SpaceGodzilla (スペースゴジラ SupēsuGojira)
NAME: SpaceGodzilla (スペースゴジラ SupēsuGojira) FIRST APPEARS IN: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, 1994 DESIGN FEATURES: – crystallised shoulder pads – a flamboyantly purple and navy blue exterior – a shining yellow headpiece SKILLS: – a Corona Mouth-Beam with mid-air control – gravity control – shooting bolts of energy from his shoulder-crystals – crystal fortress construction – a...
Goblin performs Suspiria live at the ACMI (23/11/12)
Last Friday, I was given the opportunity to witness an event that, until then, had seemed like an impossibility. Indeed, for the vast majority of horror fans throughout the world, it still remains a frustrating impossibility. Even saying it now after the fact gives me chills. Over two sold out shows at the ACMI, Italian...
Semen Demon (2005)
Only last Friday I was talking about my love of ludicrous film titles, especially Japanese ones, and here I am now reviewing a film titled Semen Demon. To be fair, Semen Demon is a retitling courtesy of its international distributor. Still, credit must be given to Pink Eiga Inc. for such a hilarious re-branding –...
Slugs – Spanish poster
Wow. This has to be the best poster ever madefor a bad movie. And a well deserved poster, Slugs (1988) is a gloriously bad movie. If you don’t have a good time with Slugs, you may want to check your pulse. Movie: Slugs Director: Juan Piquer Simón Country of movie: USA/Spain Year of movie: 1988...
Cannibal Campout’s opening scene
Jon McBride’s Cannibal Campout (1988) is one of the better known shot-on-video productions of the late 80s and with good reason. Cannibal Campout is both hilarious and surprisingly disgusting. While it is cheap beyond belief, it’s obvious McBride and crew put a lot of love and effort when shooting it, leaving us a very entertaining...
White Rose Campus: Then Everybody Gets Raped (1982)
I’ve mentioned many times before that a ridiculous title is enough to get me excited about a film. Japan has to be the emperor of absurd titles. Often Japanese titles, especially those for pinku and Roman Porno flicks, are long, obnoxious and hysterically literal. I’ve dropped a lot of silly and offensive film titles in...
François Tétaz & Wolf Creek
From the onset, I feel it appropriate to state that François Tétaz’s score for 2005’s infamous, ‘Wolf Creek’ is my favourite modern movie score. I should also mention that ‘Wolf Creek’ is one of my favourite modern horror films. Extracting Tétaz’s score from the film in which it accompanies is difficult for me to do. Obviously...
Shark Kill (1976)
It’s hard to imagine a world before Jaws. Sure, there were shark films before it, but Jaws turned the great white shark into a mythical killing machine. After Jaws, movie-sharks got bigger and their final deaths more explosive. The cash-ins and sequels peaked in the 80s and slowed down in the 90s. They returned with...
Onibaba – East German poster
I really need to put up more East German posters. I think the only other one I’ve featured is BMX Bandits. Below is the wonderful East German poster for Onibaba (1964), a film by the legendary Kaneto Shindô. Movie: Onibaba Director: Kaneto Shindô Country of movie: Japan Year of movie: 1964 Country of poster: East...
Birthday bloodbath in Rabid Grannies
Belgium horror-comedy Rabid Grannies (1988) is fairly infamous for its outrageous gore scenes. Sadly, the red stuff has been hacked out of most DVD releases. The only version, as far as I know, that is entirely uncut is a cruddy print with Dutch subtitles burnt in. It can be found on the Dutch and German...
The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972)
In my Strays (1991) article, I made the point that it’s pretty much impossible to make cats scary thus leading to many belly laughs whenever a film attempts it. You can imagine my joy when I read the title The Night of a Thousand Cats… a thousand fucking cats. Joy is in fact the wrong...
Der Todesking (1990)
Back in April, Mondo Exploito’s head honcho, Dave, wrote this great review of Jörg Buttgereit’s miserable 1990 classic, ‘Der Todesking’. Consider this post a companion piece of sorts. Like Dave, Jörg Buttgereit holds a very special place in my heart. The first time I saw ‘Der Todesking’, like my introduction to all Buttgereit’s films, was courtesy of...
