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Original Title: Bakjwi (Bat) Year: 2009 Director:   Park Chan-wook Writer: Jeong Seo-Gyeong ,  Park Chan-wook IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762073/ Genre: Horror synopsis: Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire. Physical and psychological changes lead to his affair with a wife of his childhood friend who is repressed and tired of her mundane life. The one-time priest falls deeper in despair and depravity. As things turns for worse, he struggles to maintain whats left of his humanity. Having recently seen this film in the theater, and not initially planning to review it (as with my review of Paranormal Activity a couple weeks ago), this review will probably differ a bit from my norm. Namely, you'll not see my always incredible, entertaining, deftly snapped screen captures, but instead some stills that I blatantly stole from other websites. Hey, I need some sort of crutch ...

Original Title: El Violador Infernal (The Hellish Rapist) Year: 1988 Director: Damián Acosta Esparza Writer: ? IMDB:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368410/ Genre: Horror synopsis: A criminal is executed in the electric chair, but some a dark queen brings him back to life, naming him her favorite son. The criminal is now indebted to the demoness and must murder and rape and mark the bodies with a 666 as an offering in order to bring himself power and pleasure and to provide the demoness the same pleasure. Filthy This is one of the first films I chose to watch and review for my theme month, but I have been saving it this long because it just seemed so ridiculous. The film is sparse in many areas, but it is a fucking mean spirited story that really doesn't leave you with a pleasant taste in your mouth. Well, not exactly... The synopsis follows the plot pretty closely. Like the film I watched at the beginning of the month Intrepidos Punks, this film really lacks a strong central plot i...

Original Title: Ladrones de tumbas (Grave Robbers) Year: 1990 Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. Writer: Rubén Galindo Jr. , Carlos Valdemar IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282672/ Genre: Horror synopsis: A group of grave robbers stumble into a crypt which houses the corpse of a vile Satanist killed during the Inquisition long ago. Upon removing an axe from the corpses chest, they inadvertently revive the Satanist who goes on the hunt once again for a virgin suitable to give birth to the Antichrist. Galindo is back! He brought the slasher and well, not so much the zombies with him! I kinda had it in my brain, especially with the ending of Cemetery of Terror, that Grave Robbers was going to be a sequel in some way. I didn't read it or anything, but they just seem to No such luck, but it was still a decent little flick that stood fine on its own. This film provided quite a bit more gore and a more balanced story overall (things started off pretty strong and it more or less kept up the pa...

Original Title : Cementerio del Terror Year : 1985 Director : Rubén Galindo Jr. Writer : Rubén Galindo Jr. IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218088/ Genre : Horror synopsis: A professor suspects that a vicious killer may have discovered a way to return from the grave and continue his violent spree. His fears are proved true when a group of teenagers decide to pull a Halloween prank by stealing the killer's body from the morgue. When the teens recite an incantation from an old magic book over the corpse, it begins to come back to life, along with all of the bodies from the nearby cemetery. I read almost nothing about this film before I watched it and thought it was going to be a straight-up zombie flick from the name. What it ended up being was a the start of a Friday the 13th slasher morphing into a zombie film with a little hint of an Evil Dead, all of which was surprisingly entertaining. Knowing that Hugo Stiglitz was in this, I admittedly sighed a bit. Hugo and I have been thr...

Original Title: El Trono del Infierno (The Throne of Hell) Year: 1994 Director: Sergio Goyri Writer: Gilberto de Anda ? IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261367/ Genre: Horror synopsis: A group of archeologists excavating Aztec ruins in Mexico City uncover a bizarre statue, which unleashes satanic powers and possesses the chief archaeologist. The demonized man goes on a rampage of bloody murders while being pursued by one of his female colleagues and a police officer. Horribly burned in an explosion, he still continues his ungodly crimes, including crucifying a woman upside down. A bishop sends for a mystic called “The Angel”, a character who dresses in medieval clothing and is armed with a demon-destroying sword. The possessed archeologist transforms into a club-wielding monster and challenges The Angel in a duel to the death. Ahhh, finally a return to form. No cheating, no punches pulled here. Mexploitation that is overly dramatic, filled with issues, gory, etc. and it ruled! This f...