Film Characters you HATE!

I'm watching Casino and I really hate Sharon Stone's character in this. The epitome of a horrendous bitch! Sometimes, an actor can do such a good job at playing an unlikable character that you actually start to hate them in real life.

Who do YOU hate?

Swords and Sorcery movies

I just watched Deathstalker, which was kinda meh. I look forward to the sequel though since it's a Wynorski flick, but who knows about the later ones.

My favorite of this subgenre are Army of Darkness, Beastmaster, Conan 1 (and 2!?), and Monty Python's Holy Grail. I couldn't care less for Lord off the Rings though. That shit is boring to me.

What say ye, peasants?

The Art of Self-Defense 2019

This movie came and went in the theaters pretty quickly, so there wasn't much buzz on it. Eisenberg plays an awkward office nerd who gets beatdown by thugs one night and decides to better himself by taking a karate class.

I think Cobra Kai was making karate cool again, but this movie never seemed very cool by the looks of it, but then again, that's because Eisenberg himself is never supposed to play cool guys. I'm not very cool either, so I could sympathize with his pathetic tendencies to avoid conflicts. I actually found myself invested pretty early on, and it only got more interesting. Especially when the movie takes a dark turn in its second half.


Well, I liked it. Plus, it has Imogen Poots. Her name is funny, AND she's a good actress.

#Review

Thursday the 12th!!

Do you ever get sick of watching Jason movies on Friday the 13th? I don't.

And is "Saturday the 14th" any good?

Trash Challenge V: Who Cares If We Fail?




Well, it's about that time again. Trash Epics' signature movie challenge is about to have a fifth go around. That means it's time to start preparing for an offensive, so bad, it's good, exploitation clusterfuck of a March. What are we into these days? Giallos? Cannibal epics? Shockumentaries? Sick, Japanese gorefests? You name it and it counts, because the Trash Challenge is back!

As always, it'll be one point for every trashy quality below. It doesn't have to be a significant amount of anything. As long as it exists.


Nudity

Gore

Rape

Hardcore Penetration

Incest

Drug Use

Cannibalism

Intentionally Bad Qualities

Video Nasties - Any movie to ever appear on this list.

SOV - Anything shot-on-video from the 80's and 90's, or beyond, if you know of anything.

Beastiality

Necrophilia

Racism - One point for racist characters, or any type of blatant racism expressed.

Retards - Any characters who appears to be mentally handicapped is good for a point.

Garbage Point - One point earned if you genuinely hate the movie and have a difficult time making it through.

FTV (First Time Viewing)

NEW

Pleasure Point - One point earned for each orgasm you provide for yourself whilst viewing a trash epic.


And then, there's the Trifectas. Instead of using directors and series, the Trash Challenge trifectas are all about the old Exploitation sub genres.

Sexploitation, Blaxploitation, Hixploitation, Nazisploitation, Bikersploitation, Canuxploitation, Ozploitation, Nunsploitation, Rape/Revenge, Lezbo-Vamp, Women In Prison, Jungle Cannibal Epics, Mondo/Shockumentaries, Nudie Cuties, Giallos, Throwbacks


3 in a row from any of the above sploitations will count as a trifecta.

A movie can only count towards one trifecta.

Single Trifecta - 5 points

Double Trifecta - 7 points

Triple Trifecta - 9 points

Etc.


Films must run no less than 40 minutes to count.

This challenge will be for the month of March.

Good fucking luck!

I https://trashepics.com/post/9/105/
II https://trashepics.com/post/9/186/
III https://trashepics.com/post/9/229/
IV https://trashepics.com/post/9/236/

Summer Camp

It's a great setting for slasher flicks, but a great setting for a comedy too. I haven't seen it utilized much in other genres.

I'm watching Ernest Goes to Camp and it's a great premise: Ernest wants to be a camp counselor. You know things are going to go wrong because he's a fuck up.

What are your favorite summer camp flicks?

Nickelodeon's Orange Years

I just watched a doc on Hulu about Nick from early inception to the 90s. Big trip down memory lane for me. I grew up in a great time for kids tv. Also, the creator lady of Blues Clues is pretty hot.

The worst horror movie of the summer - Brightburn!

Oops. I meant to say "first". 🙄

Goddamn, what a shitty and predictable movie this was. They market this as "From Producer James Gunn, Visionary Director Behind Guardians of the Galaxy", which is a very confusing statement in itself because A.) Like the director of any Marvel movie, he's entirely replaceable, and B.) what do producers do even do? Especially for a small town turkey like this movie, which is anything but visionary?

So much like the origin story of Clark Kent, an infantile Brandon Beyers crashlanded in his spaceship, landing in a little known farming commmunity by the name of "Brightburn". He's raised by a happy married couple, until he turns 12. Then he turns evil, and it plays out exactly as you'd expect.

I thought this movie looked stupid from the get-go. It's very uninspired, and doesn't have much to say. It's a sloppy what-if scenario that wasn't well thought out. Sure, you can see a young superboy kill a few regular people in a gory ways, but then again, you could also be combing your ass hairs, or washing the dishes. Hell, you'd probably be off watching a regular Superman movie, and I hate Superman.

I don't feel too bright after watching this one, so don't let it burn you too.

New Exorcist Trilogy?

Trilogy means they're already anxious to milk the fans for all their money. I think ONE new movie ought to do it, but apparently not. David Gordon Green is making it, which has to be weird to do a Halloween trilogy and then an Exorcist trilogy?

At least Ellen Burstyn will be back, but she's getting up in age. Linda Blair seems like a must, but I haven't seen any confirmation on that.

Does the Exorcist need another movie? Were the prequels as bad as everyone says? Did anybody even watch that damn TV Show?

Jekyll & Hyde Transformations

I'm watching a Jekyll and Hyde plot on Dark Shadows set in a parallel universe (which is fairly fitting for a storyline about alternates), but when clean-shaven Cyrus transforms into the evil John Yaeger, he gains a mustache. When he reverts, the stache disappears.

I saw this in a Ferrigno Hulk movie too. Bixby had a full beard which disappeared when the hulk came out to play. That goddamn hulk doesn't believe in beards, and then the beard manifests back when he reverts to human form.

Steven Hawking would be rolling in his grave^wheelchair if he met the knucklehead who thought up those non-physics.