My four "pillars" of obscurity:
"Gnaw: Food of the Gods, Part ll," "Zontar, the Thing from Venus", "Turkeyshoot", and Chuck Norris's "Hitman"
I have hardly ever seen these movies disussed, let alone appearing on "bad" lists. If you haven't seen them, give them a try. You (will/wont, as the case may be) be disappointed. :bouncegiggle:
The attacking rat/synchronized swimming team finale in Gnaw has to be seen to be believed. :hot:
I've seen ZONTAR many times. It was on TV a lot years ago. I assume the TURKEYSHOOT you are referring to is also known as ESCAPE 2000 . . . I have it on DVD. I have never seen the other two, but I have the original FOOD OF THE GODS on DVD.
"Escape 2000" is, as far as I know, a heavily edited version of "Turkeyshoot" that clipped 18 minutes of footage from the original (which came in at 99 minutes) for US release.
Escape 2000 (which I have on tape) is repulsive, but Turkeyshoot is downright sickening in spots. Great stuff. There may be a 99 minute version of 2000 around, but I haven't seen it. My Turkeyshoot is Region 3, which of course needs an imported player. It's almost a different movie.
Gnaw has some of the most disgusting/laughable rat scenes in it you could imagine! The finale, which involves the mutated mice invading a swimming pool where a synchronized swim meet is going on, has to be seen to be believed! :buggedout:
With respect to Hitman, Chuck was so creeped out when he viewed the final cut (there is a scene where Bruno Gerussi is hung upside down big-game style and skinned alive), that he vowed he'd never make another movie that carried lower than a G rating, and Walker he became.
Quote from: The Burgomaster on February 24, 2012, 04:34:49 PM
I've seen ZONTAR many times. It was on TV a lot years ago. I assume the TURKEYSHOOT you are referring to is also known as ESCAPE 2000 . . . I have it on DVD. I have never seen the other two, but I have the original FOOD OF THE GODS on DVD.
Thanks for the reply, by the way. Can't see an edit button here, so I apologize for my rudeness. Is your 2000 DVD 81 minutes, or 99? I couldn't find the 99 minute version in Canada or the US, so I had to buy one from the UK and a player that would play it. I guess I'm a lost cause.
Yeah, Zontar is almost a "classic". I quite enjoy it - I have the usual Beta tape of it I recorded back in the 80's on Public TV Horror Hour.
^ edit is the 'modify' button
never heard of these movies before. Turkeyshoot is apparently "Easily the cheapest and nastiest piece of mainstream celluloid ever stitched together " according to one quote online. wouldn't mind checking that out lol
It seems like Escape 2000 has been released fully uncut on DVD.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MRK7DX6JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
it's £40 on amazon though, too expensive for me
I have seen Gnaw but not in its entirety, on cable once in the wee morning hours. Not the worst rat movie by any means (RATS: Night of Terror gets my vote). But no great shakes either.
Quote from: retrorussell on February 24, 2012, 06:53:27 PM
Not the worst rat movie by any means (RATS: Night of Terror gets my vote).
hah I went through a stage of showing everyone who came round the last 5 minutes of this film. it has the best worst ending ever
Quote from: zombie #1 on February 24, 2012, 07:53:32 PM
Quote from: retrorussell on February 24, 2012, 06:53:27 PM
Not the worst rat movie by any means (RATS: Night of Terror gets my vote).
hah I went through a stage of showing everyone who came round the last 5 minutes of this film. it has the best worst ending ever
Yeah, it was worth fast-forwarding just to see that part. I read Andrew's review beforehand, so I knew the ending. But I still had to bust out laughing.