Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Bezenby Now this is a strange one! I'm not sure what thought process would lead to the making of such a film, and I'm pretty sure, despite the American leads, that this must be a Fillipino production. It's a strange mix of cult, vampire, jungle adventure with some hilarious fashions and grooviness chucked in for a laugh. Sure, it's all very tame and slow moving, but when the cheese in the mix is a strong Gorgonzola, you can forgive such shortcomings.Chicks are being kidnapped from the streets of Manila, including Laura (who's just refused a marriage proposal from her boyfriend) and Claire, who dances in a cage and actually seems quite excited about being made a white slave, plus two others, and are transported through the jungle by some guys to an underground cave system, where everyone worships a disembodied head that lives in a red glass box (and talks!). Seems like Laura might be the chosen one, as the high priest drew a picture of her (check out this guy's high collared get-up!), and the others have been selected to be milked for blood for the cult to extend their lives indefinitely, as long as they don't leave the compound. Somehow, Laura doesn't quite take to the idea of being kidnapped and then offered her friend's blood to drink, and with the help of a wizened old woman (which is the end result of being milked for blood), she tries to escape. Complication matters further is her blossoming love with the high priest (and vice versa) and the demented Claire's attempts to be the chosen one. The High Priestess isn't too happy with proceedings, and a chase through the jungle ensues. It's all a bit tame, but then again I didn't fall asleep and kept in there until the seventies style ending. Recommended for those curious about obscure films, and those with low expectations.

greatpoop1 After watching The Thirsty Dead, I decided to give it a review. What can I say about this low budget B movie, that appeared on the movie pack Pure Terror. First the movie starts out with young women being kid-napped off the streets of Manila, by these druid like people. Then the women are lead through underground sewer tunnels, then they take a canoe ride along a river. And are finally lead through a dense jungle to a mountain. On the mountain a cult, use the women's blood for a youth ritual. When they choose one of the women to join them she refuses. She later convinces the male leader of the cult(with a ridiculously high collared cape) to help them escape. After much challenge and tribulations the three remaining girls escape. This is by no means a gory or gruesome film at all. There is maybe a small drop of blood or two, but nothing to feed the appetite of gore fans. The plot does not have much to it and seems kind of rushed. But the film is kind of colorful and sort of has a nice adventure element to it. Its not the most exciting film, but it is watchable and does capture your attention slightly. I wouldn't recommend buying it unless it appears on one of those 50 in one movies packs. I give this unique danger/adventure a 4 out of 10.

MARIO GAUCI This was included in the "Living Dead" 9-film collection I rented; however, there are no zombies here – and the title itself isn't a reference to anything in particular! The Widescreen print of this one was the best-looking from the four titles I watched – but the same can't be said of the film, which is perhaps the least of them (certainly the campiest, particularly where costumes are concerned)!Starting off with a White Slavery-type plot, it soon falls into formulaic "She" territory – involving a lost civilization who has achieved immortality (presided over by a disembodied living head preserved in a block of ice!). This gives it an old-fashioned air (the film is remarkably chaste) and makes the whole incongruous alongside the permissiveness prevalent in exploitation/horror fare of the time (though, at least, three of its female protagonists look good in skimpy jungle attire).One of the women happens to look just like the painting of a blonde who had appeared to these enlightened people in a vision – so, instead of draining her slowly of blood, they want her to join their fold and be initiated into their lifestyle (which doesn't sit well with one of the girl's companions, a go-go dancer, who would love to exchange places with her…especially since the heroine will have no part of this deal!). A high priest falls for her and, eventually, helps the survivors escape (and liberates the imprisoned old hags, remnants of their 'experiments' over the centuries) – except that, once he gets near to the modern world, starts reverting to his real decrepit age! The film offers no surprises whatsoever but, what really gets it down, is a serious pacing problem – being not so much slow-moving as ineptly-handled, the direction showing a distinct lack of judgment with respect to cutting where it could benefit story and suspense the most! For the record, I followed this with a bunch of trailers included on another disc in the set: I was particularly enticed by the ones for THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES (1968) – for how bad it appears to be, not to mention the momentous pairing of John Carradine and Tura Satana! – and THE CHILD (1977) – yet another EXORCIST clone.

SlasherReviewer No I didn't fall asleep while watching this but hey I could of? We had a few creepy scenes in this movie, but all in all nothing was going on. I bought this flick because it had a half naked girl on it getting stabbed by some kind of satanic devil worshipper. Well the movie inside that case had nothing like that on it? We had a tribe of weirdos running around chasing some not so bad looking 40 something year olds that were suppose to be young teenage girls? Just to many flaws and not enough action. And oh yeah no gore or anything else interesting to speak of. Slasher reviewer gives this one a thumbs down and instead of tossing it in the garbage I listed it on e-bay for some other poor soul. Who knows maybe the guy that bought it will like G Rated Horror?