Director: Toshiaki Toyoda
Writer: Hangan Oguri
Release year: 2009
Japanese title: Yomigaeri No Chi

Simply beyond and back, with the sound of rock.

Japan during the middle ages, a time when mysticism and dark overlords still ruled the land. A deviant tyrant, master of a ruthless clan, calls on a respectable masseur to ease his physical burdens. The masseur agrees to help, and for this he pays with his life. But his refusal to enter the hereafter, has him coming back as a ‘hungry ghost’ to take care of unfinished business…

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Director: Tony Maylam
Writer: Harvey Weinstein, Tony Maylam, Brad Grey, and Peter Lawrence
Release Year: 1981

Is it hot in here or is it just me?

A bunch of stupid teenagers accidentally set fire to their camp’s drunken caretaker leaving him scarred badly enough that latex hookers have no interest in him. This makes him a mite bitter, so he returns to the camp to kill some of the superfluous teenagers that seem to congregate there. Some of those degenerates are Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, and Holly Hunter as well as some other recognizable faces….

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Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writers: Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack & Lane Slate
Release Year: 1977

A town with skidmarks.

Deputy Wade (James Brolin) – father of Lynn Marie (Kim Richards) and Debbie (Kyle Richards) – is seriously dating schoolteacher Lauren (Kathleen Lloyd) and generally enjoying life. The problem is, an evil-looking car with tinted windows comes roaring into his small Utah town and starts making street pizza out of people. Actually, screw off Wade, the car is the star of this show….

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Director: Tom Shankland
Writer: Tom Shankland, based on a story by Paul Andrew Williams
Release year: 2008

Raising kids can cause serious health problems

Christmas holidays are so much fun, aren’t they? Relaxing on the snow-covered countryside with friends and family. Joyful children running around. Slicing up their parents.

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Director: Joe Law
Writer: none, apparantly
Release Year: 1979
Mandarin title: Tian Can Di Que

Limbless Kungfu

Let’s get right to the point: The Crippled Masters is a fantastic horrible movie. Hilarious and cringeworthy scenes follow one another at rapid speed, while this crippled kungfu extravaganza unfolded before our very eyes at last year’s ‘Freakshow Friday’, part of a midnight screening series at Offscreen Film Festival.

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