Backyard splatter is pretty much the cornerstone of low budget horror. A subscription to Fangoria and enough like minded weirdos turned many a fright flick fan into a filmmaker in that late eighties, early nineties boom period. America had itself a plethora of enterprising young folks looking to get their blood soaked dreams out on … More The Merits of Sin: Kraven (1990-1992) (Germany)
An unhappily married young woman (in her defense, her husband is a pud with a bad temper) seeks comfort in the macho arms of some German dork with a motorcycle and leather jacket. Her Game Boy playing husband has his suspicions and begins to snoop through her things. He finds a photo of the other … More The Merits of Sin: Requiem Der Teufel (1993) (Germany)
Olaf Ittenbach is up to his old bloody tricks in this enjoyable and poorly acted dismemberment fest. The brutal slaughter of a peaceful commune (we get to see all the nasty and under-lit murders spliced in with the opening credits) leaves young Rebecca Verlaine the sole survivor. She wakes up from her shock induced coma … More The Merits of Sin: The Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine aka Garden of Love (2003) (Germany)
Oh Andreas Schnaas, you knew what you liked and you never stopped doing it. Familiarity has been known to breed contempt but it can also feel like slipping into a toasty pair of underpants on a particularly cold day. Schnaas is warm underwear, gore soaked but still nice and toasty. In 1002 A.D. a brutal … More The Merits of Sin: Nikos the Impaler (2003) (Germany)
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