I've been a lover/hater of low budget filmmaking from an early age, always amazed by the types of films that got released, either theatrical or more likely direct to video, and I like to shine a spotlight on them for better or worse.
Directed by Jess Franco
Starring Lina Romay (as Candy Coster), Mabel Escano, Robert Foster and Eva León
A quartet of horny women visit a tropical resort only to discover that it’s completely deserted and while that doesn’t stop them from having fun, the undead monks who want to sacrifice them to the devil will definitely ruin their weekend. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)”
Directed by Umberto Lenzi (as Humphrey Humbert)
Starring Lana Wendel, Greg Rhodes and Mary Sellers
Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house where a mysterious yet gruesome double murder had taken place. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Ghosthouse aka La Casa 3 (1988)”
Directed by Manny Coto
Starring Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs and Cliff De Young
A psychopath (Drake) escapes from a mental institution to dispense his brand of justice — via loony puns and giant-sized medical instruments — on the town that killed his father who was a general practitioner who went insane. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Dr. Giggles (1992)”
Directed by Kevin Connor
Starring Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons and Nina Axelrod
A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travellers and bury them alive, using them to create the “special ingredient” of their famous roadside fritters. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Motel Hell (1980)”
Directed by Maria Lease
Starring Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms and Rip Torn
A family moves to Mexico so the father can start a doll factory but a nearby archaeological dig unearths an evil spirit that possesses one of the dolls in the factory and turns it into a murderous toy. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Dolly Dearest (1991)”
Directed by John Grissmer
Starring Louise Lasser, Mark Soper and Marianne Kanter
A pair of twin brothers sneak out of their mother’s car while she’s making out to run around the drive-in but since one of them has to be the evil twin, he grabs a hatchet and takes it to the face of movie goer though his brother is the one sent away to a sanitarium for the deed. Ten years later, the other brother escapes the institution on Thanksgiving but has the real killer been free all along? Continue reading “Shaun vs. Blood Rage aka Nightmare at Shadow Woods (1987)”
Directed by Richard Governor
Starring Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland and Jimmie F. Skaggs
On the search for a missing woman, a police officer is whisked away by a sandstorm to a ghost town inhabited by the folk who lived there over a hundred years ago where he searches for the woman while upholding the law from a gang of undead cowboys. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Ghost Town (1988)”
Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson
Starring Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Alia Shawkat and Adam Devine
Three years after her actress mother dies in a car accident, Max (Farmiga) is blackmailed into attending a screening of her mother’s (Akerman) most famous film, a camp slasher called “Camp Bloodbath.” After a fire breaks out, Max and her friends attempt to escape through the movie screen only to find themselves inside the movie as extra victims for the movie killer, Billy, while Max does what she can to make sure the character playing her mother stays alive until the credits roll. Continue reading “Shaun vs. The Final Girls (2015)”
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Starring Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen and Steve Houston
A quartet of nightmarish stories are here to give you the heebie jeebies before you go to bed. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Nightmares (1983)”
Directed by Robert Conway
Starring Monica Engesser, Amelia Haberman and James Ray
After just learning of its existence, a little girl’s belief in the ancient Christmas demon brings it to life and sets in on a rampage against anyone considered “naughty.” Continue reading “Shaun vs. Krampus: The Reckoning (2015)”
Shaun vs. the B-Movies 