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« Reply #9990 on: October 23, 2016, 01:04:59 AM »

Taeter City

Weirdass sci-fi/gore/horror film.  Set in the future, where The Authority controls an unnamed city with an iron fist.  The city though is a "utopia" because of these transmitter that shoot zeed radio beams that affect the brains of future criminals, causing them to horribly kill themselves instead of hurting other people.  After that, the Authorities' police force (known as The Bikers) show up to haul off the bodies which are then ground up and used a food source for the ever popular Taeter Burger restaurants. 

And unlike other "cannibals in the future" this is NOT a secret.  TV shows openly brag about this system, and everyone knows what they're getting when they place an order!  In fact, during the film one guy is arrested for the crime of raising cattle and eating animal meat (which a cop calls disgusting.) 

Well, the plot (such as it is), is this the zeed antennas somehow malfunction on a particular serial killer, and not only does he NOT kill himself, waves alter his genes to give him the ability to turn normal people into super-powered maniacs just by sonicly screaming at them.  When the killer escapes from a Termination Facility, the bikers are order to hunt him down.  The bikers consist of Razor, a hot chick with a skunk strip of white in her hair and the ability the cause "cutting lights" (green phantasmal lights that can apparently slice through anything) with her hands, and Skunk and Wank, two guys who... er.. well, they're just kind of there really.  The gang tracks the killer to a high rise apartment where he's already "converted" several of the residents for a big, bloody showdown.

And bloody it is!  This film makes the last ten minutes of Dead Alive look quaint.  We get all kinds of over the top killings, severed limbs, eye pops, bodies blowing up from exploding ammo, and a guy gets lovingly run over by a semi-trailer and we're treated to a close up to not one, but two of the wheels crushing the dude's skull. 

Even though the film supposedly only clocks in at 80 minutes (Amazon says 80, but I could have sworn the DVD says 75), the film still seemed a bit slow to me.  A lot of the scenes were pretty much pointless filler like the repeated animations of Taeter Burger commercials.  Which is kind of sad, because I think the premise had some potential to it, if nothing more than to be a goofy, fun, over the top violent action flick.  Instead, as other reviews have pointed out, it seems more like a demo reel.   
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« Reply #9991 on: October 23, 2016, 09:20:01 AM »

Lordy, that was a HORRIBLE movie!!  I still have scars! LOL
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« Reply #9992 on: October 23, 2016, 09:23:19 AM »

"Meet the Feebles" (1989)
Peter Jackson followed up "Bad Taste" with this all-puppet exploitation flick centered around a Muppets-style troop of performing animals. As they prep for the broadcast of a live TV special, these critters swear, drink, have sex, deal and use drugs, eat crap, and basically do stuff we don't usually see puppets doing.
I thought "Mr. No Legs" was gonna be the most WTF movie I'd see this year, but "Feebler" takes the frickin cake, folks. From the 'Nam flashbacks of a heroin-addicted frog to a rat that films porn on the side to a fox's musical number about sodomy, "Feebles" is a hilariously tasteless, ultra sleazy one-of-a-kind experience. You'll feel like you need a shower when it's over.
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« Reply #9993 on: October 23, 2016, 03:32:58 PM »

"Meet the Feebles" (1989)
Peter Jackson followed up "Bad Taste" with this all-puppet exploitation flick centered around a Muppets-style troop of performing animals. As they prep for the broadcast of a live TV special, these critters swear, drink, have sex, deal and use drugs, eat crap, and basically do stuff we don't usually see puppets doing.
I thought "Mr. No Legs" was gonna be the most WTF movie I'd see this year, but "Feebler" takes the frickin cake, folks. From the 'Nam flashbacks of a heroin-addicted frog to a rat that films porn on the side to a fox's musical number about sodomy, "Feebles" is a hilariously tasteless, ultra sleazy one-of-a-kind experience. You'll feel like you need a shower when it's over.

Reportedly, the film that brought Mrs. Jim Henson to tears, when she watched it.

As for myself . . .

Mala terra or the French version of the British TV miniseries Broad church, or, I should say the trailer for Mala Terra and its TV promos. As I have said previously, I think, Broad church is so badly done, it has killed off any interest in seeing the American version of it, Grace point, which is similar. Still . . .?! There are enough differences in this one, I think I might watch it, if I can find a streaming service on-line that has it dubbed into English or in English subtitles.

Differences
Location
Filmed on the island of Corsica or the birthplace of Napoleon.

Religious character
The Protestant minister, obviously, becomes a Catholic priest.

Murderer
It'd have to be different, as the character, who is the murderer in the Brit version, does not even exist in this version.

Competence of police investigation
In real life, I don't know whether the French police are any smarter or dumber than their Brit counterparts, but . . .?! here they do something smart that I didn't see in the Brit version. They have a line of men just walk the beach, where the victim is found, apparently from one end to the other, looking for clues.

Similarities
Police partners
Male and female. Though the female partner looks and sounds like a boy, so she looks more like the female partner in the Brit version, than the American version.

No nudity
While anecdotal stories suggest that a victim of a sex murder, more so in the Brit version and less so in the American version, is often found in the nude, to further prevent identification of the victim, not so much here, as the victim is too well known, but . . .?! as one more humiliation they can heap on their victim. For the victim here, if not the motive, in all 3 versions, is an young pre-teen boy, who is found fully dressed.

Though . . .?! before this I'll probably watch Tras el cristal aka In a glass cage, the 1986 Spanish film based on the murderous career of the Frenchman Gilles de Rais, the 1st recorded serial child killer, who is believed to have killed between 40, the number of bodies found, and 600 children, ere he was executed. Though this film is set in the present, while Gilles lived in the 15th century.

Gilles is believed to have been the inspiration for Perrault to write his French fairy tale Bluebeard, which itself was the inspiration for several films, including the 1944 film of the same title with John Carradine as the title character.
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« Reply #9994 on: October 23, 2016, 06:05:58 PM »

"Meet the Feebles" (1989)
Peter Jackson followed up "Bad Taste" with this all-puppet exploitation flick centered around a Muppets-style troop of performing animals. As they prep for the broadcast of a live TV special, these critters swear, drink, have sex, deal and use drugs, eat crap, and basically do stuff we don't usually see puppets doing.
I thought "Mr. No Legs" was gonna be the most WTF movie I'd see this year, but "Feebler" takes the frickin cake, folks. From the 'Nam flashbacks of a heroin-addicted frog to a rat that films porn on the side to a fox's musical number about sodomy, "Feebles" is a hilariously tasteless, ultra sleazy one-of-a-kind experience. You'll feel like you need a shower when it's over.

Reportedly, the film that brought Mrs. Jim Henson to tears, when she watched it.


I asked Dave Goelz (originator and current puppeteer/voice for Gonzo) about it when he came to St. Louis, he said he'd never seen it but he'd heard about it, and the impression I got was the muppet folks generally weren't thrilled with it (though he personally didn't seem super negative).  They do all love Avenue Q though, he said that quite directly.

I saw a couple.

They Look Like People - Small time indie drama/horror movie.  Basically a guy is getting phone calls and seeing things that make him think people are getting taken over by some evil alien beings, and only he can fight it.  He ends up meeting up with a very supportive old friend, and the two of them essentially reconnect as the friend who is seeing things tries to figure out what is actually happening.  It slowly builds, and it remains generally ambiguous what is really happening til the end. 

I quite liked this movie.  Both leads are likable, there's a great use of atmospheric sounds and minimal effects work.  The male bonding between the two leads is really strong, with good characterization.  It's not a masterpiece, but it's solid all around.  I was also reminded about the importance of character in tension - the climax of the film is incredibly simple, essentially down to a single sequence of a character trying to make the right difficult decision, but I was invested in both and really wanted it to happen one way, as I cared.  Ya know?  So I was more tense in this small bit involving two people in a room with nothing crazy, no big action, than in, say, the $150 million in explosions and effects in Transformers 3's climax.  Or, for that matter, in the last third of The Force Awakens, where I like the leads in it but found them weakly developed.  That's the power of good characterization, acting, and creative film making on a budget.

Solid little film.  8/10.

I also saw When Animals Dream.  Danish coming-of-age female werewolf sort of film.  It's well shot, and well acted (as best as I can judge).  I kind of liked it, but it felt like nothing much really happened, and not much of an arc for the characters.  It's alright.  5/10.
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« Reply #9995 on: October 23, 2016, 08:05:56 PM »


Don't Breathe:

Interesting original thriller from the guy who remade Evil Dead and also featuring the same lead actress. Well shot, pretty tense thriller with a few twists and turns. I like how Fede Alvarez thinks but I think it suffered from low stakes character wise (really only one gets fleshed out in any way) That being said Stephen Lang does a great job as the hard ass blind Vet whose house was getting robbed. I never thought getting out of a house would be so hard but luckily enough for the plot this place is a freakin labyrinth. 7.5/10


OldBoy (2003): The Original and best. I still think the fight scenes are a bit hokey and silly but overall its a pretty good mystery. I still haven't seen the remake but something tells me that Josh Brolin may not have it in him to be anything but hard ass, whereas Dae-su (Choi Min-Sik) here can seemingly flit between hard ass and crazy and hilarious at a whim and does a great job.
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« Reply #9996 on: October 23, 2016, 09:07:47 PM »

Killer Shrews- whether you think this is the best movie of all time or just one of the best, one thing is certain: I just watched it again. A hunky yet likeable sailor and his doomed Biz markie looking sidekick end up on an island with some scientists. One of the scientists has a hot Swedish chick daughter so things are looking up. Unfortunately, the other guys are weird and crazy respectively and the island is crawling with mutant shrews, so... maybe it's not a great situation actually.


"I need a drink to try and cope with these killer shrews"

In between blown lines, a ridiculously easy courtship which understandably sends a spurned lover into a tailspin and the growing epic menace of about 5 killer shrews, the crew of the SS Shrew get trapped and have to come up with a plan to get out. Can they do it? or is the end of the movie them being eaten by ...murderous shrews?  You'll have to see to find out I guess

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« Reply #9997 on: October 25, 2016, 08:55:05 AM »

I hate to say, it but KILLER SHREWS is one "classic" bad movie I could never get into. Bores me to death.  Bluesad Question

Speaking of boring...

FRANCOFONIA (2015): An experimental documentary on the Louvre, with dramatic recreations of the Nazi takeover and Napoleon showing up to point out his own portraits. Alexander Sokurov produced an amazing one-shot classic on St. Petersburg's Hermitage, but this stream-of-consciousness companion piece is too messy and gets to many wild hairs; it's more about Sokurov's own impulses than it is about the Louvre. I'd be fine if Sokurov stays away from the Smithsonian. 2.5/5.
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« Reply #9998 on: October 25, 2016, 11:19:14 AM »

The Body Snatcher (1945) - A-List old school horror movie. A-List: it stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi from a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Karloff is excellent as an ultra creepy stage coach driver who also provides corpses to a medical school. It's a "don't ask don't tell" arrangement and there's more than a lot of suspicion on the schools ends as to how he obtains these fresh bodies. At the same time, they're desperate for bodies for their classes and local superstition and so forth prevents them from getting them via more conventional means. No organ donor cards back then. How they do this without getting arrested isn't explained but it goes on.

The relationship between the headmaster guy and Karloff is complicated by other events namely that Karloff took a fall for the guy and didn't name him in court at one point, so he perpetually owes him one. The larger issue is how we do things in our life we don't want to do and Karloff who's character is named Gray I finally looked it up represents that. The black market is full of scary people but sometimes you have no choice because of like society blah blah blah

If I had one criticism it's that it could have been a little more horror-y. the interplay and morality and so forth was fascinating but it could have been scarier. Lugosi is a more minor character but his one big scene is great. The motif with the street singer/ beggar is brilliant.

4.75 / 5

I was hesitant to watch it because I figured how could it be scary if it's just about a grave robber it's not supernatural or anything but they made up for it with quality writing, acting and atmosphere.
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« Reply #9999 on: October 26, 2016, 12:12:10 PM »

Horrors of Dracula- if you never saw a Hammer movie this would be an ideal place to start. nice retelling of Dracula legend with some changes but same idea. It's strong throughout but doesn't really go for the jugular at the end no pun intended. The Brits they are a little mannered you know. Plus, *slight spoiler* I've never heard of combating the effects a vampire bite via blood transfusion. As Notorious BIG once said "there's rules to this s**t". really looking forward to more old school horror stuff on TCM. hopefully they'll run some of those weird silent era thingies with like the devil and weird stuff

4.5 /5
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« Reply #10000 on: October 27, 2016, 12:23:43 PM »

Cornered/ Desperate - No this isn't a frantic paranoid movie of some kind though there is a little of that. It's two separate movies from some forgotten noir collection. It's pretty good



Cornered - This one is probably forgotten because there's not a lot of star power and the male lead while competent seems more like an accountant that a hard nose blue collar truck driver type. It's pretty good though and the better of the two here.

A guy with a cute wife takes a driving job which turns out to be more gang oriented than he thought so the movie is him on the run from everything. Anthony Mann the director was a real director. Though obviously working with a tight budget he manages to fit in a Polish -American wedding party of all things as well as some other touches. Clearly he cared about making it different, authentic. colorful etc though he was probably a communist 4.25 /5

It's either low a list or high b list but would rec to fans of the genre

Desperate - This was okay but way too much people talking in hotel rooms and plot a little too complicated. Its not just for archivists or something, though. It has some interesting elements. A Canadian (?) GI is out to find the nazi who killed his wife who he had just married while at war. He goes to South America and this is where most of the movie takes place. Theres just too much going on thats not explained well enough but you could do far worse and if you hang on till the end the conclusion is pretty satisfying.

I one time taped this off TCM and watched half of it drunk and turned it off because it just wasn't good enough. It's longer than 90 minutes too which is unusual for these types of movies. decent but the script just doesn't keep the viewer engaged enough. too bad

3/5
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« Reply #10001 on: October 27, 2016, 10:14:31 PM »

"Intruder" (1989)
The night crew at a small town supermarket is locked in with a mysterious psycho killer, who makes good use of the store's wide variety of dangerous implements (meat hooks, cleavers, knives, etc.) to pick them all off. This nicely twisted little slasher/splatter flick makes the most of its unique setting and sports some truly gross gore effects (courtesy of Greg Nicotero, later of "The Walking Dead" fame, and his KNB FX Group).
 
"Intruder's" cult following seems to stem mainly from its connection to the "Evil Dead" series - Sam Raimi ("E.D." creator) and his bro Ted both have roles in this film, director Scott Spiegel co-wrote "Evil Dead II," and Bruce "Ash" Campbell even turns up for a brief cameo  - but it's a nasty little piece of work in its own right.
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« Reply #10002 on: October 28, 2016, 10:50:19 AM »

Banshee Chapter - a well proportioned Australian ( I think) lady and a fake hunter S Thompson gonzo reporter guy get involved in what remains of our governments MK Ultra plan. Some weirdos have somehow decided to try and make/ take the drugs the govt gave to people in those infamous experiments. What they don't know is it's not any ordinary compound!

long story short this movie draws you in but then pretty much drops the ball. We don't learn what we want to know, we don't see the point or how it relates to anything it's just some pretty good horror atmosphere and jump scares.

3.5/ 5
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« Reply #10003 on: October 29, 2016, 05:48:35 AM »

"Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" (1986)

Tommy Jarvis is all growed up, but he's still suffering from Jason flashbacks after his experiences in the previous two "F13's"... so he digs up Jason's grave hoping to destroy his body once and for all. Unfortunately a stray bolt of lightning re-animates The Big J, and soon things end badly for a fresh batch of counselors at good ole Camp Crystal Lake.

This one's a sentimental fave cuz it's the first "Friday" that I was old enough to see in a theater back in the day. You can definitely see the "MTV" influences on this chapter - it's fast paced, quite funny in places, and has some decent action scenes in addition to the usual chop-n-slice mayhem. Plus, the female lead (Jennifer Cooke, previously seen in TV's "V") is quite possibly the hottest "final girl" of the entire F13 series.  All this and a theme song by Alice Cooper too!
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« Reply #10004 on: October 29, 2016, 11:44:58 PM »

Kiss of the Damned (2012) -   file under Goth Skinemax. A guy who's handsome, you know this because every single woman in the movie flirts with him, hooks up with a vampire and this is the start of a crazy ride for him and everyone. The hot vampire girl has an even hotter vampire sister and they and other vampires murder people and play the whole good vampire / bad vampire thing. Some of the vampires want to be like good citizens and others just want to go wild and vampire around. They have one somewhat odd roundtable discussion about it and it's a theme of sorts. he f**ks both the sisters though so so much for that age old rivalry

not to many scary moments but it's entertaining and while the sisters acting ( and English) isn't very good she more than makes up for it by being just about the most attractive b movie star I can recall seeing.

here they both are at the premiere which was probably at a Dave and Busters somewhere



4/5 trashy, gory, and fun with dialogue that isn't drowned in cliches, a few surprises, and generally good attitude despite all the we are so dark vampire corniness. probably could have used a little levity to balance some of that
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