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Our Favorite GRINDHOUSE Films - And Hopefully Yours!

first by SnowMann	Apr 13th, 2007 03:39:44 AM
Hope vern chimes in. Even though he hates the word.
Does NIGHTMARE IN BADHAM COUNTY count as GrindHouse? by wackybantha	Apr 13th, 2007 03:41:45 AM
WELL??? DOES IT???
Heck, does The English Patient? by readingwriter	Apr 13th, 2007 04:50:41 AM
A dude who's deathcamp-thin (irony!) helps the Nazis so he can get to a skinny chick who's dyin' in a cave. CaRAYzee!
Third!!! by mrfan	Apr 13th, 2007 04:51:28 AM
Like a cold turd!!!!
Fifth!!! by mrfan	Apr 13th, 2007 04:51:58 AM
damn I type slow
70's gothics by readingwriter	Apr 13th, 2007 04:52:37 AM
Not a precise term, but I'm thinking The Other, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Ode to Billy Joe...those movies that seem to take place in a dusty, bleak washed-out Kodak wasteland? Any others that fit into this genre? (Alternately, The Shuttered Room and Let's Scare Jessica to Death, which have nothing to do with these others but are flicks I bet Grindhouse movie fans would like.)
Van Helsing by BannedOnTheRun	Apr 13th, 2007 04:58:45 AM
For barely-concealed uber-gay subtext and really poorly disguised ripoffs of classic Universal monsters. Wait, those were licensed?
DIRTY MARY gave me a boner. by Mace Tofu	Apr 13th, 2007 04:59:18 AM
That Susan George was one hot chick and one my my first boners I remember getting in a theater. I'm getting another just thinking about that flick lol.
Triple bill of... by palimpsest	Apr 13th, 2007 05:41:48 AM
DEATHLINE, LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES, and DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY. Or even RACE WITH THE DEVIL, GORGO and HELL DRIVERS.
The Lift by Subovon	Apr 13th, 2007 05:56:05 AM
It's a double feature, right (and a great idea, Harry)? First up: The Lift, written and directed by Dick Maas. He's the director of Amsterdamned. The lift is about a lift repairman who battles a killer lift. I'm not making this up, and it plays just about as hokey as it sounds in its second half, where they explain that the lift has developed its own intelligence because the evil corporation that made its circuits, used experimental cellular motherboards – in 1983. Good thing about this one, though, is its first half. It's a hoot because that's where all the inventive kills happen. A couple of couples decide to have an orgy in the elevator, and bad things happen. A blind man needs a lift, and bad things happen. My favorite is when the doors opened, but there is no lift there. Just darkness. So the security guard sticks his neck out to look down the elevator shaft, which is always the right thing to do in a movie like this. The doors close, and the elevator slowly comes down, bringing the guy to his knees, and then pushing him flat down on his stomach, and then the heads falls all the way down to the basement. Ding! It's a great gag, and it still gives me the chills. It has that "jeez, that could happen" side to it, if you can believe that a security guard could be that stupid. Personally, that's not a problem for me.
+ My Name is Nobody by Subovon	Apr 13th, 2007 05:56:38 AM
Second movie: My Name Is Nobody, starring Henry Fonda and Terrence Hill, written and produced by Sergio Leone. Legend has it he even directed some of it. It also features one of Ennio Morricone's best scores, and it's worth checking out just for that. Hill plays the titular, and seemingly bumbling cowpoke, who wants to become a famous gunslinger. Henry Fonda is Jack Beaureguard (which means "good looking gaze," in French), another gunslinger who's trying to get out and retire. Unfortunately for him, Nobody would rather see his favorite hero go out in a blaze of glory, by taking out the Wild Bunch (yeah, that's what the banditos are called in this movie). Some of the slapstick comedy is good snack food for the fast forward button, but there are several sequences that will blow you away, especially if you like Sergio Leone's westerns. The film even teaches you that if you have a barber shave your neck, it's a good idea to stick your gun up against his balls, just in case he's not really the barber, but an assassin there to slit your throat. Personally, that's never been a problem for me. But the biggest kick in the ass is at the end, when Henry Fonda and his Winchester go up against the Wild Bunch: just them two up against 150 sons of bitches on horseback, saddlebags full of dynamite. That's my kind of movie. And PS: Tom Savini ripped to shreds in Planet Terror was worth the price of admission to me. I love that guy!
quint by brassai2003	Apr 13th, 2007 05:59:45 AM
I think that was Gates of Hell. the only reason I remember it cuz that chick you mentioned made the cover of Fangoria. Can't believe no on added Ms .45 or I spit on your grave!
Cannibal Holocaust by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:05:25 AM
I'll never forget that movie, it's been burned into my brain. Much better than Ferox. That movie still gives me the chills. I'd have to add "I Spit on Your Grave" to the list. that's a pretty brutal movie. Motel Hell, Basket Case, Necromantik, just to name a few. And I agree with the "Sleepaway Camp", those movies are funny as hell.
brassai by Quint	Apr 13th, 2007 06:05:41 AM
Same movie, different titles. I saw it first under the title City of the Living Dead, so that's how I remember it. And I can't believe I didn't put Seven Brothers Vs. Dracula on my list... love that movie... Shaw Bros and Hammer? Two great tastes that taste great together!
What about Troma films? by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:06:58 AM
Like Blood-Sucking Freaks? Tromeo and Juilet? Toxic Avenger? I'm mean, they showed a car running over a kids head in that movie, that's not something you see everyday.
More triple bills... by palimpsest	Apr 13th, 2007 06:22:12 AM
STREET TRASH, STONE COLD and BRAIN DAMAGE. Or CLEOPATRA JONES, SHAFT IN AFRICA and SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM. Or for that matter THE WICKER MAN, THE DEVIL RIDES OUT and THE DEVIL'S RAIN. Or even THE CAR, DUEL and THE BIG BUS.
"a skewered human being, by SuperMikeChu	Apr 13th, 2007 06:27:31 AM
"a skewered human being, stuck going up the butt, pointy end coming out of the mouth. You’d never see this one in a multiplex that didn’t have both Alamo and Drafthouse on the ticket stub." OR ANY THEATER PLAYING 300.
Brotherhood of Death was ridiculous by SuperMikeChu	Apr 13th, 2007 06:31:50 AM
not that it doesn't belong on this list. But it was so low budge, the vietnam scenes looked like they were shot in the woods and the guys were wearing G.I. Joe halloween costumes for battle fatigues. It's so over the top though that it's a perfect fit for this list. Oh, some people mistakenly think this is a blaxploitation film. It isn't. No more than Jackie Brown's a blaxploitation film. Just because there are black actors doesn't automatically make it blaxploitation.
i'm sorry SuperMike by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:35:05 AM
But Holocaust is just a little more graphic than 300. 300 is an awesome film, but it doesn't quite add up to the brutality of Holocaust.
Grindhouse bombed! No one cares!! by UMAGA	Apr 13th, 2007 06:35:15 AM
And the reason there's been so much Grindhouse talk is because you were the whore in the middle of a Tarantino/Rodriguez threesome. Then they expected others to be like you and sit there while they jerked off into their eyes for three hours. But the people rose up and said "FUCK YOU!" while stabbing them in the balls with their Spartan spears.
Re-Marketing Grindhouse by SuperMikeChu	Apr 13th, 2007 06:37:01 AM
hey look, this article's a great idea but the timing couldn't help but make it look like a free advertising favor for TWC. Had this article come out exactly one week ago, then not so much. Here's hoping it works.
My favorites by NubtheSquirrel	Apr 13th, 2007 06:38:46 AM
Switchblade Sisters, Black Mama White Mama, Shaft goes to Africa, The Human Tornado (Rudy Ray Moore is a badass), Coffy, and...(I know if would have been one of the biggest Grindhouse movies ever) SNAKES ON A PLANE! There's more but I am half asleep right now and my memory is failing me at the moment.
Kloipy - by SuperMikeChu	Apr 13th, 2007 06:39:23 AM
I know 300 isn't as graphic, but the spear up the ass and out the mouth idea has already gone mainstream with 300. I was only referring to that one moment. Quint said you couldn't see that any place other than the Alamo.
All You Los Angeles AICNers by SuperMikeChu	Apr 13th, 2007 06:42:45 AM
Tonight at Quentin's Grindhouse Fest: Hot Summer in Barefoot County, Redneck Miller & In Hot Pursuit./// http://www.newbevcinema.com/ca lendar.cfm ..I attended last night's double feature of Spawn of the Slithis & Screams of a Winter Night and none other than Quentin himself showed up to introduce the 2nd film, QT Fest-style.
I know, films from the 90's don't count... by DerLanghaarige	Apr 13th, 2007 06:44:08 AM
...but what about The Killer Tongue?
ok point taken by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:44:18 AM
I'd even venture to put Ichi the Killer on this list
Class of Nukem High Anyone? by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:45:14 AM
that's a crazy film
Anyone here see Salo or Aftermath or by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:50:51 AM
Flowers of Flesh and Blood? If so are you still able to sleep? Cause i'm not
Great Idea by theheavy	Apr 13th, 2007 06:55:09 AM
Would Chopping Mall be considered Grindhouse,...I remember staring at the ad were itr was showing at the local drive-in and it terrified me ,....the fuckin ad terrified me,.....Chopping Mall...were everything costs an arm and a leg...ha...hahahahahaha
Also good to mention by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 07:08:33 AM
Dead-Alive and Bad Taste
Where can one get this ALICE IN WONDERLAND? by Frijole	Apr 13th, 2007 07:20:53 AM
Eh?
Toxix Avenger, Howling II, Reform School Girls, Isla .. by kinghenryVIII	Apr 13th, 2007 07:29:51 AM
and does My Body Guard count? I saw it as a double feature at a drive-in in Baltimore with Star Wars. Howling II Your Sister is a Werewolf (that was title when I rented a LONG time ago) had the best ending. Sybil Danning ripping her top off about 20 times at the end of the movie. Reform School Girls. The "newbie" chic getting sprayed with a fire hose. Toxic Aveneger. Nothing to write about - the film should have earned an oscar. Isla and the oil Sheikes with the ants in the cooch and the dildo penatrating bomb in the uterus explosion .... HAHAHAHA.
Welcome Home Brother Charles by TheWorkingDead	Apr 13th, 2007 07:42:02 AM
Otherwise known as Soul Vengeance, the title it was released on video as. It's pretty easy to find, although on a cheap-ass public domain DVD, but everyone here needs to check it out. Charles(Marlo Monte) is sent to prison(rightfully so, he wasn't framed like many descriptions say) by a racist cop who nearly castrates him. After 3 years in prison Charles tries to go straight, but can't help exacting revenge on the cop(and judge and prosecutor) by hypnotizing their wives and then growing his penis several yards in length to use it to choke those honky bastards. Unbelievable.
For me Salo is truly the bottom of the grave by JackRabbitSlim	Apr 13th, 2007 08:05:48 AM
I think every filmwatcher gets into that "Lets find the sickest nastiest most depraved shit known to man" mindset and starts spiraling downwards. I stopped after watching Salo. I'd had enough BTW - Hard to believe that Pasolini could direct this AND Gospel of Saint Matthew (and tell me anyone who has seen that that Scorses isnt heavily influenced at LEAST by its musical score)
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Apr 13th, 2007 08:06:47 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT & CLASS OF 1984 by Jugdish	Apr 13th, 2007 08:11:20 AM
Perhaps too famous for the "grindhouse" qualification?
Jackrabbitslim by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 08:11:59 AM
I agree with you. Sometimes you hear about a film and you search it out and feel worse off for seeing it. Some of the stuff out there is pretty depraved. That along with Men Behind the Sun.
did you know that Salo by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 08:12:35 AM
got a criterion collection? How did that happen
Dark Horizons Picks? by mikegator	Apr 13th, 2007 08:18:38 AM
I'd love to see what some of the other Genre sites like in the way of Grindhouse movies. Garth @ Dark Horizons, weigh in!
El Topo and Pink Flamingos by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 08:23:17 AM
or are these just considered Midnight Movies?
Had to look it up - you are right by JackRabbitSlim	Apr 13th, 2007 08:25:18 AM
Wow - I have no idea why Criterion would expose this kind of film to a wide audience. Im not going to doubt for one second that Pasolini wasnt a uniquely talented and (in his debauched way) visionary director - but quite frankly there are dozens of films that deserve the Criterion experience more.
BTW on Grindhouse by JackRabbitSlim	Apr 13th, 2007 08:30:06 AM
Im disappointed that larger budgeted but still way offkilter movies like Prime Cut, Mandingo, The Don is Dead, The Outfit, The Pyx, or even some of Radley Metzger's (the inspiration for Burt Reynolds character in Boogie Nights)early films like The Score arent getting consideration. For the novice, something a little less extremec might be the introduction to this genre.
Mitchell... by micodin808	Apr 13th, 2007 08:33:23 AM
My Top Ten (in no order) 1. Mitchell 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 4. Danger Death Ray 5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 6. Final Justice 7. Boxcar Bertha 8. The Warriors 9. Street Fighter 10. Red Zone Cuba
the monster of life by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 08:35:16 AM
I understand the shocking nature of trying to expose the evil of true life. But at the same time, some people take it too far. As with in Flowers of Flesh and Blood. What is the point of the movie? To be as vile as possible with no regret? I love some pretty wacked out stuff, but there is a line when fantasy becomes reality. Some thing don't need to go that far. I'm not for censorship. But there are some things that have no value to ever be put to film
There's some dudes in a bar... by Zarles	Apr 13th, 2007 08:36:02 AM
...with busted heads and broken jaws! What hit 'em? TRUCK TURNER!
LOOOOVE THIS by TiNSeLToWN TeRRoR	Apr 13th, 2007 08:42:38 AM
My list will be up later today. I grew up on these types of movies. lived in the detroit area (the true murder city capital of the world) the early part of my life. Drive-ins and theatres. AHHHH YESSSS THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Black Christmas by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 08:46:21 AM
Maybe it's too mainstream, but this is a great one with a vicious run-in with a glass menagerie. What about "Switchblade Sisters" and 80s entry "The Stuff"? "The Stuff" is a goofy good time. Killer pudding! Did anyone see "Perfume"? It did come out very recently and was in the art house, was very good looking, and had a budget, but it was as wild as many a grindhouse flick. Really a great movie. Now I'm gonna pitch a great idea. How about a film project cal;ed "Art House" featuring James Ivory's "The Drawing Room" and Almodovar's "Mujeres Locos" with fake trailers directed by Errol Morris, David Gordon Green, and Eric Rohmer.
Or "Multiplex" by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 08:52:01 AM
Featuring "The Dominion" directed by Michael Bay and "Friend of the Family" by Brett "the Rat" Ratner with fake trailers by Nancy Meyers and Gary Marshall.
In a video store that was closing.... by grendelson138	Apr 13th, 2007 08:54:30 AM
I found a VHS copy of The Human Beast. It's the film with the uber-violent blond guy that Bridget Fonda is watching in Jackie Brown. Ugly, violent little flick (seems like he beats a dude up with a gas pump handle). The store had a whole shelf of grindhouse type tapes for $3 a pop, but I could only afford one. It came down to The Human Beast or Barn of the Naked Dead. I should have bought both.
Romero's The Crazies? by Boba Fat	Apr 13th, 2007 08:55:14 AM
There's some crazy editing in there. Like George ran out of shots in dialogue scenes so he slows down and zooms in shots you've already seen. The guy with the eye patch from Dawn Of The Dead, you only see him on the TV rubbing his temple on some desperate chat show, Anyway he's in it and he's great. Anyone know of more films with this guy?
I was hoping you guys would do something like this.... by BangoSkank	Apr 13th, 2007 09:07:58 AM
My netflix queue just doubled in size.... how about 1980's The Exterminator? Have yet to see it mentioned.
R James - The Stuff ..AWESOME !!! by Jugdish	Apr 13th, 2007 09:12:14 AM
Nice Call on the stuff! I actually caught that in a drive in
Romero's earlier works are his best by Jabba the Slut	Apr 13th, 2007 09:18:59 AM
Night, Crazies, Martin, Dawn, Knightriders, Season of the Witch, all are slices of fried gold. He started to go downhill with Day. Yeah, I said it. The least of the "Dead" Quadrilogy.....
I garauntee.... by Jabba the Slut	Apr 13th, 2007 09:21:58 AM
There will be imitations galore of Grindhouse. It happens with all of QT's films. Wait and see the shit roll out the floodgates....
Fuck by Jabba the Slut	Apr 13th, 2007 09:24:05 AM
I spelled something wrong. Damn it all to hell....
Quint said the n word by mrtwig48	Apr 13th, 2007 09:39:07 AM
Quick call Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Toxic Avenger? by BibFortuna	Apr 13th, 2007 09:40:27 AM
That scene of them running over that kid over and over. Damn.
yeah Bib by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 09:45:21 AM
and the part with the dude getting crushed by the weight machine. Classic shit there. Jabba, what did you think of Creepshow?
I grew up in a rural town.... by classicgamenerd	Apr 13th, 2007 09:49:38 AM
But you can bet i discovered some great Grindhouse trash via big-box VHS! My top ten list (in no particular order): 1: Nightmare in a damaged brain (brutal, BRUTAL slasher!) 2: The Burning (effects by Savini, and it stars a young George Castanza! nuff said) 3: Master of the flying Guillotine (the first truly bizarre martial arts flick i ever saw, and an obvious influence on the Street Fighter video game) 4: Without Warning (the original Predator! Martin Landau and Jack Palance! what the hell ever happened to this movie?!) 5: The Mutilator (AKA: Fall Break. pretty cheesy slasher but the uncut version is pretty vile!) 6: The Decline of Western Civilization (does this count? PUNK ROCK!!!) 7: Urgh! A Music War (how about this? NEW WAVE!!!) 8: The boy who cried werewolf (I think this played on a double bill with "Sssssss". Easily the WORST werewolf flick ever made) 9: Cannibal Holocaust (duh) 10: Silent Night Deadly Night (classic killer Santa flick. He shouts "naughty!" before he beheads you. Hilarious!) And even though it was never shown in theaters: Don't be afraid of the dark (the movie were the mom from Better Off Dead battles fireplace gnomes) gets an honorable mention.
Ahem....GOODBYE UNCLE TOM.....Ahem by Thorstrongstone	Apr 13th, 2007 09:57:04 AM
Or Last House on Dead-End Street.
grow up by Schih Thayde	Apr 13th, 2007 09:58:01 AM
these movies all suck.
Schih Thayde by Thorstrongstone	Apr 13th, 2007 10:03:27 AM
Go fuck your mother.
Frankenhooker by BannedOnTheRun	Apr 13th, 2007 10:24:49 AM
Where is the love for this cinema classic?
No BLOODY MAMA? For shame. by Harry Weinstein	Apr 13th, 2007 10:29:50 AM
Cheap, sleazy Depression-set Roger Corman epic loaded with Bruce Dern, incest, Shelley Winters, rape, Scatman Crothers, a plot-summarizing theme song, and a half retarded glue-sniffing, heroin-shooting Robert DeNiro.
DJANGO,KILL...IF YOU LIVE SHOOT! by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 10:39:28 AM
One of the greatest,unsung spaghetti westerns EVER!BLACULA/SCREAM,BLACULA,SC REAM,William)King of Cartoons)Marshall giving a performance rivaled only by Christopher Lee as the aristocratic vampire.Lucio Fulci's CONTRABAND(aka THE NAPLES CONNECTION).Fulci's aesthtics applied to the Mafia movie.If you know Fulci,you know what that means.Lamberto Bava's DEMONS,ultra-gorefest actually set IN a movie theater.THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER,Albert Pyun's only good movie,a crazy ass,classic sword & sorcery epic.Christ,I could go on for days about this stuff...
Some MY NAME IS NOBODY love on AICN! by Harry Weinstein	Apr 13th, 2007 10:40:55 AM
Way, way underrated film. Paramount's German DVD is the way to go for this title, it has the English audio track and a great documentary on the troubled shoot. Leone did direct parts of it including that first scene, but the most majestic stuff in there is actually by credited director Tonio Valleri, shooting on location in the US... while the goofiest stuff was really the work of Leone, shooting footage at the same time back in Italy.
DJANGO KILL...IF YOU LIVE SHOOT! is fucking awesome by Harry Weinstein	Apr 13th, 2007 10:44:34 AM
Deranged, gory, surreal, at times psychedelic faux DJANGO sequel. A great horror/western hybrid.
I would also throw in Freeze by kilik777	Apr 13th, 2007 10:50:22 AM
I would also throw in Freeze Bomb starring Jim Kelly, Demons 2, and Race the Devil http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
My favorites by Miller Mortuary	Apr 13th, 2007 10:51:36 AM
Deranged, Without Warning, Gates of Hell, Night of the Zombies, Cannibal Holocaust, What?, Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman, Dr. Butcher M.D., Raw Meat I was lucky enough to catch a double feature of Deranged and Without Warning at the Sacramento 6 Drive-in when I was very young and it left quite an impression on me. Add to that Gates of Hell and Night of the Zombies at the local mall, and you could say I was permanently altered. I dragged my mom to the last two films (since I was too young to get in by myself) and she never forgave me.
HELLS ANGELS ON WHEELS:Words to live by... by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 10:52:18 AM
"We wanna be FREE!We wanna be FREE to RIDE!We wanna be FREE to ride our machines without getting HASSLED by THE MAN!...and we wanna get LOADED!" Peter Fonda,man.Peter Fonda.
Joe d'Amato's EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS by Harry Weinstein	Apr 13th, 2007 10:58:39 AM
Great for fucking with people's heads. Starts off more or less like any other Laura Gemser Emanuelle flick give or take a bitten-off nipple. Once they get to the jungle and start running into those damn cannibals, it switches to "Italian Gore" mode. Totally confounds the shit out of viewers who think they know what they got themselves into. Actual quote from a friend: "Dude, what the fuck is wrong with you, this is just vile." The sudden genre switch works like a champ here.
Fonda quote by Harry Weinstein	Apr 13th, 2007 11:00:45 AM
That's from Roger Corman's WILD ANGELS and not HELL'S ANGELS ON WHEELS, I think.
Blacula by Desk of Steel	Apr 13th, 2007 11:01:46 AM
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Blacula! Blacula (Mamuwalde) goes to clubs wearing his cape with a nice little song about him being played by the house band. IMBECILES!
Peter Fonda /WILD ANGELS not HELL'S ANGELS ON WHEELS by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:01:50 AM
Brain fart.My bad.
I thought I understood the concept of Grindhouse by Roy Neary	Apr 13th, 2007 11:06:12 AM
but maybe not. I remember a killer double feature as a kid that was marketed together:"The Boy who cried Werewolf" and "SSSSSSSSS" about a teenage snake-boy, no kidding. It also had Strother Martin in it as a mad scientist with a hot daughter. Does that count? How about "The Car" with James Brolin? Am I lost?
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires by Desk of Steel	Apr 13th, 2007 11:08:28 AM
Peter Cushing was certainly cashing a paycheck but shirts get torn off exposing breasts with the greatest of ease!
Desk of Steel,check about 8 posts above yours by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:08:43 AM
But BLACULA deserves all the love it can get!
Thanks Harry Weinstein,you were right... by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:10:37 AM
it was one of those things where you realize your fuck-up just as you hit the "enter" key.
And... by NubtheSquirrel	Apr 13th, 2007 11:13:12 AM
Piranah, The Mack, Mighty Peking Man, also, would Spielberg's "Duel" count as a grindhouse flick?
Roy Neary,you're right on track! by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:15:21 AM
All those movies definitely qualify!SSSSSSSS also featured a pre-BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/A TEAM Dirk Benedict as the snake-man.
Nub,DUEL doesn't really count as it was by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:18:21 AM
a TV movie originally,I believe.Your other choices are right on the money though.
My favorites by tom_joad	Apr 13th, 2007 11:29:54 AM
Mine would be in no order are: Darker Than Amber Billy Jack Big Bad Mama The Big Bird Cage Boxcar Bertha Death Race 2000 Knightriders Prime Cut Vanishing Point Andy Warhol's BAd
Night of the Lepus by Desk of Steel	Apr 13th, 2007 11:34:13 AM
Giant rabbits terrorizing nice farm people. This used to be a late night regular on AMC about 10 years ago. I' also reminded of my love for Hell's Angels on Wheels as I saw it mentioned above. The Shooting with Jack Nicholson was also a good one.
MACON COUNTY LINE!RETURN TO MACON COUNTY, by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:35:09 AM
with a pre stardom Nick Nolte & Don Johnson!VANISHING POINT!DOLEMITE!BLACK STREET FIGHTER!Fulci's ZOMBIE (aka ZOMBI II,ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS)!THE BLIND DEAD tetralogy!Romero's MARTIN!BLACK MAMA,WHITE MAMA!I DRINK YOUR BLOOD!VAMPIRE HOOKERS!You guys had to go and get me started...
Emanuelle in America by coen_fan	Apr 13th, 2007 11:40:04 AM
The film committee at my college (of which I am a member) showed Emaneulle in America. Seven people came and they all walked out. BEHOLD THE POWER OF EXPLOITATION! Nobody even stayed for the snuff footage. Goddamn prudes.
Vampyres E Lesbos by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 11:42:33 AM
who can forget that one?
RE:coen_fan/EMANNUELLE IN AMERICA"Seven people came..." by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:43:09 AM
Was that counting the horse?
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things by Bubba Gillman	Apr 13th, 2007 11:43:17 AM
They really shouldn't. And it was the title of one really whacked out zombie flick. Creepier, in it's way, than the Living Dead movies.
I know no one will agree with me by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 11:43:38 AM
but mother fucking Ghoulies
What about the "7 deadly Venoms"? My favroite by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Apr 13th, 2007 11:45:25 AM
How can that not make the list?? Classic Kung Fu Grindhouse at it's best and of course "Return of the 7 deadly Venoms".
Don't go in the basement by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 11:45:35 AM
I spit on your corpse, i piss on your grave, house by the cemetary, the warriors, sweet sweet badasssss song
Master of the Flying Guiolltene by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 11:47:18 AM
I know it's spelled wrong
Truck Turner Rules! by The Funketeer	Apr 13th, 2007 11:47:29 AM
I've never understood the love for Crazy Mary or the original Gone in 60 Seconds though. They're pretty boring. They've got long car chases to be sure, but not good ones. Crazy Mary did add a new insult into my vocabulary but that's about it. Not sure if Convoy counts but it's a favorite of mine and while I've never seen the actual movie, I worshipped the trailer for Superfuzz back when I was a kid.
Troma shouldn't count imo by CarmillaVonDoom	Apr 13th, 2007 11:48:36 AM
I'd have to add Angel (1982) to the list: High school student by day, Hollywood hooker by night!
Why not Carmilla? by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 11:49:06 AM
Just wondering
No love for The Crippled Masters?! by JustinSane	Apr 13th, 2007 11:53:39 AM
The greatest kung-fu epic of all time!
I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE,I PISS ON YOUR GRAVE by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:54:51 AM
is from 2001.Not "grindhouse".However Al Adamson's I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE is from (I think)''74-'75ish.
You forgot.... by film_fanatic_in_the_original_bla ck_and_white	Apr 13th, 2007 11:55:36 AM
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alice Sweet Alice, The Last House Of The Left, Pink Flamingos & Eraserhead.
No Vanishing Point? No Thriller: A Cruel Pitcure? by modlight	Apr 13th, 2007 11:56:17 AM
Those are my faves, although I don't know if Vanishing Point counts because it is low on sensless violence. But its pretty clear there would be no deathproof were it not for that. What about the original Gone in 60 Seconds?
That's the one i meant Touture by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 11:57:25 AM
sorry
FISTFUCKING FRED AND NO-PANTS CANNIBAL HARLEM HOOKERS by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 11:59:51 AM
Not on DVD, VHS, but should be able to find some Super 8's out there.
THE ONE ARMED EXECUTIONER! by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 12:06:33 PM
DELTA FORCE COMMANDOS!ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN/DRACULA!PIECES!SA TAN'S CHEERLEADERS!1990:THE BRONX WARRIORS!The John Ashley "BLOOD ISLAND"movies!YOR,THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE!PARASITE(w/Demi Moore)!DRACULA'S DOG!
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! by Kloipy	Apr 13th, 2007 12:19:33 PM
did anyone mention that yet?
The appeal of Warhol's "Blood for Dracula" by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 12:21:33 PM
Mystifies me. I knew this film gets the geek love and Criterion gave it a fancy release--the commentary track given by a film professor is horribly pretentious and you'll swear it's parody--but I've seen better late night filler on "My Network TV." If it's supposed to be pure camp, I kinda get it. But the performances, particularly the beloved Udo Keir--"wampires"--are straight up MST3K fodder. I've been told that not liking Captain Beefheart is also a sign of lack of sophistication, so someone please enlighten me on "Dracula."
Should be spelled Kier by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 12:22:43 PM
Launching a pre-emptive attack against the geek storm.
Schlock by Desk of Steel	Apr 13th, 2007 12:26:18 PM
John Landis' Schlock. I think Rick Baker did the ape suit. I haven't seen this in a long long time so I could be wrong.
I forget which Sleepaway Camp it was by 12-GAUGE	Apr 13th, 2007 12:29:37 PM
but in one of them, the female killer kills another gal by repeatedly dunking her down into the business end of an outhouse toilet. You see all that crud on her, ahh! Never forgot that.
Oh yeah, what about good modern ones? by 12-GAUGE	Apr 13th, 2007 12:33:41 PM
Like Original Gangsters, with Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, etc.. That was a pretty decent throwback.
Ahhhhhhh....Sleepway Camp by Desk of Steel	Apr 13th, 2007 12:34:43 PM
That is one of those flicks that I remember the poster more than the movie itself.
"The blood of these whores is KILLING me!" by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 12:37:46 PM
ANDY WARHOL'S/BLOOD FOR DRACULA IS a comedy.But it also has underlying themes,not the least of which is about the erosion of of "old school aristocracy" & morals while giving way to modern cultural mores and ideals as demonstrated Joe Dallesandro's Marxist rhetoric and by Kier's hilarious,over the top throes of agony after drinking the blood of the "wirgins".He needs virgin blood to survive but the views of sexuality of the times is changing.Also hilarious is the fact that Joe Dallesandro is just one step ahead of The Count in taking the girls "wirginity".
cant believe no one mentioned by the_shogun_gunslinger	Apr 13th, 2007 12:40:47 PM
DEATHRACE 2000. cmon i know its not the most hardcore but its got some balls, gave us stallone and inspired TWISTED METAL!!!
Re: PWN by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 12:45:53 PM
If the times, sexuality are changing, then why is Dallesandro a hero? He's doing the same thing as Kier. I really got the impression that Kier was playing this film straight and very badly. I picked up on the overt aristocracy verus Marxist trends, but they were surface. If we had Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott arguing about free trade and the world bank in "American Pie" it wouldn't make the film profound.
Hobo with a shotgun? by heavenlykid	Apr 13th, 2007 12:46:51 PM
Okay, someone help. I've seen 'Grindhouse' twice now. the first time it started with a preview for a movie called 'Hobo with a shotgun' that was fucking hilarious. I assumed it was one of the fakes. This preview was never mentioned on this site, and the second time I saw 'Grindhouse' in the theatre Hobo with a shotgun was not there. Was it some sort of joke from the theatre I saw it at? Did anyone else see this preview?
The UHF channels in Boston by Desk of Steel	Apr 13th, 2007 12:49:10 PM
They used to show lots of these movies late night. The first place I saw From Beyond was "The Movie Loft" on 38.
the ultimate grindhouse film by captain spaulding	Apr 13th, 2007 01:02:00 PM
Zombie Holocaust (aka. Doctor Butcher M.D.) - The name says it all folks. second runner up... I Drink Your Blood
Sleepaway Camp by the_shogun_gunslinger	Apr 13th, 2007 01:03:48 PM
haha so funny everyone is mentioning it because some friends and I had a sleepaway camp marathon last night. Watched 1,2 and 3...2 and 3 are a bit more tongue in cheek but really enjoyable. nothing will top the ending of the first one tho, jesus christ. anyone else see the trailer for part 4? omfg, thank christ that thing was never finished.
one more by captain spaulding	Apr 13th, 2007 01:04:33 PM
BONE was pretty rad too in the non-horror genre!
RE:R James by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 01:04:52 PM
Dallesandro isn't a hero.His role is to show that his "new" ways really aren't any better than the old.Possibly even worse.He could,in fact,even be perceived as the actual "villain" of the film.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.(1973) by The real Jack Bauer	Apr 13th, 2007 01:06:33 PM
still messed up even for an ABC movie
Hey heavenly kid by Zarles	Apr 13th, 2007 01:13:02 PM
Are you in Canada? Hobo With A Shotgun supposedly only played with Grindhouse up there, so you must be. Despite the fact that you live in Canada, you're a lucky man. ;) Anyway, I'm much more of a blaxploitation fan than anything else, and it just doesn't get any better than Black Caesar. Come on - it's got a big bald black guy in a white suit that falls off a roof while shooting a machine gun. Shit just don't get any better than that, son.
Re: PWN by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 01:13:05 PM
Okay. I'm willing to go along with you that the movie has some subtext even though I think its political message is largely surface. But its still a hacky piece of work. Bad performances being the biggest reason. Sometimes films are so bad that they're--not good--but just bad.
The more people explain grindhousery the less I get it by Spandau Belly	Apr 13th, 2007 01:32:50 PM
So there's a grindhouse time period now, too? I never heard the word "grindhouse" before this wacky double feature thing and now everybody seems to be rushing to define it more and more until it is applied to everything geeky. This is total malarchy. This 'grindhouse' word at first was some kitchy new word for 'exploitation' or 'camp' and now it's being applied to anything and everything with all the hipsters running around in circles trying to pretend they were there at the ORIGINAL grindhouse watching the REAL grinding or whatever. I hope you all get the invite to Quentin's birthday party or whatever, but stop calling everything 'grindhouse' already! Stop throwing more and more movies at this term. 'Grindhouse', the term, has already swallowed up 'cult', 'camp', 'flop', 'indie', 'eploitation', and million other adjectives that were already broad classifications as they were. If 'grindhouse' just means movies you liked then just say so.
Just for the record,R James... by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 01:38:53 PM
the subtext isn't why I like it at all though.I just think it's a VERY funny movie thats full of great lines.And Kier's over the top performance just kills me.The subtext is there but don't let it ruin a great comedy for you.
Memories, Memories by utz_world	Apr 13th, 2007 01:45:55 PM
My earliest memories of going to the movies period revolve around all things blaxploitation. I remember going to a double feature of Bucktown & Friday Foster at the drive-in. I remember going to a double feature of JD's Revenge & Sheba, Baby (not quite Grindhouse because it was PG-rated) at an indoor joint. But the biggest one of them all doesn't involve blaxploitation at all: Legend has it that my father (RIP) managed to smuggle me into the notorious, X-rated, 3-D "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" when I was 2 years old. He used to love retelling a scene when a dude got sliced in half with some garden shears or something like that.
Re: PWN by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 01:45:58 PM
For comedy, though, its pacing is way off. The movie drags from one moment to the next. If Morrissey's intent was comedy, color me completely dumbfounded. The only thing that inspires guffaws--I maintain unintenionally--is Kier. But it looks like we'll have to agree to disagree. Thanks for hashing it out with me.
No problem R! by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 02:01:01 PM
I think I see where you're coming from with your perspective.I really have no idea how to explain how a movie can be serious,hilarious,over-the-top ,subtle,complex & borderline retarded all at the same time and still be a great (to me,anyway)movie.Cheers!
P.S. R James by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 02:08:02 PM
I'm pretty sure Kier was in on the joke and it informed his performance judging by the commentary on the Criterion disc and by written accounts.
yo heavenly kid by LaughingBull	Apr 13th, 2007 02:40:09 PM
They played Hobo with a Shotgun in Austin as well. Alamo made a clip out of it, warning us if our cell phones went off Hobo is coming after you... it was a magical moment.
Maniac... by Darth Melkor	Apr 13th, 2007 02:49:42 PM
I saw that. I haven't seen many of the films on the lists there, but I saw that one, and Cannibal Holocaust of course. I Spit On Your Grave should be on the list.
thanks Zarles and Laughing bull by heavenlykid	Apr 13th, 2007 03:02:09 PM
And yup, I'm Canadian.
Open Season was one of THE best grindhouses by Guy Grand	Apr 13th, 2007 03:07:31 PM
In all my time reading AICN and also reading reviews of those annual QT fests in Austin, no one's ever mentioned Peter Collinson's amazingly-great 1974 raucous hunters on the loose flick, "Open Season." We're talking Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, wacko madman Richard Lynch, the gorgeous Cornelia Sharpe, and hell, William Holden, fer cryin' out loud! This is the movie that novelist James Patterson totally ripped off later in the '90s about 3 lovable former Vietnam Vet family men who have great homes in the 'burbs, horny wives, a bunch of squeaky-clean kids, and who, oh yeah, once a year, head up to their cabin deep in the woods by a lake and abduct a couple along the way so that they can hunt them. Fonda, Law, and Lynch have a hoot cracking up in the car and making jokes all along the way, even as they get around to screwing the abducted Sharpe and taunting her lover boyfriend Alberto Mendoza. Then, the hunt is on, and it's pretty damn bleak. Oh, and then, like I mentioned, William Holden friggin' shows up! Blue Underground, Anchor Bay, Synapse, hell, SOMEBODY dig up a great print of this and release it already! Do yourself a favor and don't buy the horrible VHS release of it (under the title "Recon Game") from the 1980's because it totally chops out Collinson's great widescreen shots.
How about... by NubtheSquirrel	Apr 13th, 2007 03:10:50 PM
Food of the Gods, Blacula, and why has no one brought up Foxy Brown? All definite grindhouse cinema.
my favs and memories by PhantomOfTheCinema	Apr 13th, 2007 03:13:03 PM
1. The Legend Of Boggy Creek (saw it at the Rio Theatre in Center, TX with my next pick. My grandparents had a house of the deep piney woods and I slept with them until my parents came to pick me up days later), 2. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (both one and two combined gives you an errie feeling of being in the woods of rural America. It was a matinee show and I don't know how he was able to have both since they were not released at the same time.) 3. The Beast Within, 4. Revenge of the Ninja (why can't there be a widescreen release of this flick on DVD), 5. American Ninja, 6 & 7. Halloween 2 and An American Werewolf in London (both are great flicks but I was lucky enough to see both together at the Deauville Theater in Houston, TX on my 14th birthday,) 8. Mother, Juggs, and Speed (my parents dragged me too it when they couldn't find a baby sitter, the only thing I remember was the crappy theatre it was at in Downtown Houston,) 9. The Sword and The Sorcerer (friggin Matt Houston and a three bladed launching sword!!!), and the best for last... EARTHQUAKE in Sensoround!!!! wow I look at it now when it comes on and it is crap, but as a kid and the chairs start shaking it was kickass. It a shame some films now don't use this gimmick or other stuff, just for some exploitive shamless marketing. Oh Well, I did get the Earthquake Tower for that Christmas, friggin' awesome!
Ireland must be the only country by emeraldboy	Apr 13th, 2007 03:20:00 PM
that no grindhouse cinema. They were possibly all treated as illegal and banned. American Werewolf is the best film landis ever made.
Also dont forget "Turkey Shoot" aka Death race 2000 by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Apr 13th, 2007 03:31:47 PM
had Olivia Hussey in it. A true classic. And christ she was one beautiful woman back then.
Sorry the USA release was "Escape 2000" by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Apr 13th, 2007 03:32:42 PM
Got confused. I own this on DVD.
Food Of The Gods by utz_world	Apr 13th, 2007 03:53:21 PM
True story: Somewhere in the span of this particular day in my then 3 year old life, I took a nap. Next thing I know, I woke up in the back seat of my mom's car parked at the drive-in. I woke up right at the scene in "Food Of The Gods" when those ginormous rats attacked the old dude trying to get his VW Beetle to start! Fucked. Me. Up. For. Life!
Nukem High and Toxic Avenger by Mike_D	Apr 13th, 2007 04:01:57 PM
EASILY ranks up there.
What is a GRINDHOUSE? by ProfGriffin	Apr 13th, 2007 04:08:52 PM
I see a few people asking so I thought I'd give a straightforward answer. GRINDHOUSE: movie theatres that played movies that other first run prestigious movie houses wouldn't. Like exploitation films, cheap, tawdry movies that fly by night producers would GRIND out on the quick to make money. The Grindhouse played double, triple, quadruple and sometimes all-night non-stop movies to the blurry eyes of its patrons. There was no rhyme or reason to the movies played, and even older black and white fair would sometimes play alongside something pretty hardcore stuff with nudity, perversion and gore. There were many theatres across the country that BECAME ‘de facto’ Grindhouses, booking double bills of sleaze to attract audiences, midnight shows, and sometimes, all-night horror-thons. Houston, Texas (where I grew up) had one or two. Some of these theatres were formally grand movie palaces, and many even housed Burlesque shows in the late 60's (the BUMP and GRIND circuit where the GRIND-HOUSE really got it's name). Los Angeles' Broadway, Hollywood Boulevard and San Francisco's Market Street contained many Grind-houses as well, but the GRINDHOUSE cinema mecca was undoubtedly, New York City and the infamous DUECE. So what's a GRINDHOUSE movie? It could be anything, but for a pretty good idea...look at Michael J. Weldon's Psychotronic Film Guide. It's the GRINDHOUSE Bible baby!
I Drink Your Blood by Otto Parts	Apr 13th, 2007 04:09:39 PM
Now there's a nice slice of sleaze for you. It could, in fact, be the greatest film ever made.
Motel Hell by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 04:14:44 PM
Rory Calhoun: "It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters." Fight at the end with Calhoun stand in wearing pig head and finale imitating "Perils of Pauline." The buried heads, severed vocal cords, and animal feed dinners. Crazy lesbian Nancy Parsons ("Balbricker"), Wolfman Jack, and John Ratzenberger. A classic. And my first mindblowing experience with women in prison flicks "Chained Heat 2." I was horrified and transfixed.
Troma movies weren't/aren't really relased anywhere by CarmillaVonDoom	Apr 13th, 2007 04:21:04 PM
right? There doesn't seem to be any 'experience' involved with Troma. AND, 99% of the films involved are just BAD...not "good" bad either...but Misty Mundae movie type bad. My faves definitely include some standards, like Ilsa (best I have seen). Can't wait to see Candy Snatchers, had no idea it was on DVD!!! We could probably all keep this thread going indefinitely with our love of these films. Can't wait to come to Austin and see the Drafthouse as well!!
My top 10 by WolfmanNards	Apr 13th, 2007 04:25:29 PM
The Arena, Last House on the left, death race 2000, 1990:Bronx Warriors, the hills have eyes, street fighter, texas chainsaw massacre, dirty mary crazy larry, Toxic Avenger, zombie
Fight For Your Life by CrimsonJihad	Apr 13th, 2007 04:33:08 PM
I like to see that it's getting the love it deserves.
Can anyone identify this movie? by zer0cool2k2	Apr 13th, 2007 04:38:39 PM
I saw it out the back window of my parents car at the Astro drive-in in the early 70's. It had a Peter fondaish guy in a fast car that I remember picking up some young girl and having sex with her in a field (Don't know if it was consensual), but then he killed her and drove away. His car had a button which he pushed to flip the license plate over to a different plate. That's all I can remember, except that the sex scene in the field made me feel funny in the pants. BTW, I loved Macon county Line, wasn't that the one with Max Baer as the sheriff? Billy Jack, too!
I have seen far too many of these movies... by Alonzo Mosely	Apr 13th, 2007 04:41:57 PM
and I think every blaxploitation mentioned in the article or the talkback... I really shoulda done something more meaningful with my life...
Anyone know where I can find Rolling Thunder? by JimmyLoneWolf	Apr 13th, 2007 05:16:55 PM
I'm dying to see that movie!!!
BTW great list... by JimmyLoneWolf	Apr 13th, 2007 05:21:26 PM
lots of titles I haven't seen yet. Can't wait to check em out!
Books on exploitation cinema? by JimmyLoneWolf	Apr 13th, 2007 05:44:46 PM
Someone mentioned The Psychotronic Video Guide, is that truly the best book on the subject and are there any other recommended books on cult/exploitation movies? I'd love to find a definitive resource on the topic...preferably with lots of titles and descriptions/analyses of the films.
The Key WAS NEVER A GRINDHOUSE you moron by clever_reference	Apr 13th, 2007 05:46:39 PM
I used to go to the Key Theater in Georgetown, DC for more than 15 years and it was NEVER EVER remotely a grindhouse. It was a run-down theater BUT it got mainly first run foreign films. The closest it came to being a grindhouse was weekend midnight showings of Rocky Horror and the like. The weirdest thing I can think of that I saw there was Slacker when it came out. And I think Peking Opera Blues did play there but I didn't see it there. Otherwise, the Key was the premiere venue for first-run foreign films in DC for more than 20 years. The Biograph always up in Georgetown did revivals of obscure films and had mid-day adult theater showings but -- AGAIN -- was not a grindhouse. How the hell can a theater in an upscale neighborhood like Georgetown be a grindhouse? Just by a revival of Faster Pussycat? And Pretty Maids is a mainstream film -- far too mainstream to be considering a grindhouse picture. You guys are children. Do some research before pontificating.
Django... by hammerman1	Apr 13th, 2007 05:56:52 PM
Is soooooo good. Nice choice Quint. And I didn't take the time to see if anyone else pointed it out but I think you may have mentioned scenes from Ferox in reference to Holocaust. (tit hooks?)
Grindhouse in mein ojos by SoylentMean	Apr 13th, 2007 06:00:38 PM
Grindhouse movies to me are the really bad to extremely awful films that you've seen where more fun than finese was present during production and the entertainment factor most likely wasn't anywhere near the top of the priority list. Straight up profit motivated crapola that sometimes struck a chord (and with me it's usually a very bloody, intestine like chord). I have yet to see a true Grindhouse film under the original seedy conditions but I admire what Mr. T and Mr. R did with Planet Terror and Deathproof. Some of my favorite Grindhouse-y films are: Humanoids from the Deep, Prophecy(the nature on crack film not the angels at war pic), Q: The Winged Serpent, Dead Heat, Deathrace 2000, Vampyres, Suspiria, Mr. Vampire, Mr. Majestyk, Tourist Trap, MAgnificent Butcher, Dead and Buried, I, Madman, and Dirty Harry. There are tons more and I'm sure I'll think of em' later. Bottom line-if you're seeking films like these out you're either seriously interested in all forms of cinema or just seriously twisted. I know I'm both.
Re: Jimmy by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 06:02:14 PM
I really like "The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide." It's heavily opinionated with lots of exploitation as well as classics and popular films. It's often esoteric and a great place to discover some gems. Also, "The Video Hound Guide to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics" is a great book to get lost in.
Anybody want to take odds on Grindhouse's 2nd weekend? by SoylentMean	Apr 13th, 2007 06:10:53 PM
Becasue the sheer volume of people just simply engaged in conversation when the lights came up (about how f'ing cool the whole thing was) and people gabbing on their cell phones telling people to GO SEE IT was amazing. I really do hope word of mouth gets more buttocks planted in theater seats for the kick donkey experience that is Grindhouse.
ZOMBIE LAKE and NEON MANIACS by Supervillain Outcast	Apr 13th, 2007 07:03:41 PM
There're two for ya'.
Exaltation of Crap. Adulation of Utter Shite. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 07:22:13 PM
People scream on this site about what a piece of shit this film or that film is, what a hack Tim Story or Uwe Boll is, and then we get list after list of films that are absolute gutter swill and filth. Exploitation films, knife-kill and slasher movies...yeah, that's some quality work there. Shit, shit, and more shit, and just because QT thinks they are awesome doesn't mean they are worth a damn. What's next? Hey, here's a list of my ten favorite snuff films. Oh, they're bad, but that's what makes 'em so damn good! Barf
Why don't you give us a list of your fave pornos too? by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 07:23:06 PM
Cuz porno is REAL filmmaking. Jizz kings, all of youse.
Grindhouse does 8 million this weekend. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 07:23:45 PM
No more than ten.
Bronx Cheer is an angry man... by Alonzo Mosely	Apr 13th, 2007 07:36:29 PM

my own 10 favorite grindhouse movies by MechaBender	Apr 13th, 2007 07:45:27 PM
1.Johnny Firecloud - a revenge story about a Vietnam vet Indian fighting small town bigots. 2.Black Shampoo - bad-ass blaxploitation version of the Warren Beatty movie. 3.The Cheerleaders - a sexploitation flick that's both sexy and funny. 4.Master Of The Flying Guillotine - kung-fu action with some of the most unique fight sequences ever. 5.Death Race 2000 - love the cars in this movie. 6.The Warriors - slip the "ultimate director's cut" and buy the original version. 7.Zombi 2 - I loved seeing this on the big screen in Austin last month. 8.Goodbye Uncle Tom - outrageously, racist Italian exploitation focusing on the American slave trade. 9.Bare Behind Bars - a women-in-prison movie that delivers the hardcore goods. 10.Shogun Assassin - bloody Japanese swordplay action culled from the Lone Wolf & Cub series.
Not angry, just amused at the double standard. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 07:51:27 PM
These films all youse is gushing about are not the kind of films we allow in polite society, see.
But what the heck, here's my top ten. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 07:56:03 PM
1)Crapola, 2)Shit on a Stick, Director's cut, 3)Jailhouse Turds, 4)Women in Jeans, 5)String "em Up High Cuz They're Colored, 6)Confederate Pick-up Trucks from Hell, 7)Evil Traffic Cops Part 5, 8)The Devil's Tax Accountant (make sure you see the original uncut version), 9)Big Wheel Fever, and my favorite 10)KRRISH: The Revenge.
And if I had the chance to list ten more? by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:07:40 PM
1)Zulu Dance Hall Fever, 2)Bang Them Heads, 3)Henry the Eighth in Detroit, 4)Cambodian Teen Jungle Attack Kittens (do NOT waste your time with the dubbed version--only get the subtitled one, seriously), 5)Bloodsponge, 6)Zombie Dental Hygienists (watch for the screen debut of Raquel Welch in this one), 7)It Came From The Kitchen, 8)Hellicatessen, 9)Romeo is Dead and He's Pissed, and one that really should have been in my top ten 10)Don't Stop at the Rest Stop (released in Japan as "Keep On Driving!")
Now those are films I want to see. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:09:12 PM
Seriously.
Henry the Eighth in Detroit by Alonzo Mosely	Apr 13th, 2007 08:22:05 PM
I am totally off to pitch that to someone... I can see the hilarity already... Is John Goodman available? Oh, and Bronx, buddy, you are angry, admitting that is the first step to fixing your problem...
What About the Wayan Brothers ? by john j rambo	Apr 13th, 2007 08:24:52 PM
Will they be classics in 30 years?
Ten More Classics by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:35:25 PM
1)The Kickstand Kid, 2)The Furious Furriers, 3)Money Can't Buy You Love From a Zombie, 4)Energize This!, 5)Grumpy Old Maniacs, 6)Fleshpounders, 7)Cartoons Can Kill, 8)The Highway Repairman, 9)Alley Cats on the Run, and no list of grindhouse movies is complete without 10)Grandma Hellcat.
Re: Books on exploitation cinema? by PhantomOfTheCinema	Apr 13th, 2007 08:36:20 PM
Try "Grindhouse: The Forbidden World of "Adults Only" Cinema" by Eddie Muller. Rather than a list of movies it is a history of explotation movies going by decades from the 1930s to 1970s. Interesting facts about explotation films ranging from Sex Hygiene Movies, Roadshows, Kroger Babb, Nudie Cuties, Mondo Movies, Roughies, Russ Meyer,Hershel Gordon, Timothy Carey (I'm curious if anyone has seen "The World's Greatest Sinner" and how I can get my hand on a copy?). Hope this helps.
Alonzo, just make sure I get a producer credit by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:36:29 PM
and it's all yours. See you at the premiere!
Death Bed by john j rambo	Apr 13th, 2007 08:36:32 PM
That was a fucked up movie .Unsuspecting couples looking for somewhere to get jiggy, and then eaten by the bed.
Rambo, you are kidding? by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:37:59 PM
Fuck, I was going to add Death Bed to my next list. It's real?
Ten more before I go for my sponge bath by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:46:34 PM
1)You Can't Divorce Me, 2)One Way Only, 3)Tune Up Dolls (the best real-time film with naked women performing tune-ups on Chevy Novas), 4)Penetrators, 5)Get Off My Lawn!, 7)You Can't Kill The Dead, 8)武士は合う (Samurai Tailors), 9)Silent But Deadly, and Gene Siskel's favorite blaxpotation movie...you knew it was coming...you can stop now and thank me for warning you...seriously, don't read any more........10)Nappy Headed Hos.
GRINDHOUSE: A BUZZWORD THAT HAS COME TO MEAN EVERYTHING by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 08:57:02 PM
and nothing all at the same time.
Did I mention my sub-category of sport's films? by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:57:36 PM
The best sports-themed grindhouse films, in no particular order...1)Black Top Justice, 2)The Vampire Umpire (only works night games), 3)The Doubleheader (the sequel to The Thing with Two Heads. This time Rosie Greer and Ray Milland join the Minnesota Twins and march straight to the World Series), 4)Super Bowl of Blood, 5)The Bat Boy (another baseball-vampire flick), 6)Vice Skaters, 7)Hoop Screams, 8)The Hockey Ghoul, 9)Terror Trout, and the best slasher-chess film ever made 10)Deathmate.
I need to apologize for that last batch. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 08:59:12 PM
I'm sorry.
TACO BELL'S SEVEN LAYER BURRITO IS TOTALLY GRINDHOUSE ! by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:03:42 PM

I WENT ALL GRINDHOUSE ON DON IMUS' ASS by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:04:06 PM

FAST? IT'LL DO ZERO TO GRINDHOUSE IN 4.5 SECONDS by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:04:40 PM

DO YOU HAVE THESE SAME JEANS IN GRINDHOUSE? by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:05:55 PM

EVERYBODY GRINDHOUSE TONIGHT! by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:06:21 PM

BAD NEWS TOM, YOU'VE GOT MALIGNANT GRINDHOUSE by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:06:50 PM

PHEW! SOMEBODY STEPPED IN SOME GRINDHOUSE by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:07:42 PM

WITHOUT GRINDHOUSE, I'M NOTHING by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:08:22 PM

GRINDHOUSE ME? GRINDHOUSE YOU ! ! by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:09:18 PM

You Had Me At "Grindhouse" by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 09:09:22 PM
Weee.
Uh, No, You're All Wrong - The REAL Top 10 by Rebeck2	Apr 13th, 2007 09:49:09 PM
In no particular order... 1. Macon County Line 2. Sword Of Justice (Hanzo The Razor) 3. Bluebeard (Richard Burton 4. Female Yakuza Tale 5. Walking Tall (original, natch) 6. The Story Of O 7. The Light At The End Of The World (Kirk Douglas) 8. The Wrath Of God (Robert Mitchum) 9. Chosen Survivors, and 10. Puppet On A Chain. That's it. Guilt pleasures and bonified trashy classics all. I'm sorry I had to school every single one of you and put your many lists to shame. But clearly MY list stands above all others. I'm 43 and I know whereof I speak - age being an actual benefit in these debates. No poser here. I was there, at the drive-in, on the Pali on Oahu, munching popcorn as the bug-zapper nearby zapped away... I was there! You magnificent bastard, I read your book!! Oh sorry... Anyway, trust me, if you haven't seen these putrid little flicks you're missing out... My spillover nominees: Red Sun, Billy Jack, Tales From The Crypt, Lifeforce, and Capricorn One. Wow. Even my standby list is better than everyone else's. Damn, I'm a good geek.
My late wife was in Billy Jack. Good list Rebeck2. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 09:58:11 PM
Billy Jack was very grindhousey.
Lost GrindHouse Movies by Marq22	Apr 13th, 2007 10:04:09 PM
Best bang for your buck! 1.Bloodsucking Freaks (Brain straw sucking) 2.Zombie (Fulchi) 3.The Car (Invincible Rolls Royce from Hell) 4.Food of the Gods (Nature gone amok) 5.Fearless Fighters (Flying chicks and bizarre weapons)Needs dvd release 6.Gates of Hell (Intestinal regurgitation) 7.Galaxy of Terror (James Cameron Maggot rape) 8.Hell Hole (Prison Lesbo Chicks) 9.Burial Ground (Italian Incest Nipple Lunch)A must see! 10. 2000 Maniacs ( Hillbilly Horrors) 11. Dr. Butcher MD (Super Cannibal Gorefest) 12. Creepers aka Phenomena (Jennifer Connelly w/maggots by Argento) And so much more to list!
I actually don't understand... by SK229	Apr 13th, 2007 10:16:03 PM
why we don't have something similar to this anymore. You'd think this would be possible now more than ever, right? Occasionally, some of these movies are actually good movies, but besides that, it was just a fertile place to fuck around with the cinema and still have an audience. There are literally thousands of movies being shot with all these new inexpensive HD cameras and some of them are actually decent, I'm sure. Look at what people did with the grindhouse trailer contest. Why can't there be a chain of smaller theaters with, say, 20 foot screens, maybe three small auditoriums, with typical HD projection (not the kind the big theaters have, just the best of the best of what you could get for your home), and then maybe a small book store and cafe attached? Where is the modern day Roger Corman with a vertically integrated system whereby the company owner could finance a lot of small, exploitation type films by promising young directors (Hobo with a Shotgun, anyone?), then have deals in place where they would be guaranteed a DVD release, some tv time, and a guaranteed cost recoupment in the chain of tiny theaters owned by the same company. Hollywood, but on a MUCH smaller scale. Finance 30 or 40 films a year, or even partner with smaller independent regional producers, and do each of them in the ultra low budget to medium budget range. I'm sure there are a lot of people that, with HD or even 2 perf 35mm TRANSFERRED to HD, could do something fairly interesting or at least entertaining with 50-100 thousand dollars. George Lucas has about, what, 5 billion dollars? He couldn't experiment with something like this? Fuck with it until it became profitable and provided a place for OTHER kinds of cinema to be enjoyed by a group of people? They could even show classic films (just pop in a fuckin' blue ray disc, or maybe an even higher quality HDCAM SR master, kick half the ticket sales back to the studios, or kick 20% back and let them use it as a place to drive back catalogue sales)... where was I? Oh yeah, they could show some classics two or three times a week as well. I don't know, just seems like with HD technology, there's something else that can be done with the public viewing experience as well as the financing and distribution. Like Corman, a lot of the films would be horror or atmospheric thrillers (atmosphere is free!). Occasionally some of them might even be really, really good! Should I copyright this?
In other words, what HDnet COULD be... by SK229	Apr 13th, 2007 10:18:09 PM
if Mark Cuban didn't have an ego the size of the Pacific Ocean.
Good Ideas, SK229 by Rebeck2	Apr 13th, 2007 10:32:59 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if that kind of thing took off in the near future. I especially like the idea of getting the studios to loosen up their back catalogue and release these motherfuckers. And thanks, Bronx. Looking at my list I honestly realized just how much I loved these old films. Sure, part of it is I saw them as a kid - but it's also a certain spirit that you don't see much now, that b-movie we're-gonna'-entertain-your-as s-shamelessly-and-make-a-quick -buck vibe. When you reduce it down to base pleasures you sometimes just get great storytelling. Of course, all of the ones I mentioned are made with SOME amount of talent and wit and excitement. Many of the so-bad-they're-good-movies are really just depressing and boring.
Exploitation cinema books...SLEAZOID EXPRESS by CarmillaVonDoom	Apr 13th, 2007 11:07:44 PM
Surprised no one mentioned that one yet. I am confused on one thing...it gets really fuzzy the dividing line between EXPLOITATION, GRINDHOUSE, and DRIVE-IN. This is all the same, right??
Carmilla by R James	Apr 13th, 2007 11:34:32 PM
Grindhouse and Drive-In were the locations. And exploitation pics were frequently featured at these two locations. Grindhouse cinema would be films likely featured at grindhouses frequently meaning exploitation pics.
NAPPY-HEADED HO'S! by Supervillain Outcast	Apr 13th, 2007 11:36:49 PM
Now there's a grindhouse title you can run with.
All the crap these days is on TV by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 11:38:52 PM
We need to take back the crap. Who's wid me?
I just watched Dawn of the Dead remake. by Bronx Cheer	Apr 13th, 2007 11:39:41 PM
I liked it. It was very grindhousey.
i always considered these movies to be... by datachasm	Apr 14th, 2007 12:06:14 AM
... exploitation films. now that "Grindhouse" has turned into a trendy concept and buzzword, i will still call them exploitation films. i still think Grindhouse is a cool nickname for a cheesy, rundown theatre in a questionable neighborhood, like say the Tenderloin in San Francisco... for the most part we will all have to live with the $1 theatre in our neighborhood playing 3 month old movies. you might be lucky and have an art house near you that plays cult movies, like Dolemite, or Monty Python flicks. this article is pretty cool, but the way its presented is kinda laughable, like Grindhouse is some sort of secret club we are letting you in on.
I'm going to Subway to get me a GRINDHOUSE by Mike_D	Apr 14th, 2007 12:31:03 AM
heh.
Kirk Douglas all-nighter! by palimpsest	Apr 14th, 2007 03:19:28 AM
Apocalypse 2000: terrible OMEN rip-off with Kirk Douglas (might well have been called something else in the States - RAIN OF FIRE?). THE FURY: terrible De Palma CARRIE ripoff with Kirk Douglas. SATURN 3: terrible sci-fi movie that ripped off everything it could think of, starring Kirk Douglas.
Demi Moore Grindhouse by skimn	Apr 14th, 2007 03:51:39 AM
How about Parasite? I think that was Corman wannabe Charles Band's 3-D Alien rip off that had a great metal tube through the mid section bleeding effect...
Grindhouse books... by palimpsest	Apr 14th, 2007 04:15:37 AM
You could try any of Danny Peary's CULT MOVIES books, the PSYCHOTRONIC movie guides or DVD DELIRIUM (three volumes of that?). Or if you can find them, Kim Newman's NIGHTMARE MOVIES or his BFI GUIDE TO HORROR. MOre folms for the never-ending Grindhouse selection: XTRO - nasty little Brit ALIEN ripoff, STARCRASH - dopey BARBARELLA ripoff, DEATH WISH II, III and IV (THE CRACKDOWN) - grimy ultraviolence, shameless self-mockery, and rampant silliness respectively, PROPHECY (Lordy, I haven't seen that in years!), TRANCERS (hasn't that has a mention yet?), CAFE FLESH and LIQUID SKY, mebbe Paul Bartel's EATING RAOUL, Peter Bogdanovich's TARGETS, Catholic guilt slasher movie COMMUNION (not the silly Close Encounters with Walken one), leather gay serial killer weirdness Pacino flick CRUISING, FRITZ THE CAT and THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN. Throw in for good measure Santa killer movie DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS, a dash of Argento (TENEBRAE?) finishing up with a healthy nugget of 3D. AMITYVILLE 3D, anyone?
Man, you guys are TWISTED... by TheGhostWhoLurks	Apr 14th, 2007 04:55:28 AM
People are whining over Imus's comments or Quint's talkback headline, but I couldn't fathom ever watching half of the movies mentioned here. Just reading the Wikipedia entry on Cannibal Holocaust made me sick! :P Any future complaints about other people being "offensive" by you guys at AintItCool can only be chalked up to pure hypocrisy.
Although this is massively out of the time period.... by Seph_J	Apr 14th, 2007 06:27:47 AM
...and it might even be an injustice to call this film merely a 'grindhouse' movie.... I would say 'The Doom Generation' would play just beautifully at a late-night drive-in. Also, I would have loved to see Bava jr's 'Demons' for the first time at a drive-in. Ahhhh, if only.
You call this movie "Nightmare City" by CuervoJones	Apr 14th, 2007 06:50:57 AM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 80931/ It was filmed near my house.
If we're including triple-feature drive-ins by Napoleon Park	Apr 14th, 2007 07:09:27 AM
in the grindhouse catagory, then... * yeah, I agree with those who mentioned "the Candy Snatchers". Just telling people about that ending creeps them out. * "99 Women" because you gotta love women on prison island pics and electrode on nipple torture, and whenever I saw Herbert Lom as Inspector Clouseau's boss I remember that he was the evil warden in this turkey. * Linda Blair in "Roller Boogie" because "Regan got boobs!" (I saw that on showtime in the early cable era, but cheese is cheese, right?) * The violent and politically incorrect, sexist/racist and just plain bad "Ginger" trilogy; "Ginger", "The Abductors" and "Girls Are for Loving". First rate exploitation of both martial arts and BDSM genres. * "The Curious Female" with Angelique Pettyjohn and Michael Greer, both RIP. * I never say John Water's "Desperate Living" until the VCR era, but I wish I had seen it in a theatre. * In the pre-porn early '70s the downtown Savoy, Grand Rapids split level upstairs/downstairs grindhouse and softcore porn outlet ran coming attractions for the controversial Swedish picture "I Am Curious Yellow" for over 14 months but the local city government never let them bring it to town. So count that classic by default. * Roger Corman's "A Bucket Of Blood" was a channel 13 Saturday Night horror movie late show by the time I saw it, but a great film none the less. * And a martial arts classic I never knew the name of (I drove into a drive-in through the exit after closing on the way home from work one night)L It starred an itinerant brick mason who chose, yes, bricks as his weapon of choice. He could block a sword blow by clapping the blade between two bricks, and his coup-de-grace move was to shove a brick into his foes chest and then kick it into his heart. Anyone have a name for that one? * Maybe not technically "grindhouse" but I'd love to see "Three In The Attic" again.
Blaxpoitation flicks by Black Satin 2	Apr 14th, 2007 07:34:08 AM
I remember seeing Cotton Comes to Harlem and Come Back Charleston Blue. Though they were comedies, just looking at Godfrey Cambridge describing a hamhock was frightening. I also remember Blacula and Blackenstein. One was quite memorable, the other not.
10,000 Feet of Bloody Guts?!! by Moonwatcher	Apr 14th, 2007 08:03:58 AM
Greatest. Title. Ever. Thanks, Father Geek.
Also, anyone yet mention... by Moonwatcher	Apr 14th, 2007 08:20:22 AM
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein? Plenty of gore, and in 3-D, no less. Oh, and thanks Bronx Cheer - those titles deserve to have films behind them.
Blood Diner by The Cosh	Apr 14th, 2007 09:00:20 AM
First they greet you, then they eat you. A Classic.
Favorite titles by CarmillaVonDoom	Apr 14th, 2007 09:42:02 AM
Strip Nude For Your Killer; She Killed in Ecstasy (GREAT Jess Franco movie). SK229...we need to make your idea happen pronto!! I think there are quite a few locales where money could be made with your concept.
Franco's 'A Virgin Among The Living Dead' is... by Seph_J	Apr 14th, 2007 09:50:16 AM
...a fucking awful movie. And not even in a good way.
Annette Kellerman by i kick tits	Apr 14th, 2007 10:24:10 AM
Why is it that everytime you guys mention the contributer "Annette Kellerman", you say that she is hot. Every single time. I've had enough of this.
"I kick tits" is such a GRINDHOUSE user name, man! by Pound Sand	Apr 14th, 2007 10:32:20 AM

'The Fury' Terrible?? by Rebeck2	Apr 14th, 2007 11:14:42 AM
I love that fucking movie!
Nice one Quint... by tehDude	Apr 14th, 2007 11:40:23 AM
"CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST ... plenty of real life footage of animal killing .." Wow what a highlight. This movie should be ignored by the community for this very reason not cherished for it!!
Did anyone else notice by Kloipy	Apr 14th, 2007 12:19:35 PM
in "Planet Terror" There's a part at where the camera pans down to Mrs. Block's notepad and at the bottem of the pad it says "Kill Bill"?
My list..... by Quake II	Apr 14th, 2007 12:34:26 PM
The Grindhouse films that I have watched more than once and recommend to you guys include: Ms. 45, Ilsa:She Wolf Of The SS, Ilsa:Harem Keeper Of The Oil Sheiks, Big Doll House, Cannibal Holocaust, I Drink Your Blood, A Boy & His Dog, The Undertaker & His Pals, Astro Zombies, The Van, The Executioner & The Crippled Masters. There are many more I have seen but I rarely watch them more than once. The Naked Massacre is a really sick one if you can find it. It's about a homeless Vietnam vet that tortures and kills 8 Belfast nursing students for no reason.
THE SIX-THOUSAND DOLLAR NIGGER?!?!?! by Neo Con Snake Plissken	Apr 14th, 2007 12:57:48 PM
Was He/She a Nappy Headed Ho? Six thousand is a lot of money for a Ho.
How about an update to the post? by Alonzo Mosely	Apr 14th, 2007 02:38:24 PM
I am sooo bored at work, I am dangerously close to doing some actual work...
Rebeck2 and THE FURY by palimpsest	Apr 14th, 2007 03:12:19 PM
Hey, I love it too, but any film that has its climax depend on a character that can levitate die from a fall is terrible! Mind you, you gotta love exploding heads and the cool foggy car-chase...
I liked Death Proof more by Terminax	Apr 14th, 2007 03:32:43 PM
I liked Death Proof more than Planet Terror. Planet Terror came off more like a compilation of facial action shots than a real movie. Death Proof on the other hand, felt like a movie just with the 2nd act removed. The fake movie promos were all fun.
Palimpsest by Rebeck2	Apr 14th, 2007 04:10:25 PM
LOL, I never thought of that! Good point. He probably remembered he could levitate right before he hit the ground. But yeah, I just love that funky mish-mash of genres. And you can't beat Cassavetes' death at the end, made even more spectacular by the musical genius of John Williams.
Late 70s cheesy horror-fest... by palimpsest	Apr 14th, 2007 04:37:47 PM
THE FURY, NIGHTWING, THE MANITOU, THE SENTINEL, DAMIEN OMEN II, PROPHECY, THE LEGACY, EXORCIST II THE HERETIC, THE AWAKENING, THE CHANGELING...nothing better than a decent budget and recognizable character actors and has-been stars running around in genre silliness...
I Just Watched The Sentinel.... by Rebeck2	Apr 14th, 2007 04:54:44 PM
There is nothing crappier than that film. It is UNBELIEVABLY bad. Big difference between that Michael Winner shit and the talent that De Palma shows even when he's doing so-called trash. First a movie has to be COMPETENT. The rest of those all suck too, but The Heretic is at least visually interesting ala all of John Boorman's work. It makes no sense whatsoever, but it's the failure someone with talent makes. The Changeling has a few moments, but feels TV movie like. No...no... If you're going to compare the slick but trashy Fury with other such films, think BURNT OFFERINGS, THE FOG, WESTWORLD, THE LOST BOYS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS ('78), THE HOWLING, RE-ANIMATOR. And all the films on my list I posted earlier. There's a difference between junk done well and JUNK. I own all the ones I mentioned... Nothing could compel me to own a copy of PROPHECY. Not even if it cost one penny. It would just stink up my collection.
The Sentinel sucked? by Supervillain Outcast	Apr 14th, 2007 05:08:24 PM
I rather liked that one. Creepy movie. Bad, but creepy.
SoylentMean : Bets on Grindhouse 2nd weekend by 9000rpm	Apr 14th, 2007 05:50:19 PM
I predicted it Grindhouse was turning people off so badly and generating such bad word of mouth that it wouldn't even make the top ten. According to Deadline Hollywood it's #11 and playing to virtually empty houses. The people who said it was going to do BETTER this weekend than last are morons.
why the hell... by the_nighthawk	Apr 14th, 2007 05:58:37 PM
put a summer movie out easter weekend? ya think more people would rather watch tarantino masturbate another movie than eat chocolate peanut-butter easter eggs?
A REAL GRINDHOUSE (post Burlesque house) NASTY by bunkyboo	Apr 14th, 2007 06:06:29 PM
Invitation to Ruin - find it.
I love Venus in Furs by CherryValance	Apr 14th, 2007 06:10:44 PM
Didn't know it was a Grindhouse movie. I haven't heard of most of those movies. And I've had Django saved on Netflix forever. So I guess I'm clueless about this "genre".
Caligula Reincarnated As Hitler... by Quake II	Apr 14th, 2007 06:30:50 PM
aka Last Orgy Of The Third Reich....Weird 1976 Italian film about a Nazi death camp/brothel where German soldiers stop for some sex with Jewish prisoners before returning to the front lines. There's a massive orgy scene under a Nazi flag, a girl performing oral on a Luger pistol, a women on her period is fed to the camp dogs, there is the butch sadist lesbian SS female (of course) as well as a silly love affair between the hot Jewish girl and the warden. The women are actually smokin' hot in this movie. Not as offensive as Ilsa:She Wolf Of The SS but it tries to appeal to the same crowd. You can buy it on Amazon for 10 bucks as a double feature dvd!
The Grindhouse split... isn't this kinda... by slapshot	Apr 14th, 2007 06:44:11 PM
...against MPAA rules? In Memphis, and I'm assuming elsewhere, the film is playing both ways. The Malco chain is showing the films separately, as "Grindhouse: Planet Terror" and "Grindhouse: Death Proof". The other theaters in the area (locals Cineplanet and Ajay Theaters, the national Muvico chain) are still showing it as a 191 minute feature. I know it was originally intended to prevent competing ratings for the same film (PG and R cuts of the same film playing in the same cineplex), but doesn't that "one version only" rule prevent TWC from doing this?
Microwave Massacre by john j rambo	Apr 14th, 2007 06:47:13 PM
Or Gordon Ramsey the early years, high quality stuff
When I see Prophecy I keep thinking people are... by Alonzo Mosely	Apr 14th, 2007 06:52:02 PM
talking about the Walkentastic angel movie, then I realize they are talking about the Frankenspatic mutated bear movie...
IT'S OFFICIAL: GRINDHOUSE IS A BIG FLOPPING BOMB-OLA by Pound Sand	Apr 14th, 2007 07:27:17 PM
You'll never do coke in this town again, Quentin.

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