Directed by Charles Laughton

Taken from the romance of the same name based on the true story of the Harry Powel, a preacher who killed 25 women upon marrying them, this avant thriller was way ahead of its time, even today. The only directing effort from the actor Charles Laughton, this is a phenomenal exercise in style and narrative, one true classic that inspired many and is as frightening today and breathtaking as it was 60 years ago.

Continue reading for a quick insight and more gorgeous shots from this classic and essential movie.

Directed by Nicholas Ray
Cast: Cathy O’Donnel, Farley Granger, Howard da Silva, Jay C. Flippen

The first feature from one of the romantics of the classic American Cinema, Nicholas Ray, is a human crime drama noir driven by strong leads and classic heartfelt dialogue, delivered in a tight narrative and superb low-light cinematography. A dramatic film noir example that is an absolute classic.

Continue to the full review of this classic, back when Hollywood was better than the popcorn fueled piece of crap of today’s blockbusters.

Written and Directed by: Richard Stanley
Cast: Stacey Travis, Dylan McDermott, John Lynch and Iggy Pop

No Flesh Shall Be Spared

Once in a while you find a movie that almost nobody heard of and while watching it you realize: what a shame. Hardware is one of those atmospheric beauties that strongly defines itself in a careful Cyberpunk esthetic, almost hard-core; it’s story-line spawning a direct and hopeless vision of the most possible future we will encounter.

Keep reading for a cautious insight and some great screenshots of this true underdog piece of cult.

It’s sad when the good stuff have to end. Uk’s Electric Sheep Magazine has been running on print for 9 issues, struggling but surviving. But now is no more. Winter was it’s last issue.

Directed by Yasuzu Masumura

Here’s a curious little pleasure from a japanese cult master. An intense study on body, intimacy and lunacy all together in a very light S&M form that never takes itself too seriously; it’s deep alright but it’s more poetic than barbarian.

Michio is a blind sculptor that intends to create his utter masterpiece, a sculpture piece for the blind. Helped by his mother he kidnaps a beautiful model, Aki, in an attempt of keeping her locked in his studio to serve as his muse.

Crash

Written and Directed by David Cronenberg.
Cast: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosana Arquette, Peter MacNeill.

This obsessive adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel turns into a hard psychological affair of sexual compulsion and hardcore demency when a group of emotionally detached individuals find pleasure, sex and escape in car accidents.

A truly weird film about the deepness of our modern world’s perversion, a deranged visual experience that puts your head in an exhausting twist.

The Last House on the Left
Written and Directed by Wes Craven
With: Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess
USA, 1972

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Ah, this one is a pure classic. Nailed down upon its release, brutal, demented, and psychologically disturbing yet amusing, this one will shame you for watching with a smile in your face. Krug & company are for a feast and two “innocent” beauties are not escaping their fate. Now that the remake is hitting the box-office, it’s time for the real deal, a true disturbing classic.

For his first feature, director Wes “Slasher” Craven delivers us a sadistic tale of brutality, murder, revenge and the psychological effects of dementia. Mari is spending her 17th birthday in town for (…)