Human Lanterns

Human Lanterns (1982)
Director: Sun Chung
Starring: Liu Yung, Chen Kuan_Tai, Lo Lieh
Personal Rating: 3/5

"Chao Chun-fang (Lo Lieh), a mentally unbalanced lantern maker gets a chance to avenge his mistreatment by two rich and powerful men when one of the men (who are enemies, in fact) asks him to make special lanterns for an approaching festival. Chao then methodically kills three female family members of the two wealthy men and peels off their skin to use as a covering for the lanterns."-© Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
Director: Jorge Grau
Starring: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock
Personal Rating: 3.5/5

"In a small town in the north of England, an experimental pest-control device is being used with horrific consequences. Edna (Cristine Galbo) and George (Ray Lovelock) are unlikely traveling companions - they met en-route when she backed her car into his motorbike and subsequently offered him a lift to his destination. Stopping over near Manchester, Edna is attacked by a man that the locals say has been dead for days. Edna and George soon realize that inhabitants are being murdered by the re-animated dead: the new pesticides used in the area are bringing the dead back to life, and for sustenance they need human flesh."-© Xploited Cinema

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Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Tetsuro Tamba
Personal Rating: 5/5

"Horrors of Malformed Men and Blind Woman's Curse director Teruo Ishii shifts his focus from tormented mutants to sword-swinging samurais with this outrageous, blood-spattered adaptation of an original manga by Lone Wolf and Cub creator Kazuo Koike. Tetsuro Tanba (Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs) stars as a hardened mercenary swordsman who becomes hopelessly caught between a gang of privileged samurais charged with recruiting prostitutes to work in old Edo's pleasure quarter, the barbaric Shogunate, and the rival gangs locked into a violent struggle for power."-© Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Hell of the Living Dead

Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Director: Bruno Mattei
Starring: Margit Evelyn Newton, Franco Garofalo
Personal Rating: 4/5

"An accident at a chemical plant unleashes a horrific virus, and an elite SWAT team is sent to New Guinea to investigate. But when they arrive on the hellish island, they discover a plague of flesh-eating zombies as well as a beautiful female reporter who practices nude anthropology. Can the commandos survive this cannibal rampage, uncover a shocking government secret, and still find time for the occasional cross-dressing before the ravenous hordes of the living dead infect the entire world? Directed by the notorious Bruno Mattei, this ‘80s Italian gut-muncher is infamous for its eye-popping gore, jaw-dropping dialog and heart-stopping use of inappropriate stock footage."

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Evilspeak

Evilspeak (1981)
Director: Eric Weston
Starring: Clint Howard
Personal Rating: 5/5

"Professional weirdo Clint Howard plays one of his more interesting oppressed-geek roles in this occult revenge thriller about a tormented military-school nerd whose personal computer provides the only solace from the endless taunts and pranks of his fellow cadets. He also has an intense fascination with the occult, leading him to investigate an arcane tome secreted within an ancient, crumbling chapel. In an attempt to decipher the text, he feeds it into the computer, which translates the writings into actual working spells. As Clint's mind reels with the possibilities of sweet revenge against his cruel classmates and teachers, the demonic forces once trapped within the book begin to exert control over his mind and body. Before long, he is able to summon an army of snarling devil-pigs to do his evil bidding. Though this is essentially a gender-bent rip-off of Carrie, there is enough in the way of spooky atmosphere and well-staged shocks to keep less discriminating horror fans interested."-© Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

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