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New Feature: Media Database

The site now has a media database https://junkepics.com/film/ , complete with a message board and shoutbox for each title. However, the shoutboxes are currently still being modified, but they'll be back soon. •fixed

Most titles in the database will be b-movies, cult, exploitation, and horror films. Exceptions can most definitely be made in order to include any title though. Hundreds of titles are already pending, but suggestions are welcome.

This film was released on Judgment Day

"The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug."

Gummo is all about living in the aftermath of a horrific event. A tornado rips through the town of Xenia, Ohio, and those who remained turned into redneck degenerates. It's an uncomfortable film, but it becomes a surreal reverie, as if you've huffed too much glue and can't remember how you got from point A to point B. Yet, in it's own way, it's a strangely hypnotic day in the life of low-class America, just trying to make sense of a hopeless situation.

If Gummo has taught me anything, it's that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it can exist even after a great loss. Skynet can try to break our spirits, but hang in there.

Stuff

I know this site seems aimless right now, but I'm still developing content for it. In fact, I aim to have a new movie database (for all you IMDB dwellers). Not as expansive as imdb, but more simple, with message boards for each title. Standard stuff, I know, but I'd like to work in special events based on the anniversary's of the included titles. That, or just give myself reminders that oblige me to watch some old school horror flicks, since it always takes me forever to figure out which movie I should watch if I'm given the choice...

Also, I fixed the comment notification thingy. I can't see some of these issues on my end, so you'll have to tell me these things. In fact, just tell me anything, cuz I notice no one is talking. I work long days, and I'm too cheap to own a cell phone, which forces me to take long breaks from this place, where I proceed to not notice these #things.

Tell me stuff you like. Tell me stuff you hate. If you hate me, give my account a -1 rating. You can do that here, you know...

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Reviews with Ballz: Short Night of Glass Dolls

Welcome to the first ever... Reviews with Ballz!

Or should I call it Reviewz with Ballz, so it's a z on Reviews too? Not sure, but whatever.

This isn't really going to be anything out of the ordinary as far as reviews go. I'll just give my thoughts on the movie. This is more of just a way for me to ID my reviews on here so they stand out from my regular articles. Of course, I could always add a poll in later reviews too, especially if I review a whole movie series or something.

I'll try to review mostly stuff that's not so popular and well-known, at least as far as I know, just so I'm not covering movies that have already been covered by every other reviewer on the internet. Newer movies might be my exception to that. We'll see though. And of course, I'll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, if not non-existent.

Anyway, let's start...

Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) is a giallo. You know, that genre Dario Argento excelled in from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. The director is one Aldo Lado, who I've never heard of until watching this movie last night. I don't even remember how I found out about this movie and I really didn't know much about it when I started it, other than that it's a giallo.

The movie starts out with a male's body being discovered partially hidden among some bushes. The body is picked up and hauled off to the morgue, where we learn that's he's not dead, but is in fact somehow paralyzed and his vital signs are too weak to be read. And from there, we begin seeing the events that have led up to this.

Of course, that's not exactly the most original plot. A person in a morgue who everyone thinks is dead when they're in fact not has been done plenty of times and even though this was made in the early 1970s, I'm sure that it had been done before then even. However, I would say that this is definitely one of the better played out of those types of movies. I actually feel like that this one had some very Hitchockian vibes to it, more so than other gialli directors that have tried to channel their inner Hitchcock.

Unlike a lot of other gialli I've seen, which to be fair, haven't been that many outside of Argento's, this one really isn't very violent. There are some deaths and some blood, but a lot of it's after-the-fact. What blood was present wasn't really anything to write home about as far as how it was used, though for a movie that didn't show much in that area, I was a little impressed with the look some after-the-fact stab wounds that were shown at one point. Of course, with this movie, the minimal amount of violence shown didn't bother me really at all as I found myself drawn in by the story.

The music in this one was provided by the legendary Ennio Morricone. None of the music has really stuck with me, but it wasn't anything bad. It fit the tone of the movie and that should always be the main goal of a movie's score, right?

One final note about this movie is its title. Short Night of Glass Dolls has absolutely NOTHING to do with glass dolls. I was reading a bit more on this though and apparently it was originally supposed to be called Short Night of Butterflies, which is more fitting.

Overall, despite a few slower moments, I really enjoyed this flick. As I said, it's nothing overly original, but if you're a fan of gialli and haven't seen this one, I say check it out. I definitely want to check out some more of Lado's work now.

#AldoLado #Giallo #Review #ReviewsWithBallz #ShortNightOfGlassDol

The 2014 Academy Awards?

In retrospect, I cannot take them seriously. However, in retrospect is the only knowledge I have of this year's categories, because I didn't watch the Oscars, nor do I feel as though I should have. Hollywood continues its descent into a dying cliche every time a movie producer tries to play it safe and go the route that makes the most money, but art isn't about the money. It's about the effect that the art leaves with you, and (like many large organizations) the Academy Awards lean towards politically correct films and themes. Now, a movie doesn't need trashy subject matter for me to appreciate it... but it helps.

Have I seen even half of this year's winning films? No. No, I have not seen Gravity. In fact, the only movie I saw was Dallas Buyer's Club, because it was all about AIDS, transvestites, and most importantly, Mathew McConaughey as a redneck. It's legitimately a good movie too, and I really enjoyed it, but most of the nominees this year don't draw me in at all.

I feel as though horror, exploitation, and cult films and interests can have their own entire awards, hosted here, on this site. Users would simply submit their nominations, and vote. The Trash Awards could cover film, television, music, literature, and even people awards. Mainstream nominations would be allowed, but independent projects would be encouraged.

Let's make our own annual awards, here on Trash Epics.

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I've been doing this for months. I've earned hundreds of dollars in gift cards, and I blew all that shit on movies. I always go for the free shipping deals, and save a bunch of gift cards so it all comes out at the greatest bargain. For instance, I used 5 of these $5 gift cards today to turn my $35 dvd haul into a $15 haul. And I bought 19 movies here. This is Amazon though, so you can buy whatever the hell you want. I'm a collector, however, and I gravitate to dvds (for some odd reason).

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The Moffat Award

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