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Post by lostinlimbo on Apr 15, 2021 21:54:41 GMT
Oh, you’re thinking of Hired to Kill with Brian Thompson. Oliver Reed plays a tyrant dictator. I watched this one tubi, but I also noticed when I was looking for the trailer the full movie is on YouTube. It’s a languid, yet weird erotic thriller... and because of that it’s worth a look. Just wish it had some tension, because it’s very light in the thrills department. More focused on mood, eroticism and mystery then anything else. But it sure does look nice though. Blind Date caught my eye too, as I saw it available on tubi too. Sounds kinda similar... if a little more straightforward than In the Cold of the Night. Ps I got rid of the trailer too, as I didn’t realise it had (topless) nudity in it. Hired to Kill sounds about right, had to just for the fun of it, look it up through my Letterboxd history, and seems I have rated it with a 4/10, some years ago. But then again, very few of Mastorakis releases have been all that impressive, still The Zero Boys and Nightmare at Noon have went on to lie somewhere around 5/10 and 5,5/10, so I am kind of interested in at least giving Blind Date another chance. Speaking of that one, I did notice that the reliable and neat 88 Films, have put it out, among their "Slasher Collection" series, on Blu-ray. However, I doubt I will re-purchase it, as I already own an older DVD of the Nico Mastorakis Collection, which did feature some bonus material, as well as a few music videos, where John Kongos and his title track were featured: The Wind starring Meg Foster & Wings Hauser would easily be my favourite of what I’ve seen thus far of Mastorakis’ releases. I’m also sitting on a copy of his infamous Island of Death, which I haven’t got around to yet.
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Post by movielover on Apr 16, 2021 6:37:58 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 16, 2021 8:12:24 GMT
The Wind starring Meg Foster & Wings Hauser would easily be my favourite of what I’ve seen thus far of Mastorakis’ releases. I’m also sitting on a copy of his infamous Island of Death, which I haven’t got around to yet. I found that, on Youtube, a few weeks/a month ago, when browsing through some of Hauser's movies, and it looked interesting. One I might just track down again, during fall/October Challenge. Island of Death is one I never have seen nor heard of, but might try to pick upon that one as well, later on. Looks like something, well, "different", to those films I have seen from the same director, but could turn out to be quite a pleasant surprise. Thanks for the recommendations.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Apr 16, 2021 11:25:44 GMT
 This low-budget supernatural rape-revenge film is darker than what the trailer is trying to sell. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 16, 2021 11:41:31 GMT
This low-budget supernatural rape-revenge film is darker than what the trailer is trying to sell. I believe I saw that title, just last day, while browsing through some impressive movie/cult channel, which featured a bunch of films, as of lately, that I have been wanting to watch, but there is just so many being uploaded, and so little time. Might check out Necromancer, if the user/uploader does not end up getting his account deleted, as I have noticed that a few similar interesting and impressive channels, with enormous portion of 70s, 80s and ealry 90s b-movie cheese, suddenly have got wiped out, while others, with far more famous films, and almost as many, if not more, amout of films, seems "protected".
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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 16, 2021 16:15:33 GMT
 My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Apr 16, 2021 20:03:56 GMT
Re-watched part 2 and 3, a while back, and it was a sad reminder of how poor that franchise turned out, very fast. Then again, I was never really much of a fan of the first film, and felt the short film, The Disciples of the Crow, or something not far of, was way more creepy and unsettling, in both atmosphere and the kids. However, one of the much later ones, I guess by the mid or late 90s (once again, forgotten the title), but one I believe starred Craig Sheffer?, anyway, that one, was quite a pleasant surprise. Ah, I dunno. I think the first one holds up okay, depending on what you're looking for. Sure, it's pretty campy and it's not all that scary, but I had fun with it. Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton make for likeable enough leads, and John Franklin and Courtney Gains are both endearingly batshit. I'll still vouch for the first. I mean, that opening scene alone is worth the price of admission. And I'm always glad to see Linda Hamilton. Also, you gotta love quoting it. "OUTLANDER! WE HAVE YOUR WOMAN!" sounds really great shouted across a parking lot. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 16, 2021 21:00:48 GMT
So many late 80s 90s films are completely off the radar for me.
Hired To Kill--never heard of it. I didnt know Brian Thompson had some lead parts--and it has Oliver Reed AND George Fucking Kennedy?
I got to see it.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 17, 2021 7:09:42 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 17, 2021 7:29:27 GMT
My Boyfriend's Back (1993) Is that movie any good? Have had it lying in my watchlist for years now, and your post was a nice reminder that I should try to do something about it, and noticed that the entire thing, is uploaded in surprisingly good quality online, for free. Might give it a go, later on.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Apr 17, 2021 13:23:47 GMT
This low-budget supernatural rape-revenge film is darker than what the trailer is trying to sell. I was going to say the poster art is clearly an imitation of the poster of Basic Instinct, but apparently Necromancer came out a few years prior to it.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Apr 17, 2021 22:49:18 GMT
This low-budget supernatural rape-revenge film is darker than what the trailer is trying to sell. I believe I saw that title, just last day, while browsing through some impressive movie/cult channel, which featured a bunch of films, as of lately, that I have been wanting to watch, but there is just so many being uploaded, and so little time. Might check out Necromancer, if the user/uploader does not end up getting his account deleted, as I have noticed that a few similar interesting and impressive channels, with enormous portion of 70s, 80s and ealry 90s b-movie cheese, suddenly have got wiped out, while others, with far more famous films, and almost as many, if not more, amout of films, seems "protected". The film was giving me Jim Wynorski/Kevin Tenney/Fred Olen Ray vibes. Probably more the latter due to the limited budget the film had to use. So some of the make-up/or FX seems to cut away, and slow motion gets a good work out with plenty of neon/fluorescent lighting. Anyhow Elizabeth Kaitan is always a joy to watch, even if this film is dreary.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Apr 18, 2021 4:26:36 GMT
 Basket Case (1982) A young man and his deformed conjoined twin seek revenge on the doctors who did them wrong. It's been a very long time since I've seen this cult horror classic, and it didn't disappoint. Kinda weird, kinda bizarre, kinda sad, kinda touching, often gruesome, and always entertaining. Nicely captures the early 80s seediness of Times Square. Amazingly, this was shot on a budget of just $35,000! |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 18, 2021 5:31:22 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 18, 2021 6:16:14 GMT
ALIEN PREY 1977 -- Norman J Warren is a genius. This is really well-made piece of exploitation sleaze that somehow also works as highbrow arthouse science fiction or existential character study of a murderous lesbian and her captive girlfriend. I am so impressed that he could squeeze out more cerebral qualities from this plot.
This is what you don't see anymore. The characterization is so well done and the acting--considering that the three leads are shown naked in explicit moments and yet their performances are so--treating the subject matter as if its Titus Andronicus.
I can't wait to check out--Terror was it? Mentioned here.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 18, 2021 8:46:21 GMT
My Boyfriend's Back (1993) Yeah, I did watch it last night, and thought it was a terrible and very poor horror "comedy". The best thing about it, was that I saw it for free, as I have several times over, almost purchased it, but often the prices have been very brutal, and I would have been furious, if I had wasted money on this turd. I guess what brought it to my attention, was the original or alternative movie poster, (which kind of looks similar to the cult-classic, that is Night of the Creeps) and that it looks/sounds like some typical late 80s horror comedy, hoping it would be a bit of Frankenhooker meets up with My Best Friend is a Vampire, but sadly it just were not even remotely close. The main character is such an unlikeable and annoying figure, that I realized the next 80-85 minutes would be a loooong time, and the only thing that "rescued" it, from a worse rating, was the stunning Traci Lind, and a few of the other characters, but the main guy, should have stayed dead. I saw Parents (1989) last fall, and it was by the same director, and while not one I loved either, it were surely a much better directed and written/acted horror film, of course within a darker and more grotesque style or tone, than this slapstick/sitcom themed trash, that might have done better, in the hands of another director/writer, but yeah, terrible way of wasting 90 minutes of my life with. 3/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 18, 2021 8:59:20 GMT
Basket Case (1982) A young man and his deformed conjoined twin seek revenge on the doctors who did them wrong. It's been a very long time since I've seen this cult horror classic, and it didn't disappoint. Kinda weird, kinda bizarre, kinda sad, kinda touching, often gruesome, and always entertaining. Nicely captures the early 80s seediness of Times Square. Amazingly, this was shot on a budget of just $35,000!That is a damn great way, of describing this absolute piece of some early 80s cult b-movie classic.  Have not seen it, for a long while either, but planning on re-purchasing it, on Blu-ray (I have forgotten which, but seen it at least a few times over, along with the trashy and in my opinion, very poorly made sequels). As I still have the 20th anniversary DVD, but I the urge to upgrade this, Brain Damage and Frankenhooker, as I love all three films, but Basket Case surely has that "magic" touch, where as you put it so well, it contains lots of weird characters, situations and scenes, as well as managing to include some ridiculous moments, but still has that sad or tragic feel to it, and yeah, 35,000 dollars, and I think Frank said something about that it took somewhere between 5 or 7 years, to finish. Love the many hilarious and very informative stories of the seedy life and atmosphere of 42nd Street, during the 70s and 80s, and that Hennelotter shows so much love and care towards all these trashy b-movies, and where he also were a big part of the Something Weird Video, which I remember put out, a whole bunch of interesting titles, years ago. During last year, I had a blast along with a few others, in a guess the movie thread, where the users would draw (using paint or other services) a scene or image, from a certain film, and yeah, it was a lot of fun, and I tried my best, with a tribute to Basket Case, which actually I thought (compared to a few absolute nightmares I had done earlier on, while not exactly being "sober") were not all that bad:  Anyway, Basket Case is a perfect 10/10, on the entertainment, sleaze and cheese rating scale, and I would not have it any other way.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 18, 2021 10:34:10 GMT
 Crimewave (1985) by Sam Raimi "You maniacs! I've never seen anything like that... are you All right?"Now this is more like it! Another film, I have almost "forgotten" about, but wanted to watch for so long, that I guess it was about time to finally do something about it. And I remember it was aired a few times, decades ago, but always very damn late, so I was either halfway sleeping, or in total "coma" after seeing too many films earlier. Another thing, when the tv-trailer of the film got shown a few times (Showtime Nordic), it seemed to sell it as some "straight" horror film, and having not much else to go on, beside knowing that Raimi, Bruce Campbell and the Coen brothers were invovled, I settled in, hoping for a pleasant surprise, and I gotta say, I got that, and much more. The plot involves two absolute crazy exterminators (hilariously played out, by Paul L. Smith and Brion James) who is set upon terminating a business man, but ends up doing their best, to get rid of most other folks in a large building, during the late night hours, and which means bad news for the security guard (Reed Birney), who has his eyes and heart set up on the beautiful women of his dreams (Sheree J. Wilson), who sadly for him, seems way more interested in the local casanova, Renaldo (Bruce Campbell). Oh yeah, I have no problems, understanding that this film might not sit too well, with both fans of the Coen brothers nor Raimi/Campbell, yet I feel it is one of those damn enjoyable and fun surprises, which surely will benefit by later visits, as several times out, I burst into laughter, as there is just so much crazy and hilarious stuff that goes on, and visually it is a fantastic looking film, and loved the performances of, pretty much everyone involved, but yeah, the baddies (Smith and James) steals the show. Smith, comes out as the much fatter and mouthier version of Jaws (Richard Kiel), where as his ratty (always got a kick out of the rat-laughter of James) co-worker is not far behind, and the two is such a joy to watch, and then you have this screwball romantic plot, involving the stunning Wilson (damn, she looked fine) and the geeky loner Birney), who becomes the unlikely hero of the story. I was close to handing out a stronger rating, but I will surely pick this one up, through my next DVD/Blu-ray purchase, as I have noticed that both Scream or Shout! Factory has put it out, on a neat looking Blu-ray/DVD combo, and more recently I think either Arrow Films, or some other, has done a european release. Speaking of Campbell, I did notice he was listed a producer, and I also remember hearing or reading somewhere, that he was supposed to be the main lead (the role which went to Reed Birney), and it is not hard to see how that might have been, as several of the scenes, just screamed classic Bruce Campbell over-the-top acting, but I am kind of glad, he took instead upon the part of the sleazy Renaldo, even if it would be fun to see him get the bigger part.  But I guess he was not seen as a big enough name, by the money men, but still I believe fans of Raimi and Campbell would surely have a blast watching this. All in all, for a first time watch, not really knowing what to expect, other than hoping for some fun, and it thankfully delivered that, very much so. I will surely re-watch it, as this I will be needing in my movie collection, and yeah, an upgrade is there, but for now, I feel it lies around a rating of: 7,5/10
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Post by gspdude on Apr 18, 2021 12:03:29 GMT
 The Crawling Eye(1958), aka The Trollenberg Terror. Caught this on Svengoolie and though I've seen it a number of times, was happy to watch this underrated gem once again. Climbers in the Alps are disappearing, and when they turn up they are headless. Forrest Tucker(F-Troop's Sgt O'Rourke) plays it serious as the hero and does a good job. The story is interesting, which is a good thing since we don't actually get to see the title monster until the last half hour, but when it does it leads to an exciting finish. 7/10. |
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Apr 18, 2021 14:11:27 GMT
Basket Case (1982) A young man and his deformed conjoined twin seek revenge on the doctors who did them wrong. It's been a very long time since I've seen this cult horror classic, and it didn't disappoint. Kinda weird, kinda bizarre, kinda sad, kinda touching, often gruesome, and always entertaining. Nicely captures the early 80s seediness of Times Square. Amazingly, this was shot on a budget of just $35,000!That is a damn great way, of describing this absolute piece of some early 80s cult b-movie classic. Have not seen it, for a long while either, but planning on re-purchasing it, on Blu-ray (I have forgotten which, but seen it at least a few times over, along with the trashy and in my opinion, very poorly made sequels). As I still have the 20th anniversary DVD, but I the urge to upgrade this, Brain Damage and Frankenhooker, as I love all three films, but Basket Case surely has that "magic" touch, where as you put it so well, it contains lots of weird characters, situations and scenes, as well as managing to include some ridiculous moments, but still has that sad or tragic feel to it, and yeah, 35,000 dollars, and I think Frank said something about that it took somewhere between 5 or 7 years, to finish. Love the many hilarious and very informative stories of the seedy life and atmosphere of 42nd Street, during the 70s and 80s, and that Hennelotter shows so much love and care towards all these trashy b-movies, and where he also were a big part of the Something Weird Video, which I remember put out, a whole bunch of interesting titles, years ago. During last year, I had a blast along with a few others, in a guess the movie thread, where the users would draw (using paint or other services) a scene or image, from a certain film, and yeah, it was a lot of fun, and I tried my best, with a tribute to Basket Case, which actually I thought (compared to a few absolute nightmares I had done earlier on, while not exactly being "sober") were not all that bad: Anyway, Basket Case is a perfect 10/10, on the entertainment, sleaze and cheese rating scale, and I would not have it any other way. I can't believe I forgot to include "kinda funny" in my description of Basket Case. When tongue is planted firmly in cheek, there are some genuinely funny moments that made me LOL. Frank Henenlotter sure knew how to blend comedy with graphic horror so well. Thanks for sharing your drawing. Well done! 
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