John H.
@jahoffsis.bsky.social
Former film reviewer, DJ & alternative music video show host, retired book seller. Lifelong movie fan.
#Deucember 2025, Movie 29: MANIAC (1980) Dir: William Lustig. This landmark psycho killer classic still packs a wallop today, mostly due to Joe Spinell’s brilliant performance and Tom Savini’s gore effects. #grindhouse #NYC #FilmSky
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 29: MANIAC (1980) Dir: William Lustig. This landmark psycho killer classic still packs a wallop today, mostly due to Joe Spinell’s brilliant performance and Tom Savini’s gore effects. #grindhouse #NYC #FilmSky
#Deucember 2025, Movie 28: RITUALS (1977) Dir: Peter Carter. Grueling, intense survival horror as five doctors on a fishing trip in the remote wilderness are being stalked by a mysterious killer. Staring Hal Holbrook & Lawrence Dane. #canuxploitation #grindhouse #filmsky
December 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 28: RITUALS (1977) Dir: Peter Carter. Grueling, intense survival horror as five doctors on a fishing trip in the remote wilderness are being stalked by a mysterious killer. Staring Hal Holbrook & Lawrence Dane. #canuxploitation #grindhouse #filmsky
#Deucember 2025 Movie 27: SEX BEYOND THE GRAVE (1984) This #shawbrothers horror film is a Hong Kong take on POLTERGEIST as a family moves into a house haunted by a female ghost raped and murdered years ago. Less sleazy than usual with lots of levitation and too much mah jongg. #grindhouse #filmsky
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 27: SEX BEYOND THE GRAVE (1984) This #shawbrothers horror film is a Hong Kong take on POLTERGEIST as a family moves into a house haunted by a female ghost raped and murdered years ago. Less sleazy than usual with lots of levitation and too much mah jongg. #grindhouse #filmsky
#Deucember 2025, Movie 26: AN IDEAL PLACE TO KILL aka OASIS OF FEAR (1971) This enjoyable, stylish Umberto Lenzi thriller with slight #Giallo trappings has hippie porn peddlers Ray Lovelock and Ornella Muti invading Irene Pappas’ house only to find she’s got a secret. #grindhouse #FilmSky
December 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 26: AN IDEAL PLACE TO KILL aka OASIS OF FEAR (1971) This enjoyable, stylish Umberto Lenzi thriller with slight #Giallo trappings has hippie porn peddlers Ray Lovelock and Ornella Muti invading Irene Pappas’ house only to find she’s got a secret. #grindhouse #FilmSky
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December 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 25: INQUISITION(1977). Paul Naschy’s first directorial effort is his take on WITCHFINDER GENERAL, Spanish-style, with copious female nudity and a nasty nipple ripping scene. Nobody expected that! #grindhouse #FilmSky #horror #paulnaschy
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 25: INQUISITION(1977). Paul Naschy’s first directorial effort is his take on WITCHFINDER GENERAL, Spanish-style, with copious female nudity and a nasty nipple ripping scene. Nobody expected that! #grindhouse #FilmSky #horror #paulnaschy
#Deucember 2025, Movie 23: THE BIG BAD WOLF. This is a 1966 English-dub by Barry Yellin’s Childhood Productions of a 1957 German film. The WICKER MAN-like realistic masks of the billygoats are quite disturbing, and the catchy upbeat music & songs by Milton Delugg just make it weirder. #FilmSky
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 23: THE BIG BAD WOLF. This is a 1966 English-dub by Barry Yellin’s Childhood Productions of a 1957 German film. The WICKER MAN-like realistic masks of the billygoats are quite disturbing, and the catchy upbeat music & songs by Milton Delugg just make it weirder. #FilmSky
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#Horror365Challenge 371/365
#Deucember Day 17
Shock Waves (1977)
Dir-Ken Wiederhorn
Nazi super soldier zombies on a remote island stalk shipwrecked idiots.
Very light gore, but ominous, creepy, and unsettling, with Peter Cushing in a supporting role as an exposition-spouting ex-Nazi officer!
#Deucember Day 17
Shock Waves (1977)
Dir-Ken Wiederhorn
Nazi super soldier zombies on a remote island stalk shipwrecked idiots.
Very light gore, but ominous, creepy, and unsettling, with Peter Cushing in a supporting role as an exposition-spouting ex-Nazi officer!
December 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
#Horror365Challenge 371/365
#Deucember Day 17
Shock Waves (1977)
Dir-Ken Wiederhorn
Nazi super soldier zombies on a remote island stalk shipwrecked idiots.
Very light gore, but ominous, creepy, and unsettling, with Peter Cushing in a supporting role as an exposition-spouting ex-Nazi officer!
#Deucember Day 17
Shock Waves (1977)
Dir-Ken Wiederhorn
Nazi super soldier zombies on a remote island stalk shipwrecked idiots.
Very light gore, but ominous, creepy, and unsettling, with Peter Cushing in a supporting role as an exposition-spouting ex-Nazi officer!
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#Deucember Day#18. Jeffrey Bloom's 'Blood Beach' ('80) @gcdb.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#Deucember Day#18. Jeffrey Bloom's 'Blood Beach' ('80) @gcdb.bsky.social
#Deucember 2025 Movie 23: THE OILY MANIAC (1976) Dir: Ho Meng-Hua. The man who gave us the BLACK MAGIC series directs an insanely goofy and sleazy creature feature based on Malaysian folklore. Lots of female nudity accent the ridiculous monster costume & effects. Much fun! #grindhouse #shawbrothers
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 23: THE OILY MANIAC (1976) Dir: Ho Meng-Hua. The man who gave us the BLACK MAGIC series directs an insanely goofy and sleazy creature feature based on Malaysian folklore. Lots of female nudity accent the ridiculous monster costume & effects. Much fun! #grindhouse #shawbrothers
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#Deucember Day#16 This gritty little Philippines-shot revenge yarn from 1981 (released in the U.S. in 1983) deserves more love, imho. I discovered it on dvd, and would love to see a nice remastered blu packed with extras happen soon. @gcdb.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#Deucember Day#16 This gritty little Philippines-shot revenge yarn from 1981 (released in the U.S. in 1983) deserves more love, imho. I discovered it on dvd, and would love to see a nice remastered blu packed with extras happen soon. @gcdb.bsky.social
#Deucember 2025, Movie 22: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) Finally treated myself to a long overdue rewatch of John Carpenter’s classic updating of siege westerns like RIO BRAVO. Still kicks ass. #grindhouse #filmsky #action #crime #johncarpenter
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 22: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) Finally treated myself to a long overdue rewatch of John Carpenter’s classic updating of siege westerns like RIO BRAVO. Still kicks ass. #grindhouse #filmsky #action #crime #johncarpenter
#Deucember 2025, Movie 21: BURY ME AN ANGEL (1971) Director: Barbara Peeters. The greatest movie poster tagline ever hides an odd female centric biker flick that focuses more on the lead character’s trauma than revenge or action. Doesn’t live up to the poster’s promise. #grindhouse #filmsky #biker
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 21: BURY ME AN ANGEL (1971) Director: Barbara Peeters. The greatest movie poster tagline ever hides an odd female centric biker flick that focuses more on the lead character’s trauma than revenge or action. Doesn’t live up to the poster’s promise. #grindhouse #filmsky #biker
#Deucember 2025, Movie 20: TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (1983). This #shawbrothers sci-fi comedy has Cherie Chung abducted by aliens. There’s a great light saber fight with a Vader-like robot, but mileage varies depending on your tolerance for the very loud, shrill comic style. #grindhouse #filmsky
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 20: TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (1983). This #shawbrothers sci-fi comedy has Cherie Chung abducted by aliens. There’s a great light saber fight with a Vader-like robot, but mileage varies depending on your tolerance for the very loud, shrill comic style. #grindhouse #filmsky
#Deucember 2025, Movie 19: BATTLE WIZARD (Hong Kong, 1977) This zany, rapid fire #shawbrothers wuxia fantasy is full of crazy stuff. Lasers shoot from bones, fingers & eyes. A girl tosses flesh burrowing snakes. There’s a giant python, a guy with a metal claw, an ape & more. #grindhouse #filmsky
December 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 19: BATTLE WIZARD (Hong Kong, 1977) This zany, rapid fire #shawbrothers wuxia fantasy is full of crazy stuff. Lasers shoot from bones, fingers & eyes. A girl tosses flesh burrowing snakes. There’s a giant python, a guy with a metal claw, an ape & more. #grindhouse #filmsky
#Deucember 2025, Movie 18: ALLTHE COLORS OF THE DARK (1972). My favorite of the Sergio Martino & Edwidge Fenech #giallo collaborations. Trippy direction, a fast pace, Satanists, a terrific Bruno Nicolai score, along with Fenech, George Hilton, and Ivan Rassimov make this stand out. #filmsky
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 18: ALLTHE COLORS OF THE DARK (1972). My favorite of the Sergio Martino & Edwidge Fenech #giallo collaborations. Trippy direction, a fast pace, Satanists, a terrific Bruno Nicolai score, along with Fenech, George Hilton, and Ivan Rassimov make this stand out. #filmsky
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Saturday & Sunday Arthouse Classic! DIVA (1982) - Jean-Jacques Beineix's humorous, beguiling, dazzling debut newly restored!
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December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Saturday & Sunday Arthouse Classic! DIVA (1982) - Jean-Jacques Beineix's humorous, beguiling, dazzling debut newly restored!
#Deucember 2025 Movie 17: DISCO GODFATHER (1979) Director: J. Robert Wagoner. Anti-drug screeds have never been more entertaining than in this Rudy Ray Moore classic/70s time capsule. “Put your weight on it!” #grindhouse #blaxploitation #filmsky
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 17: DISCO GODFATHER (1979) Director: J. Robert Wagoner. Anti-drug screeds have never been more entertaining than in this Rudy Ray Moore classic/70s time capsule. “Put your weight on it!” #grindhouse #blaxploitation #filmsky
#Deucember 2025, Movie 16: THE BRIDE FROM HELL (1971) Pretty tepid Taiwanese Shaw Brothers horror film has a man discovering his new bride is a ghost. Few chills, but some decent atmosphere at times. #grindhouse #filmsky #shawbrothers #horror
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 16: THE BRIDE FROM HELL (1971) Pretty tepid Taiwanese Shaw Brothers horror film has a man discovering his new bride is a ghost. Few chills, but some decent atmosphere at times. #grindhouse #filmsky #shawbrothers #horror
#Deucember 2025 Movie 15: THE SEEDING OF A GHOST (Hong Kong, 1983). This insane Shaw Brothers horror film is full of nudity, sex and gore, and an ending that rips off ALIEN and THE THING. Don’t know if this actually played the Deuce, but it would be a perfect fit. #shawbrothers #grindhouse #filmsky
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 15: THE SEEDING OF A GHOST (Hong Kong, 1983). This insane Shaw Brothers horror film is full of nudity, sex and gore, and an ending that rips off ALIEN and THE THING. Don’t know if this actually played the Deuce, but it would be a perfect fit. #shawbrothers #grindhouse #filmsky
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December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 14: ANGEL UNCHAINED (1970) Director: Lee Madden. Biker Don Stroud leaves his gang for a hippie commune, but when the local dune buggy riding cowboys hassle them, he calls the bikers in to help fight back. The final confrontation is a doozy.
#grindhouse #filmsky
#grindhouse #filmsky
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
#Deucember 2025, Movie 14: ANGEL UNCHAINED (1970) Director: Lee Madden. Biker Don Stroud leaves his gang for a hippie commune, but when the local dune buggy riding cowboys hassle them, he calls the bikers in to help fight back. The final confrontation is a doozy.
#grindhouse #filmsky
#grindhouse #filmsky
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#Deucember Day 9
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Dir- León Klimovsky.
Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy stars as a mystic raising the dead to do his nefarious bidding.
Wonderfully weird Euro-trash!
The U.S release had “Shock Notices” edited into the film that flashed red before a gory scene.
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Dir- León Klimovsky.
Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy stars as a mystic raising the dead to do his nefarious bidding.
Wonderfully weird Euro-trash!
The U.S release had “Shock Notices” edited into the film that flashed red before a gory scene.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#Deucember Day 9
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Dir- León Klimovsky.
Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy stars as a mystic raising the dead to do his nefarious bidding.
Wonderfully weird Euro-trash!
The U.S release had “Shock Notices” edited into the film that flashed red before a gory scene.
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Dir- León Klimovsky.
Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy stars as a mystic raising the dead to do his nefarious bidding.
Wonderfully weird Euro-trash!
The U.S release had “Shock Notices” edited into the film that flashed red before a gory scene.
#Deucember 2025 Movie 13: BRUCE LEE IN NEW GUINEA (1978) Major unintentional #bruceploitation hilarity as Bruce Li stars as an anthropologist seeking the treasured snake pearl. There’s a wizard, a snake pit, a princess in leopard skin platform boots, a guy in an ape suit, & Bolo Yeung. #filmsky
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#Deucember 2025 Movie 13: BRUCE LEE IN NEW GUINEA (1978) Major unintentional #bruceploitation hilarity as Bruce Li stars as an anthropologist seeking the treasured snake pearl. There’s a wizard, a snake pit, a princess in leopard skin platform boots, a guy in an ape suit, & Bolo Yeung. #filmsky