This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies, with most selections reflecting a specific day or event in December.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature vengeful Christmas ghosts, home intruders, and more.
The Dumb Waiter (1979)
Image: Geraldine James as Sally in the1979 short film The Dumb Waiter.
Directed by Robert Bierman.
December 28 is National Short Film Day, and no genre thrives in this format as much as horror. And while story often has to be sacrificed or compromised when something is as brief as The Dumb Waiter, Robert Bierman compensates with an unwavering sense of dread. The Vampire’s Kiss director adeptly condenses the plot and action of a standard ’70s long-feature into this tense and well-shot 18-minute clip.
The story...
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature vengeful Christmas ghosts, home intruders, and more.
The Dumb Waiter (1979)
Image: Geraldine James as Sally in the1979 short film The Dumb Waiter.
Directed by Robert Bierman.
December 28 is National Short Film Day, and no genre thrives in this format as much as horror. And while story often has to be sacrificed or compromised when something is as brief as The Dumb Waiter, Robert Bierman compensates with an unwavering sense of dread. The Vampire’s Kiss director adeptly condenses the plot and action of a standard ’70s long-feature into this tense and well-shot 18-minute clip.
The story...
- 11/30/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Dard Divorce is an unrelenting powerhouse in extreme cinema & ultra visceral horror, available now on Blu-ray.
Director: Olaf Ittenbach
Cast: Martina Ittenbach, Daryl Jackson, Jaymes Butler, Barrett Jones, Kamary Phillips
What started with a routine divorce between Natalie Stein and her husband Tim, will soon take a turn into the unexpected and evolve into scenes of torture, bloodshed and slaughter. From acclaimed filmmaker & special effects extraordinaire Olaf Ittenbach, Director of Black Past (1989), The Burning Moon (1992) & Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997).
Special Features:
Exclusive interviews with: Christopher Kriesa, Kamary Phillips, Daryl Jackson, and more.
Behind the Scenes with Olaf Ittenbach.
Trailers
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Director: Olaf Ittenbach
Cast: Martina Ittenbach, Daryl Jackson, Jaymes Butler, Barrett Jones, Kamary Phillips
What started with a routine divorce between Natalie Stein and her husband Tim, will soon take a turn into the unexpected and evolve into scenes of torture, bloodshed and slaughter. From acclaimed filmmaker & special effects extraordinaire Olaf Ittenbach, Director of Black Past (1989), The Burning Moon (1992) & Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997).
Special Features:
Exclusive interviews with: Christopher Kriesa, Kamary Phillips, Daryl Jackson, and more.
Behind the Scenes with Olaf Ittenbach.
Trailers
Purchase Dard Divorce Today
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- 4/7/2023
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
“Trügerische Sicherheit”
When it comes to splatter and gore, there’s one country that is infamous for it’s underground scene: Germany. I’m guessing that if you’re a cult film fan, you may have sat through a couple. Whether you like them or not, visionaries like Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik), Andreas Schnaas (Violent Shit) and Olaf Ittenbach (The Burning Moon) – to name just a few – have not only carved out a macabre living for themselves, but have also marvelled and inspired plenty of filmmakers the world over. From arthouse to shithouse, from Diy to moderately budgeted – there is a vast amount of films from Germany’s bloody and gruesome underground film scene for you to discover. Fast forward to today and it’s a bit more of a scarce landscape. Thankfully, Austrian based label Black Lava Entertainment are one of the distributors giving this often crude art form and...
When it comes to splatter and gore, there’s one country that is infamous for it’s underground scene: Germany. I’m guessing that if you’re a cult film fan, you may have sat through a couple. Whether you like them or not, visionaries like Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik), Andreas Schnaas (Violent Shit) and Olaf Ittenbach (The Burning Moon) – to name just a few – have not only carved out a macabre living for themselves, but have also marvelled and inspired plenty of filmmakers the world over. From arthouse to shithouse, from Diy to moderately budgeted – there is a vast amount of films from Germany’s bloody and gruesome underground film scene for you to discover. Fast forward to today and it’s a bit more of a scarce landscape. Thankfully, Austrian based label Black Lava Entertainment are one of the distributors giving this often crude art form and...
- 11/18/2016
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
With the demise of the drive-in theater rose the behemoth home video industry – and a torch was passed from one era of low-budget directors and producers to a new batch of underfunded fringe filmmakers. These fresh faces had new technology, and a new distribution game… but a similar reckless abandon and rebellious tenacity as their b-movie forefathers.
Fright fans were introduced to a new breed of horror movies - made for tens of thousands of dollars… or thousands of dollars… or a few hundred bucks and a borrowed video camera. Unpaid amateurs / quasi-professionals made up the bulk of most casts and crews - and often, the directors and producers were quite inexperienced themselves.
Join me for a visit to the heyday of the direct-to-video, micro-budget horror movie. We’ll explore this strange new cinema of the 80s and see how it evolved through the ‘90s. (Be sure to adjust tracking for best picture quality.
Fright fans were introduced to a new breed of horror movies - made for tens of thousands of dollars… or thousands of dollars… or a few hundred bucks and a borrowed video camera. Unpaid amateurs / quasi-professionals made up the bulk of most casts and crews - and often, the directors and producers were quite inexperienced themselves.
Join me for a visit to the heyday of the direct-to-video, micro-budget horror movie. We’ll explore this strange new cinema of the 80s and see how it evolved through the ‘90s. (Be sure to adjust tracking for best picture quality.
- 3/14/2013
- by Eric Stanze
- FEARnet
The “omnibus” horror film – a feature length collection of cinematic horror stories – is one of the most beloved and respected horror movie genres for many reasons; but most importantly, horror is often very effective in concentrated doses (just check out our excellent short film collection for some great examples), especially with a storyline that's designed to set up one good shock or twist, saving the writer the effort of milking more scares out of a single tale. The field is overflowing with some landmark films, including the timeless 1945 classic Dead of Night (still creepy and funny after all these years); Roger Corman's Poe collection Tales of Terror; a ton of cool flicks like From Beyond the Grave from UK studio Amicus; EC Comics-inspired films like the original Tales from the Crypt (actually another Amicus film) and George Romero's Creepshow; made-for-tv faves like Trilogy of Terror; and stylish international...
- 10/29/2012
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
I've made no secret of my love for the infernal delight that is Olaf Ittenbach's The Burning Moon, and now you can own a very limited custom print of this poster. This glow-in-the-dark, screen printed poster was specially designed for a screening in Miami, but you can win one just by sending me an e-mail. There are only 100 of these posters, and only a very few left for sale, but you won't have to pay a dime if you win. Here's what Borscht Corp has to say about their creation: Limited edition poster for legendary horror film "The Burning Moon." Illustration by Johnny Ryan (Prison Pit; Vice). 18"x24" screen print. Glows in the dark. Hand numbered. Only 100 exist. Less than 20 remain in...
- 4/5/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Up front, I will say that I am not a gore hound. I do not enjoy watching people get killed just for the fun of it. Preferably there is some kind of plot to get wrapped up in and characters that I am invested in. Then, if the film tends to be violent, I am more apt to accept what is happening to them as more than just gore for gore’s sake.
In all fairness, I did know what I was in for watching The Burning Moon, but the film’s reputation of being one of the most shocking and disgusting movies had me curious.
Olaf Ittenbach stars as a drug addicted punk who has a penchant for street fighting. One night he is asked by his parents to baby sit his younger sister and after getting high, he stumbles into her bedroom to tell her two bedtime stories...
In all fairness, I did know what I was in for watching The Burning Moon, but the film’s reputation of being one of the most shocking and disgusting movies had me curious.
Olaf Ittenbach stars as a drug addicted punk who has a penchant for street fighting. One night he is asked by his parents to baby sit his younger sister and after getting high, he stumbles into her bedroom to tell her two bedtime stories...
- 4/2/2012
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
Ah, Thursday! The day Trembles sends over his Motion Picture Purgatory reviews is always filled with mystery. What will he come up with next? Well, this week it's German gorehound director Olaf Ittenbach's The Burning Moon from 1997.
Synopsis:
Tales about an escaped serial killer preying on a family and a bloodthirsty priest's rampage of rape and murder probably aren't the kind of bedtime stories you'd tell a child, but then you're not German horror auteur Olaf Ittenbach. Banned for years in its native country, this Teutonic terror opus finds a junkie (played by Ittenbach) "entertaining" his little sister with these shock- and gore-filled episodes. Beate Neumeyer, Rudolf Hoss also star. In German with English subtitles.
One small step for man, one giant leap for malevolence!
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the comments section below!
Synopsis:
Tales about an escaped serial killer preying on a family and a bloodthirsty priest's rampage of rape and murder probably aren't the kind of bedtime stories you'd tell a child, but then you're not German horror auteur Olaf Ittenbach. Banned for years in its native country, this Teutonic terror opus finds a junkie (played by Ittenbach) "entertaining" his little sister with these shock- and gore-filled episodes. Beate Neumeyer, Rudolf Hoss also star. In German with English subtitles.
One small step for man, one giant leap for malevolence!
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the comments section below!
- 3/29/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Do you like disemboweling? Do you like people being forced to eat their friend’s eyeballs? I knew you did. And because you have such discerning, gore-soaked taste, you’ll probably want to hurry out and pick up a copy of Olaf Ittenbach’s German blood-fest “The Burning Moon”. Seriously, there’s something horribly, and delightfully wrong with this dude. The film is a bit of a mythic figure, circulating on bootleg VHS tapes traded in seedy back rooms by an underground network of hardcore horror fanatics. At least that’s the way I imagine it going down. Given the cinematic mayhem that is now available on DVD, that would be an appropriately sketchy scenario. Shot on video, and I mean grainy, crappy, cable-access-looking video, “The Burning Moon” looks terrible. Right out of the gate the acting is, well, lets just say it matches the picture quality. But neither of...
- 3/6/2012
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
Among well-heeled gorehounds, Olaf Ittenbach's The Burning Moon is something of a talisman, a badge of honor for those who've seen it and lived to tell the tale. The film is notorious among horror fans and in the ever-percolating VHS collector underground. Ittenbach shot this, his second feature, on video back in the early '90s, somewhat late in the Sov generation. The Burning Moon was even a bit of a mystical thing back in the day, as I remember reading about this film that would break your soul back in 1997 when I was a budding film freak in high school. The Burning Moon hasn't been readily available in the Us since its initial VHS release. There was an import German DVD, but it was...
- 3/1/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Happy Valentine's Day, splatter fans. It is on February 14th that Intervision Picture Corps and Severin Films will be releasing Olaf Ittenbach's The Burning Moon on DVD. This 1990s shot-on-vhs video nasty was banned for it's over-the-top carnage, the likes of which haven't been seen on screen since H.G. Lewis. More details on the special edition DVD, along with some Nsfw stills, are after the jump. From the press release: "In 1992, writer/director/special effects master Olaf Ittenbach changed the face of video horror, force-fed its ripped-out eyeballs to screaming audiences, then used a drill, machete and shotgun on its still-twitching torso: Ittenbach himself stars as a degenerate junkie who babysits...
- 12/27/2011
- FEARnet
Coming Valentine's Day 2012 is one of the most notorious Sov horror films of all, Olaf Ittenbach's The Burning Moon. This nasty film is among the most vile, hateful, and angry of all horror films and has been a hot item ever since it was first released on VHS back in 1997. Ittenbach rode the German gore wave created by auteurs like Jorg Buttegereit to new heights in creating this demented, over the top, pile of filth. Intervision Picture Corp are releasing this film next year with a newly unearthed behind the scenes featurette, check out more details below:The Burning Moon Gets DVD Release From Intervision Picture Corp On February 14th, 2012"Unspeakable Carnage... This is the most medically accurate depiction of gore and human violence...
- 12/27/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Fans of German splatter king Olaf Ittenbach can finally rejoice as his ultra-violent 1997 flick The Burning Moon is finally making its way to home video. Mop and a plastic tarp not included.
Look for it on February 14th, 2012.
From the Press Release
Intervision Picture Corp is pleased to announce the Special Edition DVD release of Olaf Ittenbach’s shocking gorefest The Burning Moon. Described by Vice Magazine as “unspeakable carnage,” the last word in splatter-soaked, German nihilism was shot on glorious VHS in the 90s and will be packaged for the first time with a rare, recently unearthed 45-minute bonus making-of documentary.
“When the Germans make a horror movie,” says Mr. Beaks of Ain’t It Cool News, “They Make A F%*#Ing Horror Movie!” In 1992 writer/director/special effects master Olaf Ittenbach changed the face of video horror, force-fed its ripped-out eyeballs to screaming audiences, then used a drill,...
Look for it on February 14th, 2012.
From the Press Release
Intervision Picture Corp is pleased to announce the Special Edition DVD release of Olaf Ittenbach’s shocking gorefest The Burning Moon. Described by Vice Magazine as “unspeakable carnage,” the last word in splatter-soaked, German nihilism was shot on glorious VHS in the 90s and will be packaged for the first time with a rare, recently unearthed 45-minute bonus making-of documentary.
“When the Germans make a horror movie,” says Mr. Beaks of Ain’t It Cool News, “They Make A F%*#Ing Horror Movie!” In 1992 writer/director/special effects master Olaf Ittenbach changed the face of video horror, force-fed its ripped-out eyeballs to screaming audiences, then used a drill,...
- 12/27/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Intervision Picture Corp. is prepping the Special Edition DVD release of Olaf Ittenbach's gorefest The Burning Moon - splatter-soaked, German nihilism shot on VHS in the' 90s and packaged, for the first time with a rare, recently unearthed, 45 minute bonus making-of documentary.
In 1992, writer/director/special effects master Olaf Ittenbach changed the face of video horror, force-fed its ripped-out eyeballs to screaming audiences, then used a drill, machete and shotgun on its still-twitching torso: Ittenbach himself stars as a degenerate junkie who babysits his young sister with two bedtime stories of the damned.
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In 1992, writer/director/special effects master Olaf Ittenbach changed the face of video horror, force-fed its ripped-out eyeballs to screaming audiences, then used a drill, machete and shotgun on its still-twitching torso: Ittenbach himself stars as a degenerate junkie who babysits his young sister with two bedtime stories of the damned.
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- 12/26/2011
- by ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Trust me, this news is exciting. Olaf Ittenbach's 1992 shot-on-video splatterfest The Burning Moon will be making its way onto DVD this fall courtesy of Intervision Picture Corp. All the convincing you need is below in the Nsfw The Burning Moon trailer. Check it out. More on Intervision Picture Corp. and their slate of shot-on-video wonders making their way to DVD at their official site.
- 7/6/2011
- FEARnet
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