Movies you've seen recently

[bikini general contractor]

I kind of miss the bit on the show where Ken asks everyone what movies they've seen recently, so I started this thread. I'll start us off:

The two most recent films I've seen theatrically are Kick-Ass and The Hot Tub Time Machine.

Kick-Ass was a lot of fun for a movie about teenagers getting stabbed and generally having the crap kicked out of them. Nicholas Cage's performance was a pleasant surprise. This year's Punisher War Zone.

The Hot Tub Time Machine did its job, and made with the chuckles. A great showcase for both Rob Corddry's comedic talent and his crater-ravaged ass.

Fun Fact: Clark Duke is in both of these movies.

Most recently on video: Speed Racer and District B-13.

I remember hating Speed Racer when it ran in theaters, but I felt it deserved another chance. So when I saw it in a bargain bin for 5.00 I picked it up. Upon review, it still has some serious flaws, (Spridle is not as funny as the filmmakers think he is) but it's hard to hate its candy-coated sense of fun.

District B-13 is another movie from the Luc Besson's gritty euro-action schlock dispenser. It's Entertaining enough: Parkour is fun to watch, although you start to wonder what use it is when the badguys always seem to get ahead of the heroes somehow. And accepting the leads as the toughguys they're supposed to be is made more difficult when they look like freelance web designers.

So that's me, anyway.

[Gore Gore Girl]

I miss it too! (Though I don't miss Ken dismissing my answers because they involve unsimulated fucking...).

I watched Taboo: American Style Parts 1 & 2 (1985) (3 & 4 are on their way) - totally fucking awesome mini-series in four parts. Amazing. Not really about incest, but rather about a pathological daughter who wields her sexual power to completely destroy two families and each individual in those families.

Also, The Seven Seductions (1981) - rich lady's man Richard Pacheco goes to a mysterious place where your sexual fantasies are fulfilled by the beautiful but probably-evil Temptress (Annette Haven). The Temptress listens to each of Pacheco's ideas about sexual fulfillment, and instigates them through some kind of magic, with very curious and interesting results. This is one the best films I've seen in about a month. Completely caught me off guard.

[King of Podcasting]

Great idea for a thread!
I gotta remember to start asking again.

Stacey and I just watched Get Yourself a College Girl (1964).

I'll review it on the site soon. It was boss. Here's the gorgeous Mary Ann Mobley performing the theme song!

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[CindyT]

Hey GGG!

Good call on Taboo: American Style. This is a series of actual films that have people fucking in them, and the fucking is not just incidental to the plot, but an integral part of it, and an immutable part at that. Sex is her weapon (porn cliche?), but frankly nothing else could have achieved the same results. This exact same film could have easily been R rated by cutting out the penetration, but that might have actually detracted from the impact of whats going on.
Plus the plot continues during the fucking, rather than the fucking being irrelevant inserts.

But... wouldn't you be creeped out by any guy who could masturbate to these films? The sex is hot (I particularly like the brother's girlfriend scenes, who unfortunately doesn't return after the threesome with his sister), but the way the whole thing is set up is that all the sex is furtive, coerced, blackmail fodder or the result of blackmail, or as in the first scene with the brother and her girlfriend - unsatisfying. And maybe a little psycho with the mom...

I kinda think that the only way that a guy could "use" these films is to fast forward through the narrative and just watch the fucking, which renders an actual good series of films something... other.

[Gore Gore Girl]

I agree with everything you say - glad you like this series.

I think if you took out the fucking, the series wouldn't be the same. People seem to think that showing sex is somehow unnecessary - that's like saying any kind of "action" (death, sex etc) doesn't need to be shown. I don't think an R-rated version would have nearly the same impact, and they probably wouldn't be able to show the daughter shoving spunk into her mum's face either! (My favourite part).

As for dudes jacking off to it, you said yourself it was hot - it is hot. So no, I would take a guy jerking off to this to be a sign of intelligence.

P.S. Even though this series is very good, I want to clarify that it is in good company - there are lots and lots of porn films that have integrated sex. TAS is not an anomaly (other than it's curious status as "mini-series").

[Jeremy Vaca]

The Children, [REC], Hideshi Hino's The Boy From Hell, The Willies, and Suicide Circle: the last 5 films I've seen. None of them sucked completely, so that's nice.

[King of Podcasting]

Suicide Circle/Club is an amazing movie. Best subway schoolgirl mass suicide ever!

[Jeremy Vaca]

Suicide Circle/Club is an amazing movie. Best subway schoolgirl mass suicide ever!

Gotta love the wheel of flesh too!

[Short-Stacked Shamus]

At some point back when Pick-Up & The Teacher were reviewed I grabbed that "Drive-In Cult Classics" set (8 flix for $10 or something). Have so far seen those two, Malibu High, and Best Friends and have yet to be disappointed... all four much more engaging/smart than I was expecting.

Also not long ago went back and saw Street Trash again for the first time since that midnight show 20-some yrs. ago & felt all the same awkward what-the-hell-am-I-watching feelings from the first time around.

Saw Date Night, too... was entertaining enough, I guess, but pretty much forgot it before I was out of the parking lot.

[King of Podcasting]

We just watched the new Cheech and Chong thing. I dunno, I keep expecting them to be as funny as they were when I was 10.

Also, Chong was wearing a McCain button. What?

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ I believe that's called irony in my country.

[King of Podcasting]

Ma'am, have you not heard? This is a post-ironic country.

[bikini general contractor]

This week for me it was a 1980 Italian would-be Alien ripoff called "Contamination". On the surface it seems like the perfect package: Slime, a giant octopus monster, creepy glowing eggs that hum tunelessly, and exploding chests full of poster paint and luncheon meat, but somehow it never comes together; Disappointing to say the least. Although I will say the giant octopus monster almost made it worthwhile.

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ You know, someone somewhere is going to go and watch that film, even though you said it sucked, and then be mad at you.

[bikini general contractor]

You're right GGG, that description does make it sound a little more awesome than it actually is. I should clarify:

After a strong start, the movie is glacially slow with only a couple of chest explosions and some funky 80's vintage sets and space helmets to ease the tedium. This is an especially big problem after the action moves from New York to Columbia where the remainder of the movie takes place. It slips into travelogue mode with a lot scenes devoted to sitting around, going to cafes, taking cab rides, and watching Colorful Local Festivals when the plot should be kicking into high gear. Interesting developments like a mysterious mission to mars are relegated to flashbacks.

The big octopus monster is really cool, in a cheesy b-movie kind of way, but it only appears in the last five minutes or so of the movie (Which is strange because it looks like it would have cost a lot of money to build) it's also immobile and, neat as it is, it ultimately doesn't get to do much. For the rest of the film we have to settle for the eggs, which dispatch their victims by covering them with goo and causing them to explode. They're a very passive antagonist when you get right down to it. Oh, and there's also no nudity: There's a shower scene, but it looks like it was directed strictly according to 1980 network standards and practices.

The second biggest problem with Contamination is that it can't decide if it's a blood splattered monster movie or a low-rent Andromeda Strain. The biggest problem with it is that it's too incompetent to pull off either job in an entertaining way.

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

I've been watching some women in prison flicks this week. The classic Bare Behind Bars (1980) , Brigitte Lahaie and friends in the gloriously silly Gefangene Frauen (1980), and the ropey Women Behind Bars (1975) - not a great film, but I got it because I adore Lina Romay.

[Gore Gore Girl]

Are you my uber-friend from email?

[Gore Gore Girl]

Oh, and I watched a couple of films last night:

Taboo: American Style Part 3 Towards the end of this, I literally squirmed around on the floor wailing that I wanted more than four parts. I feel like I'm reading a great book and want to turn the pages slowly so it lasts longer. Sigh. Yes, it really is that good. Part 4 will hopefully come in the mail today. Oh, and you will never get that theme song out of your head. "Our love is higher than the sky, and you are the reason why..."

I also watched Delicious (1981) starring Veronica Hart (GGG's favourite female porn star ever), which was kinda like a scary Mary Poppins - she comes in there as a maid to a rich family, and promptly takes over using a combination of magical powers and sex. Cue lots of special effects, like disappearing and reappearing, or going from clothed to unclothed in the blink of an eye. Oh, and she also conjures erections before your very eyes (complete with sound effect) which is quite a sight when it's Ron Jeremy's schlong. It was pretty boss. She showed them a thing or too, and it even had a sappy ending. Awwww.

[Streaker]

I watched Balls of Fury again which only proves Christopher Walkens comedic genius in a rather eh type movie, except for when the dude plays Def Leppard on his ping pong paddle was awesome.

And Michael with John T. was funnier than I thought it was going to be.

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

Are you my uber-friend from email?

No, I'm not him.

My only knowledge of women's prisons comes from film and television fiction. I suspect the reality is more Within These Walls, the seminal British WiP television series starring Googie Withers, than Brigitte Lahaie and her cohorts' naked capers.

Another to add to the list is the gloriously awful Reform School Girls starring Wendy O. Williams.

[Gore Gore Girl]

Well, I watched Taboo: American Style part 4, and now I'm going through a depression because there are no more segments. Ghaaa! And at the end of the fourth one, they had the nerve to tell me to "watch for part 5." Well, I'm watching, I'm waiting....wtf?

Irritation and withdrawals aside, this mini-series is a must-see for any conoisseur of unsimulated sex flicks. Utterly fantastic.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Watched Jackie Brown again. Great underrated film.

[bikini general contractor]

Like Tom I recently saw "The Losers", and also like Tom I had a pretty good time. Unlike Tom, I haven't read the comic and do not know if I would be outraged at liberties taken with the source material. Lacking this information, I was able to enjoy the lighter-than-air story and campy wisecracks for what they were. It's nice to see an action flick that isn't all Mr. Serious Face for a change.

[RockItQeen]

We saw Kick Ass!

[King of Podcasting]

And? Did it kick ass, or wat?

[RockItQeen]

That it did, despite a few differences from the comic book! And, Ass-kickin' Hit Girl absolutely stold the show for me, like I thought she would!! My only real complaint would be that Kick Ass got the girl in the movie :/ Most of the other changes help the picture stand on its own as a film. Also hoping to play the videogame sometime before we move next month, if not shortly thereafter too *fingers crossed*

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

Rooster: Spurs of Death and Moonrunners...it's a hillbilly jamboree at my place.

[Streaker]

Rooster: Spurs of Death and Moonrunners...it's a hillbilly jamboree at my place.

Yeah Rockin Cock Fightin!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FGrxKMwdUu8/R976-tF-ktI/AAAAAAAACsY/AoD9ZcYE4aM/s320/Rooster.jpg

[Creepy Crawly]

http://i3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/108/739/681/sEVMCMJIXQF5S6S.jpg
I watched this one not too long ago. It also had some rockin' cocks.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

I recently got a copy of Cockfighter...I actually discovered the goodness that is Rooster thinking it was an old school VHS release of the Warren Oates flick (which I learned of from Roger Corman's book) under an alternate title.

What's fucked up is I can remember when I was a kid going into any number of the local mom n' pop video rental places in my hometown area and they'd have copies of Rooster and they'd always stock 'em in the horror section, and for years I just assumed it was one of those crazy "animals/nature go apeshit" thrillers from the 1970s....

[King of Podcasting]

Stacey and I just watched the Boobs documentary. Amazingly, I sorta hated it. Here's my review (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/05/boobs-american-obsession-2010.html).

[Gore Gore Girl]

I just got finished watching Bartleby. Very strange film, and not sure if I like it (I think I like it) but I sure do love Crispin Glover.

http://www.tipjar.com/dan/images/bartleby.jpg

[King of Podcasting]

Yeah! I dig that one. That's the one where he says "I'd rather not" all the time and stares at the ceiling, right? Good stuff.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Watched The Seventh Seal for the first time and am in the process of watching Cache (Hidden). Is it just me or does Haneke have a knack for making gruelingly paced films about generally unlikable people? Oh, and I'm also getting a heaping helping of the Pippi Longstocking movies, thanks to my children (but to be fair, Pippi is pretty frickin' cool).

[wormface]

I wanna see the Raggedy Ann and Andy movie from the 70's. That shit was fucked up!

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[Gore Gore Girl]

Yes Ken - "I would prefer not to." Crispin had to say that a gazillion times in that movie, and then everyone else in the office starts to say the word "prefer" also. Interesting stuff.

As for that Raggedy Ann/Andy movie, holy shit balls!! I have a little "diary" I keep that tracks interesting tropes in porno movies, and one of my categories is Raggedy Ann/Andy. Weird. They pop up all the time in XXX.

In fact, I watched a movie tonight - The Defiance of Good - which featured Raggedy Ann/Andy dolls. The film itself was nearly un-watchable for me but, heck. I don't know what I expected! Watched it all the way through though, and am about to watch All About Gloria Leonard, which will likely not involve copious rape, virgin-coochie-blood, insane asylum BJs, and whipping. But ya never know...

[bikini general contractor]

Horatio Hornblower. An old timey nautical epic starring Gregory Peck.
Iron Man 2, which was Iron Man 2.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Just finished Cache (Hidden). Uh...what?

[Ragzdandelion]

I've been on a big 60's/70's biker movie kick lately-my faves so far has been "Satan's Sadists" & "The Pink Angels".

[King of Podcasting]

Those are both great! I also dig Hell's Bloody Devils, CC & Company, The Northville Cemetery Massacre, Bury Me an Angel, and Cycle Vixens!
And anything with Peter Fonda, but that goes without saying.

[Ragzdandelion]

I'm Netflix'n all those right now! Thanx!

[King of Podcasting]

CC & Company stars Joe Namath and Ann Margret. Nuff said!
Hell's Bloody Devils is hilariously shoddy Al Adamson (Satan's Sadist) garbage!
Northville Cemetery Massacre has a gun-blasting biker war in a cemetery! And a drive-in, if I remember right.
Bury Me an Angel stars hippy goddess Dixie Peabody and an awesome soundtrack.
Cycle Vixens is hypnotically awful...until the shocking, WTF JUST HAPPENED?! ending.
Dig 'em!

[Jeremy Vaca]

Watched Angst from 1983. Pretty darn good, although dated and logically questionable in some ways. For some reason not available on DVD. Let me know if you'd like a link to download.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFnL7FIqrfs

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

Here in the UK, a remastered edition of Come Play With Me has been released on DVD. It's still a pretty awful film, but it does feature some of Britain's sex stars from the 1970s including Mary Millington, Suzy Mandel and Sue Longhurst. Bonus features are the tasteless "documentary", Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions, originally released a year after Mary Millington's death, and a short 8mm film with slightly harder material called Sex Is My Business which I'd not seen before.

I know this probably isn't of any interest to most of this message board's visitors, but when I saw the DVD on sale, I came over all nostalgic and bought it. Come Play With Me had a real reputation as one of the most explicit films ever to go on release in the UK. The newspapers were full of hype from "outraged" actors saying they hadn't realised that hardcore material had been filmed for inclusion in the film. These scenes never saw the light of day in the version released over here (and are not on this new DVD). Very tame stuff, but some nice scenery amongst the comedy dreck. At the time of the film's release (1977), I was too young to see it. Having seen the gorgeous Mary Millington in some furtively acquired sex mags, I was deeply smitten and longed to see this movie. Happy days!

[King of Podcasting]

Holy smokes, I have to see that...the cover art is awesome! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hsu5-nrpANw/S7Q9fIHypKI/AAAAAAAAAr8/pRgF9pXYYGI/s1600/Come+Play+With+Me+DVD+cover.jpg

[Gore Gore Girl]

I watched 1988's Dead Heat last night. It was pretty cool, although I fell asleep for about 15 mins in the middle (and managed to miss a whole restaurant come alive, with zombie chickens. Sigh...). It was ok though - I liked it more than Mr. GGG, who commented rather astutely that it never quite rises to the potential of its promise. Indeed. It never quite did.

http://www.arxvaldex.com/shop/images/deadheat.jpg

[Backhand]

Upcoming this weekend I've got "The Wild Angels"
starring: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Hippy Biker gang movie "The Creed is Violence! their God is Hate!"

Hmmm, Nancy Sinatra... y'know I've heard that her boots are made for walking....
-_-

[King of Podcasting]

Not as sleazy as I woulda liked, but still a pretty cool flick. Great soundtrack too.

[King of Podcasting]

Korea's first disaster flick, Tidal Wave!
Very long build-up, but pretty sweet "Mega-Tsunami" footage!

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[Gore Gore Girl]

I just finished Paul Solet's Grace. It took me two days to get through (I watched it in two halves) and it made me feel sick and itchy.

http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Grace/grace_movie_poster_sundance_2009.jpg

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

Found this on DVD at a local K-Mart for 5 bucks, hadn't seen it for about 20 years, so I threw down my cash and got ready to get my laugh on...

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2008/03/studentbodiesposterdvd.jpg

[wormface]

I found a dvd store having a going out of business sale. All dvd's were $3 each.

Managed to get Anvil - The Story of Anvil, House of the Devil, Hatchet, Deadgirl, Jawbreaker, Willard (w/Crispin Glover), and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The one I'm most psyched about is Not Quite Hollywood - The History of Ozploitation.

I wouldn't wanna visit Australia though. Lot of psychos in that country!

[King of Podcasting]

That is a fantastic doc, and you'll discover lots of awesome new movies after watching it. The stories are amazing. The Aussies really are as gonzo as they seem.

[Jeremy Vaca]

http://www.spankwire.com/Sasha-Grey-Loves-Furries/video211253/

[Jeremy Vaca]

Just watched Day of the Dead (1985) for the first time. Super bad-ass and awesome are words that come to mind.

[Jeremy Vaca]

I just watched The Taming of Rebecca. Perhaps I'm a bit desensitized (thank you very much FacialAbuse.com), but I didn't particularly see anything here that shocked me. All in all, I enjoyed it. It was just the right length (ha!), had awesomely quotable dialogue, was competently made and had surprisingly strong acting (well, at least from George Payne and Sharon Mitchell). If you like hot and hairy (and oily) 80's sex with some B&D fun thrown in, check it out.

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

I watched 1988's Dead Heat last night. It was pretty cool, although I fell asleep for about 15 mins in the middle (and managed to miss a whole restaurant come alive, with zombie chickens. Sigh...). It was ok though - I liked it more than Mr. GGG, who commented rather astutely that it never quite rises to the potential of its promise. Indeed. It never quite did.

http://www.arxvaldex.com/shop/images/deadheat.jpg

I saw this with my dad... haha

[bikini general contractor]

On our most recent bad movie night. (We have a bad movie night) We watched something called "Creepies" which seemed to be two minor camcorder epics combined into one slightly less inessential masterwork.

Both subplots (which never really converge) have the same baddie: Killer spiders bred by the army that run amuck, threaten teenagers, and destroy pretty much all of downtown Los Angeles.

Plot number one concerns an all girl band on the verge of mainstream success. They've got the bubblegum lyrics, bouncy vocals, and tough girl attitude, but what they really need is a demo tape. The lead singer (bassist? drummer? I don't remember and I'm never watching it again, so I'll go with lead singer) has a boyfriend with connections at a seedy recording studio. Unluckily, this studio happens to have a cannister of killer spiders that the owner of the studio plans to use for a rock show someday. Sadly, it cracks open and bad things start to happen to our heroes.

Plot number two is a low-rent Godzilla knockoff with the army deploying heavily armed tanks and helicopters piloted by a crack team of slightly overweight special forces commandos to fight a giant marionette spider as it menaces detailed models of some well-known Hollywood landmarks. The spider doesn't seem to be jumping so much as being flung from place to place, and pretty much everything it touches explodes like it's packed full of gasoline and dynamite.

The Godzilla plot is wrapped up well before the recording studio one, which is a shame because there's a lot of energy and handcrafted bravado in those scenes. The cheap interiors of the tanks and helicopters are replete with Christmas lights and liberally placed caution signs, and the building models, while not Hollywood or even Toei quality, do look pretty nice given how cheap everything else around them looks.

Sadly, though, these scenes don't make up even a third of the movie and watching the girl band fight badly CGI'ed spiders in the same hallway over and over again loses its charm fast. There's also a tendency towards a comedic "we get that it's bad, you guys" tone in these scenes that grated on me.

I got the feeling that the filmmakers had high ambitions here, but ran out of money, time, or both, and had to throw something together at the last minute to hit feature length. It's too bad, because it looked like they were pretty close to making a schlock classic. The final product, sadly, falls short of even that mark.

Oh, and there's a cameo from Ron Jeremy if that helps.

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ It always helps.

[King of Podcasting]

The opposite of what GGG said.

[CindyT]

How can you forget the hedgehog?


http://imgur.com/VHZ3M.png
Dinsdale!

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ Haha! That is the noblest looking hedgehog I ever saw. Very fitting! How's about this for some "I never knew he was so beautiful" Hedgehog?

http://blog.threadpeople.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ron-jeremy-1.jpg

Wish I had eyes like that...

[bikini general contractor]

I saw the documentary on his life a while back: He was a buff dude back in the day. I wonder how his career would be different now if he'd stayed in that kind of shape.

[CindyT]

^ Haha! That is the noblest looking hedgehog I ever saw. Very fitting! How's about this for some "I never knew he was so beautiful" Hedgehog?

http://blog.threadpeople.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ron-jeremy-1.jpg

Wish I had eyes like that...

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

http://imgur.com/d45rp.jpg

Happy 41st KoP! Maybe this will keep you inspired to maintain your new running regime...

[wormface]

Not a movie, but I just bought the Grizzly novelization (http://www.mrsatanism.com/books/grizzlythenovel.htm) for 75 cents.....

http://www.mrsatanism.com/books/grizzlynovel.gif

[King of Podcasting]

Sweet find. We had that in our classroom library in 6th grade. I was afraid to read it, though.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Saw Dawn of the Dead (1978) for the first time last night. No classic in my mind, but moderately entertaining once I lowered my expectations of what I'd heard it was and accepted what it actually was.

[Gore Gore Girl]

:eek:

[Jeremy Vaca]

Is that a shocked emoticon?

[Gore Gore Girl]

Yeah, it doesn't look very shocked though, I know.

I should have written something instead. "Shocking!" I love DotD, but I can see how it might be anticlimactic if you've never seen it before - it gets hyped so constantly. I don't think many movies could live up to that.

[Gore Gore Girl]

Oh, and I watched Daybreakers which I remember grumbling about being in the Bottom 5 on the show.

I fucking loved it. Made me feel like a teenager again.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Yeah, it doesn't look very shocked though, I know.

I should have written something instead. "Shocking!" I love DotD, but I can see how it might be anticlimactic if you've never seen it before - it gets hyped so constantly. I don't think many movies could live up to that.

I really, really liked Day of the Dead because it had a more serious, albeit over the top, tone to it. Dawn just took too long to really get going, the effects were questionable, and the characters were kinda blah (although they grew on me as the film progressed, namely Roger's transformation). I'm sure if I'd never seen anything like it before or have come at it from a different angle, I would have liked it more but it just fell slightly flat for me. By no means was it bad, but I wasn't bowled over by it. Oh to be a minority...:)

[King of Podcasting]

Yeah, even though it's totally depressing, I like Day better. The opening is harrowing!

[Gore Gore Girl]

That's weird - I was just doing my household chores thinking, "Y'know, I think I might like Day of the Dead better..."

Glad we're all on the same nerd-page.

[Creepy Crawly]

DAY OF THE DEAD offers so much less than DAWN. DAWN has bikers, action, pie-fights, and a great soundtrack. DAY has a bunch of people over-acting underground.

[Jeremy Vaca]

I'm more of the character driven film fan as opposed to the action type of guy, so that's why I think I like DAY better. Bub's story touched me and I loved the oppressive downward spiral of depression and desperation that the situation they were in caused (I'm sort of the downer-type). Oh, and the special effects were mega-crazy awesome. Savini made a lot of progress in the time between DAWN and DAY. But alas, to each their own, I say!

[CindyT]

I guess I'm alone in liking Night best of the first three deads? It's like having a very vivid fever dream...

For all the Day lovers, here's a coppy of the original draft of Day of the Dead. Very different from the filmed version (Romero couldn't get the budget to film this): http://www.adrive.com/public/732e57a40c3a188a2257b31a6410c38bf9abcbeaeaff649978 31ea338118d747.html

[Ragzdandelion]

So, I'm torturing myself by watching "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" . Boy, whatta piece of crap this is! It's like someone took a premise from a rejected Adam Sandler flick, took all the boob and fart jokes out of it, and played it at half speed.
Wow!

[Detective Somerset]

Dance of the Dead. Good times.

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ Love that movie!!

[Backhand]

Lesbian Vampire Killers is lined up and rented in iTunes, my Friday night treat, and it's a long weekend here in Canada, the best excuse to combine alcohol and fireworks! Yippee!
-_-

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

I found a dvd store having a going out of business sale. All dvd's were $3 each.

Managed to get Anvil - The Story of Anvil, House of the Devil, Hatchet, Deadgirl, Jawbreaker, Willard (w/Crispin Glover), and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The one I'm most psyched about is Not Quite Hollywood - The History of Ozploitation.

I wouldn't wanna visit Australia though. Lot of psychos in that country!

I recently went to a local Hollywood Video that was goin' outta business and they had a similiar deal where everything in the joint was 1.99 or six for 10 bucks...
I picked up Inland Empire, Let the Right One In, Beanie and Cecil: The Special Edition, Donovan's Brain, The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest, and Renaissance.

Re: Not Quite Hollywood....That is an excellent doc...I was amazed by the number of filmd I saw as a kid that I never knew were Aussie...like Razorback, Dead-End Drive-In, and Escape 2000 (which I recently broke out and re-watched again)

[Gore Gore Girl]

I watched The Descent 2. It sucked.

[Cherrybomb]

Lots on Day of the Dead in this thread. I'm going to see Romero's 2009 flick, Survival of the Dead tonight after the show! I'll let you all know how it was. I also saw 1987's Return to Horror High this week. Meh.

Survival of the Dead trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd6JhPY1ij0
Return to Horror High trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUGPm-Hzmno

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ Midnight movie? You're such a hellraiser CB. I'm going to see the couch after the show...

[Jeremy Vaca]

I recently went to a local Hollywood Video that was goin' outta business and they had a similiar deal where everything in the joint was 1.99 or six for 10 bucks...
I picked up Inland Empire, Let the Right One In, Beanie and Cecil: The Special Edition, Donovan's Brain, The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest, and Renaissance.

Re: Not Quite Hollywood....That is an excellent doc...I was amazed by the number of filmd I saw as a kid that I never knew were Aussie...like Razorback, Dead-End Drive-In, and Escape 2000 (which I recently broke out and re-watched again)

The Hollywood sale is rad. I got like 16 DVD's there, including Not Quite... and Inland Empire. I haven't watched them yet though. The only thing that sucks are the stickers on the insert spines, but that might just be a nerd thang.

[Detective Somerset]

Henry: Portait of a Serial Killer and Tropic Thunder as a platate cleanser.

[Jeremy Vaca]

While not on the topic of movies I've seen, I thought this would be the best place to ask this: Has anybody here seen The Candy Snatchers and if so, would you advise a purchase of this disc? I don't want to fork out the $30 + (yes, I'm that frugal) that it's going to cost me to buy it if it would be a waste. Thanks, ya'll!

[Creepy Crawly]

CANDY SNATCHERS is an awesome slice of 70's sleazy drive-in cinema, if you like that sort of thing. It's kind of like a slightly less malevolent version of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. I don't know if it's worth $30 but I've re-watched that disc a few times since I bought it.

[King of Podcasting]

I watched The Descent 2. It sucked.

I just got a copy. If I like it, we should have a debate!

[bikini general contractor]

I saw MacGruber and US Seals II.

Both were 80's action throwbacks, but as it turns out US Seals II was the better parody of the action genre without meaning to be. Pretty much everything that moved in that movie make a karate noise: Punches, kicks, any character that turned their head suddenly, hand gestures, decisively walking somewhere, putting down a spoon...anything. It also had one of the more ridiculous ways of dispatching it's main baddie, which I appreciated.

With MacGruber I got the impression that they had a good general idea of the kind of movie they wanted to make, but they weren't given the time to execute it. There are some scenes that work really well and generate some good laughs (A running joke with MacGruber memorizing the license plate of a car that cuts him off is a good example) but there are also a lot of bits that come off half baked and flirt with simply re-enacting the very cliches that they're supposed to be parodying. Still other gags just don't work at all, but come so close that it's actually a little frustrating to watch at times. I get the impression that the writers sold this based on a handful of strong scenes, got their funding, then didn't have enough time for a proper polish and to fill in the gaps in between. Darned shame, this could have been much better.

[King of Podcasting]

Angel Baby!

http://www.moviegoods.com//Assets/product_images/1020/254161.1020.A.jpg

Read my review HERE (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/05/angel-baby-1961.html).

[bikini general contractor]

I'll have to check out the review, but I sure like the poster.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Another slightly off topic question, but has anybody ever ordered from http://store.singahe.com/index.html
or
http://www.xtreme-theater.com/ ?

I figure these aren't super quality products, but the prices are good and they carry stuff that is not available commercially. Does anybody have experience with these products?

Thanks!

[Gore Gore Girl]

Yesterday I watched Transylmania, which was just ok - I didn't like it too much in fact.

But then I watched Slammin' Salmon and it was great - my favourite of the Broken Lizard gang's so far. It's pretty clear they know the restaurant business, and sure enough if you watch the special features, you'll discover they are intimately acquainted with it. Recommended to anyone, but especially those who have worked at eating establishments.

[Gore Gore Girl]

Double post!

[King of Podcasting]

Necropolis. Six-titted punk-witch from 1987!
Read review HERE (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/05/necropolis-1987.html).

http://www.moviegoods.com//Assets/product_images/1020/469300.1020.A.jpg

[Gore Gore Girl]

I watched Pizza Girls, and promptly went to suggest it for films to review on MAG...googled it for an image...and found a MAG review. Guess I was right.

[King of Podcasting]

Beware the San Francisco Night Chicken!

[Cherrybomb]

I can't be stopped!

[Cherrybomb]

Necropolis. Six-titted punk-witch from 1987!
Read review HERE (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/05/necropolis-1987.html).

http://www.moviegoods.com//Assets/product_images/1020/469300.1020.A.jpg

I finally understand what "balls deep in it" really means. Le WOW.

[Cherrybomb]

Saw this last night. It's an 'effed up flick with plenty of "recoil in horror" moments thanks to the watchful, evil eye of Dario Argento. HOWEVER, the DVD crapped out with 3 or 4 minutes left in the finale (thanks Netflix).

If you have seen this film, your spoilers please.

Deep Red (1975) Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YqwaSMN4E

[Gore Gore Girl]

Beware the San Francisco Night Chicken!

Hahaha! Yeah! What a crazy and fun film! Bob Chinn is fast becoming Mr. GGG's favourite director. He loves his tone, as do I.

My only complaint: no one in a chicken suit.

[CindyT]

Saw this last night. It's an 'effed up flick with plenty of "recoil in horror" moments thanks to the watchful, evil eye of Dario Argento. HOWEVER, the DVD crapped out with 3 or 4 minutes left in the finale (thanks Netflix).

If you have seen this film, your spoilers please.

Deep Red (Profondo rosso) ending
Select the text below this to read (if you really want spoilers):
----
The killer is Carlo's (Gabrele Lavia's) ecentric mother Marta (Clara Calamai). As a young boy, Carlo witnessed his mother kill his father on Christmas Eve and helped her wall the body up in their mansion. When the secret became known to medum Helga Ulmann (Macha Meril), Marta killed her and anyone else who tried to uncover her past. In the double climax, Carlo is accidently caught on the fender of a garbage truck and dragged down a street to his death, while Marta is decapited by an elevator before she can kill Marcus (David Hemmings).
----

[Jeremy Vaca]

Saw this last night. It's an 'effed up flick with plenty of "recoil in horror" moments thanks to the watchful, evil eye of Dario Argento. HOWEVER, the DVD crapped out with 3 or 4 minutes left in the finale (thanks Netflix).

If you have seen this film, your spoilers please.

Deep Red (1975) Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YqwaSMN4E

Strangely enough, I watched this exact trailer earlier today. I have yet to take on an Argento film; perhaps because I'm afraid I won't like it and don't want to tell anybody.

[Ragzdandelion]

Recently watched "Return To Sleepaway Camp" which has an intense scene involving a fishing wire,a penis and a jeep. Horrible movie,but I must say this particular scene was a masterpiece of editing and tension! Yipes!

[Jim Ether]

Showgirls. Geez louise.

[King of Podcasting]

Yay Showgirls! We have do that on the show soon! Showgirls!!

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

Penetration Angst (a.k.a. Angst), a blackly comedic horror film from 2003 in which Fiona Horsey plays Helen, a woman whose sexual experience has been limited because her vagina has a tendency to eat the men it comes into contact with. However, its insatiable appetite, and her stepfather’s repellent advances, lead Helen to leave home and head for London where a career in prostitution will procure a long line of victims. Meanwhile, Helen’s obsessed would-be boyfriend has followed her to London to try to find her. What he finds instead are conjoined twin sisters and a stripper who has concocted plans for a bank robbery.

This low-budget British/German production is funny, sleazy and weird and wonderful. Definitely one to check out.

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ I am going to check that out. Sounds like my kinda movie.

Meanwhile, I watched The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. I loved it.

[bikini general contractor]

^ I wanted to see that when it was in theatres here but I couldn't talk any of my friends into going. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it on DVD, though.

[King of Podcasting]

Descent 2 is horrible.

[Streaker]

Decent in2 yo Mama is hilarious!

[Gore Gore Girl]

Descent 2 is horrible.

Told you.

[Cherrybomb]

Strangely enough, I watched this exact trailer earlier today. I have yet to take on an Argento film; perhaps because I'm afraid I won't like it and don't want to tell anybody.

Watch Susperia. You won't be disappointed JV. Promise!

[Jeremy Vaca]

I'll give it a try, but I've been known to shit all over acknowledged classics. I am watching Coffy and I am finding it to be pretty mediocre. Thank you for the suggestion. Inferno looks good too.

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ I think a lot of people would agree Coffy is pretty mediocre. Same with Shaft and Foxy Brown.

The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option just came in the mail, as did Malice in Lalaland (which, incidentally, scoops the prize for the most beautiful and cool DVD packaging I've ever seen).

I'll be sure to report back. 'Specially about Treat and those pesky Nazis.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5154CMJBNQL.jpg

[Backhand]

Surf Nazis Must Die

the 80's never looked so Mediocre! I think there was a plot involved somewhere, but the last scene on the motorcycle is really quite uplifting!

"Taste some of Moma's home cooking Adollf"

-_-

[bikini general contractor]

I tried to watch that with a bunch of friends years ago. At the time it seemd like it was the ideal trashy watch-it-for-laughs kinda movie. In reality it was just kind of hard to get through. I remember a lot of scenes taking place in underpasses.

[King of Podcasting]

Yeah, I saw in the theater - this was during Troma's Toxic Avenger/Class of Nuke 'Em High winning streak, and I remember it being seriously tedious.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

Judge Dredd....I can remember going to the theatre with a friend when it came out and wanting to see it because I was a fan of the comic. I remember walking out thinking:

1.) The pace of that film is fast...it seemed like we were in the theatre no time

2.) They got everything right with the film....except for the title character.

[Gore Gore Girl]

Iamdalaaaw.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Iamdalaaaw.

Call 911, GGG is having a stroke!

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ If that's a joke at the expense of Mr. Stallone's unfortunate facial paralysis, consider me deeply and irrevocably offended.

[Gore Gore Girl]

I watched The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not An Option (aka. Nazis vs. Multiculturalists).

**SPOILER ALERT**

The title didn't lie -- Treat didn't fail. In fact, he won. The film did not disappoint, and a good time was had by all. I enjoyed the political elements, and the fact that "multiculturalists" and "queers" are the good guys that the bad guys hate. Super duper awesome. Highly recommended for those who enjoyed the previous three installments, and James Belushi's The Principal.

[Backhand]

I had no idea Dennis Hopper passed away Saturday, I have a box set of David Lynch Films I'm slowly working through and I thought I'd finally see this all the way through. Wow, just wow! Hopper was so demented and dangerous and his bizarre flunkies were outrageous! Brad Dourif with a funky 80s haircut, Dean Stockwell as a prissy heavy with a strong gut-shot, it was altogether a tense and wacky movie. I noticed a lot of ideas that Lynch expanded upon in Twin Peaks!

"Stay alive Baby!"
"Do it for Van Gogh!"

Dennis Hopper, we miss you!:cool:

[King of Podcasting]

I just watched Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company (2003).
It was pretty sweet, aside from the real (and haggard) Joyce DeWitt popping in every 20 minutes to remind us how "tough" Hollywood can be.
Thanks, rich lady!

Also, the chick who played Chrissy, Jud Tyler, was hotter than the real Chrissy.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/btctusoftc6.jpg

[Ragzdandelion]

Watched "Django" last night. Great movie. I never heard of it til your mention of it on the show. Such a great character idea, and the bad guys in red hoods made it even cooler.
Thanx Movie About Girls!

[Jeremy Vaca]

^ If that's a joke at the expense of Mr. Stallone's unfortunate facial paralysis, consider me deeply and irrevocably offended.

Sly has facial paralysis? I was unawares.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Save the Green Planet. Check out the trailer below and see what you think. I thought the movie was pretty damned amazing.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NLbDgyMusk

[Gore Gore Girl]

Sly has facial paralysis? I was unawares.

I was just teasing you, but yeah, he does. He was born without enough oxygen or something, and half his face is paralysed. I like to point that out to people who do impressions of him, mocking him for being dumb. Of course, the human growth hormone likely exacerbated the problem...

[wormface]

Right now I'm watching the Elm Street documentary - Never Sleep Again.

They interview all the teens (now forty-somethings) from the movies. It's like a high school reunion. You get to see who's still hot, who got fat, etc.

It's pretty good.

[King of Podcasting]

So....Heather still hot?

[Detective Somerset]

Although it probably qualifies as a movie about boys: Copland with Keitel, Sly, Liotta and DeNiro. A good flick even if it takes the crooked cop angle to extremes.

[Cherrybomb]

^ If that's a joke at the expense of Mr. Stallone's unfortunate facial paralysis, consider me deeply and irrevocably offended.

You know, I used to collect JD comics back in the day. I was so disappointed when they picked Sylvester Stalone for the JD role. What, was Frank Stalone busy?

[Cherrybomb]

A couple of flicks from last weekend's trip to Scarecrow:

Zombies of Mass Destruction
Don't shoot me! I'm gay! Meh. This movie had a lot of stuff going on. I wanted to like it as the Zombie genre is my fave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7fudSMOva4

Punch: A Movie By Jay Cynic
http://www.myspace.com/punchbrandfilms
I have to admit, I was drunk (surprise!) when I put this one on. Let's just say, things didn't go well. It seemed to have all the right elements, bare-knuckle brawling, a hot Asian chick in a school girl uniform that also likes to punch people and then have sex with them, lots of blood, the music of Brent Amaker. The list is endless. I guess what I'm saying is that PUNCH! might deserve a whirl by some of our classier (not drunk) cinematic cast members or fans to figure out if it's truly "A High Octane Splatterfest" (Fangoria) or, something else.

Link to Brent Amaker: http://www.brentamaker.com/

[Gore Gore Girl]

Boooo. I liked Zombies of Mass Destruction.

But, yaaaaay! I really enjoyed Survival of the Dead. Cherrybomb is correct. Romero is redeemed! (Almost).

And, finally, Malice in Lalaland is terrible. I hate to say it, but it's the truth. I turned it off.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

http://www.operatorchan.org/vid/src/vid1023_Lost_patrol.jpg

[Gore Gore Girl]

Wow. I watched this awesome movie called Stripped to Kill last night. Amazing. Amazing. I loved it, Mr. GGG loved it. Awesome fun was had by all. Not only was it gripping and twisty-turny, the dancing was out of this world - much respect to the performers, writers (excellent screenplay), and director (I assume she was "talking back" to Dressed to Kill through a feminist lens?).

MAG should really do this movie as their feature review.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

http://www.horreur.net/img/chidrenshouldntplaywithdeadthings.jpg

http://www.image-entertainment.com/images//%7B1C26D562-9F21-4702-A922-9C0200CE38E5%7D/Something%20Weird_loc_%7B24A399AD-8846-4717-A786-A9F1C4B8ADC3%7D.jpg

[Jeremy Vaca]

Just watched Halloween III: Season of the Witch for the 1st time. To be honest, I much preferred this attempt to change the series over the mind-numbingly mediocre rehashings of the Michael Myers storyline. I guess the big mistake was tagging on the Halloween name to it; it must have been too confusing for people to wrap their heads around. Oh well, I liked it and I think people are starting to give it the props it deserves.

[King of Podcasting]

Stacey Nelkin = Boing!

[Jeremy Vaca]

Just finished Alucarda. Despite poor character development, confusing (as in, things just happening with no explanation) narrative, flat or just plain histrionic acting and a general abundance of "nunsense", a pretty fun experience chock-full of naked bloody chicks, amazing set pieces, imagery and atmosphere. If you like (SPOILERS) nuns with period stained robes, crucified Jesus on fire and high-pitched screaming and twirling, you will enjoy this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91WYulStck

[Jeremy Vaca]

Finished The Candy Snatchers. I thought it was a pretty good flick, but thought that the rape scene served no purpose and felt tacked on; Jessie doesn't even act like it happened after the fact. What the hell was up with the 70's?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4y2gB4p6WI

[Creepy Crawly]

Jessie was a tough chick, nothing bothered her.

I watched this, just like the trailer, it was amazing:

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[King of Podcasting]

I'm really looking forward to seeing that. The trailer is amazing.

[Cherrybomb]

Looks like brillo? Wow. I can't miss this...

[Creepy Crawly]

Yeah, Grindhouse releasing premiered it this weekend in New York City so I went to see it and it was a great time. Watched it with a packed house who were all into it. The print looked pretty remarkable too for a movie that's been sitting in someone's garage since 1976. Duke Mitchell's first movie MASSACRE MAFIA STYLE wasn't bad either but this one blows it away.

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[Backhand]

I'm reviewing my Dario Argento Collection
I just saw Suspiria again on Laser Disk and it may not look as good as the DVD but it's got better sound, just plain louder and a couple of key hints aren't covered up. I wish Anchor Bay or who ever has the rights to this could restore the original soundtrack and not allow dialog to be drowned out at the wrong time!
The US trailer is Fucking cool, why is the name of the movie written in Intestines? Who cares it works!

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[Freaky Agent for the Man]

I've heard about Gone with The Pope. I want to see it so bad.

[Jeremy Vaca]

I recently suffered through the bland "video nasty" Cannibal Apocalypse. Not even the all-too-brief appearances of Mary the slutty teen neighbor could save this stinker from doing little else than wasting an hour and a half of my life. This was definitely one of the most unenjoyable movies I've seen in quite a while. If you watch the trailer below, you will have no reason to watch the movie. Woe is me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES-Jvnm20gY

[Cherrybomb]

I'm currently working my way through the Dirty Harry Callahan catalog. I nodded off during the fourth Dirty Harry film, Sudden Impact (mostly because of Sondra Locke, yawwwnnnn), but the rest are pretty awesome. Magnum Force was my favorite. Ton's of 70's shoot-outs, lots of unexpected nudity and, an appearance by a great movie pimp and his customized pimp-caddy that makes the famed Kill Bill II "Pussy Wagon" look like a fucking Gremlin.

Magnum Force Trailer (1973): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJupVEG2Ks

[Creepy Crawly]

I gotta disagree about CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE a.k.a INVASION OF THE FLESH HUNTERS. I found it to be a delightfully nutso gory romp. U got John Saxon molesting his neighbors daughter, John Morghen playing a crazy nam' vet named Charles Bukowsi and all kinds of eye-gougin , flesh-eatin goodness if U R into that sorta thing. It's probably the most action packed of all the cannibal movies.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

So far, my day has been comprised of viewing two opposite ends of the film spectrum...

First, I watched the recent DVD release of the uncut Natural Born Killers (picked up at my local Big Lots for 5 bones)..

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Natural_Born_Killers_The_Directors_Cut_DVD-Woody_Harrelson-Juliette_Lewis.jpg

Then, it was onto mid-1980s cheese, with 1987's Masters of the Universe...I find three things hard to believe...

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/masters.of.the.universe.jpg

1.) At some point in my life, I found Meg Foster hot.

2.) French cartoonist Moebius was involved in the conceptual design of this flick (WTF?!?)

3.) The script for the Jean Claude Van Damme vehicle Cyborg was originally a script for a sequel to this? I'd have loved to have seen the first draft of that, prior to the rewrites....

I still watch this film and enjoy it, even though now...it's all about the unintentional humor it contains...

[Gore Gore Girl]

Well, obviously I'm watching USA v. England today, but I have watched some movies recently.

Shutter Island - really great first half...perhaps I'll stop there. I'll just say, once I saw where it was headed, I hoped it wouldn't, and came out of the film angry.

Expose Me, Lovely (1976) - after the horrors of The Defiance of Good, I was assured that I would prefer this Armand Weston film (and I did like Take Off, so...). Well, I liked it - a neat little film noir, and Ras Kean (who I thought was Casey Donovan the whole movie) is easy on the eyes.

[King of Podcasting]

We just watched a semi-sweet disco documentary. I think it was called Disco: a Documentary. No Bee Gees, though. No Bee Gees?!

[Jeremy Vaca]

I gotta disagree about CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE a.k.a INVASION OF THE FLESH HUNTERS. I found it to be a delightfully nutso gory romp. U got John Saxon molesting his neighbors daughter, John Morghen playing a crazy nam' vet named Charles Bukowsi and all kinds of eye-gougin , flesh-eatin goodness if U R into that sorta thing. It's probably the most action packed of all the cannibal movies.

When you describe it, it sounds awesome. That's the reason why I bought it. I just felt that it failed on all levels to be entertaining, or at least so bad it's good. It just didn't work for me, but there's obviously a reason why it's a cult classic. I'll sell you my copy for $10. :)

[Creepy Crawly]

I'll take it. I only have an old VHS anyway under the INVASION OF THE FLESH HUNTERS title which looks like crap.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

I just broke out my recently purchased Warner Bros. quad-feature "Urban Action" two disc set and watched Black Belt Jones.....many a drunken high school house kegger was spent with this on my TV with my friends laughing our asses off....I guarantee I probably rented my local mom n pop video rental place's ancient VHS copy of it probably around 20 times....

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PN9GixX-nfE/SP8ePWmT6_I/AAAAAAAABeg/QIe-qYEFGVg/s400/314.Black.Belt.Jones.jpg

[Creepy Crawly]

I went to see a Brooklyn midnight showing of sleazy 1980's slasher MANIAC last night. Director Bill Lustig from Blue Underground was there. It was good to finally see this gory flick on a big screen after watching it on video so many times.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cUhPy6Uotc

[Cherrybomb]

We just watched a semi-sweet disco documentary. I think it was called Disco: a Documentary. No Bee Gees, though. No Bee Gees?!

What's more disco that "Stayin' Alive"? Sacrelige!

[Cherrybomb]

Sukiyaki Western Django
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QszKC0S5www
Destroy all Monsters!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QszKC0S5www
Frankenstein vs. conquers the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86fcgNiBdc

Highly recommend all three! The Frankenstein film (which also goes by Frankenstein vs. Baragon) is really well done and has lots of creepy moments. Both flicks are must for monster movie fans. Nostalgia level = HIGH. I also can't say enough good things about Tarantino's 2007 adaptation of the original 1966 Django film we watched a few weeks ago on MAG. So I won't. I'll leave that to you...

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

We just watched 'Omega Cop'. It was like an post apocalyptic episode of 'Walker Texas Ranger' directed by a crack head. And for some reason Adam West kept popping up. The scene that really lost it for us, was when 'Omega Cop' had his ball cap stolen and chose to go after the nomad thieves rather that stop the rape that was in progress. After he got his hat back, then he came back to rescue the girl. Officially making him 'Omega Cock'. But it was mainly fun all around. Some great one liners.

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[Gore Gore Girl]

Part of being on bed rest means watching lots of films. I watched Twin Sitters today, which really made me glad to be alive.

http://www.blackfireraven.com/twin%20sitters.jpg

[Jeremy Vaca]

I didn't want to start a new thread for this (maybe we need a "General" thread?) but I just read that the producer of Twilight is in charge of remaking Martyrs, wants Kristen Stewart to star in it, and wants to make it more marketable to American audiences. I am pretty perplexed by this and a little sad as well.

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/kristen-stewart-to-star-in-martyrs-remake

[King of Podcasting]

We just watched 2012. Disastrous!

[Holly]

Jesus Christ, Gore Gore.

I watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Splice. Splice could have learned a little something from Caligari. (Although there is one scene in Splice that I thought was pretty great. I'll tell you about it in a couple of weeks, though. No spoilers here, folks...)

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

Saw Jess Franco’s Sadomania last night. It’s one of his women in prison flicks and I enjoyed it a lot. Ajita Wilson plays the sadistic prison warder who isn’t above feeding her inmates to the rubber crocodile that patrols the nearby swamp. The prisoners, who all just happen to be attractive young women, are topless throughout the whole movie. Their heavy manual labor on the local land has no effect on their immaculate hair and make-up, and their skin is remarkably unblemished. The rifle-toting prison guards are also topless at all times, and, rifles aside, are easily identifiable due to the figure-hugging khaki denim shorts they wear. The prisoners have regular blue denim figure-hugging shorts. Really, it’s a classic.

http://sites.google.com/site/lastmoviereview/_/rsrc/1236728394779/browse-1/s/sadomania/Sadomania.jpg

[Gore Gore Girl]

Jesus Christ, Gore Gore.

Heehee. Until you've seen it, don't judge. Those damn Barbarian Twins are impossible not to love.

[Gore Gore Girl]

We just watched 2012. Disastrous!

I see what you did there. Clever.

[King of Podcasting]

Zing!

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

Jesus Christ, Gore Gore.

I watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Splice. Splice could have learned a little something from Caligari. (Although there is one scene in Splice that I thought was pretty great. I'll tell you about it in a couple of weeks, though. No spoilers here, folks...)

was Splice good? I've heard mixed reviews from so many people. I really enjoyed 'Cube', but not as much as Jim Henson's original. I never saw his other film, I believe it was called 'Cypher' ? The best I heard was that it could be done as a three scene stage play.

[King of Podcasting]

Mystery Team. So so.
Virgin Among the Living Dead. Boing! Review HERE (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/06/virgin-among-living-dead-1973.html)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ucnyYHz6vbQ/TBkhlsmpTJI/AAAAAAAAIS4/7sq8fn98eMI/s400/hips.jpg

[wormface]

Some movies I'll be watching over the weekend...

Blue Monkey (1987) - starring the inimitable Don Lake

Under the Rainbow (1981) - starring Chevy Chase and a bunch of midgets

Don't Go in the House (1980) - mostly cause I like the trailer...


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[bikini general contractor]

Lessee, I watched:

Rage of Honor

A ninja (I guess Ken would call it a "nin-jur") movie starring Sho Kosugi, king of the ninjas. I was a little disappointed that Mr. Kosugi, while he does make use of ninja weapons such as throwing stars and throwing stars that are bombs, does not properly ninja up at any point in the film. He does fight ninjas, but many of them just seem to be thrown in to replace the normal commandoes and mercenaries you see in these 80's action flicks. In fact the whole movie plays like a regular revenge cop-on-the-edge film that was massaged into a Sho vehicle.

It's entertainingly cheesy in a mid 80's Canon kind of way, and it's mesmerizing to watch Kosugi reading his lines because he sounds like a hacky vaudeville comedian doing the most stereotypical Japanese voice he can. Sadly, it's not as ninjariffic as the box art might suggest.

The A-Team

A surprisingly faithful adaptation of the 80's TV series of the same name. The doppelgangers for the original characters have been well cast, with a few minor quibbles. (Liam Neeson didn't see the need to drop his Irish accent and I thought Bradley Cooper, while a handsome devil, was a little too skeezy looking to be Face) But justice was done to the source material, at least as much as was warranted.

The chemistry between the core cast members was good, and scenes where they're just hanging out having a great time being the A-Team do click, which is a good thing because there are a lot of them. I liked the "Good times, No hassles" approach the film took, even when they're in mortal peril it's always a party with lots of yeehawing and yahooing. It's the perfect antidote to the dreary Bourne movies. Hated the shakycam, hated the fact that it was an unnecessary origin story, but overall I can't say that I didn't have a good time.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Watched Dead & Buried a few days ago. I think I'd always avoided it because of the cover, which looks like sci-fi cheese to me, but I found it to be good times. Blue Underground did an amazing job at remastering it (it looks nothing like the awful quality trailer below), but the sound seemed a little off on my TV.

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[wormface]

Blue Monkey was just another Alien clone, set in the tunnels underneath a hospital. It's not essential viewing because, well, it's Canadian, and you can really tell it's Canadian just by watching it. (At the very end, Don Lake gets in a cab and the logo on the side reads: American Cabs. Surrrrrre.) It was still watchable enough in that ok-but-just-barely Canadian way, but this is really for Don Lake fans only. Or Sarah Polley fans. (She has a very minor role as a 7 year-old moppet.)

Don't Go in the House was a real nice sleeper though. It has a very similar vibe to Maniac, so if you like that movie, or if you just wanna see a real nice grindhouse flick that starts with the word "Don't" , I'd recommend that one.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

Watched the Elm Street documentary, Never Sleep Again, last night. The rest of the weekend will be filled with cheap-ass public domain DVDs purchased at the local Big Lots for 3 bucks for a bundle of three. I've seen most of the films numerous times, but a good old fashioned old school B-Movie filled weekend is basically how I like to relax.....

[Jeremy Vaca]

For some unknown reason my wife turned on Lifetime's "Lies My Mother Told Me" with Hayden Pantalionareiare. Boy, it was great! It even had subtle lesbian undertones that were never actually followed through on (I assume to save the lives of the old people who watch this stuff). It's amazing that I hardly ever watch movies, but when I do it's junk like this. Well, it's actually because nothing I'd choose to watch would be appropriate for my kids. That's probably also why I watched the shit bag crap fest that was Transformers last night. My son liked it though...

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[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

“Coitus has commenced in room 504. Please do not interrupt us.”

Q: Why are they crossing jaguars with rabbits in the U.S. of A?
A: To make a fast buck!

If you think these lines are funny, then I’m Not Feeling Myself Tonight! could be the film for you. This British sex comedy from 1975 is, as you would expect, horribly lacking in both sex and comedy. The hero is Jon Pigeon who works as a janitor at the Hildebrand Institute of Sexual Stimulation and Research. The corridors at this fine establishment are frequently populated by topless women being pursued by men of a certain age. Meanwhile, Jon’s home is populated by wall-to-wall pornography. Yes, he may be surrounded by a plethora of naked and willing ladies at work, but his success with the fair sex is at an all time low. Luckily, he’s quite a clever and resourceful fellow. Having stolen several components from work, he has constructed a device that emits an aural aphrodisiac. He has the hots for his boss’s secretary (played by Sally Faulkner who may be better known for her roles in the cult horror movies Vampyres and Prey) and decides to test his device out on her - with predictably “hilarious” consequences.

It’s a terrible film. I enjoyed it, but then, I have no taste.

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[Creepy Crawly]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tNjl7dC3S2U/TB5irHUhGBI/AAAAAAAAAPc/DJOouqdj2ac/s1600/the+nurses.jpg

Features some very hairy men from the 70's and naughty nurses. Good times!

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ On imdb the first keyword for The Nurses is "Gonorrhea." Yikes.

[Creepy Crawly]

Yeah, one of the "jokes" in the movie is that a guy gets a blow-job and after he cums the nurse finds out he had gonorrhea. I guess venereal disease humor was funny in the 70's for some reason??

[wormface]

Last night, I watched Next of Kin, thanks to Tarantino raving about it in Not Quite Hollywood. Great movie.

Also watched Hell of the Living Dead (crap, and not even bad enough to be funny - avoid) and also Out of the Dark - pretty good, if you like late-80's Cinemax-type stuff.

[darthballsac]

We had a horror movie night last night. Complete with : The House of the Devil, Trick 'R Treat, The Collector, Rec., The Seamstress, and Hatchett. And plenty of whiskey to go along with the movies!!

[King of Podcasting]

House of the Devil is great! Amazing atmosphere for the budget.

PS It's even better on VHS!

http://24hourstomidnight.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/devilvhs1.jpg

[Creepy Crawly]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/stiv666/island.jpg

ISLAND OF DEATH- Very sick little movie made in Greece in 1975. Features goat rape, golden showers, crucifixion, human rapes, incest, a beheading by a bulldozer and lots of other fun things like that. Not a very good movie but worth seeing just cuz they crammed so many odd disturbing things into one movie plus there was ample 70's nudity.

[wormface]

I'm downloading this as I type. Not really a movie but essential nonetheless! :D


http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2691/r8735801167878067.jpg

[Jeremy Vaca]

The Forest: Good times.

Don't Go in the Woods...Alone!: So not good times.

[King of Podcasting]

Bloodtide...starring Deborah Shelton!
Also, written and produced by the Island of Death guy.
It all ties together.
Review HERE (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/06/bloodtide-1982.html).

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ucnyYHz6vbQ/TCI_DLP-P-I/AAAAAAAAIUI/3lqZ_RH2epY/s1600/blood_tide_poster_01.jpg

[Gore Gore Girl]

I saw a few movies this week. I'll get the first one out of the way quick - I didn't like Django too much so I turned it off.

Moving swiftly on, I saw World's Greatest Dad and it was fucking awesome. If you liked the humor/tone of Sleeping Dog's Lie you should watch this film asap. I highly recommend this film - don't be put off by Robin Williams. It's funny, clever, satirical, dark, disturbing, and a whole lot of other stuff besides. Watch this film.

[Jeremy Vaca]

Zombi(e) Holocaust - Nothing special, but not a complete waste of time. There's some unintentionally humorous line delivery and decent gore, but really, it's just a complete incoherent mess (but doesn't that go hand in hand with Italian horror?) If you watch the trailer, you pretty much get all the good parts, I think.

Oh, and the trailer totally misrepresents what the movie is like.

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GGG - I'm scared to give Django a try since I don't like westerns or action movies. I have the feeling my review would be as short as yours - I could barely get through the trailer. :)

[King of Podcasting]

I'm gonna ignore the anti-Django sentiments.
Just saw Run Like Hell. 1990's camcorder boobs!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ucnyYHz6vbQ/TCOJi1BzgCI/AAAAAAAAIVs/yozZJi2ljAI/s400/team.jpg

Review HERE (http://www.moviesaboutgirls.com/2010/06/run-like-hell-1995.html).

[bikini general contractor]

^Run Like Hell looks awesome. Too bad it's not on Zip or I'd be all over that shit.

[King of Podcasting]

Zip.CA is sorely lacking in camcorder boobs. Get it together, Canada!

[Gore Gore Girl]

Sorry KOP - Django just wasn't for me. You can't win em all. It had wonderful visuals, but unfortunately not much else.

Jeremy, if you don't like Westerns, then yikes. I actually like westerns very much, so my guess is you won't like Django.

[bikini general contractor]

Zip.CA is sorely lacking in camcorder boobs. Get it together, Canada!

Which is weird, because we have plenty of both. I agree: Get it together, us!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, followed by Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. Nope....80's 3-D hasn't gotten any better.

[Ragzdandelion]

I actually saw Metalstorm:The Destruction of Jared-Syn in the theater when it came out. In glorious 3d too! I haven't seen it since, which I need too-cuz I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic 80's stuff!

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

Mr. Vaca, Dr. Butcher looks balls awesome. I want to see that crap monkey.

[King of Podcasting]

Dr Butcher has some serious formidable gore scenes!

[Jeremy Vaca]

I liked the eye pulling scene.

P.S. I'm not anti-Django. I do plan on watching it at some point.

[wormface]

Getting ready to watch this one tonight.....

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/vhs-videos/1070-1.jpg


Can it really be as bad as I've heard? I hope so! :)

[King of Podcasting]

That poster is amazing. Let us know how it goes.

[Jeremy Vaca]

If only all movies were as good as their poster art!

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

I hope you survive the terror.

[bikini general contractor]

"Beast Creature" seems redundant, kind of like saying "Snake Reptile".

Still, awesome poster and stuff.

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

Just to drag this thread down to the bottom of the barrel, I saw Can You Keep it Up for a Week? (1974) at the weekend. This is another British "sex comedy" and it stars Jeremy Bulloch as a man whose prowess in the bedroom is the only reason his girlfriend puts up with him. His accident-prone nature ensures that he gets fired from his jobs with alarming regularity. His girlfriend (played by the lovely Jill Damas) refuses to marry him unless he can remain employed for a week. When he enrols with an employment agency, he is sent on a number of domestic jobs that somehow end up with sex-starved housewives losing their clothes.

Here he is on a "babysitting" assignment.

http://www.celebtna.com/pictures/Sarah_Frampton-257982.jpg

http://img2.douban.com/lpic/s3943982.jpg

Every bit as terrible as you think it's going to be!

[King of Podcasting]

That one is tough, it's true. But nothing beats 70's British dollybirds. It's worth the pain!

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

That one is tough, it's true. But nothing beats 70's British dollybirds. It's worth the pain!

So true!

[bikini general contractor]

Our "Bad Movie Night" movie this week was "Captain Blood". It's considered a classic, apparently, so I think I'm going to have to have a word with my friends on what constitutes a bad movie.

Personally, I was lukewarm on it: I know older movies don't have the lightning pace of today's action flicks, and I feel I adjusted my expectations accordingly; But Errol Flynn spends a good hour of the movie farting around being a doctor, then a slave before he finally decides to get off his smug ass and turn into Captain Blood. Then when he finally does pirate up the movie kind of glosses over most of his adventures with a couple of title cards. I was expecting a lot of swinging from yardarms and fencing duels, what I got was an hour of Errol Flynn treating some foppish dude's gout.

Another problem I had was that the movie didn't seem to trust its audience with subtext. Plot points that weren't literally spelled out with two or three title cards were hamhandedly vocalized by the protagonist himself. An example is a point late in the film where he teams up with a French pirate played by Basil Rathbone. He has some misgivings about trusting him, but agrees to be his partner anyway. Just in case the audience missed this, he warbles out an overlong speech to no one in particular detailing his feelings in no uncertain terms. I don't remember the exact wording, but it was really awkward-sounding and out of place.

Still there was some good piratey stuff in there, and once it got going it delivered at least half a movie's worth of what I wanted. In my opinion, however, there are probably better swashbuckling movies out there with more sword duels and less gout.

[Gore Gore Girl]

I watched 976-EVIL yesterday, and it was wunderbar!! Starring Stephen Geoffreys, he of Fright Night fame.

http://www.skool.us/files/new/976-evil_cover.jpg

Geoffreys can also be seen in such titles as Seamen Training Day, Guys Who Crave Big Cock, Butt Blazer, and Mechanics bi Day, Lube Job bi Night. He has also been nominated for a Tony for his stage work, and some further horror flicks are in the pipeline.

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

If you like zombie comedies, Doghouse is quite a fun time. The humour is very blokey. A group of male friends bail out on their better halves for a weekend away in order to cheer up one of their number who is getting divorced. Their destination is a remote village where our heroes believe that the female population far outnumbers the men. It therefore stands to reason that the ladies of the village will be gagging for it. But something strange has happened to the womenfolk and they've eaten all the men.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV2qRQQL_RE

[Gore Gore Girl]

Blokey aka. sexist?

[King of Podcasting]

I watched some of it, but I had no idea what was going on. Blokey indeed!

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

Blokey aka. sexist?

Sexist? Yes it is, but it’s all quite tongue in cheek stuff. It’s certainly no more sexist in terms of male attitudes to women than, for example, Showgirls, which I believe is being discussed on MAG soon.

[SkullWhichCameFromHell]

I watched some of it, but I had no idea what was going on. Blokey indeed!

I take it you won't be using "blokey" in your future reviews for Total Film then?

[Gore Gore Girl]

Sexist? Yes it is, but it’s all quite tongue in cheek stuff. It’s certainly no more sexist in terms of male attitudes to women than, for example, Showgirls, which I believe is being discussed on MAG soon.

Yes indeed! I'm looking forward to seeing it again in all its horrors/joys! I think I find UK lad culture more obnoxious because I'm from there, or maybe it is actually just that obnoxious. It's probably on a par with "bro" culture here, but I definitely bristle more from lad culture stuff.

[Cherrybomb]

Cabin Fever, 2002. NononononooooooooooNO. Eli Roth must die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJWIXj1VvM

[Jeremy Vaca]

Cabin Fever, 2002. NononononooooooooooNO. Eli Roth must die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJWIXj1VvM

Cabin Fever was atrocious. I actually went to the theater to see this so I sat through it so as to get my money's worth. The only good part was at the end when that redneck kid whipped the karate out (or something). Eli Roth must stop making movies or we are doomed as a nation!

[Jeremy Vaca]

I am in the process of watching Dario Argento's Inferno. This is my first Argento and I wish I could say much of anything good about it. My negative list far outweighs any positives I can find in it. The color scheme is kind of cool, but overall, all I see is poor acting, bland direction, and an over-dramatic score to compensate for lack of competent suspense or shock. After the first 20 minutes, all I've found myself doing is waiting for it to end. :( I wanted to like Argento, and maybe this movie will turn itself around, but I'm totally not feeling it thus far. Damn!

[Meander]

Just finished watching Rock N Roll High School on Blu Ray. Maybe one of the most brainless movies I've ever seen but its a lot of fun and I enjoyed every second.

[King of Podcasting]

Just finished watching Rock N Roll High School on Blu Ray. Maybe one of the most brainless movies I've ever seen but its a lot of fun and I enjoyed every second.

classic stuff.
Is it worth the upgrade? I've bought this one at least three times already. Are there Blu-only extras?

[Meander]

Only extra are a couple of Trailers and Tv Spots. It looks really good though. But I haven't seen it on any other platform so I have nothing to compare it to.

[bikini general contractor]

Watched "Mystery Team" from the good folks at Derrick Comedy. Pretty well executed comedy for something so obviously low-budget. It dodges most of the pitfalls that usually befall indie comedies that try to do "Wacky", although there are some scenes here and there that drag. (There's a scene in a strip club that seems to go on forever)

Still, some good laughs are had and even the sluggish sections are buoyed by likable performances from the leads. The Derrick Comedy members seem to have gone their separate ways for the time being, but I hope they reunite for another kick at the can. Recommended by me.

[King of Podcasting]

This has been an epic day of movie watching. First up, Death Game (1977).
Two hot blondes show up at a middle-aged dude's house and proceed to ruin his life.
Starring Colleen Camp's stellar boobs and a nihilistic 70's ending. Sorta like The Strangers with bonus lesbian action.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/710FP8A6NFL.gif

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Then we watched Megafault, a Sci-fi Network cheapjack CGI-packed disaster flick starring the late Brittany Murphy.
We love Brittany, but this was pretty lame and uninvolving, even for a Syfy flick.

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And then we watched The Pyjama Girl Case (1977), a Giallo shot in Australia, starring Dalila Di Lazzaro, one of the hottest 70's Italian B-queens. I mean, just look that this chick!

http://www.peliculitas.com/galeriafoto/511409329DalilaDiLazzaro.jpg

The movie was good, lots of weird characters and bizarre subplots.

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And then, finally, we watched Roller Boogie (1979), starring Linda Blair in hotpants.

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This movie is fucking awesome.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2DTWFQf3sC4/SXsqF3bjvRI/AAAAAAAAEJk/k8riYlgXhJc/s400/roller+boogie.jpg

[Gore Gore Girl]

Watched "Mystery Team" from the good folks at Derrick Comedy.... Recommended by me.

Me too! Even though it's not a masterpiece, it's still great fun and there are some laugh-out-loud moments. I really enjoyed it.

[Gore Gore Girl]

We watched Hot Rackets (1979) and it was great - fun, engaging, light-hearted, and sexy.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goregoregirl/4759795001/" title="hot rackets by Gore Gore Girl, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4759795001_d4248ce8ae.jpg" width="337" height="500" alt="hot rackets"></a>

[wormface]

There's a scene in Roller Boogie when Linda Blair turns down a scholarship to go to Juilliard. Her pill-popping mom says, "You always tell me what you DON'T wanna do. Well, what DO you wanna do with your life?"

There's a pause, and I yelled out, "I wanna rock!" but what Linda says is:

"I wanna win a roller boogie contest down by the beach."

Then her zonked-out mom says: "A rooooll-uhrrr booooogie contest?" :D

That's my favorite scene.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

classic stuff.
Is it worth the upgrade? I've bought this one at least three times already. Are there Blu-only extras?

LOL! I ended up rebuying it twice last weekend....

I picked up the newest Shout Factory DVD release (I've owned the old Corman Concorde DVD release for years now) and I'm assuming that it has all the same stuff that the newest Blu-Ray has. It's worth it though, if only for the retrospective featurettes and the new commentaries, especially the one containing P.J. Soles and Clint Howard. The only special feature that's mentioned on the packaging that I cannot find is the original trailer with commentary from the Trailersfromhell guys....is it even on the disc, or is it some magical easter egg I have to hunt for and find?

I then ran across this old "Roger Corman Classics" set at a local Half-Price Books for 10 bucks. I've already owned the Pirahna and Rock n Roll releases in that set for years, as well as two different releases of Death Race 2000 (a weird unauthorized release made by a cheap-ass public domain outfit from the early 2000s and the Buena Vista release from a few years ago when Corman signed some deal with Disney), but figured I didn't already have the Concorde release of Death Race (one of my favorite films of all time), and the only reason I wanted the set was because i didn't own a copy of Hollywood Boulevard...and it was only 10 bucks.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5198S5CGHWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[King of Podcasting]

Hollywood Boulevard is a shambles, but it's still pretty entertaining. And I'll take all the Candice Rialson I can get!

[King of Podcasting]

There's a scene in Roller Boogie when Linda Blair turns down a scholarship to go to Juilliard. Her pill-popping mom says, "You always tell me what you DON'T wanna do. Well, what DO you wanna do with your life?"

There's a pause, and I yelled out, "I wanna rock!" but what Linda says is:

"I wanna win a roller boogie contest down by the beach."

Then her zonked-out mom says: "A rooooll-uhrrr booooogie contest?" :D

That's my favorite scene.

That was pretty incredible. She pulled out a whole pharmacy out of her bag looking for an aspirin - "Sleeping pills, Qualudes, Valium..."

Also, I really liked the kid with the mobile fruit stand's line: "Get the goons with the fruit!"

An endlessly quotable movie, really. We're gonna have to cover it for out summer disco roller party spectacular in August.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

I've been transferring some ancient VHS I own to DVD, and using the magic of Photoshop and Paint and my handy scanner to make custom DVD covers for the VHS I've been watching today...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/HKC2008/supersonicman-1.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/HKC2008/shedevils.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/HKC2008/roostercover-1.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/HKC2008/riverdale-2.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/HKC2008/eliminatorscover-1.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/HKC2008/capn.jpg

[bikini general contractor]

Watched "Madman" from 1982. It has several elements that are similar to "Friday the 13th Part II": The camp setting, the authority figure telling the councilors a story about the killer, the same authority figure dismissing the story as a legend, the hulking, silent antagonist, the killer having a creepy house in the woods, and a grisly discovery in said house.

At first I figured it was just a Friday the 13th ripoff, as it was released in 1982 and Friday the 13th was released in '81. But after some research I learned that Madman's release was delayed significantly: It was made in 1980/1981, making it unlikely that the filmmakers could have drawn inspiration from the better-known slasher movie. The setting and job description of the victims could have been (and most likely was) lifted from the first F13 movie, but all the other elements, including the Jason-like killer, were ahead of their time: If only by a year.

I have to say that beyond its prescience, Madman didn't have a lot to offer. It's slow paced, and the acting is not so much terrible as it is odd: The character who discovers the horrors of Madman's basement lair, for example, doesn't react to it right away: He starts from a nonplussed expression, then gradually ramps us to full terror over the course of 15 seconds. It's like he's pretty alright with the whole horror dungeon idea at first, then very slowly changes his mind.

The kills, the bread and butter of the slasher genre, are bloody but ultimately unmemorable, and there's very little tension in between the killing to keep you interested. I understand Madman is something of a cult item, and it does have some degree of plucky charm, but I it left me a little cold, to be honest.

I was not mad about Madman.

[wormface]

Attack of the Beast Creatures was pretty much shite. But it did have one scene that will live in bad movie infamy...

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AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[Jeremy Vaca]

Flavia the Heretic. Wow. This is an absolutely jaw-dropping masterpiece that fails not to shock - not only in content, but also in delivery. Watch it.

[King of Podcasting]

Attack of the Beast Creatures was pretty much shite. But it did have one scene that will live in bad movie infamy...

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AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Incredible! Where did the Beast Creatures come from? Are they demonic toys or something?

[Jeremy Vaca]

Hong kong, those covers look great!

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

hey Hong Kong, those covers look great again. What are you using to transfer your VHS to DVD? I've got about 3000 in my attic and I don't know what to do with them. Not saying I want to keep them all, but some. I'm kinda compu-dumb.

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

I am in the process of watching Dario Argento's Inferno. This is my first Argento and I wish I could say much of anything good about it. My negative list far outweighs any positives I can find in it. The color scheme is kind of cool, but overall, all I see is poor acting, bland direction, and an over-dramatic score to compensate for lack of competent suspense or shock. After the first 20 minutes, all I've found myself doing is waiting for it to end. :( I wanted to like Argento, and maybe this movie will turn itself around, but I'm totally not feeling it thus far. Damn!

just go to Suspiria. For me any way it kind of sets the mood for his other pictures. and is by far the best. Stay far far away from some of them though.

[Gore Gore Girl]

I watched The Prowler last night. I was very, very excited because I love Tom Savini. The Prowler is the most boring film I have ever had the discomfort of sitting through. On the plus side, Mr. GGG and I had lots of fun predicting the end of each scene (clue: nothing happens).

[Creepy Crawly]

THE PROWLER is a slasher movie where a bunch of people get killed in very gory fashion with guns, knives and even a pitchfork. Plus there's even boobs. What else could you possibly want from an 80's slasher flick?

[Gore Gore Girl]

^ Some semblance of motion on either side of those gory moments. I'm not sad I watched it though - the throat slicing FX are unfuckingbelievable. Fuck CGI.

[King of Podcasting]

We are watching X-Cross as we speak and it is super weird and awesome!

http://hl.megashares.com/1602pt74bb1ab.jpg

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[Detective Somerset]

Dead Snow

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

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We watched the 1981 Canadian horror movie 'The Pit' the other night. I forgot how amazing it was. I also forgot what a little pervert the kid was in the movie. He's quite the peeping tom. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

hey Hong Kong, those covers look great again. What are you using to transfer your VHS to DVD? I've got about 3000 in my attic and I don't know what to do with them. Not saying I want to keep them all, but some. I'm kinda compu-dumb.

At one point around 2007, I had enough VHS that when I took them to a local pawn shop to get rid of the whole collection (of which I still ended up keeping around 100, mostly stuff that was at the time long OOP and hadn't had a DVD release, with the intention of transferring them to DVD), the pawn shop owner offered me 25 cents apiece for them.....and I still ended up making around 700 bucks off the deal.

Back in the day, I used to just pop a VHS into my dual deck VCR/ DVD Recorder, then take the disc that I recorded the material on, threw it into a disc drive and copied the VOB files, tinkered with them a bit in NERO's editing apps, removing the generic title menus from the video files and creating new ones in NERO's DVD making apps.

I tried one of the first versions of the DVDXpress modules around 2005, which was basically an external processor unit that you could plug into the RFAC ports on your VCR and then USB it into a PC... but that tech was still in it's early phases and had some processer problems (it over heated really quick).

http://www.cdr-zone.com/images/ads_tech_dvd_xpress_2.jpg

Recently, I found a similar piece of hardware ata local Big Lots that sounds as if it's the same tech, only streamlined a hell of alot, because it basically looks like a flash drive with the same connectors called VHS 2 DVD. It cost me 30 bucks, but I still haven't tried it out yet to see if it's a better alternative to my DVD recorder/Nero method...

http://www.tesora.com.au/images/products/usb-vhs-2-dvd-l.gif

How I build the discs after I've converted the VHS into video files can be found here at a little tutorial I set up (http://dvd101.blogspot.com/) for some friends with the same interest.

[Freaky Agent for the Man]

Thanks Hong Kong!!!! I'll look into that!

[Jeremy Vaca]

Beyond the Door - There's a 4 minute nose flute street attack. Brutal.

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[Hong Kong Cavalier]

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