• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Killing Spree
  • Eden and After
  • The Demon
  • The Night Porter

Arthouse Exploitation

Horseshoe theory of the avant-garde and exploitation. Arthouse films with a rotten core of sex & violence, no-budget exploitation flicks with…

  • Mandy
  • Vampyros Lesbos
  • The Shiver of the Vampires
  • The Iron Rose
  • The Grapes of Death

Artsploitation

No, this isn't about the distributor. This is about exploitation/grindhouse films with "arthouse" sensibilities and vice versa. Suggestions are welcome!

  • Africa Addio
  • Apocalypse Now
  • A Bridge Too Far
  • Bell from Hell
  • Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

Splatter Films Pre 1980

Gory Films Made Prior To The 1980s

Film Ratings: 5- Excellent 4.5- Amazing 4- Very Good 3.5- Good 3- Alright…

  • Race with the Devil
  • Trackdown
  • Sudden Death
  • The Toolbox Murders
  • Fascination

Birthday 2025: 50 Years, 50 Discoveries

Celebrating a milestone by watching 50 new to me movies

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  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • 10 Rillington Place
  • 12 Hour Shift
  • 12 Years a Slave

Smiff Picks: A Recommedation Masterlist

When people find out that I watch a ton of movies, they always like to ask for recommendations. I have…

  • The 'Burbs
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • 100 Bloody Acres
  • 100 Feet
  • 12 Feet Deep

Midnight Movies & Horror Flicks: The Binge List

An ongoing list of the horror, sci-fi, exploitation, dark fantasy and related genre films I've watched since going off the…

  • The Driller Killer
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
  • The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
  • Black Sabbath
  • Dr. Giggles

BAT & SPIDER Watchlist

Official watchlist for Bat & Spider. A show about low-rent horror.

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  • 964 Pinocchio
  • Rubber's Lover
  • Electric Dragon 80.000 V
  • Wild Zero
  • Jupiter Ascending
  • The Whip and the Body
  • Scum of the Earth!
  • Blood and Black Lace
  • Mudhoney
  • Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
  • Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
  • Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
  • Divine Trash
  • It Came from Kuchar
  • Sisters with Transistors

Documentaries that made my existence better

The documentaries listed here are not in order of preference, they are all great and have interesting stories that need…

  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  • Money Play$
  • Lost for Words
  • Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
  • Stay the Night
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Babylon
  • An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
  • Funny Games
  • The Day of the Locust

"A Hate Letter To Cinema"

Liam Wolfe
Liam Wolfe 66 films

Films that tear down the film industry, from subtle critiques to brash indictments.