MORITURIS: LEGIONS OF THE DEAD (2011)

  One of the more nasty films I've seen in a while. The easiest way to describe this is for about an hour it's reminiscent of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT with all the expected brutality that entails(a pair of scissors in some private parts was the part that got to me the most) before then swerving off into resembling TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD. I am generally a fan of this type of sub-genre-mixing and was surprised that anything made in 2011 was halfway decent. Check it out if you have a strong stomach. 

 This was apparently inspired by a real-life crime that occurred in Italy where a group of lunatics raped and tortured a couple of young girls, murdering one of them resulting in it being banned there. I'm assuming the 2nd half where some ancient Roman zombies show up to add to the nastiness is not based on anything real. 

CAGED MEN (1971)

 The highlight of this Canadian men-in-prison flick for me was seeing pro wrestling legend Abdullah The Butcher as one of the prominent inmates here. Known as Canada's first gay film because it features some male-on-male rape and some cross-dressing, this is a pretty decent tale of revenge even if I'm more pre-disposed to enjoying those boob-filled women-in-prison spectacles. 

 The star of the original MY BLOODY VALENTINE Paul Kelman  shows up as another one of the prisoners. AKA I'M GOING TO GET YOU ELLIOT BOY and CAGED MEN PLUS ONE WOMAN(are they referring to the guy in drag or Elliot's horrible girlfriend?)

EVEN LAMBS HAVE TEETH (2015)

  I have extremely low expectations for any horror film made in the 2010s so this one at least slightly exceeded those. It starts off with 2 annoying gals which makes you want to turn this off after a few minutes but if you stick with it you do get a modern interpretation of the classic rape/revenge plot. The tone of the film is all over the place with brutal sexual assault(with no actual nudity or rape shown since we now live in strict puritanical times for some reason?) followed by stupid jokey-jokes complete with terrible music video montages. There's a rapist who wears a pighead mask that might remind you of MOTEL HELL and that's maybe the biggest problem with this movie is that it constantly reminds you of and references much better films from the past from DELIVERANCE to DEER HUNTER. Clearly the director, Terry Miles, has seen quite a few Quentin Tarantino movies. 

THE SIDEHACKERS (1969)

                                                  "C'mon, men aren't beautiful."

  I own this in a DVD set with a bunch of biker movies and even though there are a couple of scenes where our characters race motorbikes(motorbikes with sidecars hacked on!) it really is more of a rape/revenge movie. The things do go a little further than just rape and the revenge ends on a very nihilistic note. A movie that seems to be universally hated but I have watched it a few times now and I think I enjoy it more each time. It is famously featured on an episode of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 but obviously that's a very edited version. AKA FIVE THE HARD WAY

                    Playing with another biker movie that's not all that much about bikers:

A SCREAM IN THE STREETS (1973)

 Quite a bit of this sexploitation flick is taken up by long drawn-out sex scenes, which I guess is, if that's all you're looking for, a recommendation but it really breaks up whatever narrative momentum the movie is able to muster. While it's not quite hardcore there are a lot of limply hanging wieners on display. The plot that wraps around these sex bits concerns two cops on the hunt for a rapist/murderer who somehow escapes detection by dressing up as a very unconvincing lady. Clearly not the most trans-positive PC movie but that's the 70s for ya.  One weird recurring thing that happens in this is people getting hit with or running through glass and not getting a scratch on themselves. I guess people were just tougher back then. While not the worst softcore sex flick you could watch I can't help feel like it could've been edited a lot better. 

   

THE RAPIST (1994)

 Allegedly based on real-life serial-killer/rapist Lam Kwok-wai, this Hong Kong category III flick gives you exactly what it promises. There is plenty of nudity and sexual violence on show though it all gets to be a bit of a slog to get through before it's all over. THey do skip the usual goofy humour bits that are usually in these graphic Hong Kong movies which might have actaully broken up the monotony a little.

 There is another film from this same year based on this same case starring Danny Lee titled PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL RAPIST that I have yet to peruse. 

NIGHT OF THE EXECUTIONER (1992)

 Eurotrash legend Paul Naschy stars and directs a Spanish DEATH WISH rip-off. Charles Bronson gets name-dropped and we get to watch an almost 60-year-old Naschy working out(showing off his prowess from back when he was a professional weight-lifter) and blow away a ridiculous assortment of rapists and murderers. It's obviously not up to the quality of DEATH WISH but certainly as entertaining as one of the later sequels. The big bad boss reminds me of the bad guy from Inspecter Gadget who never shows his face which certainly fits the more cartoonish aspects of the film. It also has a MAD FOXES-vibe with it's rape/revenge insanity which I loved!

                                     Naschy getting pumped up!:

BLOOD GAMES (1990)

  The Australian title of this as BASEBALL BIMBOS IN HILLBILLY HELL really perfectly sums up this dumb backwoods revenge flick. Our story involves a group of traveling baseball ladies, led by biker/action movie star Ross Hagen, who run afoul of some violent retarded rednecks(why there are rednecks flying confederate flags in California I'm not sure, but OK). Things get progressively more bloody and revenge-fueled as it goes on. We get a rape scene, lots of boobs(including a lovely shower scene) and countless ass-shots on display. A good trashy exploitation epic. 

 It was also nice to see George "Buck" Flowers in a big role not playing his usual drunken bum character but instead playing one of the stupid women-hating hicks.

LADY OF THE STABLE (1991)

  Japanese director Hisayasu Sato is known for making pretty extreme pinky violence movies and this certainly falls into that category. Not so much violence in this one, until the very end which gets very stabby, this one deals more with a lady who has a very strong affection for horses(she even masturbates with a bloody severed horsedick at one point!) and seems to get seuxally assaulted a whole lot. Sadly the copy I watched of this, and seemingly the only version currently available, is a very dark VHS rip which makes following what little plot exists a bit rough. Not sure though if even a pristine blu-ray would help all that much since this is clearly in the obtuse artsy-fartsy zone and even at a mere 59 minutes this was a bit of a chore to finish. 

 Also goes by the amazing title of NEIGH MEANS YES!

WINTER HEAT (1976)

 This porn starring Jamie Gillis really has that LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT & I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE(which hadn't actually been released yet)-vibe going on. If you're a big fan of those rape/revenge movies but really only enjoy the first half of them then this roughie is custom made for you with Gillis doing his best David Hess impression. Certainly a product of it's time that can't really be emulated today and expect to play on any movie screens. AKA SNOWBOUND

 Soundtrack supplied(unknowingly I'm sure) by The Love Unlimited Orchestra which is quite the juxtaposition to the on-screen brutality.

ENTRAILS OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (1986)

 I had seen the first movie in this series, ENTRAILS OF A VIRGIN, a while back and recall it being alright. This follow up, which is not really a sequel, ramps things up in the absurdity category. It all starts out like a Yakuza film(a very rape-filled Yakuza film!) before unexpectedly(unless you had seen the first movie) morphing into a monster movie. I guess you could technically call this a rape/revenge flick but it's certainly not your standard example of that subgenre. You get a melty, gooey creature that kinda reminded me of The Toxic Avenger but only if ol' Toxie had a giant monster penis that resembles the Alien baby from ALIEN. A good one for lovers of weirdo Japanese gore flicks if they can manage to make it through the first half. AKA GUTS OF A VIRGIN 2 and GUTS OF A BEAUTY

Our poor rape victim commits suicide(but luckily turns into a watermelon before hitting the ground):

THE ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA (1995)

                                         "The cup noodle is not good to your health!"

 If I've learned anything from watching a bunch of these Hong Kong category III movies it's that you should never piss off a Wizard and unfortunately that's what our protagonists do here. This one really throws a lot of bizarre elements into quite the stew of oddball horror. You get a guy literally becoming a dickhead, an evil wizard couple who do that fucking-while-flying act just like in 1991'a SEX AND ZEN, rape, a good witch, a guy who eats the flesh off his own arm, little kid death and of course wildly out of place comedy among other things. You don't find anything to amaze you in this you weren't paying attention. 

 There was an ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA 2: DEVIL'S WOMAN that came out the following year but I believe it was a sequel in name only. 

THE RAPE AFTER (1984)

 AKA DEVIL FETUS 2 and just like the first movie this deals with a woman being raped by a demon and having a monster baby. This one might make slightly more sense then the first one but that's not saying a whole lot. The characters, besides our unfortunate demon mommy and her insane mom who keeps her dead dad's(who she murdered!) rotting body in a closet, include a sleazy photographer(who's pretty much to blame for everything supernatural that happens) and his new wife. The gore flows copiously and this is another entertainingly wacky category III horror flick.

 

                                                                 On glorious VHS!:

THE INFERNAL RAPIST (1988)

  Initially while looking at the Blu-ray cover I assumed this was one of those Hong Kong Category III movies or possibly something from Japan. Turns out it is basically a Mexican version of one of those super sleazy films. Filled to the brim with rape(of women and men!) and knife murder this one really delivers what is promised from it's lurid title. A sexy Satan, laser beams shot out of eyes, telekinesis and other black magic all add up to a fun romp through this south-of-the-border roughie. As a bonus Princesa Lea, from the world's greatest Mexican punk-biker movie INTEPIDOS PUNKS, shows up and has a pretty spectacular death scene. While it may get a bit monotonous for some viewers, this movie has a very one-track mind, I think it will certainly please hardcore sleazemaniacs. 

HOT SUMMER IN THE CITY (1976)

  Rape in 70s porn is certainly nothing unique but this one takes it to a whole other level being basically just rape for a little over an hour. Not much of plot to get in the way of all the grossness. The "story" deals with a white gal who is kidnapped, abused and, of course, raped by a gang of angry militant racist black fellows. It all ends with some poorly staged bloodshed. Quentin Tarantino claims that this is his favorite porn flick. That might tell you all you need to know about him.  It does feature one of my favorite porn aliases Mr. Coke Cain as Coke and a bunch of 60s copyright-infringing music from the likes of The Doors, The Beach Boys and of course The Lovin' Spoonful with that banging title tune among others to remind us that this is a period piece. 

DEMON LUST (1980)

  While this is technically a rape/revenge movie it has to be one of the tamest and slowest-moving examples of that sleazy subgenre of thriller. It does have some parallels to the vastly superior STRAW DOGS in that it deals with a couple having marital problems tasked to deal with some local scumbag rape-happy hooligans.  Most of the movie sadly features our main couple forlornly looking at each other, the rape scenes happen off-screen and the revenge isn't all that particularly enthralling. I did read somewhere that this was a made-for-TV deal but unless South Africa(where this was made) had some weird idea of wholesome family entertainment in the 80s, given the subject matter here, that seems a little hard to believe. AKA SAVAGE ENCOUNTER

There aren't any actual "demons" in this and it's not even really a horror film but I'm sure this title helped rent a few VHS tapes back in the day!:

ASSAULT (1971)

  This movie deals with some pretty sordid events including the raping and murdering of teenage schoolgirls but since it was made in England things never get all that graphicly shown. It plays out more along the lines of one of those police procedurals but still managed to maintain my interest. Suzy Kendall, known mostly to me as the gal from Argento's THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, stars as an art teacher who is used as the cheese(cheesecake?) to lure our rape-happy killer out into the open. A mixture of sleaze and British-classiness that I found worth a look. AKA SATAN'S PLAYTHINGS, MOLESTED, THE CREEPERS and IN THE DEVIL'S GARDEN. Released on  American TV as TOWER OF TERROR

                                       Known in Spanish as PANIC IN THE FOREST:

Released on VHS as THE CREEPERS(not to be confused with the similarly titled Dario Argento movie from the 80s):

At the bottom of a double bill with this Eurotrash classic!: 

WE ARE MONSTERS (2015)

  I haven't seen many modern Swedish thrillers but if they're all as hardcore as this one maybe I should start watching them more. Most of this film is pretty depressing as is the norm in these rape/revenge epics. It starts out right away with a kidnapping, a woman getting a bullet in the head and of course multiple rapes. This one doesn't skimp on the gore and the brutality and by the time everything is said and done we get a body put through a woodchipper, a hacked off foot, shotgun violence, other various torture and the showstopper penis bludgeoning. Very accurate title that follows the I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE archetype.  AKA ANIMALISTIC

THE DAWN RAPISTS (1978)

 This is basically a Spanish version of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT using the old rape/revenge plot. The oddball gang of rapists here include one gay dude and another fellow's very pregnant nympho sister. It's all pretty downbeat for the most part, as you would expect, up until the end when we get a big titty contest out of the blue! There's some pretty awful stuff, as you would also expect, including musings on abortion, suicide, necrophilia and lots of bloody rape on underage girls. I'm kinda shocked this one isn't more well-known and available since it seems tailor-made for true sleazehounds. 

  The Dawn Rapists (1978)

DEVIL KILLER (1980)

  Not to be confused with the other Taiwanese kung fu movie titled DEVIL FIGHTER from 1981. This one is a mix of a rape/revenge film and a kung fu movie but outside of some surprising nudity and forced humping(only in the uncut version) it sticks really close to the standard kung fu flick formula. They do make the bold choice of killing off half of the main characters midway through the movie which gives it a strange disjointed feeling like they stuck two movies together and there is a high percentage of scenes where people are viciously tortured but even this doesn't really manage to elevate this one too much out of the ordinary and expected.

 Released on VHS as NINJA EXTERMINATORS even though there are no ninjas to be seen anywhere in it.