The Burning Moon
1992 · Germany · 98m
Obscurity: obscure. watchable legallyShot-on-video German splatter so homemade you can smell the garage. Ittenbach's Herschell Gordon Lewis tribute act.
Exploitation films of the 1990s
reelscum catalogues 15 exploitation films from the 1990s. They were released between 1990 and 1999. The subgenres that appear most often are Splatter (10 films), Transgressive & midnight (10 films) and Body horror (2 films).
The countries credited most often are Hong Kong (6), West Germany (4) and USA (3). Directors with more than one entry in the decade include Billy Tang (2), Herman Yau (2) and Jörg Buttgereit (2).
Entries include The Burning Moon (1992), Dr. Lamb (1992) and The Eternal Evil of Asia (1995). Each links to its own page with a verdict, rating axes and where to watch.
Dr. Lamb
1992 · Hong Kong · 89m
Obscurity: obscure. watchable legallySimon Yam as the Rainy Night Butcher, fully off the leash. Cat III at its ugliest.
The Eternal Evil of Asia
1995 · Hong Kong · 89m
Obscurity: obscureBlack magic, exploding wizards, and a curse that turns a man's head into a penis. Cat III lost its mind.
Run and Kill
1993 · Hong Kong · 87m
Obscurity: obscure. watchable legallyA drunk man accidentally orders a hit on his own wife, and it is all downhill from there.
Ebola Syndrome
1996 · Hong Kong · 98m
Obscurity: cult. watchable legallyAnthony Wong versus the world, armed with a virus and no impulse control.
Tromeo and Juliet
1996 · USA · 107m
Obscurity: cult. watchable legallyBody piercings, a penis monster, and Lemmy on narration. Troma's actual masterpiece.
Der Todesking
1990 · West Germany · 74m
Obscurity: cult. watchable legallyButtgereit's bleakest: seven suicides, one rotting corpse holding it together.
Nekromantik 2
1991 · Germany · 104m
Obscurity: cult. watchable legallyButtgereit's necrophilia sequel, prosecuted on arrival, and stranger than the first.
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 · Hong Kong · 91m
Obscurity: cult. watchable legallyA live-action gore manga where nobody has heard of restraint or arterial pressure.
The Untold Story
1993 · Hong Kong · 96m
Obscurity: cult. watchable legallyAnthony Wong won Best Actor for this. Then you find out what goes in the pork buns.
Cemetery Man
1994 · France/Italy · 92m
Obscurity: known. watchable legallyA cemetery caretaker shoots the returning dead and falls in love repeatedly. Beautiful and deranged.
Frankenhooker
1990 · USA · 85m
Obscurity: known. watchable legallyA man rebuilds his dead girlfriend from the parts of exploded sex workers. Exactly that stupid, and great.
Bride of Re-Animator
1990 · USA · 97m
Obscurity: known. watchable legallyHerbert West builds a woman from parts. The sequel goes bigger, wetter and more demented.
Braindead
1992 · New Zealand · 104m
Obscurity: canon. watchable legally. banned somewhereJackson before the trilogy. The lawnmower scene ends the argument.
Audition
1999 · Japan · 115m
Obscurity: canon. watchable legallyThe slowest, sweetest bait-and-switch in horror. Miike lets you fall for her first.