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After watching  PIECES again last night I'm in the mood for some more weirdness in the slasher genre so bring on any recommendations.

 Apart from being one of the goriest slashers I've seen PIECES is also one of the weirdest, with cenes that make no kind of sense whatsoever, either on their own or in relation to the plot, and some really bizarre attempts at comedy chucked in as well!

I also remember THE NOSTRIL PICKER being really surreal as well, but I need to see it again. (that's listed as 1993 but I know it was made in the 80s. suggestions not from the 80s are welcome also, I just prefer that era)

There is of course Boardinghouse (1982) with slasher elements. And Aerobicide (1987) is a must see.

PIECES...good gawd-the Kung Fu guy-wtf??
SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)
WARNING-SPOILER!
(like no one here has ever seen this s**t? :lookingup:)

http://youtu.be/ADEM_IDN-iU (http://youtu.be/ADEM_IDN-iU)

One of the worst of them-ARGH!
CHEERLEADER CAMP (1983)
https://youtu.be/A8wjRRkQ23Y (http://youtu.be/A8wjRRkQ23Y)
the Leif Garret rap thing-

DAM! Thats...thats painful

I do believe the guy with the hose is an uncredited Buck Flower!
Who is an amazing man!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002668/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002668/)

strange, I just watched Aerobicide for the first time in about 5 years a couple of nights ago. I was actually going to mention it but didn't. the strangest part is the fact they all carry on doing workouts every day despite the fact there's a deranged killer in the gym?!

- and also funnily enough Skull just ID'd Boardinghouse for me in 'what was that film' the other day, looking to track that down. I've seen it before but can't remember all of it but I remember it being weird.


that's an amazing scene of randomness, as is the skateboard girl scene, and the ending

don't think I've seen Cheerleader Camp, thanks for that!

DEATH SPA (1988)-sweet geebus-so bad-!

http://youtu.be/pOTaip3U0n0 (http://youtu.be/pOTaip3U0n0)

GROTESQUE (1988) with Linda Blair is  fun!

http://youtu.be/dbjS5_uLlEA (http://youtu.be/dbjS5_uLlEA)

Pieces is a hard act to follow...

My picks... (assuming you had not seen any of these flicks)

Beyond the Darkness (1979) ok this isn't a 1980's slasher... but it's just as good (or even better! then your typical slasher stuff) Lots of gore!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYmyKBFP5k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYmyKBFP5k)

Macabre (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_JE3D5iXvE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_JE3D5iXvE)

Bloody Moon (1981)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43AWZ6CZh0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43AWZ6CZh0)

A Blade in the Dark (1983)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_zhfFZMzv8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_zhfFZMzv8)

Faceless (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJdlq1hBYG8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJdlq1hBYG8)

Edge of the Axe (1988)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcn3Vih5aak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcn3Vih5aak)

We watched and reviewed the 1984 slasher Fatal Games here:

http://secondclasscinema.podbean.com/e/episode-19-fatal-games-1984 (http://secondclasscinema.podbean.com/e/episode-19-fatal-games-1984)

It's a decent 80's slasher with a bit of a twist at the end, might scratch that itch for you.  Here are some great moments in GIF form.

(http://i.imgur.com/JKvfLj9.gif) (http://imgur.com/JKvfLj9) (http://i.imgur.com/e1Nccsw.gif) (http://imgur.com/e1Nccsw) (http://i.imgur.com/52LQMzF.gif) (http://imgur.com/52LQMzF)

thanks, don't recognise it from those gifs. will check that podcast later on :smile:



Edge Of The Axe looks fun, not seen Faceless either. Telly Savalas in a slasher? I guess anything Jess Franco will be weird. Seen all the rest - really like Bloody Moon, made a thread about it the other week.

I thought I had seen this but looking at the trailer maybe I haven't... looks hilarious, will definitely check it out. Interestingly the voiceover guy even says "killer workout" (the alternate title of Aerobicide) in the trailer

The Majorettes is kind of a weird one.

http://youtu.be/QY6wl5x2_-g (http://youtu.be/QY6wl5x2_-g)

I guess they keep repeating "one by one" because that was the movie's name outside of the US, as other countries apparently don't have majorettes.

we do have majorettes over here. the one thing we don't have is cheerleaders, that just isn't a thing in England or at least not like in USA from what I gather. that trailer's not allowed outside US I think, found the whole movie on youtube though., bookmarked for later...


@SecondClass, listened to your review and the more you slated the movie the more I wanted to see it! - especially as you compared it to Pieces at the end. it's on YT so will watch it later. seems to have no DVD release

For the millionth time, a bit of an oddity......
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRZb4QaCgg0#)
X-Ray (aka Hospital f**king Massacre!!!!)

This is so pitiful it can hardly be called a slasher......
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9bxkmerKv8#)
Scream (1981)

Right up there with Don't Go In The Woods (well maybe it's not THAT bad).......
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNK7gQdNrKY#)
Berzerker (1987)

Easily one of the most hideous and dumbfounding movies ever......
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHo0Cl-_0KU#)
The Last Slumber Party (1988)

Obvious but quite fitting.....
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKZFUnAQQlg#)
Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987)

Weirdly memersingly bad.....
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShJiRibE9dY#)
Straight Jacket (1982)

This one was absolutely insane....
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLjWEvEJvsk#)
Return To Horror High (1987)

thanks, only seen couple of those. I love X-Ray, personal favourite... tbh I'm not a big fan of the Slumber Party Massacre movies, it feels like they're trying to push the comedy element a bit too much for my liking, which I find a bit annoying...

watched about half of The Majorettes and it's not that weird really, has the vibe of an old tv movie that could've be shown in the afternoon, except for the kills - some great scenes of terrible dubbing though  :smile:

just remembered an extremely weird one, ROCK N ROLL NIGHTMARE. nothing makes sense in it, especially the big final scene which seems to have been imported from a completely different movie! it's great entertainment though

The Forrest (1982) has its share of weirdness, mixing slasher with ghosts and I think cannibalism.

Zombie, I absolutely cherish Rock N Roll Nightmare but at the risk of sounding like a dick I really can't say it's a slasher per se. My favorite part is when the drummer mysteriously loses his English accent halfway through the movie.  :bouncegiggle:

Man that one sucked. Here's a few more goodies......
The Prey (1984)
Sooooo much padding it could qualify as a nature film minus the killin'.....
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZuvtpNXgFI#)

The Unseen (1980)
s**t gets REALLY weird when the monster shows up......
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsJYQ6T-0k#)

The laughably bad Rocktober Blood...
I rented this once, then watched it with the sound turned off...
Apparently, the lead singer of some heavy metal band (who looks more like the kind of guy who runs around beating up heavy metal fans) goes bonkers one night & kills his bandmates & their entourage. He gets the chair, & a few years later, his girlfriend, who survived the massacre, has started a new band. But she's being stalked, & believes he faked his death.

The death scenes are pretty silly. In the opening, they actually show the actor placing fake knife tips & squirting fake blood on the other actors. And by the end, they aren't even trying, the actor just makes a "gesture" with his spear mounted on a microphone stand, then cutaway/cut back to an actress playing dead.

For the perfect blend of gratuitous nudity & disappointment, there are several scenes of the lead actress stripping down for tub time with her back to the camera.

Perhaps most noteworthy, a break dancer... No, really, a break dancer, at a heavy metal concert, who can't mime, moonwalk, or do any of that break dancing stuff!

just checking out Rocktober Blood on youtube. I know I've seen it before, but I don't recall anything that's going on, must have a really bad memory lol

think I've seen this too? probably not recently enough to remember it, will check it out

fair enough I suppose technically it isn't, in the same kind of way I wouldn't call a movie like 'Species' a slasher...

and I haven't seen The Unseen (no pun intended!)

I saw it once or twice on cable when I was little.
My older sister kept going on & on about it being a rip-off of Silent Scream with the genders reversed.
I think I rented Silent Scream once just to see what she was ranting about, but I wasn't able to sit through it, & wound up fast forwarding through it all.

WHOAH! Now I need to see this one. Heavy metal themed 80s horror flicks are always a goldmine for sheer awesomeness. Terror On Tour, Black Roses, Trick Or Treat, Rock N Roll Nightmare.... :cheers:
Lil'C...I've been wanting to see Silent Scream for a long time now. I'm guessing I should avoid it, no? I think Justin at Hysteria Lives! gave it a bad review if I'm not mistaken.

Percival Rubens' The Demon aka Midnight Caller.  :buggedout: :buggedout:

Those of you who are brave enough to stomach it, my review is on the submitted reader reviews child board. I don't mean stomach the movie, I mean the review.  :wink:

that is a monster review trev, bookmarked for later reading! never heard of it so thanks...

HOUSE OF DEATH (1982)
http://youtu.be/v_picrMnNNc (http://youtu.be/v_picrMnNNc)
A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER (1983)
http://youtu.be/3LsDk6y63_0 (http://youtu.be/3LsDk6y63_0)

Hell yes!!!! House Of Death is awesome despite there's no actual house of death to speak of. Shame it sat in the shelf for so long. I've been waiting for years for it to be released on dvd/bd.

Found this one on youtube. I haven't watched it yet, but it certainly seems like it would fit right in.

http://youtu.be/fZb0RbHpeRQ (http://youtu.be/fZb0RbHpeRQ)

Summer Camp Nightmare (1987)

(http://media.cineblog.it/s/sum/summercampnightmare.jpg)

Beef, Beef, Beef. Beef Bologna.  :twirl:

^ haha, nice artwork.

thanks for all the suggestions so far I'm looking forward to checking out fully uploaded ones on YT  :thumbup:

Another one:
CRAWLSPACE (1986)
Not particularly good, but Klaus Kinski is such a nutbag (onscreen and off) that it's at least good for a few chuckles.
http://youtu.be/ap8JjdL2tZ8 (http://youtu.be/ap8JjdL2tZ8)

Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

(http://www.killerfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/nailgunmassacrevhsnews.jpg)

"Put that thing down now, somebody could get hurt. LOOK B!TCH I SAD PUT THAT THING DOWN."

Loved this one as a kid!  :teddyr:
Plenty of gratuitous T&A, & a camera operator with the mindset of a teenage boy!  :tongueout:
Not too unusual, how they try to pass this off as a MYSTERY MOVIE with a dull excuse for a twist ending. :lookingup:
Gotta love the killer's outfit! :bouncegiggle: Wearing a thermal in the middle of summer, that happens to be a very dark shade of camouflage, against a bright yellow air tank on his back.
Favorite quote, The Local Doctor says, "What do you think made these holes?" while inspecting a dead body fake nail heads sticking out of it, not holes...

yeah seen Nailgun massacre (and microwave massacre!)

I just watched it, looks like the kind of thing Vipco would've released on dvd in this country, but I guess they didn't...

found it entertaining. probably some of the worst use of music as a suspense tool I've ever seen (or heard). also the goofiness of the kids reminded me of the teens in THE MUTILATOR.  thanks for that one Russell  :drink:

Did anybody see Blödaren (1983)  [aka The Bleeder]?

I saw it on this review and it looks awesomely weird for a slasher and freaking hard to find too! I don't see it on youtube, amazon, ebay... :(

http://aslashabove.com/2013/08/17/blodaren-1983-review/ (http://aslashabove.com/2013/08/17/blodaren-1983-review/)

Here's another:
MARDI GRAS MASSACRE (1978)
Basically BLOOD FEAST moved to New Orleans. 
One of those "No one under 17 admitted" shockers, ala Pieces or the uncut Zombie.
http://youtu.be/q-DGt6RvnX0 (http://youtu.be/q-DGt6RvnX0)

retro mentioned A Night to Dismember so technically we could close the thread now  :wink:

However, I'll top that with Nightmare Weekend (1986)

 :teddyr: :teddyr:

And this one: my folks would never let me see it because of the poster art:

(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSy3KM91jTXF6abEO8ImXOzhL0eciBt-OmbVU6VBdHsM3eVfb_f5g)

just checked this one out. would struggle to call it a slasher exactly... not sure how I'd class it. like an outdoor adventure flick, with some random 'killer' caveman in a loincloth who seems to be channeling Z from Police Academy, but is only on screen for about 2 mins? it's like a kids film but with a couple of vaguely gory deaths. mildly entertaining anyhow...

Nightmare Weekend was VERY painful for me. Ugh.

Here's a horrid piece of s**t starring Kevin Costner in what I'm assuming is his first movie.

Shadows Run Black (1986)

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zunrMTW1wIk#)

The title would be a nice name for a giallo though.

Check this baby out:
Terror At Tenkiller
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iw2JZcRIbg#)

seen terror at tenkiller (I think) but not that kevin Costner one

talking of pre-fame a-listers doing slashers how about brad pitt's 'cutting class'. I've got the dvd and watched it once, don't remember much but I remember it being pretty weird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kTHM27saiY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kTHM27saiY)

(got The Prey lined up for later  :smile:~) EDIT - thought the whole movie was on YT but it's not...

No, that would be "Sizzle Beach USA" from the late 70s. 
He was also a corpse in THE BIG CHILL (1983).

I'm desperate to watch this, but can't find it anywhere.

The Dark Power


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQxLKXjMtY4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQxLKXjMtY4)

I don't think I have ever seen this one mentioned on here (I may be very wrong)

Offerings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Oq4URy71U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Oq4URy71U)

Complete Halloween rip off, but I really like this one.

They've got it on Amazon - on Blu ray nonetheless!  I just ordered it  :bouncegiggle:  I guess it's made from a 2K scan of the original negative, so I'm sure it will look a lot better than my VHS copied to DVD-R that I've got now.

Speaking of spandex, there's also Slash Dance from 1989 (no not the Fulci flick of the same name) which is about a female undercover cop who takes an assignment at an old theater (as a dancer) where people are mysteriously getting murdered.  It features the ladies from GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling) in many of the parts lol.  I think it's only available on the Night Chills 10 movie pack.

Not safe for work

http://youtu.be/oaU45rlCkWM (http://youtu.be/oaU45rlCkWM)

Night Screams (1987)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLLaQTvulPs#)

You should stick it out till the end - the weirdness definitely comes in.  Out of nowhere, it pretty much switches from slasher to bad Rambo knock-off!

Some might have been mentioned that I missed, but:

Slaughter High
Hell Night
Alice, Sweet Alice (actually 70s)
and I, Madman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flaxit0pX5o&list=PLnTmd0fyMvz9ikRE1QBvSNCkzl6zxy3ih&index=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flaxit0pX5o&list=PLnTmd0fyMvz9ikRE1QBvSNCkzl6zxy3ih&index=1)

thanks, not seen Alice Sweet Alice or I, Madman

not sure I'd call Hell Night weird, in fact in many ways it's a typical slasher done by the book. Creepy house w/murderous backstory, lusty teens in trouble, final girl who is obvious from the start, classic slasher type kills, typical 'comedy' jerk character... Linda Blair is cute in it though

haha fair enough, I didn't make it that far...

Considering my avatar, I'm surprised I didn't mention this one!!!

Hide and Go Shriek is another one that has some weird moments (the thing with the van early in the film might be one of the weirdest moments ever caught on film).