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FatFreddysCat · September 20, 2018, 10:03:24 PM

"Inside Metal: The Rise of L.A. Thrash Metal part 2" (2017)
Members of Megadeth, Armored Saint, Hirax, Dark Angel, Cryptic Slaughter, Agent Steel and many more share their memories of the golden age of thrash metal in Los Angeles. I've probably already said this about previous entries in the "Inside Metal" docu-series, but at the risk of repeating myself: long time genre fans won't learn anything new from this flick, but the vintage photos and stories of days gone by told by people who lived through it make this a fun trip down metal memory lane.

FatFreddysCat · September 22, 2018, 06:28:36 AM

"Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" (1983)

Cheesy sci-fi schlock with Peter Strauss as a Han Solo type interstellar hero who travels to a desert-wasteland planet to rescue some stranded Earth girls. Along the way he tangles with various "Mad Max" style road mutants and creatures, and befriends a space orphan played by a young Molly Ringwald. The Darth Vader-ish bad guy "Overdog" looks like something out of a GWAR video.

Originally released in 3-D, this early '80s cable staple certainly hasn't aged well, but if memory serves it was never really that great in the first place

Alex · September 22, 2018, 06:37:03 AM

Quote from: FatFreddysCat on September 22, 2018, 06:28:36 AM
"Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" (1983)

Cheesy sci-fi schlock with Peter Strauss as a Han Solo type interstellar hero who travels to a desert-wasteland planet to rescue some stranded Earth girls. Along the way he tangles with various "Mad Max" style road mutants and creatures, and befriends a space orphan played by a young Molly Ringwald. The Darth Vader-ish bad guy "Overdog" looks like something out of a GWAR video.

Originally released in 3-D, this early '80s cable staple certainly hasn't aged well, but if memory serves it was never really that great in the first place

No, it was never that good, but it does have a certain cheesy 80's charm.

FatFreddysCat · September 22, 2018, 08:01:14 PM

"Terrifier" (2017)
On Halloween night, a psycho in a clown outfit stalks and kills a pair of attractive but unlucky party-goers and anyone else that gets in the way. Yup, that's the entire plot.
This flick seems to be getting a lot of love from the horror-nerd community at the moment, but I'm not sure why, because it's dumb as a box of rocks. "Terrifier" has a lot of impressively gross, ultra-violent gore FX if that's your thing, and I get that they're trying to do an homage to '80s style slasher/splatter flicks, but there's nothing here that hasn't already been done in the (far superior) "Hatchet" series. So much for hype...

Svengoolie 3 · September 22, 2018, 11:42:35 PM

Quote from: Dark Alex on September 22, 2018, 06:37:03 AM
Quote from: FatFreddysCat on September 22, 2018, 06:28:36 AM
"Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" (1983)

Cheesy sci-fi schlock with Peter Strauss as a Han Solo type interstellar hero who travels to a desert-wasteland planet to rescue some stranded Earth girls. Along the way he tangles with various "Mad Max" style road mutants and creatures, and befriends a space orphan played by a young Molly Ringwald. The Darth Vader-ish bad guy "Overdog" looks like something out of a GWAR video.

Originally released in 3-D, this early '80s cable staple certainly hasn't aged well, but if memory serves it was never really that great in the first place

No, it was never that good, but it does have a certain cheesy 80's charm.

Along this theme may I mention "metal storm: the destruction of Jared Synn. (???) " which was also in 3D?

FatFreddysCat · September 23, 2018, 03:56:33 PM

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Along this theme may I mention "metal storm: the destruction of Jared Synn. (???) " which was also in 3D?

Oh yeah, I've seen "Metal Storm" too.. it makes "Spacehunter" look like the work of the Royal Shakespeare Company. :D

FatFreddysCat · September 23, 2018, 04:02:23 PM

"The Midnight Man" (2017)
A young woman caring for her ill grandmother inadvertently unleashes a demonic force when she starts playing a supernatural "game" that Grandma started 50 years prior. Think "Jumanji," but with more throat slashing and disembowelments.
This is one of those horror flicks where the characters are so stupid that they deserve everything that happens to them, but it's done with lots of style and atmosphere. Special mention must be given to B-Movie legend Lin Shaye's creepy-as-hell performance as the disturbed Granny, and the effective cameo by Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund as a kindly doctor. I honestly wasn't expecting much from this one when I pressed "play," but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

Svengoolie 3 · September 23, 2018, 06:06:32 PM

Hey FFC, if you're tired of stupid characters in horror movies you might like this.

https://youtu.be/olEbwhWDYwM

FatFreddysCat · September 23, 2018, 08:29:03 PM

Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on September 23, 2018, 06:06:32 PM
Hey FFC, if you're tired of stupid characters in horror movies you might like this.

https://youtu.be/olEbwhWDYwM

Hah! That was good!

lester1/2jr · September 24, 2018, 09:26:21 AM

Strangers on a train - keep your eye on this Hitchcock guy. he's got some skills 5/5

lester1/2jr · September 27, 2018, 07:23:50 PM

Sirens - dumbly enjoyable Japanese flick starring a porn star as the titular Siren, who lures a bunch of tarantino esque criminals to their deaths OR DOES SHE. I actually liked this even though the it has a dumb plot and everyone is stupid. it's filmed with a cheap camera and the siren is sexy. 3.75/ 5 check it out

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pretty much sums it up ^

dcj2112 · September 28, 2018, 10:22:49 AM

Quote from: FatFreddysCat on September 22, 2018, 06:28:36 AM
"Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" (1983)

Cheesy sci-fi schlock with Peter Strauss as a Han Solo type interstellar hero who travels to a desert-wasteland planet to rescue some stranded Earth girls. Along the way he tangles with various "Mad Max" style road mutants and creatures, and befriends a space orphan played by a young Molly Ringwald. The Darth Vader-ish bad guy "Overdog" looks like something out of a GWAR video.

Originally released in 3-D, this early '80s cable staple certainly hasn't aged well, but if memory serves it was never really that great in the first place

I watched this a little while ago too! It comes on the first disc of a recent release by Mill Creek that also includes Krull. It's an 11 movie set with mostly good prints though the ones that look bad look real bad. Worth it though if you can find it cheap enough.

As for my contribution to the thread I watched the Prowler recently. Cool 1980's slasher that Tom Savini at one point said was the best work he had ever done.

FatFreddysCat · September 29, 2018, 04:44:23 PM

"Funeral Home" (aka "Cries In The Night," 1980)
A young girl is spending the summer at her Grandma's house, helping the old gal convert the place - a former funeral home - into a bed & breakfast for tourists. Soon guests are vanishing and strange voices are emanating from the cellar. Can Granddaughter solve the mystery and still keep her head?
Viewers will probably figure out the twist to this flick WAY before our heroine does, but otherwise it's a passable low-budget slasher/mystery which owes a lot to Hitchcock's "Psycho." Be warned, the film is apparently in the public domain and most of the prints floating around on the various streaming services are pretty crap quality. The one I watched looked like it was sourced from a VHS tape that had been rented a thousand times!

FatFreddysCat · September 30, 2018, 04:17:28 PM

"The Evil Dead" (1981)
A group of twenty-somethings spending the weekend in a remote mountain cabin start messing with a spell book they find in the basement. Naturally, this turns out to be a very bad decision, as it awakens demonic forces in the woods that claim them one by one. Sick, splattery fun!
This low budget horror classic launched the careers of actor Bruce Campbell and director Sam Raimi, and began a franchise that has continued well into the 21st century with numerous sequels, a big-budget remake, comic books and a TV series. As our buddy Ash himself might say, "Evil Dead" is still "groovy."

FatFreddysCat · October 01, 2018, 02:36:44 PM

It's officially Schlock-Tober! Let's kick it! :cheese:

"Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings" (1993)
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Some meddling kids accidentally conjure up the backwoods vengeance demon, which leads to more of the usual gnashing of teeth and tearing of limbs.
This direct-to-video sequel to Stan Winston's late '80s cult creature fave looks cheap as hell and its plot was probably written on a cocktail napkin, but it definitely delivers on the generic-brand monster-mayhem front. It also features some rather unique casting choices, including Andrew Robinson of "Hellraiser" as the sheriff, Kane "Jason Voorhees" Hodder as a redneck who becomes monster chow, Soleil "Punky Brewster" Moon Frye as a girl with large breasts, and former Prez Bill Clinton's ne'er-do-well brother Roger (rockin' a fabulous curly mullet) as the town mayor!
This was better than I'd expected, but I'm told that the subsequent "Pumpkinhead" sequels go from bad to worse, so I don't know how much deeper I'm going to dig into this series.