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« on: April 11, 2019, 07:03:13 AM »
I just finished by second Ray Dennis Steckler box set and I have to say Thrill Killers stands out like a sore thumb. It is surprisingly competent and decent. Not conventionally great (but I really liked it). Anyway, unsurprisingly its his highest rated film on IMDB at 5.6. I could see it being rounded off to a 6 easily if not higher. After finishing the box set I tried to see if Steckler had a co-director or something for Thrill Killers, but nope. Its all Steckler.
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2019, 10:38:23 AM »
Not seen but David DeCoteau's The Girl I Want (1990) has a 6.9/10 rating at IMDb, which indicates the movie might be good.
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2019, 01:30:53 PM »
I would say the first Star Wars film is a good movie made by a bad director.
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2019, 05:23:24 PM »
much as I appreciate/enjoy a lot of his work, I'd say Lucio Fulci is probably a 'bad' director, overall... However LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN is pretty close to being a bona fide 'good' movie, IMO
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2019, 05:59:06 PM »
Quote from: zombie no.one on April 13, 2019, 05:23:24 PM
much as I appreciate/enjoy a lot of his work, I'd say Lucio Fulci is probably a 'bad' director, overall... However LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN is pretty close to being a bona fide 'good' movie, IMO

I agree with that 100%.
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2019, 07:20:13 PM »
I would say SPARROWS (1926) is a classic film starring Mary Pickford directed by William Beaudine...who went on to do such treasures as BILLY THE KID VS. DRACULA, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, lotsa Bowery Boys movies, -hell! He started making movies in 1915. He made his last movie in 1976! It was called FURY OF THE DRAGON.
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2019, 10:56:13 PM »
If you can believe IMDb, William Beaudine was a well-respected director in the silent era, but he made a bad career moves which limited his options later on. The B films weren't his movies; producers hired him to film a script, & he brought their project in on time & under budget.
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2019, 05:42:43 PM »
Nathan Juran!
The same guy who directed the SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD also directed ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN and the BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS !
When he worked with Harryhausen- it was great- which leads me to think Ray directed most of his films. And they worked together alot.
Because on his own- Juran was useless!
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2019, 10:45:29 AM »
M. Night Shyamalan's Signs
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2019, 11:56:00 AM »
Darfur aka Attack On Darfur (2009) directed by Uwe Boll.
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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2019, 05:53:14 PM »
Quote from: ralfy on April 15, 2019, 10:45:29 AM
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I would argue that point... Wink
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2019, 07:18:12 AM »
I thought I had a title from Uwe Boll in mind but after checking his filmography I realized I was wrong.
Man, look at those titles, holy crap. I kinda want to see Blubberella now.
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« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2019, 07:22:33 AM »
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on May 30, 2019, 07:18:12 AM
I thought I had a title from Uwe Boll in mind but after checking his filmography I realized I was wrong.
Man, look at those titles, holy crap. I kinda want to see Blubberella now.

Darfur / Attack On Darfur is one of the most upsetting films I have ever seen: I was in tears at the end of it.

Uncle Uwe also made a film called 1968 Tunnel Rats in South Africa: not as emotionally draining but very good.
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« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2019, 08:57:05 AM »
Pain and Gain by Michael Bay (although, I suppose you could make a case for The Rock and Bad Boys 2, as well)
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2019, 09:09:50 PM »
William Beaudine was hired for B movies like billy the kid vs dracula and Frankenstein's daughter because if IMDB is to be believed he was called 1-take willie i think?

where he would only do 1 take of each scene and therefore he would like it's been said come under budget and could finish films faster than they were suppose to end on like if he had 10 days to film he could finish it in prolly 5 days or so or even less i'm guessing
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