Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews

This week's pick is the bonkers 1983 Shaw Brothers film Holy Flame of the Martial World. A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents through using the mythical yin/yang Holy Flame kung-fu technique. Featuring Golden Snake Boy, snake bladder induced finger lasers, and the deadly Ghostly Laugh!

This week's pick is the 1975 slasher the Love Butcher. After being pushed around too much, crippled gardener Caleb transforms into the suave, yet volatile Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.

This week's pick is the 1974 blaxploitation action film Three the Hard Way, starring Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. A record producer, a PR man and a black belt in karate foil a racist plot to poison the drinking water supply of several major cities by the evil Monroe Feather.

This week's pick is the absurd 1981 Spanish revenge film Mad Foxes. Hal gets revenge on a biker gang that assaulted him and his girlfriend by having martial artists attack them. The biker gang then gets revenge on Hal by killing his parents. Hal then gets revenge on the same biker gang himself. Featuring pubes, penises, an intimate scene in what is potentially a bathtub full of urine, and so much more with the best kind of terrible overdubbing with occasional songs by Krokus.

This week's pick is the brain-melting 1981 Taiwanese martial arts/fantasy film Thrilling Bloody Sword. Featuring a cyclops demon, giant floating heads in a hell cave, a dwarf with a mini bagel necklace, flying body parts that resemble raw meat, and a near indestructible warrior getting stabbed in the asshole, amongst other very confusing things set to a synth soundtrack.

This week's pick is the 1974 Bob Clark-directed slasher Black Christmas. As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters begin to receive anonymous, lascivious phone calls. Soon, one of the sisters goes missing from the sorority house, and a local adolescent girl is murdered, leading the girls to suspect a serial killer is on the loose. But no one realizes just how near the culprit is.

This week's pick is the 1984 Xmas slasher SIient Night, Deadly Night. An orphan raised by a strict nun after witnessing his parents being killed by a criminal dressed like Santa Claus grows up to be a killer toy-store Santa Claus himself. Special guest Ben Scrivens (Fright Rags) joins us with his extensive knowledge of actors from this film that also appeared in the Halloween franchise.

This week's pick the the 1980 holiday horror type movie Christmas Evil. A toy factory worker, who is obsessed with Christmas and was mentally scarred as a child after seeing "Santa Claus" (aka his dad) being intimate with his mom on Christmas eve, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work and being disgusted with his fellow co-workers and bad boy Moss Garcia, and embarks on a mix of sincere Yuletide celebration and murder!

This week's pick is the 1985 Erik Estrada action movie Light Blast. A crazed professor invents a death ray and threatens to destroy San Francisco unless he is paid a hefty ransom. Cue the melting people!

This week's pick is the 1980 flick the Exterminator. After his war buddy is left paralyzed by a New York gang, a Vietnam vet sets out to rid the streets of crime by becoming a vigilante. Featuring a discussion on how to cook a hot dog with electricity!