Dungeon of Harrow’s harrowing spider puppet
Earlier this year, I shared a screamy moment from Dungeon of Harrow. Well, here's another choice scene featuring more screaming, mind-melting acting, and a cute spider puppet.
Ridiculous death scene from Kazuo Umezu’s Death Make
Death Make is atrocious. It's awful. It's worse than atrocious and awful. It's a disaster in every aspect of its production. In a way, perhaps it is a success, because of its horribleness it has stuck in my mind more than any other entries in the Horror Theater series.
Puppet fart
Saga of the Phoenix, Lam Ngai Kai's lacklustre followup to Peacock King, is worth watching for one reason and one reason alone: to see a puppet fart in Biao Yuen's face.
Next of Kin’s watery, wrinkly nightmare
Next of Kin (1981) is the most underrated Aussie thriller ever. Taking its inspiration from the giallo genre and Kubrick's The Shining, director Tony Williams creates a thickly foreboding atmosphere with beautifully crafted cinematography and an enormously creepy location.
“Sorry about your house, buddy!”
This is my favourite scene of shit blowing up in Action U.S.A.. The house of some superfluous hicks gets in the way of a car chase, and, for some reason, IT BLOWS UP!
Bad English in Dragon Fight
Billy Tang's Dragon Fight — a decent Jet Li actioner — features an entire room of confused foreign actors. The dubbed English dialogue constantly mumbles and bumbles over the scene. Someone even yells "SHUT UP!" in the middle of the scene.
Clumsiest henchman ever in Samurai Cop
Chris reviewed Samurai Cop on Mondo Exploito some time ago, but I — along with a handful of fellow trash lovin' pals — watched it for the first time last night. To put it mildly, it blew my mind.
Prison yard love
This discussion between two inmates where they lament the troubles of prison yard love is both hysterical in its outrageous and very Australian dialogue and also strangely touching in an odd, sweary way.
All out Female Prisoner assault on male guards
Towards the end of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, the prisoners take over their cell block and hold male prison guards hostage. In an utterly mad moment of role reversal, they strip down and vent their pent-up sexual frustrations on the terrified guards.
Bikers love blowing things up
Nomad Riders kicks off with a literal bang as a gang of bad ass bikers blow up a family. At this point in the film, no context has been given for this act, which makes it fucking hilarious. The bikers then blow up some poor dude trying to use a portaloo. Just for kicks.
Holy bananas!
Towards the end of Color Me Blood Red, while seeking out firewood, Sydney and Jack accidentally dig up the corpse of one of the killer's victims. Jack's reaction takes things to Burt Ward levels of lunacy.
A bonkers babysitter
Adventures in babysitting and baby-snatching from the 1975 Australian telemovie Mama's Gone A-Hunting.
