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Champagne And Bullets (1993, John De Hart) It lived up to its reputation this one did. AKA Geteven, some will be familiar already ahem. The director also stars in the lead role, a rootin', tootin', shootin', singin', shaggin', son of a gun William Smith and Wings Hauser prop up the bar in the background. Cried with laughter at the sex scenes, which leave Wiseau in the dust for sheer spectacle. REWATCH.
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I'll say this to both of you (and anyone else that is on the edge of their seat ) that it might yet be my film of the year , as it entertained me far more than any bloody Marvel flick ETC ahem. As always FT, salutations Silent Madness needs an upgrade methinks then!!
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UNCLE PECKERHEAD – A struggling indie band goes on tour with a cannibalistic ghoul in this warm-hearted horror comedy. I should revise that assessment perhaps; ‘warm hearted’ isn’t a great descriptor, considering Uncle Peckerhead’s often fairly graphic flesh-ripping escapades. But for me they’re not the main draw, and anyone with fuzzy memories of trying to get people to listen to your demo tape, being stiffed by venue owners and bad gigs with awful egomaniacs will no doubt get a little rush of nostalgia or recognition here. Although the punk toilet circuit stuff is quite sanitised in a way (did any struggling indie band ever have such an anal lead singer? Loads, actually), it works quite well without coming across too forced or quirky, and the humour is mostly dry and laconic and thankfully doesn’t tend towards Tromaville, which I did worry might happen. The horror is kind of secondary to the camaraderie, the tensions and the fall-outs, which somehow felt for the best. HOWL OF THE DEVIL – Paul Naschy indulges his love for classic movie monsters in ‘Howl Of The Devil’, one of his later and IMO stronger efforts. Along with the fond homages to thirties Universal horror tropes comes an abundance of nudity and slashing, as Naschy’s other hobby in this case is picking up hookers and offing them. The convoluted backstory features the brother of a deceased horror movie star (both played by Naschy) doing all the nasty stuff whilst his bother’s son daydreams about dad visiting him in the guise of Wolfman, Mr Hyde etc etc. Caroline Munro is also around, being pursued by a dodgy priest. Either I was a bit too intoxicated, or it all got very cloudy and complicated towards the end, with a possible visitation from a demonic entity (who gave great maggot-face). Sporadic kinkiness and bits of gore make it all fairly pleasant and vivid throughout. I rarely watch a Naschy movie and think “Hurray! This is amazing!”, but I thought this was at least good, and of course Mondo Macabro have done us all proud once more. PSYCHOS IN LOVE – Director Gorman Bechard made ‘Disconnected’, a truly weird, disjointed and dreamlike flick that I will forever hold dear. Some of that film’s arch tone is present in ‘Psychos In Love’, only it’s amped up to the point of frank comedy. This nature of said comedy is quite strange, being a mixture of goofiness and the kind of strained cleverness beloved of cultural studies postgrads in the eighties. Yes, ‘Psychos In Love’ is as self-reflexive as they come, never wasting an opportunity to breach the fourth wall and signpost its understanding of film theory – this reaches a high point when the camera pulls back to reveal the special makeup effects crew, who start up a conversation with the characters as stage blood pumps over a scene of kitchen sink cannibalism. If that doesn’t strike you as too galling, try the hilarious romance-between-two-prolific-murderers angle, some of which actually works when it focuses on how jaded and bored of killing they both are – scenes of them settling down to the vicarious thrills of VHS horror raised a bit of a smile, and the final shot of them walking off into the distance, just another bickering couple with their cattiness and little in-jokes, was uh… moving, almost? Some of this sounds a bit like something Woody Allan might’ve knocked together once upon a time, but running through it is a constant stream of sleaze and icky gore just to remind you it’s basically a shot on 16mm splatter flick. I liked the female lead, who has a kind of purring, early Melanie Griffith vibe about her. Apart from that, although I didn’t really ‘connect’ to this one, there’s some indisputable uniqueness and imagination to it, and it gave me the feeling that some day I’ll watch it again. NAKED VENGEANCE – ‘Naked Vengeance’ starts out almost like a TV movie of the week, with manicured interiors and a stiff soap-opera type couple. This feeling persists through the descent into melodrama, with the husband shot dead by a random perp, and the wife returning to her small town of origin… but when her retreat turns out to be full of misogynistic in-breds who subject her to a vicious rape, the film shifts gear and takes on a sort of Cannon-esque exploitation movie feel. ‘Naked Vengeance’ isn’t as grotty as ‘I Spit on Your Grave’, and nor does it possess anything like the exquisite concoction of grime, slick chic and artiness that made ‘Ms 45’ the standout of its sub-genre, but it does get progressively wilder as its main character lures her rapists to their doom and ends up scampering wild eyed across the town from one ridiculously contrived death scene to another. The latter tendency culminates with a wonky butcher’s shop bloodbath, but before then there’s a very silly scene with a baying mob of consisting of most of the town’s menfolk, all of whom appear to be rabid sexists, who basically chase our angel of vengeance into her old house, then blow it up! A trashy treatment of human misery, but never less than diverting considering its generous runtime, and how can you diss a movie with its own quintessentially eighties power ballad theme tune, sung by the lead? |
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As always ..... PIL and NV are both wildly entertaining, and that's all I asks
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Space Jam: A New Legacy The sequel that I was looking forward to since they announced it and even though I saw that the reviews that came out a few days beforehand weren't favorable, I was still looking forward too it but unfortunately, the reviews were right. This was a feature length advert for HBO Max but there was a great sequence involving scenes from some movies and it was good trying to see the characters in the crowd. But Lebron James isn't good as a lead man, he's definitely more suited to being the co-star and the game at the end wasn't as thrilling. Such a shame, this was a wasted opportunity. Death Wish V: Face Of Death Charles Bronson is back in New York and his Girlfriend is being terrorized by her Gangster Ex-Boyfriend. After things escalate, he reverts back to his old ways. Before watching, I did think that this would be the awful one in the series but I was wrong. It was just as entertaining as the others with a couple of humorous moments when a couple of newspaper headlines. Overall, I found the series was rather quite enjoyable. Father Of The Bride Steve Martin is the Father who has comedic difficulties in coping with his Daughters impending Marriage (As well as the cost) Diane Keaton and Martin Short co-star. This film shows that you can have an excellent film without Sex, Drugs, Violence and Swearing. Martin's facial expressions and sarcasm were amazing. Death Wish This is the Bruce Willis/Eli Roth remake and I believe that if this was not a remake or had anything to do with the original Death Wish, I believe it would have been much better received, it wasn't all that bad all things considering. Father Of The Bride Part II The original gang is back and this time Steve Martin's Wife and Daughter are Pregnant at the same time. Queue more funny hijinks with Martin's reactions in this very worthy sequel. Fatal Attraction Michael Douglas has an affair with Glenn Close but she goes crazy when he tries to call it off. A slow burner of a film which gets more and more tenser as Close escalates. With a lack of Social Media, I'm sure that a certain scene would have caught many people off guard lol. Undefeatable Cynthia Rothrock fights in order to pay her Sister's College course but her Sister is murdered and goes for revenge. Well this has a reputation for being so bad it's good and it's a well earned reputation, the script and acting are terrible but it was just about tolerable for me as I do like this genre of film. Drop Zone Wesley Snipes goes for revenge when his Brother is killed by Gary Busey and his friends. In order to do this, he has to join a Skydiving group. A very enjoyable 90's Action/Thriller which is perfect if you don't want to think whilst watching on a hot day. |
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