Shortly before Rish moved a thousand miles away from me one of the local video rental places (that we hardly ever patronized anyway) went out of business. They were selling off all of their stock and both of us snatched up a couple of good ones for very decent prices. Then they were closed and we didn't think much about it.
Well, they moved all of the unsold stock to a sister store that I do patronize quite a bit and there it sat for a very long time at prices that I wasn't willing to pay. Then I hopped in there the other day to rent a stack for Memorial Day weekend and what did I find? They had marked all of the old stock down to a dollar a cassette. Not to be outdone by Rish's Dollar Thirteen, I bought up a bunch of horror and headed home with my new bundle of joy.
As I looked through my haul, I started to realize that really, for the most part, there was a reason that no one had purchased these particular videos. Nobody wanted them. Most of the collection were odd bits that I had never heard of and likely hadn't been rented in years. No wonder they were willing to part with them for a buck apiece. Well, it was better than renting the pile because there aren't any late fees. I'm willing to give them a home and at least watch them once. So here goes.
Horror Movies Nobody Wanted:
C.H.U.D. (1984)--They're not staying down there, anymore!
Dark Places (1973)--An English ghost story that revolves around insanity.
Demons 2 (1986)--I sort of wish I'd seen the first one so that I could tell why this one was so bad.
The Devonsville Terror (1983)--A very bland story about witchcraft and vengeance.
Double Exposure (1982)--Below par slasher centered around an insane photographer.
Empire of the Ants (1977)--Ants and radioactivity make for bad special effects fun.
Lurkers (1987)--Proving once again that you can't go home.
Masque of the Red Death (1989)--A Concorde Productions adaptation of the Poe classic.
Maxim Xul (1991)--Adam West is saving the day once again.
Milo (1998)--I feel threatened by little kids less scary than this.
Mortuary (1981)--What happens when you keep a kid locked up in a mortuary for too long?
Mr. Stitch (1995)--Frankenstein, who else?
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)--If you can't get enough of Freddie Krueger, this is the place.
Nightwatch (1998)--A law student working nights in a mortuary crosses a serial killer's plans.
Nightwish (1989)--Dreams and aliens and demons, oh my.
The Puppet Masters (1994)--They're coming for you, Barbara. Wait. No, I meant Mary.
The Regenerated Man (1994)--B movies are B movies and we haven't stopped making 'em.
Scorpion with 2 Tails (1982)--Italian murder mystery that should have stuck with its original title "Murder in the Etruscan Cemetery."
Sole Survivor (1982)--Creepy film where death comes after the one it missed.
Still Life (1988)--Death for art's sake but it just didn't translate to the screen.
TerrorVision (1986)--From the future Full Moon Pictures/Subspecies crew comes a truly terrible movie.