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31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day XXIV: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Wes Craven)

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Forty years on, ANOES remains a fairly effective horror movie, with a great premise and legendary horror icon antagonist in Freddy Krueger, who thanks to Robert Englund’s performance remained the main selling point throughout six sequels and a crossover with Jason Vorhees.

This is also the first time I’ve seen the uncut version courtesy of the recent WB 4K release, which was the catalyst for this rewatch. Though Dream Warriors and New Nightmare are my favourites entries in the franchise, this deserves credit for paving the way. 4/5
 
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day XXV: Guts of a Virgin (1986, Kazuo Komizu), Guts of a Beauty (1986, Kazuo Komizu), Rusted Body: Guts of a Virgin II (1987, Kazuo Komizu)

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This was quite the bizarre trilogy of films to say the least - 45 minutes into the first film and I had seen seldom a drop of blood but a lot of sex, before an evil being dispatched the pornographers/photographers who act as the leads. Its follow-up featured more of a narrative (and budget) to go alongside a similar combination of sex and violence before descending into a batshit insane finale.

The third film meanwhile, arguably veered the furthest into the Pinku subgenre, and was the weakest of the trilogy and overall, I’m not sure what to make of these films but director Kazuo Komizu wasn’t afraid to go places with his features here, and I’m curious to see what 88Films will release next as part of their Japanarchy sub-label. 2.5/5, 3/5, 2/5
 
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31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day XXVI: Evil Dead Trap (1988, Toshiharu Ikeda), Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki (1992, Izo Hashimoto), Evil Dead Trap 3: The Brutal Insanity of Love (1993, Toshiharu Ikeda)

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A curious blend of late 80s J-horror and Italian horror/giallo influences made for an engaging first film, whilst the second, though a lesser entry still provided some solid moments, and the third was more of a demented romance drama of sorts with the original director returning. 4/5, 3/5, 3/5
 
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