Horror Movie Review: Demon of Paradise (1987)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago, with a story written by Frederick Bailey and C.J. Santiago, Demon of Paradise is an exceptionally dull film.
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago, with a story written by Frederick Bailey and C.J. Santiago, Demon of Paradise is an exceptionally dull film.
It’s always a pleasure to find Donald Pleasence hiding away in some forgotten Italian horror film from the 80s, which is very much the case with Specters (Italian: Spettri). A supernatural horror that has some style, plenty of class, feels suitably 80s (and Italian), but has nothing of note elsewhere.
They really don’t make them like this anymore. Insect (aka Blue Monkey) is creature feature with a dumb story, a dazzling array of practical effects, plenty of gore, and ending that is hilariously telegraphed from the start. It’s a blast, a flawed blast, but a blast none the less.
A slice of 80’s senselessness that is memorable for so many reasons, The Soultangler comes from writers John Bishow and Lance Laurie, and was directed by Pat Bishow.
Crippen High School was home to a series of gruesome murders. Years later, Cosmic Pictures has decided to use it for the set of their new horror film. What could go wrong?
Terry O’Quinn stars as an identity-assuming serial killer who marries a widow with a teenage daughter.
Jill returns to her family home only to discover that it has been vandalized after a local dispute. Worse still, her parents are nowhere to be seen.
Directed by Hal Freeman, Blood Frenzy is a late 80’s slasher horror movie that reuses tropes that were exhausted at even this stage.