Nov 28, 2021
The Depraved (1971)
(AKA Diary of a Rape; Original Title: Exponerad) Premiered at Cannes and immediately banned in 27 countries. Christina Lindberg stars in this very artsy story about a girl with an active (and slightly depraved) imagination who gets blackmailed for posing nude. It's told in a very nonlinear manner, so it's a bit hard to follow.
Detective Cazanachas (1994)
Alfonso Zayas plays the titular detective investigating a murder at a resort. Ultimately, it's really just a vehicle to show off Vanessa Yudic's body, but that's not such a bad thing.
Bragas Calientes (1983)
Miranda (1985)
Nov 26, 2021
Pale Blood (1990)
Monamour (2005)
Nov 24, 2021
Chiles Rellenos Pa' Wilson (1994)
It's been a while since we've dona a Mexican comedy; there's a million of them, and I nearly love them all. This one features Charly Valentino who had some good flicks back in the eighties. Here, he's a grocer who can't seem to make headway with a woman who is a good pair, but she has hang ups she has to work through (which liquor seems to help with). There's also the typical gay stereotype and teen forbidden love element.
The Invisible Maniac (1990)
In The Invisible Maniac, physics teacher, Mr. Dornwinkle, uses his power to molest and murder his summer school students. The film has become infamous for leading to the suicide of Savannah. From Wikipedia:
Former boyfriend Billy Sheehan recounted how Wilsey was utterly humiliated during the film's premiere. Whenever the audience would laugh at one of her lines she could not differentiate whether they were laughing at her personally or the character. The experience forever marred Wilsey on a personal level....
Lady Libertine (1984)
I was pretty disturbed when Jennifer Inch, the girl from Anne of Green Gables, gets topless in Screwballs (1983)… I commented that it was like that scene in S.O.B. where Julie Andrews shows her boobs – Mary Poppins shouldn’t be doing such a thing. To which, I was told that if I was troubled by Screwballs (and State Park) that I really am in for it with Lady Libertine. And if that weren't reason enough to watch, Sophie Favier sued to block the release of this movie on DVD. So, here we are - let's press play.
Nov 22, 2021
Killer Workout (1986)
I say this with all seriousness - this film ranks as one of my favorite movie-going experiences. Star Wars in 1977 and Pulp Fiction in 1994 were great, but this may top them both. Admittedly, I didn't see this in '86, but rather at an Alamo Drafthouse many years later. But the crowd was so onboard with what this film was delivering, it was like watching The Room, but more spontaneous. I was exhausted from laughing by the time credits rolled. It wasn't a mocking patronizing laugh; we were all just enjoying the bad movie experience, so thankful that films like this exist... and sadly, filmmakers are so self-aware these days, I'm not even sure it's possible to make a movie this bad without tongue-in cheek. But I digress.
Giulia (1999)
Nov 21, 2021
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
Jesús Franco and Lina Romay, both well past their prime, work with Michelle Bauer and Linnea Quigley at about the same time (with almost the same cast) as Lust for Frankenstein. A little personal anecdote about this film... it was the the very first Netflix DVD I ever ordered - maybe around '00 or a little later. I signed up for the plan where you'd get three discs at a time, so I received this, The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972), and American Movie (1999). I ended up loving the other two, and hating Mari-Cookie so bad that I left a scathing review on the Netflix website. Let's see if it improves upon a second viewing, twenty years later.
Nov 20, 2021
Kandyland (1988)
Kim Evenson plays a poor girl with a grease monkey boyfriend. She's dazzled by the glamour of a strip club and finds she's good at it. But her dream job isn't all it's cracked up to be as there are lots o' problems under the surface at Kandyland.
Nov 19, 2021
The Countess Died of Laughter (1973)
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 17, 2021
Scarlet Diva (2000)
In Search of... the Perfect '10' (1986)
You might wonder why there are three dots before "the Perfect 10". There was a popular show hosted by Leonard Nimoy called "In Search of..." which everyone back in 1986 would remember and get the reference. Surprisingly, this was made by Gregory Dark - not his sort of film. I remember seeing this VHS box all the time at the video store, but for whatever reason, never rented it. There's actually a "story" here: a guy takes his Mam-O-Reader around Hollywood trying to scientifically find the perfect ten. Along the way, we meet Gail Thackray, Michelle Bauer and Krista Lane.
Nov 16, 2021
Video Violence 2 (1988)
Video Violence (1987)
I love scenes that take place in video stores. It's not only hyper-nostalgic, I just enjoy trying to pick out various titles on the shelves. I could just watch a movie where they just pan across 1980s video store shelves and I'd be happy. Well, the two Video Violence movies both take place almost entirely at a video store, so already I'm ready to press play...
Nov 13, 2021
Phantom Love (2001)
Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults (1969)