Raggedy Man (1981)
Sep 2, 1999WWII Smalltown Romance/Hick Psychos
Beautifully shot Sissy Spacek starring work of American nostalgia set in rural 1940s Texas that takes a turn into Southern Gothic in its last quarter
Tracey Walter
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
Mar 9, 2001Motorcyclist Time Travels to the Old West
Rather slight film with the amusing concept of a present-day motorcyclist thrown back in time to the Old West
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
May 31, 2001Sword and Sorcery
This sequel to Conan the Barbarian makes the mistake of watering the primal brutalism down to a PG rating and what results ends up being a pedestrian comic-book adventure
Repo Man (1984)
Feb 2, 2003Gonzo Punk Film
Alex Coz's surreal cult film with Emilio Estevez as an L.A. punk working as a repo driver who gets wound into the hunt for a car with radioactive aliens in the trunk
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
Batman (1989)
Mar 26, 2000Comic-Book Superhero
Tim Burton borrows from the dark brooding graphic novels of the era and gives us a beautiful, stunningly designed film that digs deep into the psychological recesses of the masks and funny faces
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
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
Apr 15, 1999Luck Incarnate/Lovers on the Run in Vegas
Would be quirky, surrealistic indie film with lovers on the run in Las Vegas. Quentin Tarantino appears as the spirit of chance from an interdimensional swimming pool
Matilda (1996)
May 5, 2003Gifted Child/Roald Dahl Adaptation
Danny DeVito directs an adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel with Mara Wilson as a mentally gifted child. In DeVito's hands, Roald Dahl's black bite overbalances into broad farce
Ted Bundy (2002)
Feb 15, 2004True-Life Serial Killer
True crime film from Matthew Bright based on serial killer Ted Bundy. Bright remains very faithful to the details of the case and he and star Michael Reilly Burke delve into the psychopathic mindset with considerable effect
Wasting Away (2007)
Aug 27, 2015Zombie Comedy
Horror comedy told from the perspective of four friends who are unaware they have been transformed into zombies. The contrast of their reactions with everybody else as they flee in terror is mildly amusing for awhile but this is essentially a one-gag film
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Mar 10, 2011Rape and Revenge
The harrowing 1970s raped woman on a revenge spree film is given the remake treatment, although is watered down in many key areas. The revenge scenes however are played up for a particular nastiness
Alyce (2011)
Sep 15, 2014Modernised Urban Alice in Wonderland
The director of Zombie Strippers! offers up Alice in Wonderland as a modern urban tale that becomes an allegory for a drug-induced journey into a disturbed headspace
31 (2016)
Sep 25, 2016Human Hunting Survival Game
Rob Zombie featuring people abducted and forced to play in a deathsport game. This is largely a re-run of House of 1000 Corpses, while both films in turn draw heavily on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. As always, Rob Zombie has a following but also switches large swathes of his audience off