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Exploiteers have long traded in cheeky warnings or breathless disclaimers pleading with audiences to beware before laying peepers on the flickering horrors ahead. Insta-auteurs Alex Aja and Greg Levasseur could’ve done the same for High Tension (5 stars) — and actually mean it. In this schlockcast, yours truly’s pulmonary palpitations subside just long enough for a 5-star hurrah over this masterful white-knuckler from France (!?!).
Long out of print, Razor Blade Smile (4 stars) pops out of its digital coffin just in time for Halloween looking and sounding better than ever, which is easy when you’ve got Eileen Daly to ogle! (Correction: RBS isn’t anamorphic.) Yuks and, um, yucks make The Janitor (3.5 stars) a demented delight. Plus, CineSchlocker idol William Winckler returns with his devilishly nostalgic Frankenstein vs. The Creature From Blood Cove (3 stars).