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Here we are again friends and fiends for another heaping helping of funky flix from the land of Netflix. Winter is almost over, and Valentine’s Day has once again reared its ugly head, so here’s some movies to watch with that special someone. Or, you know, by your lonesome. In no particular order or combination, here are this month’s movies.

Waxwork (1988)
This woefully underrated gem features direction by Anthony Hickox of Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat fame and has some awesome gore and creature effects. Monsters, babes, and a horde of old fogies fighting beasts. A nice slice of 80′s cheese that always gets left out in the cold.

Card Subject To Change (2011)
I’ve never been into professional wrestling but I do love documentaries on the subject. This one focuses on the down and out and up an coming wrestlers working the indie circuit. For $20 a match these guys pummel each other and risk life and limb just to fulfill their dreams and entertain the fans. A great underdog doc and a tribute to the value of pursuing your dreams even if they don’t produce monetary results. Passion is what these guys have and it’s something we can all use more of.

Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
As a devout cinephile I’m always looking for lost gems. Rarely do I hit gold, but this one is genuine 14k. A standard story of a vengeful scarecrow goes into crazy country when said scarecrow is endowed with the ability to use corn in unimaginable ways. Wanna see a woman give birth to a stalk of corn? Just check out the picture above. This flick is full tilt awesome, with great gore effects and not much else. This one should be enjoyed with friends so you can help each other re-insert your eyeballs after they pop out.

The Black Cat (1989)
Dario Argento protégé Luigi Cozzi, of Contamination fame, directed this attempt at an unofficial third film in Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy (that started with Suspiria). Honestly, it’s better than The Mother of Tears, but then again, that’s not exactly hard. Cool effects and a garbled plot that only the Italians couldn pull off, the film was also marketed as yet another Demons sequel, this one called Demons 6!

Funland (1986)
I always saw the cover of this one at my local mom and pop video store as a kid and wanted badly to rent it. It had a dude dressed up as a clown and toting a shotgun while screaming. Pretty killer. Turns out this is a seriously black comedy about a mentally disturbed amusement park mascot who gets pushed too far and decides to kill the gangsters that have bought the park. An awesome flick that must have had a tough time in the marketing department as it doesn’t easily fit any molds. Is it a drama? Is it a goofy comedy? Is it a mean-spirited black comedy? Is it a satire? It’s all of these things and goes against the feel-good comedies common in the rad decade of the ’80s. Ahead of its time and definitely worth a watch.

Super Bonus! For those of you who can’t get enough Charles Bronson, available on Crackle only, check out The Stone Killer (1973). Filled with over the top action, tons of shooting, car chases, murder, mafia, setups, liberal use of racial slurs, and one badass dude with one badass mustache. Seriously, this one doesn’t disappoint and must rank amongst his most violent flicks, and that’s saying a ton.