Thanks, Jean-René Gossart!
Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing Golden Temple Amazons (1986), a synth-fueled piece of silliness directed by Alain Payet and an uncredited Jess Franco (apparently his contribution was very small). The film is plenty entertaining; its highlight being a demented performance from Jean-René Gossart. I have no idea who Gossart is. Looking at his...
Jet Jaguar (ジェットジャガー Jetto Jagā)
NAME: Jet Jaguar (ジェットジャガ, Jetto Jagā) FIRST APPEARS IN: Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) DESIGN FEATURES: - coned head - Michelin Man style arm rolls - a bad-ass colour-combo of red, orange, silver and blue SKILLS: - handshaking - altering his size to suit occasions - getting double-teamed by Megalon and Gigan - floodlight eyes -...
Aatank (1996)
I get a big kick watching exploitation and genre movies from a wide range of countries and cultures. I do, however, draw the line at Bollywood films. I’ve watched a handful and tend to find them frustratingly long and dull. However, a catch-22 rears its ugly head. While I have no love for Bollywood, I’m...
Evil Dead II - Poster by Jason Edmiston
I really need to work on my mouse-clicking skills in order to buy limited edition prints from Mondo Posters before they disappear. Their latest release sold out in a matter of minutes, and it’s not hard to see why. Jason Edmiston‘s Evil Dead II poster is phenomenal. I would have loved to have seen this...
Ray Harryhausen’s Centaur
I was about seven years old. I think I was at my grandparents’ house and had been put down in front of the television. From memory, it was a little past my bedtime. There was a movie on - The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974). It was amazing. I hadn’t seen anything like it before....
Sergio Garrone shares his thoughts on reality TV
I recently picked up SS Hell Pack, a DVD triple feature from Media Blasters/Exploitation Digital. While I prefer the films in the followup collection, SS Hell Pack II, this first collection is still a lot of fun. It’s highlight being the wonderfully loopy SS Girls (1977) by Bruno Mattei, Trash God Extraordinaire, which ranks among...
Stolen Nazi testicles
Naziploitation really does blow my mind. How was such an obnoxious and offensive sub-genre allowed to exist and thrive? Lucky it was, I love these historically inaccurate nasties that usually, unsurprisingly, hail from Italy. No matter how cheap they are, they always pack a seedy slap. The Naziploitation sub-genre also gets pretty darn ludicrous, especially...
Trepanator (1992)
With little to no anticipation or expectations, I press play and Trepanator begins. The opening titles shakily appear on the screen. Underneath “starring” I see “Jean Rollin”. I scoff. What a cheap way to sucker someone into buying your film - you know, by pretending that Jean Rollin is in it. Then another name catches...
New Tokyo Decadence: The Slave (2007)
Pink films cover a wide spectrum of fetishes and, especially considering Japan’s love affair with rope-play, it’s not surprising to find a bottomless pit of BDSM themed entries. Normally, I would steer clear of films of this ilk - not because of any moral qualms, it’s just that sadomasochism leaves me a little queasy. Intrigued...
Amsterdamned - Czech poster
Earlier this year in Prague, my partner and I visited Terry Posters and blew most of our travel budget there. Terry Posters specialises in Czech movie posters with the bulk of their catalogue from their Eastern Bloc past. We picked up several posters that were on our “must have” list, but also grabbed some fantastic...
Hilarious end credits from Chopping Mall
You know what’s awesome about Jim Wynorski’s Chopping Mall (1986)? FUCKING EVERYTHING: a great title, killer robots, action, violence, 80s haircuts, 80s music, a cool shopping mall setting, a short and sweet running time, Barbara Crampton, Dick Miller, Russell Todd… hell, even Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov show up to pay tribute to Eating Raoul!...
Manborg (2011)
When I first saw the trailer of Father’s Day, it was love at first sight. With lines like, “You know how many dads go missing around here, motherfucker?” and a plot that focused on the Fuchman, a rapist and murderer of dads, I knew I had to see it as soon as possible. This was...
