One of the strangest fantasy films to come out in the wake of the success of “Conan The Barbarian”.
Though it is not specified were this is set, whether it be a lost age of man, a post-apocalyptic future or a world entirely unto itself. A young man named Ilius is given a bow that possesses mystical properties and is sent on a journey to discover his courage.
Ilius comes upon a land ruled by a monstrous cult leader named Ohkren who rules the peasants of the land through fear and terror in the form of her army of savage men, monsters and the belief that she controls the sun. Ilius meets and befriends a wanderer named Mace and together they fight to free the land from Ohkren and her monsters.
This movie is lacking in plot by is long on action, gore and sex. Werewolves, zombies and other weird monstrosities run wild in this horror fantasy classic from Lucio Fulci!
F. W. Murnau’s silent era horror masterpiece “Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror”, with a soundtrack by gothic doom metal band Type O Negative!
“The Asphyx” trailer from 1973.
A Victorian scientist thinks he has recorded in photographs the human soul leaving the body at the moment of death. But, closer examination reveals that the phenomenon in the photographs is moving toward the dying rather than away. What he has captured on film is actually an Asphyx, a spirit from Greek Mythology that acts as a personal grim reaper, coming to claim the soul at death to take it to the afterlife. He is determined to capture his own Asphyx in order to become immortal!
“Project Metalbeast” VHS box art from the UK. It was released there simply as “Metalbeast”.
Part of a previous photo set but I thought that it was so cool it deserved its own post.
Awesome werewolf movie about a secret project to create werewolf shock troops. That project is combined with another designed to create a metal based skin and the resulting monster is impervious to harm. Especially to silver bullets.
Desperately needs a DVD release.
“Ticks” from 1993. Also known as “Infested” and “C2”.
A group of troubled inner city youths, including Seth Green and Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton from “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) are taken to a camping retreat to deal with their various problems. Little do they know that some local marijuana growers are trying to increase their crop with herbal steroids. The steroids also cause ticks that inhabit the plants to grow to tremendous size and start attacking humans! They are not just parasites any more!
Features awesome chunk blowing creature and gore effects and laundry list of cult stars.
More from “My Bloody Valentine”
“Project Metalbeast” aka “Metalbeast”
Starring Kim Delaney, Barry Bostwick and Kane Hodder as the Metalbeast.
One of my all time favorite werewolf movies and a real gem that needs to be rediscovered. It has never been officially released on DVD in North America, though there are plenty of bootlegs made from VHS copies. A French release was made, but it has French only audio and is hard to obtain. Hopefully it will get picked up. I hope to bring some attention to this long neglected movie.
The film is starts with the Army sending two agents into the Carpathian Mountains of Hungary to obtain werewolf blood to create werewolf shock troops with. With the use of silver bullets and the loss of an agent, the blood is secured. The surviving agent, Butler, uses it on himself. He goes on a rampage and is shot with silver bullets. His body is frozen on the orders of Col. Miller.
Twenty years later, Miller is funding a project to create artificial, metal based skin. He give the research team Butler’s “corpse” as a test cadaver. During the operation, the silver bullets are discovered and removed, causing Butler to come out of hibernation and regenerate. Butler’s werewolf ability to regenerate not only allows him to survive the skin graft but also to grow it at an accelerated rate.
Now, a werewolf is on the loose. A werewolf with bulletproof skin, sharp spines on its back, and armor piercing claws and fangs! The ultimate killing machine! An out of control shock trooper with a lust for death and destruction!
The Prowler and Harry Warden looking cuter than they really should be.
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