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Cannibal Exploitation

Macabre_FilmNut — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:50:10 GMT

Not sure, who on here is fans of director "Ruggero Deodato". The godfather of the whole Cannibal genre(Cannibal Holocaust (1979)) and such great Exploitation flicks ( La casa sperduta nel parco a.k.a The house on the edge of the park). According to something posted on Twitch, it looks like Deodato is back in the saddle again with the whole cannibal genre. http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/the-cannibals-are-out-of-the-jungle/

Just curious if anyone else is as excited as I am, to see this film?

Throwback to thr 80's action movies!

Macabre_FilmNut — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:24:06 GMT

Pure adrenaline from start to finish! Great start for a first time director that just appeared out of nowhere.

Insanity in a movies lowest level, in all its production parts!

Macabre_FilmNut — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:12:23 GMT

"Beautiful and Insane" -Jess Franco

Einsatzgruppen meets the Leatherface Clan without the chainsaw!

Macabre_FilmNut — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:36:19 GMT

Frontiers is a period piece with the presidential elections of 2002 playing out in the background. Understanding at this point, France has a lot of social unrest when it comes to Naziism, and it finally comes out of the woodwork in 2002 when the country almost elects Jean-Marie Le Pen, a French nationalist leader bordering on Neo-Naziism. So rioting erupts in the country and Yasmine, her brother and 3 friends, all from the slums, take it upon them self to make a profit out of this situation by doing a heist. As the police pursue, they realize they need to get out of France and with her brother dead by gunshot wound, the four friends split up and plan to meet in the country.

What are you are seeing through out this film, is that the director himself, is a huge horror fan and so he borrows a lot from other horror films. It could be good thing or very bad thing? I thought he did very well with it.

As the two friends find a place to hide out and wait for the other two, they come upon a country hostel. What happens inside, when they get a room, is a test for survival and not wanting to end up on the kitchen table for supper! As things play out and the other two show up looking for their friends, who already have been disposed of, one by this time is hanging on hooks as if he was piece of beef! Its test of survival in endless tunnels, with the head of this clan, wanting to make Yasmine the mother of his son baby, so that the Aryan race can play on. .

Understanding that this clan, that runs this particularly hostel, is more based off of Naziism politics entwined with cannibalism and little sex here and there. Overall For his second movie, Hit man being the first, I think the director did a good job. The movie, moves right along and then it hits you, like a two ton hammer with the gore you expect from French films.

Peasantry Superstitions. .

Macabre_FilmNut — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:57:30 GMT

Watching this uncut version of Ceremonia Sangrienta a.k.a. Bloody Ceremony, with litalian beauty Lucia Bose, is like watching a great piece of gothic history. If you’re into local peasant superstition from the dark ages, then this is a perfect fit. The movie starts out with a local doctor dead and in his coffin, facing the local court. Dead and on trial, he is suspect of being a vampire. Then it takes your through the questioning and then later on Elizabeth Bathory, local countess. It’s interesting in a lot of aspects because this film focuses heavy on vampirism. In a lot of aspects it shows how Bathory, with that first drop of virgin blood starts to descend into madness, believing bathing in virginal blood, is the cue to agelessness and eternal beauty. As the film progresses and Elizabeth’s husband, the local Magistrate, supposedly dies and rises from the dead and the village people start suspecting something. It then takes you through a mock trial of the countess and what happens to her and her trusted servant. I really enjoyed this film because of the whole Bathory tale and also it shows you what people tend to believe and how peasants live and breathe superstitions. That is how they explained the unexplainable and how they took precautions against it. If you can find an uncut copy of, “Jorge Grau”, gothic vampirism tale of Elizabeth Bathory, then please do so because you will not be disappointed.

Russian surrealism meets Virgil Widrich "Copy shop"

Macabre_FilmNut — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:54:23 GMT

First time russian director Andrey Iskanov, attempt at making a movie. On such a limited budget about $300, he made a film with little dialoge and such great visuals. Watching this man descend into madness and plunge nails into his head, is like waking up in the morning and eating your fruit lopes only to find out later it was laced with PCP. If your into experimental films, things like "Peter Tscherkassky's", Outer Space then check this out!

Mind control thru a Pop venue!

Macabre_FilmNut — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:09:44 GMT

I rememeber watching Strange Circus and thinking, "Hmm"? Now after seeing Sion Sono first film Suicide club. Suicide Club being the better of the two. Suicide club has a very dark/disturbing outlook on japanese culture via the internet and it even has its own Asian version of Britney Spears or girl pop bands.

Oldschool rape/revenge exploitation flick from Jersey, of all places!

Macabre_FilmNut — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:31:38 GMT

"Descent" was complex and very raw emotion! This is like the old rape/revenge Exploitation. Out of 5, I would give it a four. Very much Along the lines of Gasper Noe's "Irreversible".

"Hammer house of Horror"

Macabre_FilmNut — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:58:29 GMT

I am no sure how many of you remember, "Hammer House of Horror"? It went off the market in the 80's! It was a legendary British film B- rated horror production company. Clasisc such as "The Plague Of The Zombies" and "Quatermass And The Pit". Also they did a version of "Dracula" starring Christopher lee and Peter Cushing!

Well this is there new movie in like 27 years. Kinda questioning it? It looks more like the something Dimension studios would put out, and not a low budget, well crafted studio, like Hammer Films! Take a look and see what you think? http://www.hammerfilms.com/

Punk rock at its best in B rated context!

Macabre_FilmNut — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:29:08 GMT

I have friends, actually I have alot of friends from the HC scenes and just the late 70's and eightys punk scene! People that toured and gotten strung out or stayed strait edge, that just loved the music! Total anarchy!

Well this movie in particular was recomended by a good friend of mine and I personally kept seeing it pop up in alot of artists top 5 movies; that were invovled or around the punk scene in the last ten or 20 years! Trust me, its not one these hollywood extravaganzas. It's B- rated at its best and most underground.

Alot of familar faces, Ray winstone of the movie, "Departed" as the head of the Looters and then following up in the band are Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols and Steve Jones. Then the Clash's Paul Simonon. And as for the Stains you have a very young Diane Lane and Laura Dern. And throw into the Mix B rated Scream Queen Debbie Rochon as a groupie. A must see if your into punk rock music!