MZ's Movie Review Thread

[MinionZombie]

Evil Dead 2013: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...am-of-fan.html I've seen it, and I've reacted to it in an extensive point-by-point nerdy analysis of the pros, cons, and wibbly-wobbly bits of the flick. One thing's for sure - there's a shit-ton of gore in this movie, some of which really made me wince - oh, and Jane Levy rocks in this movie. Anyone else seen it yet?

[MinionZombie]

Autopsy (Armando Crispino, 1975): http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...75-review.html Not one of the best gialli, but certainly not bad either - pretty good generally. Solar flares drive the citizens of Rome towards suicide, providing the perfect cover for a killer to go on a spree. It's kind of an out-there flick at times - the main character has hallucinations of cadavers reanimating and shagging each other in one scene.

[MinionZombie]

Taken 2, Machete Maidens Unleashed, and Urban Explorers: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...e-kicking.html 1) Remember how brutal Taken was? This is the soft-scoop version ... there is an 'extended harder cut' (a phrase that, surely, sounds just a little bit pornographic ), but that wasn't the one doing the rounds on Sky Movies this week rather annoyingly. Worst part? A dude gets his neck broken and there isn't a friggin' sound. Still, it was nowhere near as dreadful as I was expecting. 2) A pretty groovy, over-too-soon documentary about exploitation filmmaking in the Philippines in the 1970s. Loads of cool behind-the-scenes stories. 3) UrbExers should get some fun out of this one about people getting into a spot of bother in the abandoned tunnels beneath Berlin. The villain of the piece gives a crackin' performance and steals the whole movie. Scotophobic claustrophobes might want to think twice about watching it.

[MinionZombie]

Iron Man 3, and Reform School Girls: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...-men-iron.html 1) I finally got around to it and I loved the Shane Black vibe of it, even with some plot holes and sketchy time scale in the middle portion. 2) No, it's not a porno. Yes, it does feature a 36 year old pretending to be a teenager. It's a semi-spoof on the 'Women in Prison' sub-genre.

[Neil]

Iron Man 3, and Reform School Girls: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...-men-iron.html 1) I finally got around to it and I loved the Shane Black vibe of it, even with some plot holes and sketchy time scale in the middle portion. 2) No, it's not a porno. Yes, it does feature a 36 year old pretending to be a teenager. It's a semi-spoof on the 'Women in Prison' sub-genre. You sure it's not a porno? Your description is "exploitationer-c*m-spoof "!?

[MinionZombie]

You sure it's not a porno? Your description is "exploitationer-c*m-spoof "!? Although certain scenes might be exactly the sort of thing you'd see in a porno - group showers, the bad girls all dressed in lingerie, etc - I assure you it's not a grubby-flick.

[MinionZombie]

The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher" (1979) Review: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...-skid-row.html Complete with screenshots. One of the grubbiest, most down-and-dirty, cheap-as-chips, rough-as-a-badger's-arse flicks I've seen ... but in a good way, despite the evident flaws. It's also a nifty time capsule for the seedy side of late 1970s Los Angeles.

[MinionZombie]

Chained, Alex Cross, and Ruby Sparks: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...s-writers.html 1) From the daughter of David Lynch - one of the most unsettling films I've ever seen ... dark as fuck. Blimey. 2) Tyler Perry ... the Madea guy ... failing miserably to fill the shoes of Morgan Freeman ... ugh. 3) What if you were a writer, who wrote about their dream girl, and then woke up one day to find her very much real and living in your house?

[MinionZombie]

The Las Vegas Serial Killer (Ray Dennis Steckler, 1987) http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...-wolfgang.html The half-arsed sequel to The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher, replacing a considerable portion of the original's titillation, nudity, and violence with unending sequences of tourist attractions. Still, there's a few good bits scattered about...

[MinionZombie]

Watch Me When I Kill (Antonio Bido, 1977): http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...bido-1977.html Bido only ever made two gialli, the other being the superb "The Bloodstained Shadow" in 1978, and the above was his first foray into the genre. It's not quite as good as his second outing, but it's a very solid and worthwhile giallo flick to check out, and packs what is perhaps the most devestating final act punch of any giallo film ever made.

[MinionZombie]

Ilsa She-Wolf of the SS, Ilsa Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks, and Ilsa Tigress of Siberia: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...a-edition.html A triple-dose of Dyanne Thorne's buxom badass - plenty of grot, grime, sleazy, raunch, gore, and general B-Movie craziness to fill your boots with.

[MinionZombie]

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (Luciano Ercoli, 1970): http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...ady-above.html A mysterious psycho-sexual tale of bourgeois blackmail, and one of the most achingly gorgeous giallo films ever made.

[MinionZombie]

Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye (Antonio Margheriti, 1973): http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...e-antonio.html Unusually, this is a gothic giallo set in a Scottish castle. Like a clash of 1970s Italian murder mystery with British Hammer horror ... featuring a rather dodgy monkey suit.

[MinionZombie]

Dick Figures The Movie, Pacific Rim, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, and Ban The Sadist Videos!: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...s-figures.html 1) The brilliantly crude and action-packed online web show went and made itself a movie! 2) What's not to like about massive mechs twatting massive beasties in the face with a feck-off big container ship?! 3) Watched it in 2D, so all the smoke-blowing 3D nonsense was lost on me ... features the most drugged-up baby ever seen on the silver screen. 4) An indispensible documentary on the 'video nasties' scare.

[MinionZombie]

Silent Night (Steven C. Miller, 2012): http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...-2012-dvd.html Ho-Ho-Ho-Horror in this remake of the infamous 1984 Santa-themed slasher flick "Silent Night Deadly Night". It's also got Malcom McDowell facing-off with a flamethrower-packing and not-so-jolly Saint Nick.