Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews

This week's pick is the 1978 New Orleans horror movie Mari Gras Massacre. A sadistic rich man kills prostitutes he deems evil to a goddess he worships in his spacious apartment.

This week's pick is the 1970 Roger Corman crime film Bloody Mama. TD Hall of Famer Shelley Winters is the matriarch of the Barker Family, raising her boys to steal, kidnap, and kill. Featuring a young Robert De Niro.

This week's pick is the 1978 Indonesian"cannibal" movie Primitives. Four students go deep into the jungle searching for a truly primitive tribe but get more than they bargain for. Features unfortunate scenes of animal abuse and Barry Prima screaming in his speedos a bunch.

This week's pick is the 1975 blaxploitation film the Candy Tangerine Man. There is no Candy Tangerine Man in this film at any point, which confused us. But we were delighted with the extreme overacting of Richard Kennedy and surprised by some of the violence.

This week's pick is the 1975 low-budget thriller Psycho from Texas. Wheeler, the titular character, kidnaps an oil baron with the help of a bumbling and filthy-looking man ironically named Slick. Along the way, Wheeler terrorizes and kills other folks.

This week's pick is the 1973 British horror film Horror Hospital. A mad doctor lures young hippy types to his out-of-the-way estate and performs brain surgery on them so he can control them by mostly making them perform gymnastic feats. Featuring the grossest pair of underwear in a movie we've covered.

This week's pick is the 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film Mystics in Bali. There's a witch that laughs like an insane Yoda, a a flying vampire head with internal organs hanging from her neck that drinks the blood of an unborn baby, and a fight scene where the witch turns into a bipedal pig with human boobs.

This week's pick is the 1977 bruceploitation film the Dragon Lives Again. The soul of Bruce Lee ends up in the Underworld where he fights the likes of James Bond, Clint Eastwood, the Exorcist, and Dracula. Popeye the Sailor helps Bruce along the way.

This week's pick is the 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic action flick Endgame. A telepathic mutant recruits a champion gameshow warrior and his gang to guide her and other mutants to safety amongst the dangers of the outside world. Featuring special guest Ben Scrivens of Fright Rags.

This week's pick is the 1979 sci-fi weirdness known as the Visitor. Franco Nero is Jesus Christ! Shelley Winters slaps a child! A basketball explodes! A telekinetic girl sends an ice skater through a restaurant window!