Useless B-Horror Flick Knowledge

[Fathom Zero]

Beyond Re-Animator? I watched it on Sci-Fi years ago. It does kick ass.

Nevermind, you were talking about Bride of Re-Animator. Still groovy.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

No, we're talking about From Beyond. It was made just months after Re-Animator and has much of the same case and crew. It is also based on a Lovecraft work and is freaky as hell. Think Re-Animator meets Event Horizon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091083/

I think it just got the DVD treatment as well.

[JediScum]

On an unrelated note, I went on a roadtrip with my mom and stepdad this weekend for a wedding. While holed up in a hotel, I think it was TBS, but some channel had a Tod Browning fest. They showed "Dracula" first (of course) then "Freaks" which I caught the last 2 minutes of. Then they played "Devil Doll".
At first, I was disappointed that I had missed "Freaks", but "Devil Doll" really isn't bad, especially for 1932? (not sure of year) I'm not giving out spoilers but, it's worth a dollar rental or 5 dollars to own, maybe more if yer a Tod Browning fan.
Afterwards, the station played "London After Midnight", sort of. This is a silent film directed by Browning and the last known copy of the film was burnt in a studio fire in the 1960's. The station just showed production stills along with the original silent film dialog accompianied by the music score. But it does have Lon Chaney in two roles, and he looks hella 1927 cool as an undead.

So give "Devil Doll" a shot and if yer grandma has a copy of the "London After Midight" reel, tell her to post it.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

I am, of course, a big fan of Tod Browning. His film Freaks stands as iconic in the Carnival and sideshow community and was really cutting edge for the time. Casting human oddities as the heroes really alienated the public. It really didn't garner much praise until the 60's, when audiences could connect to the idea of going against the grain. Previous to that, it was cut into segments, spliced into film of atrocities and toured as an early grindhouse film. Freaks did not exist in its complete form for almost 30 years.

Interesting note about Browning, he was a sideshow performer and talker in his youth. For his act, he was 'The Living Corpse'. He would pack himself into a coffin and be buried, only to be dug up later with no ill effects. This from the man who would go on to direct a film about the undead Dracula.

Another strange thing about Freaks, before I go. The film owes it's survival to the church of Satan. Founder Anton LaVey was a former carnival worker and he adored the film. He collected numerous copies of the film, which were in very poor shape due to age, and compiled the complete version you see today.

[JediScum]

I've only seen "Freaks" once about 5-6 years ago. I do remember the theme of "HaHa look at them, take advantage and oh shit i fucked with the wrong clique" but at the hotel i was disappointed because, well, it was the last two minutes of the flick. For some reason, The scene of the guy with no arms and no legs rolling and lighting a cigarette with his mouth stands out. More so, when he's going after the (SPOILER DELETED) with a knife in his teeth.


Whatcha think of "Devil Doll"? Only seeing it once, i liked it. I wouldn't consider it horror so much as maybe drama/suspense. The 1930's effects were pretty good, too.

[Fathom Zero]

I thought that part was one of the best moments in cinema.

He looks like a bag of potatoes.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

There were some great visuals in the film.
Prince Randian was just one of them. LINK

[Eyelobe]

Any Troma fans here?



EDIT: Oops - missed the first few posts. Discuss anyway!

[Eyelobe]

Here's a true under-appreciated classic.



Not exactly "horror", but trust me, this movie is horrific.

[Eyelobe]

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

I just sent ROG a copy of that. I imagine a review is pending. The cover and title alone warrant an article.

[Eyelobe]

Exactly!

[Eyelobe]

My favorite Fulci film! Great gore, ridiculous plot, horrible dubbing...and the best villain ever: The evil Dr. Freudstein!

[mitchmcmichael]

Gangs of the Dead and Zombie Nation were horrible B-movies but once you see them they are stuck in your mind for the rest of your life.

[Rayo Casa.]

Renato Polselli is a king of Italian trash cinema- part Fulci, part Argento, all crazy.

His best known flick is the Reincarnation of Isabel (a.k.a. Ghastly Orgies of Count Frankenstein (with a title like that...))

[Kitsa]

Flight of the Living Dead was hilarity in its sheer shittiness.

When I was a kid, the Ghoulies box cover freaked me out. Then I watched it again and it was so extraordinarily stupid.

My brother used to watch Popcorn and Shocker (the boss from X-Files plays a murderer!) over and over until mom hid the VHS tapes.

I thought IT was ok until the end...the end was really stupid to me. But Tim Curry knows how to sell a character. They said on the DVD commentary that all of the other cast members wouldn't have anything to do with him because they were so freaked out.

[Tadao]

That was Tim Curry? heh

[Dixie]

Futurekill is amazing. It's like Robocop's retarded ornery little brother.

[Terrible-D]

Has anyone seen the "Hell Comes to Frogtown"? If not, you need too. Roddy Piper is one of very few fertile men left in the US (maybe the world), and he's recruited by the US military to save a group of women from frogtown (a city populated by frogs mutated by nuclear fallout), and impregnate them. If that isn't enough for you, then the explosive jock-strap they fit him with so he won't run away should seal the deal.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Nope

[ZeldaQueen]

You need to see it. It was one of Mystery Science Theater's best episodes. Try YouTube.

[Sam]

What is Mystery Science Theater? It sounds weird. O_o

[Tadao]

I think it's a cartoon.

[ZeldaQueen]

No, it's this great tv series.

What it's about is that there's this mad scientist called Dr. Forrester who wants to take over the world by finding the ultimate bad movie, one so bad it breaks the will of whoever sees it. To test which movie's the worst, he kidnaps a janitor named Joel Robinson, takes him to a satellite called the "Satellite of Love" and forces him to watch the movies. For company, Joel invents three robots - A girlish one named Gypsy, the goofy Crow, and Tom Servo. The show generally consists of Joel, Crow, and Tom watching the movie and making sarcastic remarks/observations about it. After a while, Joel escapes the satellite and Forrester replaces him with a man called Mike, who basically serves the same purpose as Joel.

[Tadao]

Sounds cool! What channel is it on?