The Cadaver Lab

A cursed book. A haunted mansion. One horny cartoon demon. Today we’re diving into Evil Toons (1992), the bizarre cult horror-comedy from legendary B-movie director Fred Olen Ray that somehow combines Evil Dead-style demon chaos with cartoon animation, late-night cable energy, and pure VHS-era insanity. Starring Monique Gabrielle, Madison Stone, Barbara Dare, Suzanne Ager, David Carradine, Dick Miller, and Michelle Bauer, this low-budget cult oddity delivers: • Haunted mansion horror […]

Karate-fighting robots. A kidnapped oil tycoon’s son. Exploding cyborgs. And one absolutely insane Category III Hong Kong movie. Today we’re diving into Robotrix (1991), a bizarre sci-fi action cult classic directed by Jamie Luk that somehow blends RoboCop, The Terminator, slapstick comedy, neon-soaked cyberpunk energy, and pure Hong Kong movie chaos into one unforgettable experience. Starring Amy Yip, Chikako Aoyama, Billy Chow, and David Wu, Robotrix delivers: • Kung fu […]

Today we’re diving into the gloriously sleazy, totally over-the-top cult classic Reform School Girls—a campy parody of the women-in-prison movies that dominated exploitation cinema in the 1970s. Directed by Tom DeSimone, the film cranks every genre trope to absurd levels: corrupt wardens, brutal matrons, yard politics, rebellion, and pure grindhouse chaos. Instead of playing it straight, the movie leans hard into satire—turning the entire women-in-prison formula into a wild, tongue-in-cheek […]

In this episode we dive into one of the strangest and most visually striking entries in exploitation horror: Satánico Pandemonium (1975). Often compared to Alucarda, this Mexican cult classic blends nunsploitation, religious horror, psychological breakdown, and grindhouse sleaze into something uniquely unsettling. The film follows Sister Maria, a devout and compassionate nun whose faith begins to crumble after a mysterious encounter with what appears to be Lucifer himself. As temptation, […]

Imagine running a satanic cult in the 1970s… Now imagine accidentally kidnapping a cheerleader who might actually be a witch. That’s basically the plot of Satan’s Cheerleaders (1977) — a strange mix of horror, teen comedy, and drive-in exploitation written and directed by Greydon Clark. In this episode of The Cadaver Lab, we break down this oddball cult classic featuring: • Kidnapped cheerleaders • A creepy janitor recruiting sacrifices • […]

On this episode of The Cadaver Lab, we dive into one of the strangest horror comedies to crawl out of the video store era — The Invisible Maniac (1990). Imagine a homicidal mad scientist who finally discovers the secret to invisibility… and immediately uses it to spy on high school girls before going on a full-blown murder spree. That’s the basic premise behind this bizarre cult film written and directed […]

Gothic horror? Occult rituals? Vampires? And… a whole lot of Euro sleaze? Yeah—you already know this one’s going to get wild. In this episode, we’re diving into The Devil’s Wedding Night, a surreal, seductive, and completely unhinged slice of 70s European horror directed by Luigi Batzella (aka Paolo Solvay). Starring the stunning Rosalba Neri as the hypnotic Countess and Mark Damon in a dual role as twin brothers caught in […]

For years I’ve explored horror movies from all over the world — but one subgenre somehow slipped through the cracks: Bollywood horror. So I decided to fix that by watching one of the most famous cult films from the Ramsay Brothers: Veerana (1988). What I discovered was a horror movie unlike anything I expected — packed with witches, black magic, foggy graveyards, monster transformations… and full musical dance numbers right […]

I have to admit… I’m genuinely embarrassed that I’d never seen Wax Mask (1997) until now — even though I call myself a huge Italian horror fan! In this episode of The Cadaver Lab, I finally dive into the wild, forgotten 1997 Italian horror film co-written by Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento. What was supposed to be Fulci’s comeback became something even more special after his passing, with special-effects legend […]