V/H/S/2 (aka S-VHS) (2013)

A Private investigator and his partner have been asked to check out the whereabouts of a missing student.
Breaking into his house (with the permission of his mother, the PI's client) they find an elaborate setup of multiple TVs, VCRs and a Laptop.
The PI goes to check out the rest of the house, and leaves his partner to see if she can find any clues on the laptop, or any of the collection of VHS tapes strewn around the floor.

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The Shrine

A young man is the latest in a long line of backpackers to go missing in Eastern Europe, only to have his belongings show up in an airport elsewhere on the continent weeks later.
When a journalist traces his last known whereabouts to a village in Poland, she heads out with her assistant and reluctant photographer boyfriend to solve the mystery.
Things take a nasty turn when she decides to investigate an unmoving and mysterious patch of dense perpetual fog in the woods on the village's outskirts, and finds an imposing statue that the villagers would rather she hadn't seen...

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Phantom of the Paradise

Songwriter, Winslow, is double crossed by the worlds hottest record producer, Swan, then badly scarred and presumed killed while attempting to get revenge. Returning as a masked 'Phantom' to ruin Swan's new club / theatre, Winslow sets about making sure no one but Phoenix (Jessica Harper), will ever sing the music that Swan has stolen from him.

It's not long though, before he is tempted into making a deal with Swan, and signing a contract that will cost him far more than he bargained for, as there is more to Swan than the world knows...

Phantom of The Opera, meets Faust, Rocky Horror style (and there's another classic of English literature in there for good measure too, but to name it would be to give a spoiler) in a 70's rock musical satire of the music industry.

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The Baby

A social worker is transferred to her newest case - Baby Wadsworth (Yes, "Baby" is actually his name).
Baby lives with his Mother and two adult sisters, and does all the things a healthy baby does - He sleeps in his cot, plays with his teddy, soils his nappy, drinks up his milk, he gurgles and giggles and cried and scream; He'd be just like any other baby... if he weren't a man in his 30s!

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Best Worst Movie: The 'Troll 2' Documentary

Okay, this is a bit different to my other 'Shocktober' picks, in that it ISN'T a horror movie: it's a documentary ABOUT a horror movie.

Specifically, it's a documentary about the cult surrounding last nights pick, 'Troll 2'.

Troll 2

Oh my Goooooooooooooooooooooooood.

That was appalling!

To be fair, I watched this movie in completely the wrong way: Sober and alone. This is a film that requires friends and booze!

The Human Centipede (First Segment)

A Mad surgeon creates a human centipede from 3 kidnapped tourists.

If you havn't hered about this film yet, and don't know how one makes a Human Centipede, have a study of this diagram, I'll wait...

Properly grossed out? - good!

I put off watching this movie for aaaaaaaagggggggggggges, as I'm not into 'challenging' myself the way I used to be when I was a teenager, but I decided to bite the bullet and 'force it down' for Shocktober...

Night Of The Living Dead

In 2009, I didn't review movies, so much as briefly recomend a few via my Facebook account, This was one of them...

Back in 1968 when it was released, in order to claim copyright on a film, the copyright had to be stated on screen; As was usually the case, George A. Romero's movie 'Night of the Flesh Eaters' claimed the copyright on its title card. When the studio re-named it to the now familiar 'Night of the Living Dead', they didn't put the notice on the new title card.

The result of this is that the most famous Zombie movie of all time is in the public domain.

Feast

In 2009, I didn't review movies, so much as briefly recomend a few via my Facebook account, This was one of them...

'Feast' is a kick ass monster movie, with it's tongue planted firmly in its sharp-tooth-filled cheek.

It feels a lot like 'Tremors', which is probably due to it's humour content and base-under siege theme, but other than that there's not too much I can say without spoiling bits of it.

Repo! The Genetic Opera

In 2009, I didn't review movies, so much as briefly recomend a few via my Facebook account, This was one of them...

Another great film shat all over by the distributors – This time a labour of love from the producers of ‘Saw’, based on a stage show.

Braindead (AKA Dead Alive)

In 2009, I didn't review movies, so much as briefly recomend a few via my Facebook account, This was one of them...

Most of you have probably seen this - but for 3 quid it's well worth sticking an an amazon order with something else.

Sleepaway Camp

In 2009, I didn't review movies, so much as briefly recomend a few via my Facebook account, This was one of them...

The first movie is an excellent low budget slasher / whodunnit, the sequels are silly slasher (but at £7 consider them freebies with the superb first movie). Buy it now now and add it to your Halloween watch list! One word of caution though - DO NOT read the back of the box, the Amazon page, or ANYTHING AT ALL about the sequels until after you have seen the first movie - buy and watch it blind and thank me later!