‘Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood’ – A Blood-Soaked Masterpiece of Sadistic Artistry
Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood (ギニーピッグ2 血肉の華, Ginī Piggu 2: Chiniku no Hana) starts with a warning: “Do not sell this film Continue Reading
Author Brian Simerl
Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies — A Self-Aware Schlock That Destroys Its Own Legacy
Mid Night 25 Presents. Also known as Midnight 25 Video which was the home media company that released the third entry into the series, Guinea Continue Reading
Blood in the Drain, Beauty in Decay – Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole as Grief-Soaked Art Horror
As promised, Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole (ギニーピッグマンホールの中の人魚, Ginī Piggu: Manhōru no Naka no Ningyo), the 4th (5th or 6th) episode in the Guinea Continue Reading
Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame – Cruelty in Search of Meaning
The Japanese Guinea Pig (ギニーピッグ, Ginī Piggu) series are ‘the’ underground standard setters for what it means to be truly underground. It sent real shock Continue Reading
Guinea Pig: Devil Woman Doctor – Less Slaughterhouse, More Sideshow
Here I am at the end of a long review process. (No, I wasn’t taking a break.) I was in fact reviewing all six of Continue Reading
Virtue Signaling Turns to Violence in Caitlin Cronenberg’s ‘Humane’
Set during the aftermath of a global ecological collapse, Caitlin Cronenberg’s feature debut Humane (2024) takes a satirical look at the premise ‘what if a Continue Reading
Schlock in the Sun: ‘Desert Fiends’ Delivers Grindhouse Mayhem
Prolific schlock horror Director Shawn C. Phillips has a fun one here with Desert Fiends (2024). It is a successful attempt at creating a Terrifier/grindhouse-styled Continue Reading
‘Immaculate’ Misconception: A Bleeding Mess of Holy Horror
A nun-in-training prays to the Immaculate Mother Mary. Then she immediately steals keys from an ailing Mother Superior to escape the convent in panicked fashion. At the Continue Reading
Rotten Mask Fucker on the Prairie: Revisiting the Disturbing Darkness of Little House on the Prairie – Sylvia Parts 1 & 2
Little House on the Prairie. How to describe it to those who are too young to remember such innocent, trusting times? It was an American Continue Reading
First Moon Review: A Bloody Clash of Faith and Fangs
The trope/sub-genre of the “evil church” continues strong with writer/director Peter McLeod’s First Moon (2025). This sub-genre grew legs around the oppressive times of Covid Continue Reading