Schitt's Creek

Anybody watch this show? I have heard good things and thinking about getting into it but there are so many damn shows I need to watch.

Ghost stories in 16th-17th century France

This looks incredibly cool. I have not read it, but I just saw a reference to itin something else I'm reading. It's really expensive, but ask your local librarian to see if she can help you find a copy by inter-library loan.
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Stories-Late-Renaissance-France/dp/0199599807/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

The First Annual Trash Challenge!

That's what this place needs. Not only a challenge, but an original one. Well, sorta. Onyx and I have been throwing around ideas, and we came up with what is seeming like a cross between the Turkey Challenge and the Extreme Challenge, which I think is good, as it should appeal to both fan bases. I hope the rules don't aren't too complicated, and I am totally open to suggestions.

FIrst of all, we gotta have a point system. I love the October Challenge, but points just make these more interesting, imo. I was thinking something along the lines of ONE point earned for any movie which includes the following qualities.

Nudity

Gore

Rape

Hardcore Penetration

Incest

Drug Use

Blasphemy

Cannibalism

Intentionally Bad Qualities

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

S.O.V. (Shot-On-Video) - Anything shot on video from the 80's and 90's, or beyond, if you know of anything.

FTV (First Time Viewing)

I was also thinking of borrowing ZombieCPA's Trifecta concept he uses for the Turkey Challenge. For anyone unfamiliar, basically, you can earn extra points by watching 3 movies in a row by the same director/actor. Although I think I might tweek this concept a bit. No directors or actors. Just Exploitation genres.

Sexploitation, Blaxploitation, Hixploitation, Nazisploitation, Bikersploitation, Canuxploitation, Ozploitation, Nunsploitation, Rape/Revenge, Women In Prison, Jungle Cannibal Epics, Nudie Cuties, Lesbian Vampires, Mondo/Shockumentaries, Giallos

If I left out anything, let me know and I'll add it to the list.

I'm thinking 3 extra points for 3 in a row of any of the above Sploitations. However, 3 more will only get you 3 more points. Each set of 3 is an extra 3 points, aside from the points already earned.

If you find this part a little hard to swallow, it's not necessary in order to join in the fun.

Movies must run no less than 40 minutes.

This challenge will be for the month of March.

Progress thread ------> https://trashepics.com/post/9/105/

All questions/comments/ideas are welcomed.

Early Modern Treasure Hunters

Check this out... there is material for a lot of horror movies here.
https://www.thethinkersgarden.com/2017/03/the-secret-arts-of-early-modern-treasure-hunters/#.WNMtV_nyvIV

I unlocked the secret to PIECES

I must be a real ignoramus (hey, you said it), but after years of watching Pieces countless times, the ending finally makes sense to me.

I watched it with my girlfriend (her first time; she loved it, BTW) and I dunno if I was paying more attention than usual or what, but I unlocked the secret to Pieces that I've never seen anyone talk about. Know how in between the police "force" (heh) having Kendall knee deep in, like, you know, police stuff, which I've never understood, that he's bedding a ton of women at the campus? He even tries getting it on with the much older, but no less fine, Linda Day...asking her if she was going to make coffee (what a sly dog, that Kendall). His goofy friend even pops outta the shadows in a fright mask and yells, "Casanova!" (lol.)

Wellllll.....the sewed-up corpse comprised of several women at the end (two at least, Kendall was balls-deep in when they still had a pulse) is getting its revenge on this studly man-whore. He may be flunking all his classes, and busy volunteering for the police, but he's got an A+ in love making. Anyway, poor Kendall. Shoulda kept it in your pants a bit more often, bud.

Oh, and as for the corpse coming back to life...it's a horror movie, you over analytical putz! These things happen!

I Spit On Your Grave (1978)



Rape-Revenge flicks aren't really my cup of tea. I mean, they're okay, and are sometimes far more entertaining than they should be. But nothing to jizz over, in my opinion. But like every exploitation sub genre, there's always that one movie which stands out. The one which defines the sub genre, and the one which all the others are compared. As far as this particular sub genre goes, that'd be the forever notorious I Spit On Your Grave. Filmed in Connecticut by Meir Zarchi, and starring Camille Keaton as an easy going writer, just looking for a little inspiration and relaxation, but is plunged into a nightmare, one day, and is changed forever because of it. An unflinching look at a long, grueling rape, the recovery, and eventually, violent retribution. Technically, not a great movie, and not exactly a gorefest one might expect, but there's just something about this film that hits a nerve. Love it or hate it, you'll never forget I Spit On Your Grave.

So, this writer, Jennifer Hills, is traveling from the big city out into the sticks to write her new book. If not for a retard named Matthew, she mght have actually gotten somewhere. Matthew is a grocery delivery boy, and when delivering Jennifer's groceries, he develops a crush on the semi-flirty Jennifer. Nothing wrong with that, but after bragging to a bunch of ass holes at the gas station that he saw her tits, these Connecticut rednecks get all riled up about pussy, and get all up in Matthew's shit about being a virgin. And before we know it, a raping has been planned. A raping which is supposedly meant to rid Matthew of the burden that is his virginity. Wow! For a bunch of dicks who clearly hate Matthew, they sure are going all out, just so he can get his dick wet. But as we suspected, these good 'ol boys are planning on making a day of it. But virgins first, as they say..

The next day, the rednecks gang up on Jennifer, and get her into a vulnerable position to hold her down. Now applying all sorts of peer pressure to the man-child to take advantage of this opportunity, he just can't rise to the occasion, at first, so, the rest of them go to town on Jennifer, who, I might add, does a great job of selling the following scenes as painful and traumatizing. At one point, she actually looks like she's going insane. Not unlike Marilyn Burns from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. As we get back around to the retard's turn, he finally gets it up and sticks it in, yet Jennifer doesn't even give his sorry little prick a whimper. Not able to finish, Matthew gets nervous and quits. The other three go on to beat and berate Jennifer. And after having their fun, they try and stick the dirty work on Matthew. They now expect the retard to stab Jennifer in the heart to cover their asses. The idiots don't even go back in the house with him to make sure he does the job. And once again, the tard chokes up and lets her be. Once the guys find out, a few days later, Matthew is officially out of the rape clique. But now that Jennifer is getting the chance to recuperate and make her next move, Matthew may have much bigger problems. Same goes for the other three. Jennifer has lost a part of herself, and no longer gives a fuck. Going to the cops is apparently out of the question. Only bloody, uncompromising vengeance.

I look at I Spit On Your grave in two different ways. One, overrated as an extreme film. And two, a film undeserving of much of the hate it's gotten in the past. Again, because it's not really THAT extreme. Sure. It is pretty harsh, at times. There is a 22 minute rape scene which the entire movie is based on, but it's off and on, and isn't all that graphic. One of the revenge scenes is arguably more disturbing. This film was once condemned to no end by critics who saw the film as nothing but an evil story with no moral, told from the rapist's point of view, with no self awareness. Obviously, nothing could be farther from the truth, as the men who raped Jennifer were portrayed as nothing more than obnoxious and ignorant. Besides also being a bit of an "Evil hicks vs. city slicker" Horror flick that was so popular in the 70's, I Spit On Your grave is a women's lib movie at its core. And the original title of Day Of The Woman is a good indication of that. Maybe the hate this movie has gotten had something to do with the unpleasant retitle, which sort of made this movie into something it was never meant to be. But what I Spit On Your Grave is, is a success. It's harsh, it's raw, and like Jennifer Hills, it doesn't give a fuck. 6/10



#Extreme #Review

Sawtooth 2009

Anyone know where to watch this movie?

Need some tech help!

How the hell do I emded an image or youtube clip? I've tried copying the url, highlighting and then choosing Image or Youtube and it don't work! What step am I missing? I'm on a Mac. Sorry, I'm a bit slow when it comes to this shit.

RIP Martin McGuinness

A controversial figure, responsible for many deaths & atrocities in his early life as a general in the IRA, but also the man behind Sinn Fein's involvement in the Good Friday Agreement, which ultimately ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

His relationship with Ian Paisley was critical to the sucess of a difficult political partnership between Sinn Fein & the DUP in NI, which only recently hit the rocks. However many wil not be able to forgive his involement in the murders, bombings and other attacks attributed to the IRA over the years.

A terrorist & a peacemaker, a divisive figure, one person's coward is another's hero.

Happy Birthday Vera

Vera Lynn turns 100 today. It's thanks to her I call myself somesunnyday.