tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post2825056829617428545..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Junesploitation Day 21: Italian Horror!Patrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-37169430849011088142015-06-24T11:09:57.853-05:002015-06-24T11:09:57.853-05:00Black Sunday (1960)
This movie was ok for a large...Black Sunday (1960)<br /><br />This movie was ok for a large portion of the running time, and then near the end it got pretty great. I wasn't invested in any of the characters or situations, but the filmmaking itself was really good. I don't have much to say about this one...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764571200341102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-6146896244880668482015-06-23T16:11:43.385-05:002015-06-23T16:11:43.385-05:00This could be one of two things: a straight rip-of...This could be one of two things: a straight rip-off of <i>Carnival of Souls</i>, with people who don't know they're dead yet walking around wondering why weird shit is happening; or, it's <i>Mulholland Drive</i> nearly thirty years earlier, a mystery narrative so dense it feels inaccessible. Whichever is the case, it's gorgeous, confusing, has an awesome score, and I couldn't wait for it to be over. I think there are filmmakers that believe that having a woman scream loudly is its own payoff, and I don't really share that philosophy. NSFW <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoQTQYr7D9c" rel="nofollow">Trailer</a>.E.S.A.D.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18214282257870634349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-49778349536459608322015-06-23T00:10:44.498-05:002015-06-23T00:10:44.498-05:00Uh oh, pressure! Now I hope mentioning them in th...Uh oh, pressure! Now I hope mentioning them in the same sentence doesn't come back to bite me in the ass. Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-88611450154711413282015-06-22T21:28:28.163-05:002015-06-22T21:28:28.163-05:00Blood and Black Lace (1964)
First viewing of my f...Blood and Black Lace (1964)<br /><br />First viewing of my first Mario Bava movie. Was impressed without being blown away. A landmark movie that pretty much established the Giallo genre and many of the tropes we have come to expect from slasher films including overt sexuality and stylised murders. <br />Like Argento, Bava's use of colour and lighting is fantastic but he seems (in this movie anyway) to be a little more restrained and less showy than his Italian counterpart. <br />Overall, I enjoyed it and looking forward to checking out some more Bava. Grant Malfitanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-11886145994192174212015-06-22T16:15:00.458-05:002015-06-22T16:15:00.458-05:00It was pretty great. Witch lady needed Necronomico...It was pretty great. Witch lady needed Necronomicon Ex Mortis. Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-79976394188656080812015-06-22T08:40:33.723-05:002015-06-22T08:40:33.723-05:00This is a crowd movie for sure, I bet it kills wi...This is a crowd movie for sure, I bet it kills with the right audience<br /><br />My SMM I'm going for 7 as your 8 worder is your thing and I don't want to jump on your own band wagon when your killing it ;)<br /><br /> "I ain't Eating no Green Ass Burger"<br /> Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13900651640246375537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-31940871554018318172015-06-22T07:55:36.362-05:002015-06-22T07:55:36.362-05:00Whoa, to put this in the same sentence as Miami Co...Whoa, to put this in the same sentence as Miami Connection is strong. Adding to my watchlist. Chaybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696179838579647187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-53176992221832418212015-06-22T07:47:01.438-05:002015-06-22T07:47:01.438-05:00Demons 2 (1986) (first time viewing)
This weird m...Demons 2 (1986) (first time viewing)<br /><br />This weird movie has the tenants in a high rise watching on television what seems to be a sequel to the first movie (never saw the first movie). One of the demons comes out of the television into "the real world" and starts turning everyone in the high rise into demons. It's not great, but not bad either. I did think the effects and transformations were cool. Worth a look if you like early to mid 80's creature features.Kyle Mulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633797611187931312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-27916577685440750152015-06-22T07:46:08.241-05:002015-06-22T07:46:08.241-05:00Nice Mike!!! It's pretty great, huh?!Nice Mike!!! It's pretty great, huh?!Chaybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696179838579647187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-64612336912536369072015-06-22T07:45:40.927-05:002015-06-22T07:45:40.927-05:00I almost watched this too but got a bit occupied a...I almost watched this too but got a bit occupied and also sleepy. So not hardcore!Gabby Ferrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953028733362435557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-4264956970951535762015-06-22T07:44:17.174-05:002015-06-22T07:44:17.174-05:00I almost watched this too but got a bit occupied a...I almost watched this too but got a bit occupied and also sleepy. So not hardcore!Gabby Ferrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953028733362435557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-54497366065731891812015-06-22T05:13:27.319-05:002015-06-22T05:13:27.319-05:00I'm going out on a limb and I'm gonna say ...I'm going out on a limb and I'm gonna say Bruno even ripped off a line from Jurassic Park. Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-22632838996119743892015-06-22T05:10:23.600-05:002015-06-22T05:10:23.600-05:00Cruel Jaws (1995)
Hell YES! This is the perfect ca...Cruel Jaws (1995)<br />Hell YES! This is the perfect capper to a night of movies that began with the theatrical 40th anniversary screening of JAWS. This isn't just a ripoff of JAWS, JAWS 2, and JAWS 3D -- it's straight up parody! Every line is a zinger, every performance a riot. There is an actor in this movie I can only refer to as Mini Hulk Hogan -- or Mini Hogan. This movie is comedy gold!<br /><br />There's Pieces, there's Miami Connection, and then there's Cruel Jaws! Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-24938866880557275622015-06-22T04:23:35.239-05:002015-06-22T04:23:35.239-05:00I actually saw that on the big screen in 1994.
I ...I actually saw that on the big screen in 1994. <br />I wasn´t impressed back then and I´m not impressed after rewatching it. It can´t decide if it wants to be sexy, funny or gory and so it´s just middle of the road on everything.<br />The most interesting thing is still the casting of Rupert Everett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-56931980502143937552015-06-22T03:36:57.316-05:002015-06-22T03:36:57.316-05:00Creepy Serbian Bo Svenson is the cure for bored Do...Creepy Serbian Bo Svenson is the cure for bored Donald Pleasance. Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-60023774466248565812015-06-22T03:34:06.406-05:002015-06-22T03:34:06.406-05:00Amok Train (1989)
This took away the discomfort of...Amok Train (1989)<br />This took away the discomfort of sitting through Specters. Thank you, Chaybee. Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-44344792662710745032015-06-22T03:27:14.978-05:002015-06-22T03:27:14.978-05:00Specters (1987)
Wow, did this one set me back. Don...Specters (1987)<br />Wow, did this one set me back. Donald Pleasance is an archaeology professor in Rome, studying ancient tablets within some catacombs, and it raises some spirits... maybe? They're there, then they're not. The archaeological finds in this movie lead to bupkus. Mike Giammarinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-35313520749017709552015-06-22T01:48:10.028-05:002015-06-22T01:48:10.028-05:00Umberto Lenzi's NIGHTMARE CITY (1980, 88 min.)...<b>Umberto Lenzi's NIGHTMARE CITY (1980, 88 min.) on Blu-ray.</b><br /><br />There's no way the makers of the "Resident Evil" videogame series and the filmmakers behind "World War Z" didn't get at least some inspiration from this fun and nasty early 80's sci-fi horror/disaster flick. Instead of Brad Pitt bringing hordes of the undead to every city his plane lands it's the "zombies" (i.e. civilians turned cannibals by radioactive poisoning) that come by plane to just one fictitious Italian city, then proceed to wreck and kill anyone and anything in their path. These are some mean-as-shit and smart "zombies" that can organize, take bullets (except to the head, though nobody bothers to aim there) and, in Herbert West's worst nightmare realized, know how to use their tools. There are subtle digs at the Italian government trying to suppress the truth about the epidemic, but that's secondary to gratuitous nudity by a horny housewife and cheapo make-up on the angriest-looking running undead this side of "28 Days Later."<br /><br />A T&A exercise show on Italian TV that gets ravaged by you-know-who is a highlight, along with an "exploding" TV and the sight of poor old Mel Ferrer slumming as a military leader trying to solve the rapidly escalating problem. At 88 min. "Nightmare City" is a quick, cheap (though the Raro Blu-ray is rather expensive) and effective thrill ride, not to mention a heck of a lot more entertaining than Enzi's overrated "Cannibal Ferox." Recommended, especially if it ever comes back to Netflix Instant.J.M. Vargashttps://plus.google.com/114656828393049850554/postsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-52764100064659487472015-06-22T01:21:25.686-05:002015-06-22T01:21:25.686-05:00I'll give it a go on the next free day ;)I'll give it a go on the next free day ;)Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13900651640246375537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-32398008313634318032015-06-21T23:54:57.685-05:002015-06-21T23:54:57.685-05:00Opera (1987, Dario Argento)
Vertigo meets The Pha...<b>Opera</b> (1987, Dario Argento)<br /><br /><i>Vertigo</i> meets <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>. A sustained, claustrophobic embodiment of psycho-sexual looking. Every shot feels like a POV shot. There are no establishing shots. Even the wide shots manage to feel like someone looking from afar. Looking at animals, animals looking at people, audiences looking at performers, looking at audience, looking at backstage, looking at TV cameras, looking at TVs, looking at people looking at TVs.<br /><br />Looking, looking, looking. It creates a dizzying, queasy feeling that takes Hitchcock's films and filters them through a surrealists' idea of accessing the unconscious through art. Scenes transition oddly, lines of dialogue make no sense as responses to the line previously said, the level of character urgency relative to the situation almost never matches (sometimes characters seem upset by insignificant details, often not nearly upset enough). I understand this strategy from an intellectual standpoint, but as a movie watcher I always end up detaching from the experience. Why are they talking casually about sex just minutes after she saw someone murdered? Why isn't she telling him she just saw someone murdered? I can't stop trying to force plausibility where it doesn't belong. And so I will never like this movie quite as much as it likely deserves.<br /><br />Also the song that plays when people get murdered feels like deeply cynical fanboy pandering and I hate it every time.Ghost Dinosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949612426827331926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-76435245362158486252015-06-21T22:44:38.426-05:002015-06-21T22:44:38.426-05:00Black Sunday (1960)
If you liked Black Sunday, yo...Black Sunday (1960)<br /><br />If you liked Black Sunday, you'll love Asian Monday(nailed it).<br /><br />I have only seen two Italian Horror movies(The Beyond and Zombie). I didn't like The Beyond that much but I kind of dug Zombie. I don't care what anybody says but I think a zombie fighting a shark is fucking awesome. Black Sunday was pretty boring but I wasn't surprised. Most movies I've seen from that time period are slow as shit. This had the same kind of stage acting I really don't like. Someone comes in from off screen and says their dialogue then walks off. The gore was minimal and if I'm going to watch an Italian horror movie, I want to see someone's fuckin eye get stabbed. Anyway, I'm about to watch tonight's double feature: The Island of Dr. Moreau and Hardware. Brent Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741998097323944343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-18073183489928590932015-06-21T22:32:02.645-05:002015-06-21T22:32:02.645-05:00Troll 2 (1990)
Patrick was right, this was one fu...Troll 2 (1990)<br /><br />Patrick was right, this was one fun movie. That being said its also terribly done. The gist of the movie is a family heads out to the country to a small town called Nilbog and the town is full of goblins trying to eat them. Their is also horrendous acting overall, terrible goblin costumes, and some of the worst synthesizer music ever (and I generally like synthesizer music.) All that being said I think the main kid Joshua pretends like he's Elliott from E.T. and acts the shit out of the movie, he tries his best to polish this turd. I gotta see if this movie is on an old episode of How Did this Get Made podcast cause this movie seems tailor made for it.<br /><br />8 Word Review (In Preparation for SMM)<br /><br />"Half the budget went to green food dye"TOMBARTMAN454@GMAIL.COMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14372444818664534482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-47120509584589400842015-06-21T21:30:27.839-05:002015-06-21T21:30:27.839-05:00I know at some point you turned the corner on Ital...I know at some point you turned the corner on Italian horror. Did you write an article about it? I'b be interested in reading about what changed your mind.Daniel Eplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866855763520017556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-47174996484042410812015-06-21T21:11:49.768-05:002015-06-21T21:11:49.768-05:00Fulci is so hit or miss. Some of his stuff is like...Fulci is so hit or miss. Some of his stuff is like Horror Manna, a lot of of it is unwatchable. I'm looking at you Conquest...Matt Sollenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088555561067804979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-24552837409766650732015-06-21T21:09:29.783-05:002015-06-21T21:09:29.783-05:00You may be the world's first and only Giovanni...You may be the world's first and only Giovanni Frezza completionist? I was hating on Bob and his annoying mom until that basement scene at the end. So effective. Matt Sollenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088555561067804979noreply@blogger.com