Recent viewings

[lester1/2jr]

monster from the ocean floor (1954)-    a vactioning woman who looks like Grandpa al lewis from the munsters hooks up with a scientist who has a pedal powered one man submarine and they look for the monster, who resides at the oceans floor.  The scientist is a goofball and the monster is goofy but it's a fun movie that's like a tropical vacation.  spanish stereotype characters are in poor taste.

they dn't cut the grass anymore- ridiculous ultra low budget gore fest, filmed in a long island backyard.  There are some sort of cute LI ladies but they are largely ignored infavor of really long really cheap looking gore scenes.  the head weirdo lawn care killer guy is supposed to be from texas but the actor doesn't do a southern accent.  it's really weird.

[Andrew]

they dn't cut the grass anymore- ridiculous ultra low budget gore fest, filmed in a long island backyard.  There are some sort of cute LI ladies but they are largely ignored infavor of really long really cheap looking gore scenes.  the head weirdo lawn care killer guy is supposed to be from texas but the actor doesn't do a southern accent.  it's really weird.

That is from Nathan Schiff, the same guy who did "Weasels Rip My Flesh" - one of my personal demons.  From one of the interviews I've seen, he used to raid his mom's freezer for meat to use as special effects.

The "Weasels Rip My Flesh" review:
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/weaselsrip/

[asimpson2006]

The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear *** out of ****

[lester1/2jr]

andrew-  the commentary track is preposterous

[CheezeFlixz]

Tonight's eye fest is "Delta, Delta, DIE" and "Phil the Alien" this one should kill about 1,000,000 brain cells.

[moman]

Kill Bill vol.1+2, I really liked it.

[lester1/2jr]

linda blair in "born innocent".  she's awesome.  the movie is real downbeat but good and has a great finale.  very edgy for tv and good quality print.

[trekgeezer]

Le Pacte des Loups (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf)   Some of us have talked about this before. It is a unique movie.  If you haven't seen it, it's set in pre-revolution France. A beast of unknown origin is killing the citizens of the Gevaudan province so the king dispatches his Royal Naturalist/Taxidermist. Accompanying him is his Iroquois blood-brother Mani.

The two become imbroiled in political/religious conspiracy involving said beast. It features a unique beast, an incestuous brother, an undercover hooker working for the Pope, and everybody is kung fu fighting.

This movie has several genres thrown into the blender.  It is a monster, kung fu,  love story, political thriller.

It's good, if you haven't seen it do so, you won't regret it.

I just rewatched last night for the first time in about three years.

[Rev. Powell]

A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (2006):  An autobiographical tale of shiftless toughs growing up on the mean streets of New York.  With Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palmienteri, and a cast of exciting fresh faces, it's well acted but adds little to the genre.  3/5.

DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005):  Someone knew I liked weird, bad movies and thought I should see this.  They were wrong.   It's difficult to explain the difference between a fun-bad and soul-destroying bad to people.  This is a confused mess that tries to be a revenge drama, romantic comedy, and uplifting spiritual tale all at the same time.  It also has the egotisitical screenwriter playing three roles, including a painfully unfunny gun-toting granny in drag.  Just a freaking mess.  AVOID!  SKULL.

SHUTTER (2004):  Thai ghost story about a photographer and his girlfriend who hit a young woman on a deserted road and flee the scene of the accident.  Soon, a ghostly female figure starts to appear in his photographs.  Very obvious and only mildly spooky for the first half, but it picks up in the second half after the identity of the ghost is slowly revealed.  Decent.  3/5.  This has been remade in English this year, but I have no faith in Hollywood to improve on the original.

[Killer Bees]

Beware:  Some Mild Spoilerage Ahead




Dracula II: The Ascension

I didn't really like the first one, thought it was a bit lame.  So I wasn't expecting much from this one.  However, I liked the bejeebles out of this one!  It was entertaining and the story was pretty good.  The acting was well done and there was blood and stuff, but not heaps.  Just enough to be in keeping with the story.

Diane Neal (Law and Order SVU) was a nice surprise.  I especially liked the way they didn't cure her and she ended up a vamp.  Makes way for another film in the series.


Beavis & Butthead Volume 2

What can I say about these lovable idiots?  They have me laughing and shaking my head sadly all at the same time.  I also liked the interviews with Mike Judge and the list of music clips that the guys "narrate".  Highy recommended.

[HappyGilmore]

Waiting...- ***/****.  This is a comedy from 2005 starring Chi McBride (great actor), Luis Guzman, Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, Dane Cook and David Koechner.  Basically can be called "Clerks in a restaurant", but it very much hits the nail on the head as far as how it is in a restaurant, and that's coming from somebody in that line of work.  One favorite scene is when the restaurant is about 3 minutes from closing and the cooks are lined up counting down when 2 customers come walking in and the cooks start flipping out and cursing them to hell.  I've been there myself.  When you work a 10/11 hour shift and want to get home and that one or two last customers show up, you want to punch them in the head.

[asimpson2006]

Killer Klowns from Outer Space ** 1/2 out of ****

It was funny at times, but I though it was an okay film.

Batman (1989) *** out of ****

The only complaint that I have is that I couldn't see Micheal Keaton as Bruce Wayne.  I just felt he couldn't capture the full essence of his character.

[Torgo]

The Matrix   ***1/2 out of ****.
The Matrix Reloaded   **1/2 out of ****.
The Matrix Revolutions   *** out of ****.

[CheezeFlixz]

FREAK OUT - British Gen X comedy horror slasher flick.

Per IMDB

Merv Doody (James Heathcote) is a true horror aficionado. He's seen it all. That's when fate delivers an inept psycho killer to his doorstep. At first, Merv is interested in not getting killed, but then it becomes something more. He must transform this bumbling reject from the local asylum into the ultimate killing machine. Enlisting the aid of his best friend Onkey (Dan Palmer), they set about making the best slasher in the world. Forget Jason and Freddy. They're losers. The man with the spatula (that's right, I said spatula. You wanna make something of it, Sissy?) learns his lessons too well. It isn't long before the man with the hockey mask and orange jumper is carving a path of destruction through the sleepy town of Redwater Cove. Merv and Onkey find that they are the only two who can stop the murderous rampage of their own creation. The only question is how do you destroy an unstoppable machine of utter madness?

IMDB says the budget was £30,000, where did the money go? The plot outline sounds far better than the movie actually is, it's worth is a look if you've been drinking all day.

[Hammock Rider]

I watched Wanted: Dead or Alive with Rutger Hauer and Gene Simmons. Nothing says 80's b action like ol' Rutger. He was fairly out of shape in this one, no Roy Batty abs for Nick Randall.
But it's a fun movie. Rutger delivers a heavy dose of justice and also has one of the coolest bad ass pads in cinema.