Recent viewings

[indianasmith]

Last  night I watched a movie called THEY FOUND HELL, in which a group of college students managed to open a portal to the nether world while trying to create a transporter device.  Most of the movie is them trying to find their way out of hell while the various denizens of the region try to kill them!  Some of the CGI is a bit cheesy, but the gore effects are great and the movie is actually a lot more disturbing than the horror/comedy vibe the cover gives off.  Judging by the editing cuts, it was made for TV, but if so it was the goriest made for TV movie I have ever seen!  4/5

[BoyScoutKevin]

THE INCREDIBLE 2-HEADED TRANSPLANT (1971): A suburban mad scientist sews the head of a homicidal maniac rapist onto the body of a giant child-man; it seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, other than a few meek murders and former Marilyn Munster Pat Priest getting locked inside a dog cage (!), very little happens in this would-be exploitation flick that fails to live up to its outrageous premise. If you can only see one two-headed transplant movie in your lifetime, see another one. 2/5.

Probably a good idea, so may I recommend "The Thing with Two Heads" from 1972, where Ray Milland has his head sewn on to the body of an Afro-American played by Rosie Grier. Also starring Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Chelsea Brown, and Rick Baker as the Gorilla.

[BoyScoutKevin]

The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode 9
Do the Sheep Sin?
50.35

53. What affects others does not affect us. Wrong yesterday. And wrong today.

54. How do you change oppression?

55. Edmund Dudley. Probably one of the few people ever executed for doing his job too well, which was collecting taxes under King Henry II. Thus to appease the populace, Henry VII's son, King Henry VIII had Edmund executed. Both Edmund's son, John Dudley, and teenage grandson, Guildford Dudley, were also executed for treason. These under Henry Vii's granddaughter Queen Mary I.
And of course, the actor playing Edmund, in the TV miniseries looks nothing like the real Edmund.

56. Wars have ever been used as an excuse to raise money.

57. Your "friends" will actually screw you over worst than you "enemies" at time, as you think you can trust your friends.

58. One strength of this TV miniseries that even the worst of the characters is given some complexity of character.

Episode 10
The Man Who Ne'er Was
48.26

59. Why not do a comic opera Scottish accent? We have heard so many other comic opera accents.

60. This should make one satisfied with what one has. So many people have reached for something out of their reach, missed, fallen, and broken their neck or been beheaded.

61. Work to overthrow what is perceived as an unfriendly government. Same today as yesterday.

62. Metaphors: fire, the plum.

63. There are only 2 types of people that I fear: the highly rational like King Henry VII and the highly irrational like King Henry VIII.

Next time: episodes 11 and 12.

[FatFreddysCat]

"RoboCop: Meltdown" (2001)
http://youtu.be/7qid8FSQnCk
In chapter two of the "Prime Directives" saga, O.C.P. uses the remains of Murphy's dead partner to create a new and improved RoboCop model... but naturally, things don't go exactly as planned.
Meanwhile an ambitious/ruthless young O.C.P. exec's experiments with artificial intelligence have created a new "living" computer system called "Saint," which proves fatal to his rivals on the company's executive board...

This segment sets up some interesting conflicts for part three!

[Rev. Powell]

MST3K: THE LEECH WOMAN: In this week's experiment a woman discovers a secret African formula for eternal youth, but has to continually kill men for their pineal glands or she reverts to her actual age. Meanwhile, the Satellite of Love is orbiting the Planet of the Apes and Professor Bobo is trying to get Pearl to play the part of Lawgiver.  In only the second Sci-Fi Channel episode, the cast is not up to speed yet, and they're stuck with a mediocre Universal yawner to watch; it's one of the low points of the series. 2.5/5.

[FatFreddysCat]

Rainy Saturday afternoon, perfect for a schlocky double feature...

"Silent Madness" (1984)
http://youtu.be/z6v8nCCO5NQ
A computer error accidentally frees a homicidal maniac from a mental hospital after ten years, and he immediately heads back to the sorority house that was the site of his original crime to pick up where he left off.  You can pretty much figure out the rest.
Pretty standard '80s slasher silliness, originally released in 3-D. I've seen better but Lord knows I"ve seen worse.

"Electra One" (1967)

Tedious French/Italian/Spanish Eurospy nonsense. An international jewel thief gets mixed up with American, Chinese and Russian spies, when he accidentally comes into possession of a briefcase filled with the antidote to a powerful mind-control drug.
...at least, that's what the description on IMDb says this movie was about. To me, it seemed like 90 minutes of poorly dubbed fistfights and car chases strung together with no plot or story whatsoever.
AVOID.

[claws]

The Invitation (2015)

After a tragic event two years ago a divorced and slightly unstable man and his new girlfriend are invited for a friendly visit at the house of his ex-wife and her new husband. Several long time friends also join in on the fun, but the unstable man is suspecting his ex is planning something evil...

Indie flick that came with tons of praise. If you don't expect a traditional horror film you might enjoy this. Literally nothing much happens in the first hour except for a few gentle moments of psychological paranoia. The payoff is pretty intense even though not all that surprising. 4.5/5

[Trevor]

THE APPLE: yikes!

[Rev. Powell]

THE APPLE: yikes!

Great, wasn't it?! 

[FatFreddysCat]

"The Decline of Western Civilizaton" (1981)
http://youtu.be/aiCTq_AHcqw
The first film in Penelope Spheeris' documentary trilogy centers on the Los Angeles hardcore punk scene circa 1979-80 and features interviews and live performances by Black Flag, X, Fear, the Germs, Catholic Discipline and the Circle Jerks.
I've seen the second film in the "Decline" series, "The Metal Years," a bunch of times over the years but never saw the original till today. Comparing the two, it seems like music aside, the punk scene of '80 wasn't all that different from the hair-metal scene in '87 - both were populated by a lot of obnoxious, substance-addled morons who really didn't have much to say.

[Trevor]

THE APPLE: yikes!

Great, wasn't it?! 

When I saw this douche bag in it, I knew I was in trouble. 

[SynapticBoomstick]

The Legend of Tarzan [2016] - visually majestic and plain awesome. I support the choice of those involved to not make this an "origin story" movie, instead having bits of that particular narrative interspersed with the story being told by the movie. I cackled from my belly many times throughout the movie as the action sequences, especially those involving animals, were super awesome. Plus, Christoph Waltz as the villain? Hells yeah!

[Rev. Powell]

ILSA: SHE-WOLF OF THE S.S. (1974): A busty commandant of a Nazi medical camp experiments on her prisoners, torturing the females and sleeping with the men (who are castrated or killed if they can't satisfy her.) It's pure S&M fetish sleaze, but it delivers the shock goods and Dyanne Thorne has an, er, presence (if not too much talent), making it a tiny bit better than most of its kind. 2.5/5.

[lester1/2jr]

Min and Bill (1930) - decently entertaining old movie about a "wharf rat" and her haggard but like secretly nice mother figure Min. Min owns the bar/ barbershop/ hotel place and the girl works there instead of going to school. It's all very turn of the century you know. Theres a quasi love interest ( of Min who is not very pretty) guy who helps out and the girls long lost real mother shows up sometimes to be a pain.

Salt of the Earth sort of stuff with rough people livin the best life they know how. Some slightly, for the time, more colorful language and scenerios due to the pre codedness helps to make this an enjoyable if not essential time capsule

3.75 / 5

[FatFreddysCat]

"RoboCop: Resurrection" (2001)
http://youtu.be/ZlffwATU1xk

In the third chapter in the "Prime Directives" mini series, RoboCop is rescued and repaired by a resistance group who are trying to stop a former OCP scientist turned terrorist hacker from unleashing an "apocalypse virus" on the world.
Meanwhile, those pesky corporate OCP suits continue to try to shut RoboCop down, leading to the usual wall-to-wall ultra-violence.
I'm starting to get the feeling that this entire story could've been told in two movies, because much of this third installment feels like padding. Still, I'm going to watch "Crash & Burn" soon to finish out the saga because I'm a loyal Robo-Geek.