Lamberson
Cast: Jennifer Bihl, Kealan Patrick Burke, Debbie Rochon
In the wake of a "dirty bomb" attack, a New York City neighborhood known as "Slime City" has been evacuated, except for the homeless ("displaced refugees"). Four squatters searching for food in the ruins of the Zachary Devon Soup Kitchen discover a supply of Zachary Devon's Home Brewed Elixir and Himalayan Yogurt. When they drink the elixir and eat the yogurt, they are transformed into hideous slime creatures driven to murder - an intermediate step as they are possessed by the spirits of Zachary Devon and the members of his Coven of Flesh, who committed suicide years earlier. When a greedy developer sets his sites on Slime City, he hires a team of mercenaries to wipe out the homeless population.
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Review Coming Soon...
Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
Themes Included: _________
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Satan Hates You (2010)

Satan Hates You (2010)
Director: James Felix McKenney
Cast: Don Wood, Christine Spencer, Angus Scrimm
Inspired by films from the golden age of religious cinema such as A Thief in the Night (1972) and Stalked (1969), Satan Hates You is a graphic horror film that tells the stories of two individuals and their personal struggles with Lucifer himself. We follow Marc, a homicidal maniac who tends to get hit on by lots of gay men. Sadly for those gay men, Marc is driven by demons buried deep within his soul. We also follow Wendy, Marc's polar opposite, who lives life fast and hard without a second's thought to the consequences. Their separate paths will eventually cross, but will it be on the road to salvation or the highway to hell? Director James Felix McKenney takes us on a wild and explosive journey to Hell and brings some of the most notable legends of the horror genre along for the ride.
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Review Coming Soon...
Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
Themes Included: _________
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We Await (1996)

We Await (1996)
Director: Charles Pinion
Cast: David Aaron Clark, Connell Little, Charles Pinion
We Await Charles Pinions Follow up to his master work Red Spirit Lake is so different from any other movie ever created that I do not know if I am Smart enough to Judge it. The story line has something to do with a strange family allot of fungus and even has a grown man for a dog. Amanda Collins who played Marilin in Red Spirit lake plays Xena in this one and once again makes the movie at least worth watching. Their are some murders and shots of San Francisco but the really trippy scenes in this movie seem to bleed the sick underside of San Francisco all over the screen and left me wondering what the hell was going on! I suggest any one that watches this movie to get into some sort of altered state before hand and maybe then it will make sense.
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Review Coming Soon...
Cultdb Totals
[Rated _ out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount _]
[Gorequota _/10]
Themes Included: _________
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Bloodstream (1985)

Bloodstream (1985)
Director: Michael J. Murphy
Cast: Patrick Olliver, Jacqueline Logan, Catherine Rowlands, Mark Wells
A maker of really bad movies is showing his product. He´s rejected. He gets copies of some movies by Britain´s so-called King of Horror. There are a lot of different horror movies. One of them is a cheap zombie movie. Another features a mummy. There´s a bad vampire and awful werewolf film. In the real world, a skull masked killer is going around and murdering people. It seems to be connected to the making of a horror movie. Who could the killer be?
Slimeball producer William King rips off crap horror director Alistar Bailey, so Bailey alongside Kings secretary decide to get revenge on him and his small production team. For most the films duration the down on his luck director sits in his bedsit and spends his time sulking and and watching video nasties that poorly parody films like Hammer's Dracula, The Exorcist and Mad Max. The director then goes on a murder spree while filming the deaths for his latest stinker.

The films director Michael J. Murphy as stated he made the film as an attack on film distributers he'd had problems with, which kind of backfired because Bloodstream failed to secure a distribution deal so nobody got to see it. Its real zero budget fair from the UK, the acting is dire grade z stuff yet something about the feel and attitude kept me some what entertained and curious for its duration. Its not really recommended but if you do stumble over it and have an hour to kill theres worse junk out there, horror fans will no doubt have fun guessing some of the obvious references, I'm still puzzled why the secretary was obsessed with James Stewart but doubt I'll lose sleep over it or even remember Bloodstream in days or weeks to come.

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 4 out of 10]
[Deathcount 12]
[Bewbcount 2]
[Gorequota 6/10]
Themes Included: ZombiesEnglish PubHunchbackWolfman
Witch BurningDog BurningCannibalsMummyLesbian Vampire

Kracker JackD (2003)

Kracker JackD (2003)
Director: Chad Hendricks
Cast: Michael ‘Red Bone’ Alcott, Julius Golden, John W. Sloan.
A whiteboy gets mudholed & plots revenge on the brothas at a house party in the Dirty South!
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(Not Yet Rated)

Room 33 (2009)

Room 33 (2009)
Director: Edward Barbini
Cast: Nina Hauser, Kim Manning, Adam Key, Ace Gibson
Hidden in the woods is an abandoned institution where many suffered horrible deaths. It is also where a group of road trippers are forced to settle for the night, and where someone is waiting for them-Roxy, a deranged, abused girl with a deadly secret. As the institution takes on a life of its own and mutilated bodies are discovered, the group races to learn Roxy’s story and uncover a savage killer in their midst.
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(Not Yet Rated)

The Zombie Farm (2009)

The Zombie Farm (2009)
Director: Ricardo Islas
Cast: Adriana Cataño, Rosa Isela Frausto and Karla Garcia
When a desperate domestic abuse victim turns to a voodoo priestess to solve her problem, a zombie uprising plunges their small town into total chaos.
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(Not Yet Rated)

Don't Let Him In (2011)

Don't Let Him In (2011)
Director: Kelly Smith
Cast: Sophie Linfield, Sam Hazeldine and Gordon Alexander
What if you invited a serial killer on holiday? Heading off for a weekend in the country, Paige & Calvin reluctantly allow Calvin’s brash younger sister to bring along Tristan, an arrogant city trader she’s picked up in a one-night stand; but when the group learn a brutal serial killer is plaguing the area, Paige must confront the disturbing truth about Tristan.
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(Not Yet Rated)