Nightmare USA Films Discussion Thread

[Rondadoronron]

Bob Clark's DeathDream.
Sorry If you guys were doing this alphabetically,but I recently watched this so thought id throw my two cents in the ring.
Andy gets killed in Vietnam,and while the family is mourning for there son,up he pops knocking on the front door.
It has to be said not a lot happens in this film,so anyone expecting zombie munching like Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things or lots of slashing like Black Christmas then you will be mightily disappointed,or come to that lots of tits Ala Porky's.What we do get is one of the most hypnotic performances from Richard Backus who just smiles a lot or grimaces a lot,while in between strangling the family dog or killing the family doctor.His permanent facial expressions were beginning to give me jaw ache.In fact he so looks like a re-animated corpse I did wonder if Bob Clark had found a body and pushed him around on a trolley.By the end Andy does make a fine looking zombie,his gaunt features and sad eyes are truly pathetic,thanks to some early work by the genius that is Tom Savini.
spoiler alert
It has to be said its not a laugh riot,the father kills himself the mother goes bonkers and drives Andy to the cometary for his final resting place.The whole film has an oppressive and downbeat feel,I thought Vietnam was all about water skiing and dancing on boats to the Rolling Stones while helicopters pranced to Wagner.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Beyond Evil (1980)

John Saxon plays an architect who moves into a new house with his wife, who in turn gets possessed by the spirit of a witch who was killed there over 100 years ago.

A trashy, yet somewhat enjoyable schlock-fest from Graduation Day's Herb Freed, and whilst there is nothing really new on offer here, the effects are fun and Saxon puts in a solid performance, as does Lynda Day George as his possessed wife struggling to maintain a grasp on her own identity as the witch's spirit begins to overcome her. This results in some thrills, kills, and spills, heavy candle use and some flashbacks throughout.

The ending is pretty corny, but there were enough green laser beam eye effects and random objects flying around to keep me entertained during the finale.

[Rondadoronron]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Beyond Evil (1980)

John Saxon plays an architect who moves into a new house with his wife, who in turn gets possessed by the spirit of a witch who was killed there over 100 years ago.

A trashy, yet somewhat enjoyable schlock-fest from Graduation Day's Herb Freed, and whilst there is nothing really new on offer here, the effects are fun and Saxon puts in a solid performance, as does Lynda Day George as his possessed wife struggling to maintain a grasp on her own identity as the witch's spirit begins to overcome her. This results in some thrills, kills, and spills, heavy candle use and some flashbacks throughout.

The ending is pretty corny, but there were enough green laser beam eye effects and random objects flying around to keep me entertained during the finale.

I think the only time i ever saw this was back in 80's on rental,Vipco I believe.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rondadoronron

I think the only time i ever saw this was back in 80's on rental,Vipco I believe.

I saw it in The What Films Have You Seen? thread Ron.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I saw it in The What Films Have You Seen? thread Ron.

[Rondadoronron]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I saw it in The What Films Have You Seen? thread Ron.

in that case Ive seen it 3 times now then

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Only 49 – quite poor – I have some watching to do!

[Rondadoronron]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Phew! Thanks for the heads up Ron.

I've had this in my Amazon wishlist for ages thinking it was one of Eddie Romero's Phillipine made films.

I didn't realize it was Adamson. It's now left my wishlist forever.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Blood (1974)

Andy Milligan's 'Blood' is a weird little film that never takes itself too seriously, and is probably one of the more coherent of Milligan's films I've come across thus far.

The Wolf Man's son and Dracula's Daughter are betrothed in marriage and are looking for somewhere to live on the back of their trip from Europe. Luckily, bowler hatted real estate agents abound throughout Staten Island in 1899 and they are able to rent a house wherein the husband (played by the curt Allan Berendt) can tend to his experiments involving extracting blood from carnivorous plants in order to help satisfy his wife's thirst, all the while aided by a collective of bizarre servants.

Berendt's vampiritic wife is ably played by Hope Stansbury, who throws out shades of 'Monica' from Milligan's 'The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here!' and there are plenty of opportunities for the cast to ham it up in their various roles, to the point where at times you feel as if Milligan is filming an episode of The Munsters, yet still imbibing his trademark essence.