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Don't Open the Door could be S. F. Brownrigg's most technically accomplished and proficient film and the story is compelling even if there are a full dull stretches of padding or downtime when the stakes should be getting higher.

It's about a young woman who returns home and start receiving creepy phone calls from a pervert who's obsessed with her and her murdered mother.

Brownrigg employs many of his usual group of engaging actors and they do a good enough job in bringing a little pep to the proceedings when the pacing takes a dive. It doesn't have the manic, anything goes atmosphere of Don't Look in the Basement, but when it finally gets going, it does deliver.

Upon first glance, Carnival of Souls appears to have a lot of stuff going against it. It's low budget, the cast is full of eager but unknown talent, and it has its fair share of technical quirks such as spotty dubbing and sound quality. In spite of all of this, the film creates an effective eerie atmosphere while telling a captivating and spooky story that feels like an extended Twilight Zone episode.

Candace Hilligoss might not be a household name, but she did give us this one monumental performance that stands the test of time as Mary, an awkward church organist who survives a car accident that killed all of her friends. Soon, she's being stalked by ghouls who follow her wherever she goes.

Carnival of Souls has the uncanny dream logic of a David Lynch film and I wouldn't be surprised if he considered this film a great inspiration.

Pieces won't be winning awards for writing or performances, but it does stay consistently entertaining throughout its 90 minutes.

As best I can explain, the plot of Pieces revolves around a young boy so traumatized by his mother asking him to throw away his porn stash that he chopped her up with an axe. Years later, he has another mental break and decides to reconstruct his favorite childhood toy - a puzzle of a naked woman - from the real body parts of several coeds on a Boston college campus.

Dubbing and dialogue are a scream with characters saying and doing some of the wildest things before perishing at the end of knives and chainsaws, but the general vibe is so silly and fun that it becomes part of the experience.