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 Jeff Kwitny
Starring Bo Svenson
American students visit Yugoslavia to witness a pagan ritual but wouldn’t you know it, they’re supposed to be part of it! They hop aboard a passing train to escape but even the train wants them dead. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Beyond the Door III aka Amok Train (1989)”
Directed by Ryan Nicholson
Starring Alastair Gamble, Mihola Terzic and Nathan Witte
A night of late night bowling is interrupted by a bowling bag-wearing killer delivering justice in bowling-related fashion. Did I mention bowling? Continue reading “Shaun vs. Gutterballs (2008)”
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, and Gilmer McCormick
A young boy gets some major psychological scarring after his parents are killed by a man in a Santa suit, takes a tour through an orphanage with a stern nun then when forced to don the suit himself at a job, he loses it and decides to punish anyone he runs into that is “naughty.” Continue reading “Shaun vs. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 1 (1984) and Part 2 (1987)”
Directed by David Hess
Starring Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swanson and Linda Gentile
A few years after a hazing went wrong and cost a girl’s life, the sorority house where it happened becomes the target of a killer dressed as Santa who’s out to slice and dice the girls inside as well as the fraternity of boys who’ve dropped by for a “visit.” Continue reading “Shaun vs. To All A Goodnight (1980)”
Directed by Edmund Purmond
Starring Edmund Purmond, Alan Lake and Belinda Mayne
There’s a killer on the loose and he’s targeting anyone dressed like Santa Claus and he dispatches them in increasingly violent ways. I’m sure there’s a story explaining why he does this somewhere in this film…right? Continue reading “Shaun vs. Don’t Open Till Christmas (1985)”
Directed by Jeffrey Mandel
Starring Dan “Grizzly Adams” Haggerty, Julie Austin and Borah Silver
A young woman becomes an unwilling part in a Neo-Nazi scheme to conquer the world with a master race of elf-like creatures and only Grizzly Adams and her ex-Nazi grandfather can save her. Who. Wrote. This. SHIT? Continue reading “Shaun vs. Elves (1989)”
Directed by Ted Nicolau
Starring Corey Feldman, Vanessa Angel and Danielle Keaton
A hot but evil toy creator makes a deal with a demon to kill millions of people on Christmas Day with demonic toys and only Corey Feldman and a handful of puppets can save the world. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys (2004)”
Directed by Carles Torrens
Starring Howard Ferguson-Woitzman, Mark Parr and Delaney Manning
A young girl writes a letter to Santa, but she doesn’t ask for dolls, toys, dresses or anything else…but revenge on the bullies at school. I suppose if you’re nice enough, Santa will bring you anything. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Coming to Town (2006)”
Directed by Jordan Downey
Starring Natasha Cordova, Lindsay Anderson and Lance Predmore
A Native shaman, disgraced by the pilgrims not long after they arrive in America, places a spell on a turkey that goes on a white person killing spree. Five hundred years later, the turkey is back to kill off, specifically, five college students on their way home on Thanksgiving holidays. Continue reading “Shaun vs. ThanksKilling (2009)”
Directed by Wayne Berwick
Starring Jackie Vernon and Claire Ginsberg
A man just can’t take his wife’s cooking anymore and drunkenly murders her…then sticks her in the microwave…and discovers he likes eating people? That’s pretty far fetched. Continue reading “Shaun vs. Microwave Massacre (1983)”
Shaun vs. the B-Movies 