Piranha (1978)
Dec 26, 2000Killer Fish
The second film from Joe Dante. Mounted as a quickie copy of Jaws by producer Roger Corman, Dante succeeds in peppering it with a lot of sly jokes and genre in-references
Paul Bartel
Trick or Treats (1982)
Aug 22, 2017Slasher Film
From the heyday of the slasher film, an effort about a babysitter stalked by an escaped maniac on Halloween Night, which draws great influence from classics of the era such as Halloween and When a Stranger Calls. Nothing standout but what a great supporting cast
Eating Raoul (1982)
Apr 19, 2007Killing Kinksters Black Comedy
Paul Bartel's black comedy where he and Mary Woronov play a snobby couple who pose as kinksters to lure swingers and then kill them off. all to fund setting up an exclusive restaurant
Killer Party (1986)
Oct 24, 2013Slasher Film
Canadian entry from the classic era of slasher films that hits some occasionally effective notes that sit between horror and prank. The last 10 minutes take an abrupt dogleg turn to become an Evil Dead copy
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Jun 1, 1999Anthology of Comedy Skits & Genre Parodies
An anthology of comedy skits from several different directors including Joe Dante and John Landis. The result is fairly scattershot with moments of occasional humour falling between laughs that do not come off
Mortuary Academy (1988)
Jun 3, 2005Bad Taste Mortuary Comedy
Intended as a horror riff on the phenomenally popular Police Academy series, this sets a series of gags in as bad a taste as possible around the locale of a mortuary
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
Oct 17, 1999Sexual Rondeau Comedy/Ghost
Director Paul Bartel and a reasonable name cast make a comedy about the sex lives of the Beverly Hills elites
Liquid Dreams (1991)
Dec 14, 2008Future Sexuality
An offbeat science-fiction film sold as a work of erotica but one that actually subverts the genre in interesting ways concerning a futuristic apartment block performers where strippers are being fed a drug
A Bucket of Blood (1995)
Sep 10, 2025Murderous Artist
Roger Corman’s original A Bucket of Blood is a cult black comedy starring Dick Miller a nerdy wannabe who is acclaimed after passing dead bodies off as works of art. Here it was remade with Anthony Michael Hall inheriting the role of Walter Paisley
Skeletons (1997)
Mar 26, 2007Smalltown Secrets
An almost respectable film from David DeCoteau about a journalist uncovering the disappearance of a gay man in a town that eliminates those who do not conform to its wholesome lifestyle