Bleeding Skull's Exquisites 2005: Films of the Year

Vintage trash-horror films are the epitome of thrill-seeking cinema. They offer a constant barrage of glaring opposites, usually within the same film. Hilarity and chills, intellect and stupidity, gore and subtlety — anything is fair game. That's an attractive quality not so far removed from Castle's realm of gimmick-tinged films. There was a mysterious "me against the world" charm inherent in nearly every no-budget film produced before 1990 that will never exist again. Information was harder to come by back then. People were less informed. As a result, each film was a true representation of the minds behind it, no matter how sincere, feigned, inept, marvelous, or boring the end results might be. That's the cusp of individuality. That's why the exploration of vintage trash films will forever be a source of happiness, relaxation, and thrills. More than any previous year, 2005 epitomized these feelings.