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Box Set Beatdown: Grindhouse Experience Vol.1 – ‘Savage Man Savage Beast’ (Ultime grida dalla savana – 1975)

B. Harris, Box Set, Cannibals, Documentary, Exploitation, Extreme, Italy No Responses »

Jan 302012

Those of you unfamiliar with Mondo may want to take note that it is most certainly not going to be everybody’s cup o’ tea as it is typically filled with bizarre rituals, nudity, sex and graphic, bloody violence from around the world. Often overflowing with gruesome sequences depicting mutilated animals and the human casualties of war, execution and accidents; watching a Mondo film is like settling in for a night of National Geographic edited by sadistic perverts. It cannot be stressed enough that while many Mondo films feature facts of zoological and anthropological interest, they’re still exploitation films and should never be mistaken for anything remotely educational. You’d think most would know that but some folks might be tempted to see this thinking they’ll learn something of worth. Trust me, you’ll not Continue reading »

Film Review: Italian Splatter Films Shake in the Demonic Presence of ‘Adam Chaplin’ (2011)

Demons, Extreme, Horror, Italy, J. Andersson, Revenge No Responses »

Jan 112012

My first encounter with this movie was through this trailer which at a first glance (well, the first minute of it at least) looked kind of cheesy, that very particular cheese that so many low budget shot on video gore movies tend to be full of. You know, just a movie without ever reflecting on narrative etc, just pour on the gore. This can be good in itself but very straining on your patience. But then came a couple of really striking scenes and I knew I had to have this. I hopped on the filmmaker’s website and about five minutes after watching the trailer I had ordered it. It arrived yesterday (a bit smashed up due to the fucking post office but working just fine) and I popped it into the DVD player to hopefully get an entertaining experience. And by God it is!

Adam Chaplin might actually be one of the best comic book movies I have ever seen. It is not based on a comic but the story, the visuals and most importantly – the violence, are all as if torn Continue reading »

Film Review: Lieh Lo’s ‘Black Magic with Buddha’ (Nao mo – 1983) Combines Outlandish Gore & Stunning Amounts of CAT III Sleaze

Asian Cinema, CAT III, Exploitation, Extreme, Fantasy, Hong Kong, Horror, J. Andersson, Revenge No Responses »

Nov 282011

I’ve learned something today. Evil Thai mummy brains aren’t something you should mess about with; it’s as simple as that. And if you do feel like keeping them for your own personal gain, make sure you feed them regularly. They tend to get rather mad if they are hungry. Like any other pet really. That’s something the protagonist of low budget Hong Kong sleaze Black Magic with Buddha learns when he goes to Thailand, takes home a brain with magic powers to use for his own personal gain. You see, our hero is somewhat of a looser. Only somewhat though, for a CAT III hero he is actually fairly likeable. He means well I suppose, he just doesn’t seem to think of the consequences of what he is doing, and the fact that it kills his sister and his wife’s family, well, he never seems to care that much about it. He comes off as Continue reading »

Film Review: Nishimura’s ‘Helldriver’ (2010) Drives Levels of Splatter & Comedy to New Heights

Action, Asian Cinema, B. Harris, Comedy, Exploitation, Extreme, Horror, Japan, Sci-Fi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Zombies 1 Response »

Nov 222011

After a meteorite makes impact with Japan, it sends alien spores into the atmosphere, infecting humans with a virus that mutates them into flesh-eating fiends with little horns protruding from their foreheads. Japan, as the world knows it, ceases to exist and in its place is an island nation divided into two parts by a massive wall, effectively separating the living from the infected (read: zombies). To make matters worse, the horns of the dead are being illegally harvested, dried, ground up and sold on the black market as a new drug.

Factions within the current Japanese government are intent on halting the advance of the horde by putting together a special team, lead by Kika, and sending them into the infected zone. Their mission Continue reading »

Film Review: Miike’s ‘Imprint’ (Revisited – 2006) Gives Showtime Ent. & Cable TV Weak Knees with Disturbing Content

Asian Cinema, B. Woodell, Extreme, Horror, Japan, Takashi Miike, Television No Responses »

Nov 192011

Takashi Miike is one of those directors where if he makes something brilliant, it’s brilliant. If he makes something horrible, it’s torture to sit through. But then there’s films he makes, that you have no idea what to make of them, or have an inkling to the way you feel about what you’re watching. Imprint, from the Masters of Horror series, falls in the last category as I’m still pondering what it was exactly that I watched and have no real opinion on if I enjoyed it or not.

Christopher (Billy Drago) travels back to Japan in search of a woman he once fell in love with, Komomo (Michie). He chooses a girl (Youki Kudoh) who stays in the shadows due to her deformed face. She tries to please Christopher Continue reading »

Film Review: Marchent’s ‘Cut Throats Nine’ (1972) Brutalizes The Spaghetti Western Genre

Action, Exploitation, Extreme, J. Andersson, Rape/Revenge, Revenge, Spaghetti Westerns, Spain, Westerns No Responses »

Nov 152011

I can imagine the filmmakers having a meeting before the shoot, before a script is presented. They want to make a western, that has been decided, but the writer is seething with anger. He has probably just gotten through a nasty divorce and is angry. They want a movie without heroes. They want everyone that dies to die in the most brutal way possible and the mood should be uncomfortable and filthy.

Boy did they succeed.

A group of soldiers are on their way to a fort with a number of chained Continue reading »

Film Review: Six’s ‘The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)’ (2011) is Sickening, Repulsive, and kind of Pointless [Heavy Spoilers]

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Oct 132011

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*Heavy Spoilers Ahead*

The Human Centipede was fairly underwhelming. It wasn’t terrible and it wasn’t fantastic, but it wasn’t this monstrously absurd and gory movie you may have expected from the concept and promotional materials. The concept itself was probably the most disturbing and interesting aspect of the movie. Imagining yourself in that situation was more horrific than anything that made it on-screen. It didn’t even feel like people had enough time to fully process the first film before writer/director Tom Six began hyping the second film in a proposed trilogy. The sequel was then banned in the UK (before the ban was lifted recently) and censored in the US, which probably only piqued curiosity even further. Tom Six has gone on record as saying The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘Run! Bitch Run!’ (Revisited – 2009) – They Know Just How to Find You

Crime, Exploitation, Extreme, J. Felton, Rape/Revenge, Revenge 2 Responses »

May 082011

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The rape/revenge sub-genre is a strange beast, one that has always courted controversy. Movies such as I Spit on Your Grave, Ms.45 and Thriller: They Call Her One Eye, from the 70s and 80s, up to more recent efforts such as Torched or the big budget remake of The Last House on the Left. Are they purely exploitation? Or do they somehow bring a sense of empowerment with the inevitable revenge? Well, that’s not really for me to say, as I think each person takes away something different from each movie they watch. I’ll just try and stick to whether the movie is good or bad, or neither as the case may be.

All that rambling brings me to director Joseph Guzman’s addition to this controversial little corner of cinema. With a title like Run! Bitch Run! it will have Continue reading »

Film Review: Nishimura’s ‘Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl’ (Revisited – 2009) Offers Gore Galore & More

Action, Asian Cinema, Exploitation, Extreme, Fantasy, Horror, J. Felton, Japan, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Zombies No Responses »

May 082011

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Within seconds of this movie starting a freakish looking girl gets her head peeled by a disembodied skull. If that doesn’t make you want to see more of this then you are probably already dead. Either that or warped over the top Japanese splatter isn’t your cup of tea. This opening scene sets the tone for the entire movie which gets more and more outrageous the further it goes. But really, what do you expect from a movie from a movie with this title?

To break the plot down would take far too long to go into detail, something I try to avoid anyway, as there is so much going on at any one time. However, the general jist of it is that Japanese Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘The Bunny Game’ (2010) Combines S&M/Bondage and Horror

B. Harris, Erotic, Experimental, Exploitation, Extreme No Responses »

Jan 062011

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The Bunny (Rodleen Getsic) is a drug addict and prostitute caught in an ugly cycle of abuse and self-destruction when a truck driving john, Hog (Jeff F. Renfro), enters her life and introduces her to an existence far worse. Abducted from the uncaring streets to the unforgiving desert, The Bunny is forced to endure unspeakable torment and humiliation at the hands of the Hog in preparation for something much darker.

Presented in beautiful B&W, Adam Rehmeier’s The Bunny Game features breathtaking imagery, creative editing and outrageous performances by lead actors Getsic and Renfro as The Bunny and Hog. Very few low budget endeavors that cross my desk these days look this good or feature actors so Continue reading »

Film Review: Boll’s ‘Rampage’ (Revisited – 2009) Continues to Draw Fire from Fans & Critics

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Dec 282010

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It is common in violent video games to engage in extreme antisocial behavior. The popularity of such games as the Grand Theft Auto series has raised alarms for those who believe that playing violent video games will lead to inflicting violence in real life. This same argument has been applied to ultra-violent films as well. In Uwe Boll’s film, Rampage, he cleverly merges the two mediums by giving a solid film that incorporates the feeling of playing a violent video game through following the protagonist as he goes on a mass murder spree in his small town. Should we as an audience go on such a journey with Bill Williamson, played by Brendan Fletcher, or should we be appalled that a filmmaker would give us Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘The Tortured’ (2010) – Twisted Pictures Tackles Child Molestation

B. Harris, Crime, Drama, Exploitation, Extreme, Horror, Revenge, Thriller No Responses »

Oct 202010

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Craig and Elise’s lives are destroyed when their little boy Benjamin is kidnapped in broad daylight. Not long after, reports of crying coming from the home of a local man attract the attention of police. A quick look through the front window reveals children’s books, toys and clothes, giving the officers just cause to enter the home and look around. Upon further inspection they discover the battered Benjamin dead and place the pedophile Kozlowski under arrest.

Charged with multiple counts of assault and homicide, Kozlowski agrees to cooperate with authorities on identifying the remains of multiple children found in his backyard in exchange for a plea deal that would only require him to remain incarcerated Continue reading »

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