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]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:31:56 GMTMovies we do not want to seeWed, 22 Mar 2006 14:27:50 GMT203190Group Spout Post: NATURAL CITY review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/9/26/35586.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Body: While Korea and Japan have both established themselves as leading horror contenders in the last two decades, the science fiction realm of cinema sometimes gets lost. Face it, it’s risky, especially if you have a low budget. Effects, the sets, and acting can all suffer, while if you have a big budget and blow it in the story department, which is more common than not, your movie is either forgotten or written off rather poorly. That’s why it is nice to see a science fiction film come along that works with a large budget while paying attention to all the details. With subtle human nuances, symbolic folklore and a very believable story portrayed convincingly by its cast, NATURAL CITY delivers what can safely be stated as South Korea’s answer to the genre. Mixing a very emotional storyline that is reminiscent of BLADE RUNNER with MATRIX-like action, Byung-Cheon Min’s epic tale comes across as derivative yet refreshing. R, played extremely well by Ji-tae Yu (OLDBOY, HORROR GAME MOVIE), is a police officer specifically assigned in destroying renegade androids in the year 2080. Unfortunately, he’s falling apart. His love interest just so happens to be an exotic dancing android that only has a few days left until she expires. Meanwhile, the rebellion has learned to infiltrate databases and scientific labs in an effort to find a way to create longevity. With the aid of an outlawed scientist, R funds experiments on his love, Ria (Rin Seo), by selling A.I. chips stolen from injured and destroyed cyborgs on the job while his long time friend and boss Noma (Chan Yoon) sort of looks the other way. When the upper management catches wind of R’s activities, Noma is forced to deal with the situation. But at what cost, as the cyborg revolution rises while the mad genius R has hired has plans of his own? Caught between world android domination and friendship, and lost love and human life, both R and Noma have to come to terms before their world as they know it comes to an end. That’s the basic storyline minus some excellent and unexpected twists, but what really captures the viewer is the real human emotion by the entire cast. It’s subtle, especially coming from some of the android characters. It builds and what becomes intolerably heart wrenching is when Ria is first coming to terms with her deletion date and enforces her love towards R by telling him that he takes up most of her memory chip and thus is very important to her. The plot and setting is very bleak at times but the love and humor, even from minor supporting roles, comes across as genuine. Not mentioned in this review as of yet is a fourth main character, Cyon (Jae-un Lee), a ghetto prostitute in which R wants to insert Ria’s memory into in order for her to live on. His reasoning has nothing to do with her sexual prowess. Rather, he believes that since she sells her body already, he would be able to give her a much better life, despite the fact she wouldn’t know it after the procedure. What he discovers in the long run is quite different (no, there’s no stupid sappy Hollywood ending, thank God). Fear not, action fans, because while the main point is the human condition, the battle between men and machine is extremely violent and gory. Heads get riddled with bullets, limbs are torn off and, by the end, it looks like several characters have showered in blood. Director Byung-Cheon Min’s use of close up visuals and tight editing during key fight scenes are extremely effective. Unfortunately, to shake things up, certain scenes go into slow motion ala THE MATRIX, with the irony being that THE MATRIX derived most of its action style from Asian cinema. Meanwhile, the like moments in NATURAL CITY feel more like a U.S. counterpart rather than coming from its own origins. This is a minor complaint when looking at the whole, but I feel it is still necessary to point out due to the fact that this particular style has been so done to death, it almost gets irritating now. Included with Tartan’s release are several extras, including an excellent interview with director Byung-Cheon Min where he discusses the true meaning behind the title of NATURAL CITY. While several moments are touched on during the movie itself, his theme is only hinted at, keeping it more personal than even the story lets on. However, if you are curious, definitely do not watch the rest of the extras until you’ve watched the movie first as major, and I mean major, spoilers are contained all throughout. The interview itself is contained during the making of featurette, while other cast interviews from three of the main leads is separate. Also included are several deletes scenes, with two being so good that I have to wonder why they were removed in the first place. Make sure and check them out. Rounding out the extras is the original theatrical trailer and several other trailers for other Tartan releases from their Extreme line. On a final note about the extras, for most of you who have read my reviews, you probably already know my snide reaction to fluffy featurettes, especially on blockbuster releases. And while some of that is here as well and to be expected, it was also very nice to see a lot of genuine earnestness and sincerity about their work involved in this long project (the movie took four years from preproduction to the first screening). Overall, this might not seem your normal Tartan Asia Extreme title, which usually contains more horrific and supernatural elements to revenge filled violent thematic masterpieces such as OLD BOY, but it is a welcomed edition to their collection of fast growing titles. I, for one, highly recommend NATURAL CITY to genre fans.
]]>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:19:12 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog9/26/2008 12:19:12 PMWhile Korea and Japan have both established themselves as leading horror contenders in the last two decades, the science fiction realm of cinema sometimes gets lost. Face it, it’s risky, especially if you have a low budget. Effects, the sets, and acting can all suffer, while if you have a big budget and blow it in the story department, which is more common than not, your movie is either forgotten or written off rather poorly. That’s why it is nice to see a science fiction film come along that works with a large budget while paying attention to all the details. With subtle human nuances, symbolic folklore and a very believable story portrayed convincingly by its cast, NATURAL CITY delivers what can safely be stated as South Korea’s answer to the genre. Mixing a very emotional storyline that is reminiscent of BLADE RUNNER with MATRIX-like action, Byung-Cheon Min’s epic tale comes across as derivative yet refreshing. R, played extremely well by Ji-tae Yu (OLDBOY, HORROR GAME MOVIE), is a police officer specifically assigned in destroying renegade androids in the year 2080. Unfortunately, he’s falling apart. His love interest just so happens to be an exotic dancing android that only has a few days left until she expires. Meanwhile, the rebellion has learned to infiltrate databases and scientific labs in an effort to find a way to create longevity. With the aid of an outlawed scientist, R funds experiments on his love, Ria (Rin Seo), by selling A.I. chips stolen from injured and destroyed cyborgs on the job while his long time friend and boss Noma (Chan Yoon) sort of looks the other way. When the upper management catches wind of R’s activities, Noma is forced to deal with the situation. But at what cost, as the cyborg revolution rises while the mad genius R has hired has plans of his own? Caught between world android domination and friendship, and lost love and human life, both R and Noma have to come to terms before their world as they know it comes to an end. That’s the basic storyline minus some excellent and unexpected twists, but what really captures the viewer is the real human emotion by the entire cast. It’s subtle, especially coming from some of the android characters. It builds and what becomes intolerably heart wrenching is when Ria is first coming to terms with her deletion date and enforces her love towards R by telling him that he takes up most of her memory chip and thus is very important to her. The plot and setting is very bleak at times but the love and humor, even from minor supporting roles, comes across as genuine. Not mentioned in this review as of yet is a fourth main character, Cyon (Jae-un Lee), a ghetto prostitute in which R wants to insert Ria’s memory into in order for her to live on. His reasoning has nothing to do with her sexual prowess. Rather, he believes that since she sells her body already, he would be able to give her a much better life, despite the fact she wouldn’t know it after the procedure. What he discovers in the long run is quite different (no, there’s no stupid sappy Hollywood ending, thank God). Fear not, action fans, because while the main point is the human condition, the battle between men and machine is extremely violent and gory. Heads get riddled with bullets, limbs are torn off and, by the end, it looks like several characters have showered in blood. Director Byung-Cheon Min’s use of close up visuals and tight editing during key fight scenes are extremely effective. Unfortunately, to shake things up, certain scenes go into slow motion ala THE MATRIX, with the irony being that THE MATRIX derived most of its action style from Asian cinema. Meanwhile, the like moments in NATURAL CITY feel more like a U.S. counterpart rather than coming from its own origins. This is a minor complaint when looking at the whole, but I feel it is still necessary to point out due to the fact that this particular style has been so done to death, it almost gets irritating now. Included with Tartan’s release are several extras, including an excellent interview with director Byung-Cheon Min where he discusses the true meaning behind the title of NATURAL CITY. While several moments are touched on during the movie itself, his theme is only hinted at, keeping it more personal than even the story lets on. However, if you are curious, definitely do not watch the rest of the extras until you’ve watched the movie first as major, and I mean major, spoilers are contained all throughout. The interview itself is contained during the making of featurette, while other cast interviews from three of the main leads is separate. Also included are several deletes scenes, with two being so good that I have to wonder why they were removed in the first place. Make sure and check them out. Rounding out the extras is the original theatrical trailer and several other trailers for other Tartan releases from their Extreme line. On a final note about the extras, for most of you who have read my reviews, you probably already know my snide reaction to fluffy featurettes, especially on blockbuster releases. And while some of that is here as well and to be expected, it was also very nice to see a lot of genuine earnestness and sincerity about their work involved in this long project (the movie took four years from preproduction to the first screening). Overall, this might not seem your normal Tartan Asia Extreme title, which usually contains more horrific and supernatural elements to revenge filled violent thematic masterpieces such as OLD BOY, but it is a welcomed edition to their collection of fast growing titles. I, for one, highly recommend NATURAL CITY to genre fans. Spout Post: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/9/16/35194.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Body: We all like our guilty pleasures. Go ahead admit it, nothing to be ashamed of. I’ll start. I like disaster films, usually no matter how bad or nonsensical they might be. I also have lots of problems with Roland Emmerich’s INDEPENDENCE DAY, but must admit sometimes I just like to putting my brain down next to me on the couch, sitting back, and watching cities being destroyed and aliens blowing the shit out of everything. So, suffice to say, yeah, I’m a hypocrite. I scream obscenities about the director for his lack of creative depth or originality, but at the same time, I can be an eight your old boy watching Sci-Fi Theater on a boring Sunday afternoon all over again. The same can be said for Emmerich’s last effort (or lack thereof) with THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. Sure, it’s implausible, even extremely hokey and exploitative when it comes to trying to pull at the heartstrings, but did anyone rush out to see this for its high dramatic moments? Or did they just want to see humanity destroyed by the elements? Come on, you wanted to witness people freezing instantly, tornadoes tearing apart big cities, and the world’s largest flood envelop New York City. So let’s count the destructive scoreboard, that’s Natural Disasters with 33 and New York with a big whopping 0. Much like ID4, Emmerich manages to put together a very likeable cast. The main focus centers on the Hall family. Dennis Quaid plays the paleoclimatologist who figures the earth, as we know it, is coming to an end. His son, Sam, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is stuck in New York City for a big scholastic tournament when disaster strikes. Meanwhile, Dr. Lucy Hall as doting wife, caring mother and incredible children’s Leukemia physician, stands by trying to get the last sick child out of the local hospital before they are all doomed. Before anything can approach After School Special calamity, we are kept busy with unlikely scientific events until the incredible catastrophe hits us in the face not with one, but several disasters. There are tornados, tidal waves and floods, hail the size of cantaloupes, and the impending ice age all rolled into one. Of course, this means a race against time. The government doesn’t listen until it’s too late. People need to head south or they will become instant flesh-cicles. Dad needs to put on them snowshoes and traipse his frozen ass through the new icy tundra to New York and save his kid. While waiting for his father to come to the rescue, Sam only has so much time to tell Laura, his high school sweetheart (Emmy Rossum), how he feels in order to get some extra warmth on those long cold nights. Meanwhile, Mom can’t believe nobody seems to care about this last dying child in the evacuated hospital, and before Graham Chapman in a British Military uniform can say, “Wait for it,” along comes the final ambulance and driver left to save the day. And best of all, we get fellow Hobbit Ian Holm and a couple of comrades together, drinking some expensive Scotch and waiting nostalgically for their inevitable end. You can add the “yada yadas” and the “Oh boys” now, but thanks to the cast and the talent behind the sincerity, it isn’t as bad as it sounds. At least not until about a half hour after it is all over and you start to think about it. Outside of its presentation, great effects and all its entertainment value, the film is instantly forgettable. This is strictly soaked with butter popcorn time, folks. Check the brain at the door and enjoy the end of the world. I keep mentioning the disasters and the effects, and simply put, they are a marvel to look at. They are more detailed than usual, with headlights of airborne cars shining through and smashing in the middle of tornadoes or tidal waves, instant military flesh freezing, and the largest swirling cloud you are ever likely going to see. It’s CGI time, but it looks great, at least on the small screen. I felt I had better movies to spend my hard-earned cash on at the time than another Emmerich flick on the big screen. The sound effects are multi-layered and effective, the music by Harald (ALIEN VS PREDATOR) Kloser and Thomas (THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR) Wanker is appropriately melodramatic, while David (THE DOORS, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME) Brenner’s editing keeps everything moving fast across the screen despite its over two hour long running time. I could go over the list of special effects and makeup artists, not to mention some of the amazing stunts that the stunt crew probably will never get noticed for, but it would take too long to cover it all. Suffice to say, they are the backbone to making this production work. Given its big advertising campaign and the loud fanfare for THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, I was surprised by the lack of extras on the disc. You get two commentaries, one with director Roland Emmerich and producer Mark Gordon and the other more technical one with co-writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff, director of photography Ueli Steiger (who does some amazing work here), editor David Brenner and production designer Barry Chusid. There are two deleted scenes, which are actually only one scene with the other being more of an alternative version. Both are inconsequential to the plotline. Last on the disc is a pretty interesting sample of laying in the 8-track sound to complete the overall audio effect. It’s pretty cool to check out each layer playing separately during the helicopter scene, displaying how everything fits together. The final extra is a DVD-Rom feature that is suppose to take you to a special website link so you can watch about an hour worth of exclusive “making of” footage. Unfortunately, since my DVD-Rom drive is also a CD-drive (or at least that’s the only thing that made sense), I couldn’t get it to work. It just sat there and told me to put it in my computer DVD Drive, which was where I was sitting at to begin with when checking out the extras. Looking over my review, yes, I’m still a hypocrite. I can understand someone reading this tirade of complaints and cynical jaded jabs at this brain-dead movie as being a negative recommendation of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. They would be right! Yet, I can’t help but enjoy it. Sure, it won’t have the nostalgic power to match revisiting EARTHQUAKE, THE TOWERING INFERNO, or even THE SWARM, but someday it might. If that happens, it will be one with several disasters on the screen and behind the camera.
]]>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:31:59 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog9/16/2008 12:31:59 PMWe all like our guilty pleasures. Go ahead admit it, nothing to be ashamed of. I’ll start. I like disaster films, usually no matter how bad or nonsensical they might be. I also have lots of problems with Roland Emmerich’s INDEPENDENCE DAY, but must admit sometimes I just like to putting my brain down next to me on the couch, sitting back, and watching cities being destroyed and aliens blowing the shit out of everything. So, suffice to say, yeah, I’m a hypocrite. I scream obscenities about the director for his lack of creative depth or originality, but at the same time, I can be an eight your old boy watching Sci-Fi Theater on a boring Sunday afternoon all over again. The same can be said for Emmerich’s last effort (or lack thereof) with THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. Sure, it’s implausible, even extremely hokey and exploitative when it comes to trying to pull at the heartstrings, but did anyone rush out to see this for its high dramatic moments? Or did they just want to see humanity destroyed by the elements? Come on, you wanted to witness people freezing instantly, tornadoes tearing apart big cities, and the world’s largest flood envelop New York City. So let’s count the destructive scoreboard, that’s Natural Disasters with 33 and New York with a big whopping 0. Much like ID4, Emmerich manages to put together a very likeable cast. The main focus centers on the Hall family. Dennis Quaid plays the paleoclimatologist who figures the earth, as we know it, is coming to an end. His son, Sam, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is stuck in New York City for a big scholastic tournament when disaster strikes. Meanwhile, Dr. Lucy Hall as doting wife, caring mother and incredible children’s Leukemia physician, stands by trying to get the last sick child out of the local hospital before they are all doomed. Before anything can approach After School Special calamity, we are kept busy with unlikely scientific events until the incredible catastrophe hits us in the face not with one, but several disasters. There are tornados, tidal waves and floods, hail the size of cantaloupes, and the impending ice age all rolled into one. Of course, this means a race against time. The government doesn’t listen until it’s too late. People need to head south or they will become instant flesh-cicles. Dad needs to put on them snowshoes and traipse his frozen ass through the new icy tundra to New York and save his kid. While waiting for his father to come to the rescue, Sam only has so much time to tell Laura, his high school sweetheart (Emmy Rossum), how he feels in order to get some extra warmth on those long cold nights. Meanwhile, Mom can’t believe nobody seems to care about this last dying child in the evacuated hospital, and before Graham Chapman in a British Military uniform can say, “Wait for it,” along comes the final ambulance and driver left to save the day. And best of all, we get fellow Hobbit Ian Holm and a couple of comrades together, drinking some expensive Scotch and waiting nostalgically for their inevitable end. You can add the “yada yadas” and the “Oh boys” now, but thanks to the cast and the talent behind the sincerity, it isn’t as bad as it sounds. At least not until about a half hour after it is all over and you start to think about it. Outside of its presentation, great effects and all its entertainment value, the film is instantly forgettable. This is strictly soaked with butter popcorn time, folks. Check the brain at the door and enjoy the end of the world. I keep mentioning the disasters and the effects, and simply put, they are a marvel to look at. They are more detailed than usual, with headlights of airborne cars shining through and smashing in the middle of tornadoes or tidal waves, instant military flesh freezing, and the largest swirling cloud you are ever likely going to see. It’s CGI time, but it looks great, at least on the small screen. I felt I had better movies to spend my hard-earned cash on at the time than another Emmerich flick on the big screen. The sound effects are multi-layered and effective, the music by Harald (ALIEN VS PREDATOR) Kloser and Thomas (THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR) Wanker is appropriately melodramatic, while David (THE DOORS, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME) Brenner’s editing keeps everything moving fast across the screen despite its over two hour long running time. I could go over the list of special effects and makeup artists, not to mention some of the amazing stunts that the stunt crew probably will never get noticed for, but it would take too long to cover it all. Suffice to say, they are the backbone to making this production work. Given its big advertising campaign and the loud fanfare for THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, I was surprised by the lack of extras on the disc. You get two commentaries, one with director Roland Emmerich and producer Mark Gordon and the other more technical one with co-writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff, director of photography Ueli Steiger (who does some amazing work here), editor David Brenner and production designer Barry Chusid. There are two deleted scenes, which are actually only one scene with the other being more of an alternative version. Both are inconsequential to the plotline. Last on the disc is a pretty interesting sample of laying in the 8-track sound to complete the overall audio effect. It’s pretty cool to check out each layer playing separately during the helicopter scene, displaying how everything fits together. The final extra is a DVD-Rom feature that is suppose to take you to a special website link so you can watch about an hour worth of exclusive “making of” footage. Unfortunately, since my DVD-Rom drive is also a CD-drive (or at least that’s the only thing that made sense), I couldn’t get it to work. It just sat there and told me to put it in my computer DVD Drive, which was where I was sitting at to begin with when checking out the extras. Looking over my review, yes, I’m still a hypocrite. I can understand someone reading this tirade of complaints and cynical jaded jabs at this brain-dead movie as being a negative recommendation of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. They would be right! Yet, I can’t help but enjoy it. Sure, it won’t have the nostalgic power to match revisiting EARTHQUAKE, THE TOWERING INFERNO, or even THE SWARM, but someday it might. If that happens, it will be one with several disasters on the screen and behind the camera. Spout Post: Cannibal Ferox review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/9/16/35193.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Body: CANNIBAL FEROX along with CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST have stood the test of time as THE essential Cannibal films of all time. Many fans of the genre have spent much of their time arguing which is the better of the two with Deodato’s foray usually winning the vote (I still prefer FEROX), but this review will not venture into this debate or the infamous animal cruelty subject as well. The film was meant to shock at an exploitative level and to thrill the audience as an adventure film. “Banned in 31 Countries”, cries out the ad campaign and for once, a film lives up to its reputation. Well, I don’t think any movie has the guts to necessitate a barring from several countries, but if you had to pick a certain subject matter, cannibalism would probably be in the top five. Living with years of bootlegs, Sazuma has put together a very nicely packaged DVD that while it doesn’t have a lot in the extras department, is a pristine print flush with lively color, detailed picture clarity and crystal clear audio. Simply enough, the story follows an anthropology student, Gloria Davis (Lorraine De Selle); her brother, Rudy (Danilo Mattei) and female friend Pat (Zora Kerova) into the deep Amazon to study primitive tribes and dispel of any theories that cannibalism is still practiced. After the trek throws them some minor hurdles (broken jeep, etc.) they run into Mike Logan (played to the hilt by John Morghen) and his wounded partner Joe (Walter Lloyd). According to Mike they were attacked and taken hostage by a tribe of cannibals while excavating for gems. Their partner, a Portuguese, was tortured and killed via castration while tied up to a giant post. They claim they barely escaped with their lives Brother Rudy feels that something isn’t quite right with their story, but venture on with the two new comrades. They head off toward the river, but circle around until they end up in the village. Once there, Rudy discovers more is amiss than he originally thought. Sure, there are the remains of a victim tied to a post, but the rest of the village contains only the elders, women and children and they seem extremely frightened of their new visitors. With Joe falling ill due to his wounds, the group decides to stay temporarily until he is well enough to travel. This proves to be a big mistake. The men of the tribe return to capture our travelers and immediately tie Mike to a post and perform the same tortures that befell the Portuguese. Meanwhile, Gloria and Rudy find out the truth from Joe. It seems that Mike, during a long bout of cocaine abuse, tortured their new partner, an actual native of the village, and killed several members of the tribe. In fact, Mike Logan is quite insane. The villagers now seek revenge via original torturous ceremonies i.e.: Cannibalism, eating the remains of one’s enemies. From here on out, the film deals with severe torture and the feeble attempt of survival. Umberto Lenzi had dabbled with cannibalism before with MAN FROM DEEP RIVER and DEEP RIVER SAVAGES in 1973 and seven years later with EATEN ALIVE in 1980. While MAN FROM DEEP RIVER may have more heart in the adventure department as a sort of MAN CALLED HORSE knock off, Lenzi headed off in a different direction later with EATEN ALIVE that dwelled more on the exploitation end. Only a year later after filming NIGHTMARE CITY did Umberto really hone his talent for extreme cinema. With gut pulling and munching, breast piercing, limb severing, castrations and all other kinds of gruesomeness, Umberto delivers the goods in Italian fashion. For all gore connoisseurs and fans of Italian horror, this is one hell of a picture. For those with a weak stomach, stay away. You’ve been warned. Sazuma’s Limited Edition Tin release was completely remastered and transferred in Ultrabit via DVD-9 and of course comes 16X9 Enhanced for Anamorphic television at 1.78:1. As for extras, you get the original American, German and Italian Trailers, an Umberto Lenzi filmography and eight really cool post cards featuring some nasty scenes from the movie. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST may have recently received a great DVD release from Grindhouse, but for those fans who can’t get enough Italian gut-munching in their horror diet or prefer FEROX over the other, then I have no problem recommending this exploitation trash to any genre fan of extreme cinema.
]]>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:21:45 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog9/16/2008 12:21:45 PMCANNIBAL FEROX along with CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST have stood the test of time as THE essential Cannibal films of all time. Many fans of the genre have spent much of their time arguing which is the better of the two with Deodato’s foray usually winning the vote (I still prefer FEROX), but this review will not venture into this debate or the infamous animal cruelty subject as well. The film was meant to shock at an exploitative level and to thrill the audience as an adventure film. “Banned in 31 Countries”, cries out the ad campaign and for once, a film lives up to its reputation. Well, I don’t think any movie has the guts to necessitate a barring from several countries, but if you had to pick a certain subject matter, cannibalism would probably be in the top five. Living with years of bootlegs, Sazuma has put together a very nicely packaged DVD that while it doesn’t have a lot in the extras department, is a pristine print flush with lively color, detailed picture clarity and crystal clear audio. Simply enough, the story follows an anthropology student, Gloria Davis (Lorraine De Selle); her brother, Rudy (Danilo Mattei) and female friend Pat (Zora Kerova) into the deep Amazon to study primitive tribes and dispel of any theories that cannibalism is still practiced. After the trek throws them some minor hurdles (broken jeep, etc.) they run into Mike Logan (played to the hilt by John Morghen) and his wounded partner Joe (Walter Lloyd). According to Mike they were attacked and taken hostage by a tribe of cannibals while excavating for gems. Their partner, a Portuguese, was tortured and killed via castration while tied up to a giant post. They claim they barely escaped with their lives Brother Rudy feels that something isn’t quite right with their story, but venture on with the two new comrades. They head off toward the river, but circle around until they end up in the village. Once there, Rudy discovers more is amiss than he originally thought. Sure, there are the remains of a victim tied to a post, but the rest of the village contains only the elders, women and children and they seem extremely frightened of their new visitors. With Joe falling ill due to his wounds, the group decides to stay temporarily until he is well enough to travel. This proves to be a big mistake. The men of the tribe return to capture our travelers and immediately tie Mike to a post and perform the same tortures that befell the Portuguese. Meanwhile, Gloria and Rudy find out the truth from Joe. It seems that Mike, during a long bout of cocaine abuse, tortured their new partner, an actual native of the village, and killed several members of the tribe. In fact, Mike Logan is quite insane. The villagers now seek revenge via original torturous ceremonies i.e.: Cannibalism, eating the remains of one’s enemies. From here on out, the film deals with severe torture and the feeble attempt of survival. Umberto Lenzi had dabbled with cannibalism before with MAN FROM DEEP RIVER and DEEP RIVER SAVAGES in 1973 and seven years later with EATEN ALIVE in 1980. While MAN FROM DEEP RIVER may have more heart in the adventure department as a sort of MAN CALLED HORSE knock off, Lenzi headed off in a different direction later with EATEN ALIVE that dwelled more on the exploitation end. Only a year later after filming NIGHTMARE CITY did Umberto really hone his talent for extreme cinema. With gut pulling and munching, breast piercing, limb severing, castrations and all other kinds of gruesomeness, Umberto delivers the goods in Italian fashion. For all gore connoisseurs and fans of Italian horror, this is one hell of a picture. For those with a weak stomach, stay away. You’ve been warned. Sazuma’s Limited Edition Tin release was completely remastered and transferred in Ultrabit via DVD-9 and of course comes 16X9 Enhanced for Anamorphic television at 1.78:1. As for extras, you get the original American, German and Italian Trailers, an Umberto Lenzi filmography and eight really cool post cards featuring some nasty scenes from the movie. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST may have recently received a great DVD release from Grindhouse, but for those fans who can’t get enough Italian gut-munching in their horror diet or prefer FEROX over the other, then I have no problem recommending this exploitation trash to any genre fan of extreme cinema. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 8: The Heist http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_September_8_The_Heist/625/34918/1/ShowPost.aspxPost By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 9/8/2008 10:23:33 PM
Body: THE STING LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS THE USUAL SUSPECTS THE BLUE-EYED BANDIT BLOODY PAYROLL THE EYE OF THE SPIDER A MAN TO RESPECT
]]>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:23:33 GMTdigitalconquestWeekly Theme9/8/2008 10:23:33 PMTHE STING LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS THE USUAL SUSPECTS THE BLUE-EYED BANDIT BLOODY PAYROLL THE EYE OF THE SPIDER A MAN TO RESPECT Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_25_Monster_Madness/625/34441/1/ShowPost.aspxPost By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/27/2008 10:21:37 AM
Body: Man Oh Man, where to start! Favorite recent Monster Mayhem: THE MIST and CLOVERFIELD. Favorite cheesy Monster Mayhem: THE GIANT CLAW Favorite Childhood Monster Mayhem: Any Godzilla movie and THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. Favorite rare Monster Mayhem: TOXIC ZOMBIES and PANIC. Favorite Monster Mayhem series: KAIJU (GODZILLA, GAMERA, etc) and Paul Naschy's Wolfman films followed by the Hammer Studio's Frankenstein films. ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES CONTAINING MONSTER MAYHEM - Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND and Ridley Scott's ALIEN. So many more!
]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:21:37 GMTdigitalconquestWeekly Theme8/27/2008 10:21:37 AMMan Oh Man, where to start! Favorite recent Monster Mayhem: THE MIST and CLOVERFIELD. Favorite cheesy Monster Mayhem: THE GIANT CLAW Favorite Childhood Monster Mayhem: Any Godzilla movie and THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. Favorite rare Monster Mayhem: TOXIC ZOMBIES and PANIC. Favorite Monster Mayhem series: KAIJU (GODZILLA, GAMERA, etc) and Paul Naschy's Wolfman films followed by the Hammer Studio's Frankenstein films. ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES CONTAINING MONSTER MAYHEM - Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND and Ridley Scott's ALIEN. So many more! Spout Post: Re:Let Sleeping Corpses Lie http://www.spout.com/groups/Zombie_Obsession/Re_Let_Sleeping_Corpses_Lie/329/34309/1/ShowPost.aspxPost By: digitalconquest
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Body: A great film and a personal favorite in my zombie movie collection!
]]>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:28:24 GMTdigitalconquestZombie Obsession8/24/2008 3:28:24 AMA great film and a personal favorite in my zombie movie collection! Spout Post: NORTHVILLE CEMETERY MASSACRE - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33855.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 11:20:31 AM
Body: One of the bloodiest and most entertaining over the top biker flicks from the 70’s gets a great 30th Anniversary Edition release thanks to the folks at VCI. The story is familiar as a bad cop rapes a young townie and blames it on the bikers. Being this is a small bible thumping type of town; soon we have rednecks and bikers fighting it out via knives, guns, explosives and other deadly weapons. Blood flies and spurts with every wound and it is non-stop action up until the bitter end. Our bad seed cop gets the victim’s father and a local mercenary hit man involved, but the bikers also have their own arsenal (in the means of a Patton-like nut who could supply Libya with enough arms for an all out revolution). Listen for Nick Nolte’s voice (he was dubbed over for the role of Chris, the lead originally played by David Hyry). Despite some cheesy lines, non-actors and a horribly fake helicopter explosion, this is still one of the most enjoyable and a personal favorite of the genre. The print looks and sounds great, and being a director’s cut, I didn’t see too many differences from any other release, but it did seem slightly bloodier than I remember. No matter what however, Northville Cemetery Massacre is highly recommended.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:31 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 11:20:31 AMOne of the bloodiest and most entertaining over the top biker flicks from the 70’s gets a great 30th Anniversary Edition release thanks to the folks at VCI. The story is familiar as a bad cop rapes a young townie and blames it on the bikers. Being this is a small bible thumping type of town; soon we have rednecks and bikers fighting it out via knives, guns, explosives and other deadly weapons. Blood flies and spurts with every wound and it is non-stop action up until the bitter end. Our bad seed cop gets the victim’s father and a local mercenary hit man involved, but the bikers also have their own arsenal (in the means of a Patton-like nut who could supply Libya with enough arms for an all out revolution). Listen for Nick Nolte’s voice (he was dubbed over for the role of Chris, the lead originally played by David Hyry). Despite some cheesy lines, non-actors and a horribly fake helicopter explosion, this is still one of the most enjoyable and a personal favorite of the genre. The print looks and sounds great, and being a director’s cut, I didn’t see too many differences from any other release, but it did seem slightly bloodier than I remember. No matter what however, Northville Cemetery Massacre is highly recommended. Spout Post: DEAD AND DEADER - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33854.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 11:16:59 AM
Body: A Special Forces raid/rescue in Cambodia goes deadly wrong and leaves Lt. Bobby Quinn’s squad brutally killed. When the bodies hit stateside, Quinn wakes up during his own autopsy! He discovers that the rest of his squad has done the same, only they’ve gone completely over the edge into zombie territory feasting on the living. Teaming up with the only one who believes him, an annoying military cook, he must use his keen sense of flesh smell to help stop his comrades before the zombie virus spreads or he can no longer fight his own hunger. This is a one note premise that relies on horror film in jokes and homage’s to older and better movies. Definitely a film for fans of the genre from the get go, you’ll either have fun watching it or despise it. I found myself in the latter camp. How many Thriller video in-jokes do we need at this point? The obvious low budget doesn’t help either (strange because smaller budgets in zombie movie history usually helped). The military camps all look like sparse sets hampering what little suspense there could have been. No atmosphere and unfunny, I can’t recommend this to anyone but those more forgiving than myself.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:16:59 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 11:16:59 AMA Special Forces raid/rescue in Cambodia goes deadly wrong and leaves Lt. Bobby Quinn’s squad brutally killed. When the bodies hit stateside, Quinn wakes up during his own autopsy! He discovers that the rest of his squad has done the same, only they’ve gone completely over the edge into zombie territory feasting on the living. Teaming up with the only one who believes him, an annoying military cook, he must use his keen sense of flesh smell to help stop his comrades before the zombie virus spreads or he can no longer fight his own hunger. This is a one note premise that relies on horror film in jokes and homage’s to older and better movies. Definitely a film for fans of the genre from the get go, you’ll either have fun watching it or despise it. I found myself in the latter camp. How many Thriller video in-jokes do we need at this point? The obvious low budget doesn’t help either (strange because smaller budgets in zombie movie history usually helped). The military camps all look like sparse sets hampering what little suspense there could have been. No atmosphere and unfunny, I can’t recommend this to anyone but those more forgiving than myself. Spout Post: ASHURA - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33852.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 11:05:47 AM
Body: Demons disguised as people walk the streets enjoying the splendors of life and several humans as snacks. A band of Demon Warriors are in charge of slaying them, but when one of the best warriors, Izumo, accidentally kills what seems to be an innocent girl, the group disbands and retires. Years later, signs and revelations point to the rebirth of Ashura, Queen of the Demons, and no matter what Izumo wants, he’s forced out of retirement. Teaming up with a mysterious renegade female thief (well, not mysterious to the viewer anyway), they must put the clues together and fight the good fight. The action is swift, the cinematography and sets are extremely colorful and beautiful to look at, but the entire production feels and plays out like a video game meets the Asian version of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The CGI is too cartoony with green neon blood dissipating in midair (less offensive for the kiddies I guess) and some of the plot twists are definite head scratchers feeling as if the characters are trying to level up to fight. It’s fun eye candy, but only worthy of a rental as long as you don’t expect anything deeper.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:47 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 11:05:47 AMDemons disguised as people walk the streets enjoying the splendors of life and several humans as snacks. A band of Demon Warriors are in charge of slaying them, but when one of the best warriors, Izumo, accidentally kills what seems to be an innocent girl, the group disbands and retires. Years later, signs and revelations point to the rebirth of Ashura, Queen of the Demons, and no matter what Izumo wants, he’s forced out of retirement. Teaming up with a mysterious renegade female thief (well, not mysterious to the viewer anyway), they must put the clues together and fight the good fight. The action is swift, the cinematography and sets are extremely colorful and beautiful to look at, but the entire production feels and plays out like a video game meets the Asian version of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The CGI is too cartoony with green neon blood dissipating in midair (less offensive for the kiddies I guess) and some of the plot twists are definite head scratchers feeling as if the characters are trying to level up to fight. It’s fun eye candy, but only worthy of a rental as long as you don’t expect anything deeper. Spout Post: DAWN OF THE LIVING DEAD - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33851.aspxPost By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 11:03:07 AM
Body: After a two and a half year stint in a mental institution, Renee moves with her new fiancé (Estevez) to the desert only to be confronted by nightmares that might be real. It seems a family of Mayans were killed in the house a few years back, but because the proper burial rights weren’t given, they are now zombies. Hungry and pissed off, they make lunch out of a couple of criminals and their hostages and then set their sights on Renee, Estevez and Michael, a local worker who has his own plans with Renee. A nice twist on the zombie genre that uses All Souls Day with Mayan traditions, but it doesn’t always work. Some good gore sequences, with the highlight being a nice head decap as the zombie family proceeds to rip off Joe Estevez’s head! Actually shot on film rather than the usual video, Heavener’s film will make several zombie fans happy, but it takes a good 50 minutes to get to the good stuff. Nice but cheap make up. A bigger budget, some restraint and better acting from some of the minor characters would have made this a small classic for most horror fans
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:07 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 11:03:07 AMAfter a two and a half year stint in a mental institution, Renee moves with her new fiancé (Estevez) to the desert only to be confronted by nightmares that might be real. It seems a family of Mayans were killed in the house a few years back, but because the proper burial rights weren’t given, they are now zombies. Hungry and pissed off, they make lunch out of a couple of criminals and their hostages and then set their sights on Renee, Estevez and Michael, a local worker who has his own plans with Renee. A nice twist on the zombie genre that uses All Souls Day with Mayan traditions, but it doesn’t always work. Some good gore sequences, with the highlight being a nice head decap as the zombie family proceeds to rip off Joe Estevez’s head! Actually shot on film rather than the usual video, Heavener’s film will make several zombie fans happy, but it takes a good 50 minutes to get to the good stuff. Nice but cheap make up. A bigger budget, some restraint and better acting from some of the minor characters would have made this a small classic for most horror fans Spout Post: BEAUTY QUEEN BUTCHER - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33848.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 10:55:19 AM
Body: Picture Brian DePalma’s Carrie being shot on video by some amateur with the reject cast of Saved By The Bell, and that about best describes Beauty Queen Butcher. Overweight and clumsy Phyliss Loden is tricked into the local high school beauty pageant as a joke. She doesn’t understand why, but her only friend outside of her cat talks her into going through with it. When the beauty pageant coordinator (a guy in drag no less) gets wind of it, she talks the other contestants into tormenting her to get her to quit. When they kill her cat and comes in last place, she goes psycho and starts knocking off one beauty at a time working her way up the beauty queen ladder. Will she make it to the top? I wanted her to so the movie would be over. An okay slasher premise with horrible acting and production values, this almost bloodless film doesn’t have much to recommend it to genre fans. Obviously meant to be humorous, the jokes are there, but the laughs are not. Whether or not I could recommend some of the other titles by Camp Motion Pictures, I could say I enjoyed them on at least an entertaining level except for Splatter Farm and now this exercise in tedium. Don’t vote on this dud, there’s nothing to win here.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:55:19 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 10:55:19 AMPicture Brian DePalma’s Carrie being shot on video by some amateur with the reject cast of Saved By The Bell, and that about best describes Beauty Queen Butcher. Overweight and clumsy Phyliss Loden is tricked into the local high school beauty pageant as a joke. She doesn’t understand why, but her only friend outside of her cat talks her into going through with it. When the beauty pageant coordinator (a guy in drag no less) gets wind of it, she talks the other contestants into tormenting her to get her to quit. When they kill her cat and comes in last place, she goes psycho and starts knocking off one beauty at a time working her way up the beauty queen ladder. Will she make it to the top? I wanted her to so the movie would be over. An okay slasher premise with horrible acting and production values, this almost bloodless film doesn’t have much to recommend it to genre fans. Obviously meant to be humorous, the jokes are there, but the laughs are not. Whether or not I could recommend some of the other titles by Camp Motion Pictures, I could say I enjoyed them on at least an entertaining level except for Splatter Farm and now this exercise in tedium. Don’t vote on this dud, there’s nothing to win here. Spout Post: UNHOLY - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33847.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 10:53:16 AM
Body: It seems our government has been in cahoots with a German Nazi scientist who uses families in the suburbs and experiments on them. Specifically he tests the scientific methods behind necromancy by kidnapping people in their sleep. When Adrienne Barbeau’s daughter blows her own head off, Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Nicholas Brendon shows up as her son to find out why she would commit suicide. They find her taped diaries about the Necromancer and soon neighbors and townfolk around them start acting very odd. People start killing each other or themselves and then it all goes to hell. It’s an interesting premise, but unfortunately the whole thing plays off very convoluted and ends up just a mess. Barbeau and Brendon give it their all and they both do well, but the script and other characters just don’t gel to any satisfying conclusion. The twists are corny and the gore is old school bad looking CGI. Without a script, I can’t really recommend UNHOLY at all. NEXT!
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:53:16 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 10:53:16 AMIt seems our government has been in cahoots with a German Nazi scientist who uses families in the suburbs and experiments on them. Specifically he tests the scientific methods behind necromancy by kidnapping people in their sleep. When Adrienne Barbeau’s daughter blows her own head off, Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Nicholas Brendon shows up as her son to find out why she would commit suicide. They find her taped diaries about the Necromancer and soon neighbors and townfolk around them start acting very odd. People start killing each other or themselves and then it all goes to hell. It’s an interesting premise, but unfortunately the whole thing plays off very convoluted and ends up just a mess. Barbeau and Brendon give it their all and they both do well, but the script and other characters just don’t gel to any satisfying conclusion. The twists are corny and the gore is old school bad looking CGI. Without a script, I can’t really recommend UNHOLY at all. NEXT! Spout Post: THE EMPTY ACRE - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33846.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 10:49:40 AM
Body: Small town Gothic Americana gets the good old chills. The Nance’s are trying to raise their baby and run a small farm in a tiny community somewhere in rural Kansas. Unfortunately, nothing seems to grow on their land. In the evening, a dark shadow covers all the light and kills everything in its path. When their child turns up missing, their weak marriage gets even more strained. He drinks more, she reverts to hysteria and the whole town thinks she killed the baby because she’s on psychiatric meds. Things get more creepy and violent as the tale moves along, but even by today’s standards, I don’t care how small a town is, if someone is taking pills for a mental breakdown, they don’t start treating you like a leper or a witch. Both leads play off each other well, but some of the minor characters feel as if they are right out of your local rural theater or acting class. It’s hard to recommend a movie where you don’t care about anyone in it, but director Patrick Rea uses the right touches of atmosphere to keep the viewer interested. Empty Acre is another rainy day movie worth at least a rental.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:49:40 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 10:49:40 AMSmall town Gothic Americana gets the good old chills. The Nance’s are trying to raise their baby and run a small farm in a tiny community somewhere in rural Kansas. Unfortunately, nothing seems to grow on their land. In the evening, a dark shadow covers all the light and kills everything in its path. When their child turns up missing, their weak marriage gets even more strained. He drinks more, she reverts to hysteria and the whole town thinks she killed the baby because she’s on psychiatric meds. Things get more creepy and violent as the tale moves along, but even by today’s standards, I don’t care how small a town is, if someone is taking pills for a mental breakdown, they don’t start treating you like a leper or a witch. Both leads play off each other well, but some of the minor characters feel as if they are right out of your local rural theater or acting class. It’s hard to recommend a movie where you don’t care about anyone in it, but director Patrick Rea uses the right touches of atmosphere to keep the viewer interested. Empty Acre is another rainy day movie worth at least a rental. Spout Post: ILS aka THEM - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33845.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 10:42:36 AM
Body: if you get a chance, check out this new French exercise in terror. Based on true events, a couple is tormented during a night of hell by several assailants. It’s a simple enough premise, but the direction, editing and use of sound and shadow are all top notch leaving the viewer completely breathless. The chase scenes are on par with the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the ending as shocking as I’ve seen in a long time. The acting is top notch by the two leads, Olivia Bonamy and Michael Cohen as they run for their lives while being trapped throughout the entire running time. This is one exciting adrenaline inducing scarefest that made me nervous. Gorehounds will want to look elsewhere, but if tension building scares is what you are looking for, either check it out on the big screen or get the DVD when released from Dark Sky Films. Who would have ever thought the French would be releasing one of my favorite horror films this year. And I thought Haute Tension was just lucky! THEM comes highly recommended.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:42:36 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 10:42:36 AMif you get a chance, check out this new French exercise in terror. Based on true events, a couple is tormented during a night of hell by several assailants. It’s a simple enough premise, but the direction, editing and use of sound and shadow are all top notch leaving the viewer completely breathless. The chase scenes are on par with the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the ending as shocking as I’ve seen in a long time. The acting is top notch by the two leads, Olivia Bonamy and Michael Cohen as they run for their lives while being trapped throughout the entire running time. This is one exciting adrenaline inducing scarefest that made me nervous. Gorehounds will want to look elsewhere, but if tension building scares is what you are looking for, either check it out on the big screen or get the DVD when released from Dark Sky Films. Who would have ever thought the French would be releasing one of my favorite horror films this year. And I thought Haute Tension was just lucky! THEM comes highly recommended. Spout Post: SPLATTER BEACH - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33844.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 10:40:20 AM
Body: The Polonia Brothers are back with another so bad, it’s bad Splatter movie. This time we get a definitely rip off of Humanoids From The Deep with a ton of old movie references to other beach horror flicks. Three friends head off to Splatter Beach, two of them for sex, drugs and surf rock-n-roll, and the other to gather info on the disappearances of the local townies and sea life. Tons of rubber suited seaweed monsters crash the surf party as our geek reporter teams up with Misty Mundae to save the day. The jokes are bad, the acting is worse and the story so derivative that only Z grade movie loves might find something to enjoy. The special effects are of the fake blood laying on skin effect and one CGI beheading while the monsters look kind of cool in the 50’s sort of way. In all fairness, the editing and other fields of filmmaking have improved since the days of Splatter Farm, but not enough to make me enjoy this old bucket of chum. The soundtrack is even sub par and I’m a huge fan of surf music. My one hope of finding enjoyment in this schlockfest. The worst yet was the wigger character doing his best urban rap dude shtick saying things like, “This is whacked,” while making goofy faces and hand gestures and wearing his hat sideways. Someone shoot him. NEXT!
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:40:20 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 10:40:20 AMThe Polonia Brothers are back with another so bad, it’s bad Splatter movie. This time we get a definitely rip off of Humanoids From The Deep with a ton of old movie references to other beach horror flicks. Three friends head off to Splatter Beach, two of them for sex, drugs and surf rock-n-roll, and the other to gather info on the disappearances of the local townies and sea life. Tons of rubber suited seaweed monsters crash the surf party as our geek reporter teams up with Misty Mundae to save the day. The jokes are bad, the acting is worse and the story so derivative that only Z grade movie loves might find something to enjoy. The special effects are of the fake blood laying on skin effect and one CGI beheading while the monsters look kind of cool in the 50’s sort of way. In all fairness, the editing and other fields of filmmaking have improved since the days of Splatter Farm, but not enough to make me enjoy this old bucket of chum. The soundtrack is even sub par and I’m a huge fan of surf music. My one hope of finding enjoyment in this schlockfest. The worst yet was the wigger character doing his best urban rap dude shtick saying things like, “This is whacked,” while making goofy faces and hand gestures and wearing his hat sideways. Someone shoot him. NEXT! Spout Post: PUZZLEHEAD - mini Cultcuts review http://www.spout.com/blogs/digitalconquest/archive/2008/8/11/33842.aspx Post By: digitalconquest
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 10:38:06 AM
Body: Walter is an inventor in a bleak civilization who manages to make a replica of himself via an android. But when his alternate “Puzzlehead” manages to befriend a girl that Walter has had his eyes on for some time, things take a turn for the worse. Walter can’t get beyond his reclusive non-conforming lifestyle while Puzzlehead is discovering some of his own personalities and freedoms. James Bai’s Puzzlehead shares a lot in common with Android (Klaus Kinski) but on a much smaller budget. It requires some patience, but it’s worth sticking it out until the end when both characters start playing cat and mouse games with each other for the love of Julia, a girl just as mixed up as both of them combined. Special Effects are minimal but effective and the acting is impressive all the way around. There are no signs of mentally healthy people in this dark movie, thus giving a sort of Eraserhead feeling without being absurd. For fans of indy scifi, definitely try and check it out.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:38:06 GMTdigitalconquestdigitalconquest Blog8/11/2008 10:38:06 AMWalter is an inventor in a bleak civilization who manages to make a replica of himself via an android. But when his alternate “Puzzlehead” manages to befriend a girl that Walter has had his eyes on for some time, things take a turn for the worse. Walter can’t get beyond his reclusive non-conforming lifestyle while Puzzlehead is discovering some of his own personalities and freedoms. James Bai’s Puzzlehead shares a lot in common with Android (Klaus Kinski) but on a much smaller budget. It requires some patience, but it’s worth sticking it out until the end when both characters start playing cat and mouse games with each other for the love of Julia, a girl just as mixed up as both of them combined. Special Effects are minimal but effective and the acting is impressive all the way around. There are no signs of mentally healthy people in this dark movie, thus giving a sort of Eraserhead feeling without being absurd. For fans of indy scifi, definitely try and check it out. Spout Member:The_MOW - Mickey Micklon http://www.spout.com/members/148616/default.aspx Identity: The_MOW
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]]>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMTArgueta0Beginner (<10)Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:52:15 GMTMember Film:Funny Games http://www.spout.com/films/Funny_Games/288707/default.aspx Title: Funny Games
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Year: 1963
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