Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA: A Blu-ray Checklist

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Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA: A Blu-ray Checklist

Originally Posted by Stephen Thrower

Nightmare USA, with its cavalcade of perversions and idiosyncrasies, is my beacon for those films and filmmakers either avoided, disrespected, forgotten, or ignored by all but the most dedicated fan discourse. Not in the name of art, not to ennoble a new list of greats, but for variance, diversity, strangeness - and all the pleasures they can bring.

Section IV: An Exploitation Independent Checklist

U.S. Releases:

International Only Releases:

DVD Only Releases:

Links:

Checklist at List Challenges
Complete(?) list at IMDB
Complete(?) list at Rate your Music
Buy the book at Amazon
BDs/films reviewed by Thrower in Section III of the book (courtesy of lilboyblu)
fuzzymctiger's updates
ScreamCast 104: Stephen Thrower and The American Horror Project

Links from the book's Bibliography (that are still working):
Critical Condition
Hysteria Lives!
Mondo Digital
Pre-Certification Video

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Reserved for Volume 2!

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Section I

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Section II

Chapter 1: James Bryan

Don't Go in the Woods aka Don't Go Into the Woods...Alone! aka Sierra (1981)

The Dirtiest Game in the World aka Blood, Flesh and Tears (1970)
Escape to Passion (1970)
I Love You I Love You Not (1973)

High School Fantasies aka Beach Blanket Bango (1974)

Boogie Vision aka The Young Movie Makers aka Girlie (1977)

Lady Street Fighter (1978)
Revenge Of Lady Street Fighter (1990)

The Executioner Part II aka The Executioner aka Crime Fighter aka Vengeance Is Mine (1983)

Hellriders (1984)

Swedish Erotica 73 (1986) Co-directed with Ted Gorley aka Illo Appleby
Sex Aliens (1987) Co-directed with Ted Gorley aka Illo Appleby
Phone Sex Girls (1987) Credited to John T. Bone
Two on the Rack (1990)

addendum - Renee Harmon
Frozen Scream - Frank Roach (1981)
*see The Executioner Part II
Run, Coyote, Run (1985)
Jungle Trap (1986)

Cinderella 2000 - Al Adamson - (1977)

Van Nuys Blvd. - William Sachs (1979)

Night of Terror aka Escape from the Insane Asylum - Felix Girard

Chapter 2 - John Peyser

The Centerfold Girls aka Girl Hunter (1974)

Chapter 3 - Frederick Friedel

Axe aka Lisa, Lisa aka California Axe Massacre aka The Virgin Slaughter aka The Axe Murders (1974)
Kidnapped Coed aka The Kidnap Lover aka Date with a Kidnapper aka House of Terror aka Night of Mourning(1975)
Bloody Brothers (2003)
My Next Funeral (2001)
Squish (2007)

Chapter 4 - Douglas McKeown

The Deadly Spawn aka Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn aka Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn aka The Deadly Spawn: Eating Machine(1982)

Chapter 5 - Don Jones

Abducted aka Playdead aka Let's Play Dead aka Schoolgirls in Chains aka The Black Widow (1973)

The Love Butcher aka The Gardener (1975)
The Forest aka Terror in the Forest (1981)
Excited (1968) Co-directed with Gary Graver
Kiss-Off (1968)
Who Did Cock Robin? (1970)
Sweater Girls (1977)
Lethal Pursuit aka Enraged (1988)
Molly and the Ghost (1991)

addendum - Gary Kent
Devil Wolf of Shadow Mountain (1963)
Ride in the Whirlwind - Monte Hellman (1965)
The Shooting - Monte Hellman (1967)
Hells Angels on Wheels - Richard Rush (1967)
Psych-Out - Richard Rush (1968)
Targets (1968)
Swingers Massacre (1973)
The House of Seven Corpses (1973)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
The Pyramid (1975)

Chapter 6 - James L. Wilson and Richard Wadsack

Screams of a Winter Night (1979)

Chapter 7 - David Durston

Chapter 8 - Joseph Ellison

Chapter 9 - Mark Sawicki and Chris Huntley

Chapter 10 - Robert Endelson

Chapter 11 - Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz

Chapter 12 - John Hayes

Chapter 13 - Daniel DiSomma

Chapter 14 - Tony Malanowski

Chapter 15 - Marc B. Ray

Chapter 16 - John Ballard

Chapter 17 - Irv and Wayne Berwick

Chapter 18 - Robert Allen Schnitzer

Chapter 19 - Stephen Traxler

Chapter 20 - Norman Thaddeus Vane

Chapter 21 - Robert Voskanian and Robert Dadashian

Chapter 22 - Fredric Hobbs

Chapter 23 - George Barry

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Section III

The Alchemist - Charles Band (1981)

The Alien Dead aka Alien Dead aka It Fell from the Sky - Fred Olen Ray (1980)

The Alien Factor - Don Dohler (1977)

The Alpha Incident aka Gift from a Red Planet - Bill Rebane (1977)

Another Son of Sam aka[b] Hostages - Dave A. Adams (1977)
[//b]not on disc
Asylum of Satan aka The Satan Spectrum - William Girdler (1971)

Attack of the Beast Creatures aka Hell Island - Michael Stanley (1983)
not on disc
The Barn of the Naked Dead aka Nightmare Circus aka Terror Circus aka Caged Women - Alan Rudolph (1973)

Basket Case - Frank Henenlotter (1981)

The Beauties and the Beast aka The Beast and the Vixens - Ray Naneau (1973)

Black Devil Doll from Hell aka The Puppet - Chester N. Turner (1984)

Blood - Andy Milligan (1974)

Bloodrage aka Never Pick Up a Stranger - Joseph Bigwood (1979)
Bloody Birthday aka Creeps aka Hide and Go Kill - Ed Hunt (1980)
Blood Freak aka Blood Freaks - Brad F. Grinter and Steve Hawkes (1972)
Blood Mania - Robert Vincent O'Neil (1971)
Blood of Ghastly Horror aka Psycho A Go Go aka Echo of Terror aka Fiend with the Electronic Brain aka Man with the Synthetic Brain - Al Adamson (1971)
Blood Orgy of the She Devils aka Female Plasma Suckers - Ted V. Mikels (1972)
Blood Sabbath aka Yyalah - Brianne Murphy (1972)
Blood Song aka Premonitions aka Dream Slayer - Alan J. Levi (1982)
Bloodstalkers aka Blood Stalkers aka The Night Daniel Died - Robert W. Morgan (1975)
Boardinghouse aka Housegeist aka Bad Force - John Wintergate (1982)
Brain of Blood aka Brain Damage aka The Brain aka The Creature's Revenge aka The Undying Brain - Al Adamson (1971)
The Brides Wore Blood - Robert R. Favorite (1972)
Carnival of Blood - Leonord Kirtman (1970)
The Corpse Grinders - Ted V. Mikels (1971)
The Crater Lake Monster - William R. Stromberg (1977)
Crazed aka Slipping Into Darkness aka The Paranoiac aka Bloodshed - Richard Cassidy (1977, released 1979)
The Crazies aka Code Name Trixie aka The Mad People - George Romero (1973)
Creature from Black Lake aka Demon of the Lake aka Attack at Black Lake - Joy N. Houch Jr. (1976)
The Creeper aka The Dark Side of Midnight - Wes Olsen (1984)
"Criminally Insane" - Nick Philips (1975)
Crypt of Dark Secrets - Jack Weis (1976)
Curse of the Headless Horseman - John Kirkland (1972)
The Dark - John 'Bud' Cardos (1978, 1979)
Dark August aka The Hant - Martin Goldman (1975)
The Dark Power - Phil Smoot (1985)
The Dark Ride aka Killer's Delight aka The Sport Killer - Jeremy Hoenack (1977)
Death Trap aka Eaten Alive aka too many to list - Tobe Hooper (1976)
Demented aka Slay the Joker - Arthur Jeffreys (1980)
The Demons of Ludlow - Bill Rebane (1983)
Devil times Five aka People Toys aka The Horrible House on the Hill aka Tantrums - Sean MacGregor (1973)
Doctor Gore aka The Body Shop - J.G. 'Pat' Patterson (1972)
Don't Answer the Phone! aka The Hollywood Strangler - Robert Hammer (1979)
Dracula VS. Frankenstein aka too many to list -Al Adamson (1970)
Encounter with the Unknown - Harry Thomason (1972)
The Evil aka Cry Demon aka House of Evil - Gus Trikonis (1978)
Fatal Games aka The Killing Touch aka Olympic Nightmare - Michael Elliot (1983)
Fiend aka Deadly Neighbor - Don Dohler (1980)
Final Exam - Jimmy Huston (1981)
The Folks at Red Wolf Inn aka Terror House aka Terror on the Menu! aka Terror at (the) Red Wolf Inn - Bud Townsend (1972)
Forest of Fear aka Bloodeaters aka Toxic Zombies - Charles McCrann (1979)
Frankenstein Island - Jerry warren (1981)
The Giant Spider Invasion - Bill Rebane (1975)
The Gore Gore Girls aka Blood Orgy - Herschell Gordon Lewis (1972)
Graduation Day - Herb Freed (1981)
Haunted aka The Haunted - Michael De Gaetano (1976)
Haunts aka The Veil - Herb Freed (1981)
The Headless Eyes - Kent Bateman (1971)
The Hearse - George Bowers (1980)
Homebodies - Larry Yust (1973)
The House of Seven Corpses aka Seven Times Dead - Paul Harrison (1973)
House of Terror aka The Five at the Funeral aka Scream Bloody Murder - Sergei Goncharoff (1972)
The House Where Death Lives aka Delusion - Alan Beattie (1980)
Human Experiments aka Beyond the Gate - Gregory Goodell (1979)
I Dismember Mama aka Poor Albert & Little Annie aka Crazed - Paul Leder (1972)
Janie - Jack Bravman (1970)
The Jar aka Charon - Bruce Toscano (1985)
The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio aka Jekyll and Hyde Unleashed - Eric Jeffrey Haims (1971)
Kill of the Tarantula aka Shudder - Chris Munger (1975)
The Last House on Dead End Street aka The Fun House aka The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - Victor Janos (1973, 1977)
Last Rites aka Dracula's Last Rites - Domonic Paris (1979)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death aka Jessica aka The Secret Beneath the Lake aka What Killed Sam Dorker? - John Hancock (1971)
Madame Zenobia aka Zenobia - Eduardo Cemano (1973)
The Mafu Cage aka My Sister My Love aka Deviation aka Don't Ring the Doorbell - Karen Arthur (1977)
Mako: Jaws of Death aka Shark Killers - William Grefé (1975)
Malatesta's Carnival of Blood - Christoper Speeth (1973)
Maniac - William Lustig (1980)
Martin - George Romero (1976)
Monstroid aka too many to list - Kenneth Hartford and Herbert L. Strock (1979)
Movie House Massacre aka Blood Theater - Alice Raley (1984)
My Friends Need Killing - Paul Leder (1976)
A Name for Evil aka The Face of Evil aka The Grove - Bernard Girard (1972)
Natas: The Reflection - Jack Dunlap (1983)
The Nesting aka Phobia - Armand Weston (1980)
A Night to Dismember - Doris Wishman (1983)
NightBeast - Don Dohler (1982)
Nurse Sherri aka Killer's Curse aka too many to list - Al Adamson (1977)
Phantasm aka The Never Dead - Don Coscarelli (1978)
Pigs aka too many to list - Marc Lawrence (1972)
The Possessed! aka Help Me... I'm Possessed! - Charles Nizet (1974)
Psychopath aka An Eye for an Eye aka Mr. Rabbey - Larry Brown (1972)
Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake aka The Creature from Shadow Lake aka Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell - Bill Rebane (1981)
The Returning aka The Spirit aka Witch Doctor - Joel Bender (1983)
Satan's Black Wedding - Philip Miller (1975)
Satan's Cheerleaders - Greydon Clark (1977)
The Scaremaker aka Girls Nite Out - Robert Deubel (1982)
A Scream in the Streets aka Girls in the Streets aka Scream Street - Carl Monson (1972)
The Severed Arm - Thomas S. Alderman (1972)
Sex Wish aka Love Wish aka Night-Walker - Tim McCoy (1976)
Shadows of the Mind aka A Heritage of Blood - Roger Watkins (1980)
Silent Night, Bloody Night aka Night of the Dark Full Moon aka Death House aka too many to list - Theodore Gershuny (1972)
The Silent Scream aka The Boarding House - Denny Harris (1979)
Simon, King of the Witches - Bruce Kessler (1971)

Sisters of Death aka Death Trap Joseph Mazzuca (1972, 1977)
Sketches of a Strangler - Paul Leder (1978)
The Slayer - J.S. Cardone (1981)
Sole Survivor - Thom Erberhardt (1982)
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things aka Don't Spank Baby - Thomas Casey (1971)
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe aka Leanor - Mohy Quandour (1972)
Suicide Cult aka The Astrologer - James Glickenhaus (1977)
Swingers Massacre aka Inside Amy - Ron Garcia (1973)
Till Death - Walter Stocker (1974)
To All a Goodnight - David Hess (1980)
The Toolbox Murders - Dennis Donnelly (1977)
Whodunit? aka Island of Blood aka Scared Alive - Bill Naud (1982)
The Witch Who Came From the Sea - Matt Cimber (1976)

[PrestonXI]

I enjoy Thrower's comments on various Blu Ray releases and just purchased his massive Murderous Passions.



Definitely want to pick up Nighmare USA whenever I get done thumbing through the Franco book.

[The Great Owl]

Excellent thread.

Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA book has cost me a lot of money, because most of these movies that he mentions inevitably appeal to me, and I'm inclined to purchase as such.

There are a few titles that just flat out don't appeal to me, like the Andy Milligan films, but most of the movies on the checklist are fun, if not flawless, off-the-beaten-path winners.

[Val Lewton]

Fantastic idea for a thread, NoirFan!

[asabreed]

A much-needed thread that many of us will take part in, even though I'll end up probably buying more of these than I should because of this thread.

[Damonstein]

He does review a film called blood rage, though it is a different film than the one you linked. I don't think that one ever gets mentioned.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by Damonstein

He does review a film called blood rage, though it is a different film than the one you linked. I don't think that one ever gets mentioned.

Quite right, he discusses the 1979 Joseph Zito one, which is one word and also called Never Pick up a Stranger. It has an awesomely abrupt ending, and the killer/actor is a wonderfully greasy scumbag. Someone should request it to BU (as they have the rights, according to Film Aficianado.)

[NoirFan]

Well, that's A-M done from the checklist, I'll give my hands a break for the night and polish off the rest tomorrow. Oh, I didn't include the cruddy Image disc of The Hills Have Eyes, which has thankfully been rendered obsolete by the upcoming Arrow edition, and, for now, Last House on Dead End Street is only available as an unrestored Easter Egg on VS' disc of Corruption, also directed by Peter Watkins, which is a beautifully shot and quite interesting piece of adult filmmaking, for those who are willing to take the time. Fall Break is listed under the title we know and love as The Mutilator, and when US and UK editions are identical (aka Arrow releases), I've only included the US ones, so we don't need to have the art ruined by those pesky little ratings logos.

Now off to watch a couple of these - I encourage you all to do the same!

[PrestonXI]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Excellent thread.

Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA book has cost me a lot of money, because most of these movies that he mentions inevitably appeal to me, and I'm inclined to purchase as such.

There are a few titles that just flat out don't appeal to me, like the Andy Milligan films, but most of the movies on the checklist are fun, if not flawless, off-the-beaten-path winners.

This is EXACTLY what I am afraid of. Same with the Franco book.

[Martin_31]

I've been wanting to buy this book. For anyone who owns it, would you mind posting a photo or two of the book?

[TripleHBK]

Loving the Lists! Small suggestion... Try using either [small] or [medium] tags in place of the large tags so that the images are a bit easier to browse. Also, It'd be nice to see the lists split between what's available in the US vs What's available elsewhere in the world rather than lumping things together in one long list. Perhaps others will disagree however, either way I've got the book on my wish list and always enjoy seeing visual interpretations so this will be fun to explore.

[cakefactory]

Hmm, a couple of these USA releases are not available through Amazon. Blue Sunshine and The Alien Factor, for example. I was unaware of either of those releases, as well as Death Bed. I'll have to get Death Bed, at least.

[schlock]

Interesting, as The Alien Factor was readily available on Amazon, but it just sold out a day or two ago and then it appears the whole page was removed right afterwards. I believe it was a 1,000 limited signed edition.

Day of the Reaper could be the rarest so far - only 100 of that one.

[PrestonXI]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Hmm, a couple of these USA releases are not available through Amazon. Blue Sunshine and The Alien Factor, for example. I was unaware of either of those releases, as well as Death Bed. I'll have to get Death Bed, at least.

Has anyone ever heard Patton Oswalt's comedy bit about Death Bed?

Patton Oswalt: Death Bed - YouTube

[Val Lewton]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Hmm, a couple of these USA releases are not available through Amazon. Blue Sunshine and The Alien Factor, for example. I was unaware of either of those releases, as well as Death Bed. I'll have to get Death Bed, at least.

Like schlock mentioned above me, ALIEN FACTOR has sold out of it's limited 1000 copy run. BLUE SUNSHINE is an absolutely fantastic disc. It's a brand new 4k scan and it's loaded with extras, including the soundtrack.

Here's a pic I took from the BLUE SUNSHINE thread:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...2&postcount=98

You can buy it here:
https://www.filmcentrix.com/product/blue-sunshine/

[DarknessBDJM]

I had no idea The Devonsville Terror was coming to blu-ray, that's awesome. The movie has some of the best autumn imagery out there.