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Brain Hammer reviews “Street Trash!”

[Editor's Note: Because I am a drunk idiot and called Roy - Ray in our Street Trash 2 article (Read Here), and Roy pointed out we have never reviewed any of his films, Brain Hammer came to my rescue. So here it is BRAIN HAMMER REVIEWS STREET TRASH!]

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Monster Squad DVD Review

From the tender young age of nine up until fifteen I went through a lot of changes; everything from the sound of my voice to my tastes in music fluctuated wildly throughout those six formative years. In spite of all the changes I experienced one thing remained the same, which was the giant “Monster Squad” poster that was posted in a place of honor on the wall facing my bed.

Re-Animator Limited Edition DVD (Review)

Originally released during the fall off 1985, “Re-Animator” took the horror world by storm and made icons out of its star Jeffrey Combs and its director Stuart Gordon. The plot of “Re-Animator” is loosely based on sci-fi horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s cheesy “Herbert West: Re-Animator” magazine serials that were written as a parody of Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein.”

From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

Vincent Price plays a librarian whose niece is executed for a string of murders. When a journalist comes to investigate, he tells her stories of the haunted town of Oldfield and its connection to the murders. Each of the 4 stories appear in their own clever segments featuring…

Savage Streets (1983) Review by Molly Celaschi

[Editor's Note: You would think this was the greatest review ever written since Molly bugged me two weeks straight to post it. So here it is, Molly Celaschi's review of the classic film "Savage Streets." Now leave me alone!]

Eyes of a Stanger (1980) Movie Review

Jane, a local news anchor, has realized that her neighbor is the rapist/ serial killer that she has been reporting on nightly. Jane goes on a one woman mission to hunt him down before he can get to her and her deaf-blind sister she takes care of. When her lawyer boyfriend refuses to help, she is on her own. Jane starts playing phone games with the killer and turns the tables on him…

Zombie 4: After Death (1988)

A group of scientists researching cancer treatments unintentionally kills the daughter of a voodoo priest. The priest hopes to get his daughter back by opening the third gate of Hell. Fast paced, fun action ensues as demonic zombies are unleashed. A group of mercenaries arrive to add to the fun, which leads to a downbeat ending. Why? Because there is a Zombie 5!

Porno Holocaust (1981)

A group of scientists, half of whom are pretty women in bikinis, are led by a sea captain with a penchant for 69ing on the beach, in search for a mutated native killing villagers. Due to a nuclear bomb detonated on a supposedly evacuated island, the radiation turned this last man into a rapist/ killer.

Terror Train (1980)

You have to respect a film that is willing to center itself around the most despicably heartless creatures known to man…medical students.

Prom Night (1980) ‘The Ultimate Horror Movie Yearbook’ (Sample)

“Lets show them what we can do.”
And with these words Prom Night turns from generic slasher film into camp horror brilliance. You know the story by now; a little girl is pushed out of a window by prankstering kids and six years later the offenders are ritually slaughtered at the senior prom. Prom Night is the quintessential slasher with its crime from the past being righted in the present, bitchy girl, horny boys, unifying event and Jamie Lee Curtis. But Prom Night is really something special.

Tales From the Darkside Volume #5

Remember the good old days when you used to watch something like “Tales From the Dark Side” and all it took to get you excited was something as dumb as a green puppet hand at the end? Man were we easily amused back then.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) by Tyler Shainline

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2″ was basically dead on arrival when it snuck into theaters in mid 1986. Could you blame it? “TCM 2″ had everything going against it: It was a pointless and dated sequel with a terribly distracting score and no big-name stars. Well, there was Dennis Hopper, fresh off “My Science Project.”

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Movie Review

“Return of the Living Dead” will always have a place in the halls of horror history for three reasons if not more. 1. “ROTLD” was not only the first zombie film to feature “intelligent” walking dead but was also the original film to incorporate the concept that they feasted (and at times requested) BRAINS! 2. “Return” was the film that launched future scream queen Linnea Quigley into the spotlight in all her nude gravedancin’ glory.

Motel Hell (1980) – Movie Review

Farmer Vincent and sister Ida run a farm that harvests people for use in their smoked meats. When the nubile Terry is found hurt on the road, Vincent decides to treat her. When she later agrees to marry him, the suspicious and horny Sheriff gets involved.

Hellgate (1989) – Movie Review

The opening scene shows teenagers around a fireplace telling the Legend of Hellgate which started in the 1950’s. When Josie goes to the local burger joint, she is captured by a biker gang (and no one tries to stop them, not even the guy idly holding a shotgun!). They take her back to town and her father kills them and his daughter by accident. When a strange crystal is discovered, the grieving father brings his daughter back to life only to have her wander the road at night to lure unsuspecting drivers to the ghost town.