1983 / US (advance look)
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2026 / US / **** (JA Kerswell)
"Desire and death meet when a director tries to revive a beloved franchise in this queer-coded love letter to '80s slashers."
1974 / Brazil / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"(aka O SIGNO DE ESCORPIÃO). A wild 1974 Giallo-influenced Brazilian psychothriller that blends astrology, satanism, and even a little sci-fi."
1988 / Sweden / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"
In this legendary Swedish TV movie, a detective investigates a series of slayings of campers by a machete-wielding killer who always strikes on a full moon."
2001 / US / ** (JA Kerswell)
"
Only a truly bizarre cameo by Gary Busey—where he talks about chicken-scented farts—lifts it briefly above the tedious."
2026 / USA / **** (JA Kerswell)
"
A free-spirited male sex worker and a buttoned-up gay architect reluctantly team up to uncover the identity of a vicious killer."
2007 / Japan / *** (JA Kerswell)
"An urban legend becomes a reality when a scissor-wielding apparition appears and starts abducting a town's children."
2025 / USA / *** (JA Kerswell)
"A masked killer known as The Doctor is on a gory murder spree, zeroing in on a group of at-risk-of-redundancy office workers on New Year’s Eve."
1979 / USA / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
" ... some of the cast and crew are unaware that they are taking part in a film that might cut their careers short in the deadliest way possible."
1982 / Imprint (Australia)
(JA Kerswell solo commentary)
2006-2010 / Second Sight (UK)
(JA Kerswell liner notes)
1994 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1986 / Canadian I.P. (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
1986 / Red Shirt Pictures (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
1995 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(JA Kerswell booklet essay)
1971 / Celluloid Dreams (Ger.)
(JA Kerswell liner notes)
1982 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
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