Monthly archive July, 2012
Body Melt (1993)

Body Melt (1993)

Damn. We’ve really neglected Dead End Drive-In, our supposedly “regular” article about Australian exploitation flicks. And this post is really not going to make up for that neglect – I’m half asleep, somewhat deliriously so, I have a pile of boring real work to do and I just had the hot water turned on in...
Innocence Unprotected (1968)

Innocence Unprotected (1968)

Attempting to describe Dušan Makavejev’s 1968 film, ‘Innocence Unprotected’ is a near-impossible task. It is perhaps one of the strangest films in the ouvre of one of the world’s strangest directors. ‘Innocence Unprotected’ is the name of Makavejev’s film as well as the first Serbian talkie from 1941. To confuse matters even more, Makavejev’s film is about...
Worst gunshot reaction ever?

Worst gunshot reaction ever?

This week in Show Me Face, I present to you one of my favourite little oddities (of many) inexplicably left in the theatrical cut of a Hong Kong film. From In the Line of Duty 4, comes this little gem. When I first watched this movie I rewound and played the below four seconds over...
Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis

There have been times – many times – when Herschell Gordon Lewis has left me furious. I won’t coat the Godfather of Gore in sugar, he made some unwatchable movies and the man is no artist. Not that Lewis is claiming to be an artist. To quote him, “I see filmmaking as a business and...
Desperate Living - Italian poster

Desperate Living – Italian poster

Desperate Living is my favourite film by John Waters, which then makes it one of my favourite movies of all time considering how much I love John Waters. I’m not sure what it is about Desperate Living that elevates it a smidgen above the others. Perhaps it’s Mink Stole’s meaty part or Edith Massey’s mind-boggling...