Favorite SOV Movies

jzbadblood · May 23, 2023, 07:23:55 AM

I just watched The Ripper and it got me thinking about SOV again. I recommend that one if you want to see Tom Savini on no budget still pulling off some fantastic gore.

As far as my all-time favorites in the "genre", The Burning Moon and Sledgehammer have to be at the top of the list. For different reasons. Burning Moon is an incredible piece of work and Sledgehammer is a baffling mess. Also props to Violent s**t for ruining my appetite one night as I tried to eat pizza while watching it and it was a good month or two before I ordered another pie.

Rev. Powell · May 23, 2023, 07:59:34 AM

I remember being awed by BOARDING HOUSE's badness when it came out.

Mike McCarthy's TEENAGE TUPELO (1995) was the first (only?) movie released directly to VHS by the Something Weird label. It's the first grindhouse-throwback comedy I can think of, 10 years before Tarantino & Rodriguez made it trendy. Totally absurd and insane. Includes a rockabilly star who can only sing two notes and "actual' birth of a baby footage. The director just self-released it on Blu-ray.

RCMerchant · May 23, 2023, 08:17:56 AM

Tim Ritter's TRUTH OR DARE: A CRITICAL MADNESS (1986) and KILLING SPREE (1987) are great z budget gore fests!

jzbadblood · May 23, 2023, 08:32:31 AM

I've got a copy of Boardinghouse on blu-ray from AGFA I need to get to. I'm going to promote it in the backlog. Teenage Tupolo and Truth or Dare are ones I gotta see. I loved Killing Spree!

As I was working here I was thinking about all the titles that need mentioned in this topic. Video Violence, Splatter Farm, Woodchipper Massacre are classics. Spine isn't, but that movie feels so sleazy so I recommend it anyway. Mondo Cannibal by Bruno Mattei is another one that's just so strange I highly recommend it. Who would've thought you could make Cannibal Holocaust in your backyard?

Trevor · May 23, 2023, 10:52:30 AM

I've never seen a SOV movie but the IMDB throws this gem up

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2762474/?ref_=ttls_li_tt

Poor Aunt Gertrude

LilCerberus · May 23, 2023, 12:22:22 PM

I can't remember when the first one I ever saw was, I just understand they can be fun or downright awful, with no real middle ground.....

I think the first one I really liked, was Merc Force by Ikuzo studios.... Yeah, it had it's gaping flaws with the audio, bad CGI & poor character development, but you could see the cast was having fun...

I've seen a few of the works of Fabian Rush... Pantheon Black seemed a bit stiff, as most of the cast never really interacted, & the plot kept making me think about that line from Star Trek V, "What would God need with a space ship?"
Alien Face Bashers was amusing, & FhtagnRod was an absolute trip...

Rev. Powell · May 23, 2023, 02:27:29 PM

WINTERBEAST is not great but interesting. Some stop-motion animated monsters and occasional weirdness.

Cult_Moody_Movies · May 23, 2023, 05:17:24 PM

Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999)
The McPherson Tape (1989)
Video Violence (1987)

RCMerchant · May 23, 2023, 05:30:50 PM

the ABOMINATION (1986) is a gory, no-budget mess! I love it!

LilCerberus · May 23, 2023, 06:43:11 PM

I've only seen one movie by Drew Bolduc, And that was The Godening....
I had a chane to be an extra in The Taint, but I lost the address...
I own a copy of Science Team that I've never watched...

zombie no.one · May 24, 2023, 04:26:48 AM

Quote from: claws on May 24, 2023, 02:20:25 AM
The Last Horror Movie (2003) - caused a bit of outrage in the UK (?) if memory serves. Hate it or love it kind of deal.

Hmm don't think I've even heard of it...

BOARDING HOUSE is awesomely bad, would add THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY as a similar example of ineptitude

Don't think I'm familiar with BURNING MOON or SLEDGEHAMMER, sounds fun

Trevor · May 24, 2023, 04:49:53 AM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on May 23, 2023, 02:27:29 PM
Some stop-motion animated monsters and occasional weirdness.

You just described my life there

LilCerberus · May 24, 2023, 01:23:28 PM

Heard the soundtrack, but never saw the movie...../
http://www.badmovies.org/othermovies/cannibalm/

LilCerberus · May 26, 2023, 12:33:20 PM

Warrioress (2013)
A girl who looks passable in a silver bikini top & knows marshal arts wonders around the old Nazi fortifications of the Channel Islands fighting off steampunks with Klingon Bat'leths, while some supreme ruler in a CGI castle is trying to rebuild an old fighter plane...

claws · May 27, 2023, 05:21:30 PM

Quote from: zombie no.one on May 24, 2023, 04:26:48 AM
Quote from: claws on May 24, 2023, 02:20:25 AM
The Last Horror Movie (2003) - caused a bit of outrage in the UK (?) if memory serves. Hate it or love it kind of deal.

Hmm don't think I've even heard of it...

I just checked to make sure, turns out it wasn't the UK but Germany. I had those mixed up. German censors denied a rating for The Last Horror Movie because they thought it gloryfies violence. The German distributor was left with these options: 1. either remove the violence German censors had issues with to secure a rating which is required in order to distribute the film on physical media in Germany. Option 2: release the film uncensored in Austria, who doesn't have strict film rating laws. People from Germany then could mail order The Last Horror Movie from Austria. However, there's always a chance German censors get a hold of these imported uncut versions which can result in a lawsuit against the distributer.

The distrubter went with the first option and edited out 25 minutes of violence to secure an "18" rating. The Last Horror Movie's original running time is 80 minutes. The cut German version is only 55 minutes.