Had an '80s Gross-Out Marathon

Over the weekend, I wanted to show my girlfriend three of the nastiest, ickiest, groddiest and lowest-budgeted gore films the '80s had to offer. So I picked Killing Spree the first night, Splatter Farm the following night and lastly, The Abomination for the remaining night. Three awesome-as-fuck, homegrown, backyard gorefests with a combined budget that is probably lower than your monthly car payment. I didn't think of it at the time, but all three feature horrific, LOL-worthy acting by old ladies and two of the three feature those ugly wood-panelled walls that were popular in homes at the time.

Killing Spree - dude (who's name is Asbestos Felt(!)) thinks his wife is cheating on him, so he begins dispatching of electricians, TV repairmen, delivery men and lawn maintenance in all sorts of wonderfully graphic ways with some of the best being a ceiling fan n•gger rigged with machetes and a chainsaw, but best of all, the nosy neighborhood grandma gets it in the film's wettest, most show-stopping gore effect. Killing Spree is easily the most professionally made of the three films, with lots of attention paid to detail, and all sorts of neat gimmicks (like the pink lighting), plus a cool, totally out-there surprise ending reminiscent of Don't Go in the House or Maniac.

Splatter Farm - here we enter SOV (shot-on-video) land. Movies really don't get much more amateur when they look like your family's homemade Christmas and birthday videos circa 1988. Nevertheless, there's a unique charm to these productions and to its benefit, a certain scuzziness that can't be found in bigger-budgeted productions shot on film stock. Quintessential '80s looking twin bros go to stay at their dear old aunt's farm for vacation. Almost immediately things seem amiss, especially when they meet their aunt's farmhand, Jeremy. Splatter Farm is the ickiest of the three movies we watched, with unflinching, cruel and sadistic scenes of graphic gore, incest and anal fisting (followed immediately by coprophagia(!)) Believe it or not, this was my gf's favorite movie of the weekend.

The Abomination - this one's a bit more slow-going than the preceding two movies, but it makes up for things with some truly gnarly creature and gore fx later in the film. Shot on (what appears to be) some really low-grade Super 8 film stock and without sound (all sound and dialogue was added later, I'm sure of it) it tells the tale of a coughed-up tumor that is in fact actually "the abomination," a creature that feeds on human flesh and has mind-control powers. Lots of sickening gore to be found in this cheapjack production with some pretty hilarious toilet humor, that literally involves a toilet! An Arkansas bred film, it also tackles a subplot of a TV evangelist and therefore seems to be maybe some kind of commentary on the Bible Belt, which is reasonably interesting and well-thought out enough for a film of this type.

All three are on YouBoob. To the uninitated, have your showers hot and ready - these three are about as gross, slimy and brain-fried as '80s horror gets.

Thoughts on the movies are of course, welcome.

10 years later "Poughkeepsie Tapes" gets released



Scream Factory announced a Blu-ray and DVD release for October 10th 2017

Harry Dean Stanton, starring in new movie "Lucky"!

This dude is 90 years old, and he's still with it! Yes, that's David Lynch in there, so I pretty much have to see this now.

Neill Blomkamp Youtube / Oats Studio

Neill Blomkamp, modern sci-fi filmmaker, has a youtube channel called "Oats Studios", which produces some epic 20 minute sci-fi videos, but they also have some goofy short videos about cooking shows gone wrong.

Check it out if you want some interesting shit:
https://www.youtube.com/user/OatsStudios

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)

Netflix snuck this one by me. The follow-up to Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is due August 4th. I love this shit. I'm gonna binge the hell out of it the day it comes out.

Looking for a Horror Title

Post Saw. Three loser kids (2 guys and 1 gal) have a party in a cave or something similar. They invite a bunch of kids who were mean to them, and plot revenge. One of the revenge deals I think involved the star QB cutting off his hand, or his girlfriend dies.
Toward the end, one of the three thinks they've gone too far and tries to find help.

Thanks

Your favorite Horror anthology films?

What are some of your favorite Horror anthology films? I'm a sucker for anthologies. I am having trouble narrowing it down to 5 - so I am going to go with my Top 10. In order:

The Vault of Horror
Alien Zone
Tales from the Crypt
Asylum
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Night Train to Terror
Encounter with the Unknown
Creepshow 2
Body Bags
The Offspring

What are some of your favorites?

Vietnam, and/or War Movies!

Here I am, watching Kong: Skull Island, which is set in a 1973 post-Vietnam backdrop. I'm also rewatching the 1987-1990 Vietnam war series, "Tour of Duty". I think the Vietnam war leads to the more interesting of war movies. What are your fave War movies, and does the type of war matter (Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, etc) towards your enjoyment?

My faves:
Platoon (1986) - Best war movie, IMO. Got a fucking fantastic cast, and some fucked up moments in it.
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Another great nam movie, told in 2 acts: a disturbing boot camp fuckery, and the horrors of Nam!
Tour of Duty (1987) - The whole 3-season run was set in Vietnam, and had some damn fine episodes! This show has made me cry on a few ocassions.
Forrest Gump (1994) - Also has 'Nam subplots!

Vietnam has become a sort of joke in b-movie lore, since there's always a bad-ass Nam vet who has to save the day, like Rambo, or Combat Shock, or Farcry 3: Blood Dragon, or so many others. I was watching Last Action Hero the other day, and they mention how Jack Slater saved John Practice's life in Nam.

Your favorite Documentaries?

What are your favorite Documentarie(s)? I got inspired by Onyx's thread about documentaries to make this. I love documentaries! They can be depressing, disturbing or just plain sick - but they are never boring, that is for sure. I have seen in around a 100 in my lifetime this far. So here is what I rated 8 plus, in order:

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Beyond the Mat
Boy Interrupted
Rain in my Heart
My Amityville Horror
Night Will Fall
9/11: The Falling Man
Shoah
The Bridge
Into the Abyss
Man on Wire
Capturing the Friedmans
Deliver Us from Evil
The Thin Blue Line
The House of Suh
Witch Hunt
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
The Imposter
High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Grizzly Man
The Monday Night War: WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
My Flesh and Blood
UFO's Are Real
Out of the Blue
Dreamland: Area 51
UFOs: It Has Begun
Alcatraz: Search for the Truth
A Certain Kind of Death
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Interview with a Cannibal
Our Father the Serial Killer
Man on Bridge
Who Took Johnny
Valentine Road
The Fear of 13
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Titicut Follies
Killer Legends


What are your favorite Documentarie(s)?

How often do you use your VCR?

If you even have one. A few days ago I watched Grindsploitation (2016), which isn't on DVD or Blu-ray for some reason even though it's a new movie and they don't make VCRs anymore. I had to set up my old VCR because I hadn't used it in years. Since I have it out, there are a few movies I only have on VHS that I want to rewatch now.