Unknown Canuxploitation Flicks, Eh?
"Canuxploitation is a film genre that encompasses B-movies made in Canada, especially those produced throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s to take advantage of government tax incentives. Often derided or outright ignored by Canadian critics and cultural historians, these horror, science fiction, comedy, action and exploitation [films] present viewers with a film legacy that challenges a traditional understanding of Canadian movies as either languid art films or happy tales of Prairie life."
Source: Urban Dictionary
Which of these relatively unknown* (pre2000) Canuxploitation horror films best deserves a Rifftrax commentary track?
Join us Canadian keeners and Canadian-wannabes and we'll have a beaut of a Loonie's worth of a discussion over here.
*Under 10000 IMDb ratings; IMDb average rating no higher than 6.0; Films that were never given a previous Rifftrax commentary track.
Source: Urban Dictionary
Which of these relatively unknown* (pre2000) Canuxploitation horror films best deserves a Rifftrax commentary track?
Join us Canadian keeners and Canadian-wannabes and we'll have a beaut of a Loonie's worth of a discussion over here.
*Under 10000 IMDb ratings; IMDb average rating no higher than 6.0; Films that were never given a previous Rifftrax commentary track.
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- DirectorKalman SzegvaryStarsJohn SorberaMark TylerAmy Van ElleAll best buddies Scott and Chuck wanted was a quiet weekend of fishing at their remote summer cabin, but when Scott reels in a note bearing the ominous message "People Eating People," their weekend in the sun takes a dark turn.
- DirectorJean BeaudinStarsLouise MarleauDaniel PilonDanielle OuimetThe story of a man, 2 women and an inescapable pact made with the Devil. Following a friend's apparent suicide, Paul (Pilon) begins to believe that something strange is going on. Following a series of harrowing events, Paul finds himself at a Black Mass where the truth will finally be discovered.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsStephen YoungSharon MastersMarvin GoldharA popular horror writer whose family life is falling apart struggles to write his next horror movie.
- DirectorChris WindsorStarsClarence 'Big' MillerGeorge DawsonAndrew GilliesStrange events occur in a small town after a mild mannered butcher hires an unusual apprentice.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsLawrence DayLora StaleyNeil DainardA man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ChamberlainJohn HousemanSara BotsfordA disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
- DirectorJulian RoffmanStarsPaul StevensClaudette NevinsBill WalkerA young archaeologist thinks he is cursed by an Aztec mask that makes him have strange nightmares. Before committing suicide, he sends the mask to his psychiatrist, who soon plunges into the mask's nightmarish world.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsJonathan FridMartine BeswickJoseph SirolaJonathan Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three figures out of his book who terrorize him and his family and friends during a weekend of fun. Then the dream becomes reality and it never ends...
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsKaren BlackChristopher PlummerDonald PilonA police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.
- DirectorJim MakichukStarsRiva SpierMurray OrdSheri McFaddenThree friends on a New Year's Eve snowmobiling excursion find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge where the elderly female innkeeper is concealing a sinister secret.
- DirectorEddy MatalonStarsAlan ScarfeBeverly MurrayRandi AllenA young girl is possessed by the spirit of her aunt, who died as a child in a car accident. Soon, people around her begin to mysteriously die off.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsEugene LevyAndrea MartinRonald UlrichA young couple spend the night in an old farmhouse owned by a reverend, only to find out that it is also lived in by beautiful women who hunger after human flesh.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsBrenda VaccaroDon StroudChuck ShamataA rich playboy has a large house in the Ontario countryside. One weekend he invites his girlfriend, a fashion model, but on his way to the house he drives past a gang of crazed young men. The men find out where the house is and terrorize the couple.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsSam GroomSara BotsfordScatman CrothersContaminated grain breeds overgrown, killer rats in this Golden Harvest production.
- DirectorDamian LeeStarsPaul CoufosLisa SchrageRéal AndrewsA growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.
- DirectorDenis HérouxStarsPeter CushingRay MillandJoan GreenwoodWilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
- DirectorClay BorrisStarsNicole de BoerJ.H. WymanJoy TannerFour students ditch their high school prom for a party at a summer home, unaware that a psychotic priest is on the loose, determined to punish sinners.
- DirectorJean LaFleurStarsDyanne ThorneMichel MorinJean-Guy LatourIn 1953, nestled deep in the unforgiving Siberian tundra, the Stalinist Gulag 14 is a purgatory under the command of the brutally seductive tormentor, Ilsa. More than two decades later, the camp's sole survivor still thirsts for revenge.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsJanet JulianDavid WysockiJohn Wildman"Humongous" tells the tale of when the monstrous offspring of a violent criminal grow up in seclusion on a remote island. Then year later, a boat-full of teens become shipwrecked on the island, unaware of what is lurking in the woods.
- DirectorEd HuntStarsTom BresnahanCynthia PrestonDavid GaleA psychologist with an increasingly popular TV show brainwashes his audiences using a giant living brain. A mischievous high school student is sent to the psychologist's institute, and becomes determined to expose him.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsJohn CassavetesJohn IrelandKerrie KeaneA small town's doctor takes matters into his own hands after a series of gruesome and bizarre rape crimes perplex the clueless authorities.
- DirectorLew LehmanStarsSammy SnydersJeannie EliasSonja SmitsA solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.
- DirectorJames W. RobersonStarsJames HoughtonAlbert SalmiLynn CarlinA witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.
- DirectorDon EdmondsStarsDyanne ThorneMax ThayerJerry DelonyIn the vast deserts of the Middle East, lascivious harem keeper Ilsa joins the sex-trafficking ring of a maniacal sheikh who imports helpless female slaves for his perverse amusement.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsMarjoe GortnerPamela FranklinRalph MeekerA group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsMichael IronsideLee GrantLinda PurlA deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
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- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsBen JohnsonJamie Lee CurtisHart BochnerThree years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.