MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
2008 / d. Ryuhei Kitamura

A slick, stylized adaption of the short story by horror-prophet Clive Barker, MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN is certainly one of the best Barker movie adaptations to date. Brutally violent, well acted, and tense from start to finish. The plot-twist ending will leave you with your jaw securely resting on the floor in astonishment.

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MOTHER OF TEARS
2007 / d. Dario Argento

The final chapter in the Three Mothers trilogy, the film has Argento's usual penchant for boobs and blood, but is stylistically worlds apart from the first two films (SUSPIRIA and INFERNO). Argento fans may dislike the polished look, but it boasts enough bodily trauma and lewd lesbian action to keep anyone entertained.

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MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE
1986 / d. Jim McCullough Sr.

The tagline reads: "Please do not disturb Evelyn. She already is." Ah ha ha, brilliant! Unfortunately, it's the only brilliant thing about this film. While not as bad as many of the numerous slasher films to surface from the 80s, it's just a pretty uninspired effort all-around. However, the decent atmosphere and oddball characters make this, at the very least, entertaining.

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MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D
2009 / d. Patrick Lussier

Pure three-dimensional horror fun! Director Lussier sets out to remake the well-known Canadian slasher and delivers (in typical 80's fashion) a film chocked-full of suprisingly nasty pick-axe brutality, including a scene in which a jaw is torn clean off! Good luck eating corn on the cob this summer, boy-o! Campy and violent, it also features some lengthy bits of female full-frontal, all in glorious 3D no less.

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