Tales from the Quadead Zone (DVD) – This was one of the most notorious VHS movies that horror fans seeked out for years as copies were going at cheap “$750” each as the film feel out of print quickly and became thing of legend among independent movie collectors. This project is a SOV anthology from Charles N. Turner who unleashed this project on the world in 1987. As it fell out of print it apparently made an imprint on Louis Justin of Massacre Video as a few years back he tracked the rights and Charles to give us a DVD we all could appreciate. Was supposedly going to be three stories with a wraparound but never worked out as Charles explains in an interview on the disc. It ended up just being two stories with a long wraparound. The two short stories are weird about hunger and revenge on a brother after death with the long wraparound being about a woman telling her dead ghost son Bobby stories from the book called “Tales from the Quadead Zone”. This is a very inventive wild anthology that has a certain charm that I can see why some collectors truly loved the movie. No matter what just glad this exists on some kind of physical media as I give it 2 1/2 out of 4 stars.

Subhuman: The Amityville Experiment (Fawesome) – Hello kids, we have entry #82 as I knew this project existed for a bit of time but was almost impossible to track down until recently when it finally hit streaming. This little project has a scientific experiment from someone’s basement escape into the world or town known as Amityville. Subject 19 is a flesh eating blob with one eye that is growing as it feeds outside of its cage! Its a hilarious creature feature that runs 45 minutes and claymation as I give this entry 2 out of 4 stars.

555 (Blu-ray) – Again Massacre Video does their best to dig up the obscure and this slasher/serial killer film that was no different from the likes of a ‘Tales from the Quadead Zone’ in its uniqueness as this title was sought after feverishly for years. A DVD appeared a few years back then Massacre Video up their game by releasing a special edition blu-ray with a newly mastered print that also included interviews with cast and crew. This almost unknown slasher from 1988 goes out of its way to be unique as the killer kills for five nights in a row as the killer will have five victims then disappears for five years to a different city. This time around two detectives are making it their life’s work to catch this sicko in this brutally wild and bloody SOV slasher! This is a great grab for physical media collectors as I give it 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.

Screw Years Eve (Blu-ray) – This project from Gatorblade Films has Richard Tanner directing a Sean Donohue script that grabs for nostalgia from frame one and heads to present day day quickly. The duo drops a late 80s slasher formula into a present day independent horror project that is harder to pull off than you think… Over the years in this small town people die who celebrate New Years after the tragic death of a young man at a party. But a group of young people are going to go against the norm for nostalgia to celebrate the new years again! The story takes a bit of time to develop but it all makes sense once the killing starts. Lots of 80s references peppered in there, a pink gorilla, and the most crucial but small part belongs to Angel Bradford as Jamie the bartender. She is the right person for the right character to help pull together which I believe is a tough formula for present day horror. The cast is great through and through and I did hope for a different ending but this will satisfy the independent horror film community looking for another holiday horror as the project is something to behold as I give it 3 out of 4 stars.

Shrubs (YouTube) – A short film from a filmmaker in my neck of the woods in Pittsburgh who got a talented group of people together to make a 26 or so minute film about killer shrubs. Yes folks its Arbor Day weekend festival in this small modest town as they been celebrating Arbor Day for a hundred years. But tragedy strikes quick in Mount Evergreen when a young man smoking the devil’s lettuce then takes an ax to a tree! That is when the woods fights to the death to kill the community in this hilarious attempt in making the ultimate Arbor Day horror holiday film. This short has it all including a 70s TV movie ending intentionally or not all involved should be proud of this film. David Dietz and Ben Dietels are stand outs as usual as I give the short film 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.

The Barn III (Theater) – Justin Seaman returns once again to tell the story of a town where past sins of Halloween have been forgotten as the film picks up in 1998 with returning characters. The story then flashes forward to 2025 where Josh is now much older and a preacher who every Halloween is checking barns for the demons or his best friend Sam. Nothing happens and Josh’s sister Heather convinces him to take a year off but his nephew and best friend find the book Josh has been hiding and the harvest is on again. Without giving too much away the film goes big and over the top and rightfully so with the characters, the creatures, and the gore. I may always believe the first film is the best of the trilogy, this entry declares we will be seeing Justin in Hollywood soon as his vision has the chance to be the next big thing among horror movie collectors as I see this being Justin’s ‘Terrifer’??? Horror fans take that whatever way you want point is no matter what I think Justin Seaman may have just put the horror community on notice as I give this latest entry into the series 3 out of 4 stars.

Dr, Cyclops (DVD) – An older 40s flick I don’t remember ever seeing so I knew I should take a crack at reviewing it. We have a great biologist who isolates himself in the Amazon for unknown experiments for two years until he has a breakthrough. The good doctor is very secretive but sends for a highly regarded scientist to check his work? Dr. Cyclops is happy with what he hears and attempts to send them away shortly after they arrive. Refusing these other scientists meddle in the secretive doctors work to find out the hard way they get shrunk. For the time this film has some great set design and special effects worth seeking out to see how this idea has been done over dozens of times since the 40s as I give this film 2 out of 4 stars.

Recorded 2 (YouTube) – A found footage film independently shot in Bulgaria where a young woman from a film crew and her driver go missing! Friends attempt to investigate not understanding how she would disappear without a trace as they film their travels along with a superfan who is concerned. As friends find the car and believe they might have a clue about Georgina someone comes hacking and slashing away. Good solid concept for a found footage flick that doesn’t overstay its welcome in the running time department but have a feeling American audiences will not enjoy the simple but effective story telling with this feature as most mainstream found footage projects in the states will spoon feed the audience… Ever notice some of the worthy found footage projects come from outside the states as I give this project 2 1/2 out of 4 stars.

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