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Sunset Strip Killers is a 2026 American true-crime horror/thriller written by Timothy Croteau and Chuck Parello, and directed by Chad Ferrin. Chuck is notable as the writer and director of the classic true-crime horror films Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1994) and The Hillside Strangler (2004), and as the director of Ed Gein
It is 1990, and the residents of Bernal, Argentina, are riveted by the FIFA World Cup games while a killer prowls the streets. As the competition on the pitch increases, so does the bloody body count. Record store clerk Micaela (Sol Wainer) finds herself ensnared in the killer’s web of violence while the citizens of
Psycho= is a 2009 Japanese horror thriller written and directed by Ami Matsunosuke. Being the first title worked on by the filmmaker, they would go on to write and direct Shinreion: The Movie (2010), direct Sanzu: Sun of the Dead (2011), and work as a producer on Koi no Eiga wo Tsukuro (2014) and Jiku
Female Harakiri: Glorious Death is a 1989 Japanese ero guro/fetish gore film directed by Akio Fuji. Sitting alone in a darkened room, a kimono-clad former soldier commits seppuku. Setting a precedent for the series, Female Harakiri: Glorious Death is a bleak and disturbing depiction of ritualistic suicide. The ambiguous lack of narrative or dialogue (recurring
While Phallacies was a brazen exploration of male genitalia, and Analogies took an unflinching examination of the anus, filmmakers Domiziano Cristopharo and Jon Devlin have returned to tackle human extremities situated a little lower on the body: the humble foot. Heavily stigmatised throughout the world with its association with uncleanliness, and often the butt of
Onne is a 2006 Japanese horror film written and directed by legendary filmmaker Shozin Fukui. The film is one of the last feature-length titles Fukui worked on as writer/director, in addition to Den-Sen (2006). A 23-year-old hikikomori, Takeshi, lives an isolated life, willingly trapped inside his apartment. However, after a strange gas attack disables all
Death Penalty.com is a 2011 Japanese psychological horror thriller written by Toshifumi Hiroki and directed by Ryota Sakamaki. Both known for their work in budget horror titles, Ryota Sakamaki has worked as a director on such films as Neo Document Series ZONE (2004), Scarier Stories than Ghosts Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2005), and Dark
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 British extreme horror anthology film written and directed by Alex Chandon, and starring Cradle of Filth Frontman, Dani Filth. Cutting his teeth in the industry as writer and director of the short horror films Chainsaw Scumfucks (1988), Bad Manor (1989), Bad Karma (1991), and Drillbit (1992), Alex would go
Sana: Let Me Hear (2024), also known as Ano Ko wa Dare or Who’s That Kid, is a direct sequel to Takashi Shimizu’s Sana (2023), a film which I thoroughly enjoyed. Admittedly, I was oblivious to the fact that Sana would even receive a sequel, as I felt like everything was wrapped up nicely in
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri (‘Shitsurakuen’: jôbafuku onna harakiri) is a 1990 extreme horror/Ero Guro short film written and directed by Masami Akita. While best known as one of Japan’s leading noise music composers under the stage name Merzbow, Masami Akita has also directed the similarly themed horror short Bandage Anatomy Woman (1995)—a film often