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I finally watched this last night

I didn't feel like the revenge part of this movie done very well. It is kind of strange that she wanted to play with her rapist prior to killing them. Also, she is such a small woman, and the idea of seducing and then killing her rapist just doesn't seem very practical. Overall, it was just ok and nothing really special. I don't think it deserves the reputation it has.

Potential new Rawhead Rex movie

Could be a new reboot for Rawhead Rex.

I've heard there's a new Hellraiser starting from scratch coming as well.

https://movieweb.com/rawhead-rex-reboot-clive-barker/?fbclid=IwAR2sKct3mv1x8xsAgEv9-xSgqmF83S69Zj-GXz2FTG68eHB_SqAaRODGPXM

The Neanderthal Man (1953)

So I had this movie as the second feature on a blu-ray with The Beast of Hollow Mountain.

So a scientist creates a serum that can regress evolution. He tries it on a cat which turns it into a sabretooth tiger and eventually on himself.

Standard fare for 50's movies. When people mention the term B-Movie this is the sort of thing that comes to mind for me. It's not much good but I didn't mind watching it for the sake of curiosity.

Reasons why Australia Sucks

So last week, blokes caught this big arse mother fucker in the Northern part of NSW. They found Jaws!



A couple of days ago, this image went viral of this monstrosity covering an electricity meter in Queensland.



Oh and while we're on the point of spiders. This happened to Goulburn a couple of months back.



Yeah that's not snow.



The fucking city was raining spiders. And they were EVERYWHERE! Yeah raining goddamn spiders! Uhuh! Uhuh!!! Hell no!

A place where snakes can eat crocodiles!



Someone rescue me from this god forsaken place!!!

Them! (1954)

This is available On Demand right now, for another day or so. (It's also available in shitloads of other ways, of course, but that's not important right now).

One of the interesting things about this movie, to me anyway, is that you can see Edmund Gwenn (who played the elderly entomologist) acting in some scenes together with Sandy Descher (who played the poor little girl who spends most of the movie in shock). Edmund Gwenn was born in 1877, when Hollywood didn't even exist yet, and Los Angeles only had about 10,000 people. He started acting in London in the 1890's... I think it is wild to see him in scenes sitting and standing right next to Sandy Descher, who is still alive today, and who isn't even THAT old today. She was born in late 1945, so she's 73 now. I wonder if she ever goes to horror conventions, maybe she has some interesting thoughts about this.

It's kind of funny to hear James Arness speak his lines. He sounds a lot like his brother, Peter Graves. I keep expecting him to say lines from Airplane!.

It's also interesting to see the way the filmmakers were usually very much on the side of the military, even when the military had to lie to the public. Certain scenes would not have been done in nearly the same way, a couple of decades later. I'm trying to imagine Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or E.T., etc if the filmmakers were totally on the side of the army. I can't even imagine it.

The giant ants look pretty stupid, of course, but anyone would have to be kind of a dick to care too much about that. You can really see the effort the actors put into the movie, it's a great effort given the constraints of what was possible in 1954.

It is also interesting to see how the population density of the time is presented. There are gigantic ants crawling and flying all over the southwestern US, and there are only sporadic, widely dispersed sightings. Imagine if it really happened, and in today's world?!?! There would be tens of millions of people like the shocked little girl, overwhelming mental hospitals.

Anyway, it's a pretty interesting movie. Anyone have anything to say about it?

Kevin Smith

What a guy. I just heard about the Stan Lee cameo in Captain Marvel, and now I really want to see the movie. For just one joke. About Mallrats (1995).

Kevin Smith is currently doing another Jay and Silent Bob movie, because his other efforts never get greenlit. Wtf, Hollywood? Then again, he worked for Miramax a lot, so you might wonder if the Weinstein scandal has negatively affected his influence in the world of cinema. It's been a damn shame that he doesn't get his movies made. I want a goddamn Clerks 3 in my life. I want MallBrats, the tv series. I want Moose Jaws, the end of the weird Canada trilogy. Give this guy the money, you idiots! Give him all the money!

Humanoids from the Deep is a trash epic

This movie left me in awe when I first saw it. It's pretty trashy, too. Like, almost perfect, even. No, this movie is perfect. It's a monster movie in a small coastal town, but not just any monster. This is a humanoid sea monster, and there are boatloads of 'em. Well, as depicted anyway. There were only about three guys in suits doing it all, but it all works out.

This movie is really short, but it's never dull. The pacing is basically perfect, giving you proper story exposition, creature action, explosions, gore, titties, and a wonderful old timey feel of a good monster movie.

We have Jim, played by vintage hero type Doug McClure, and I just think that guy is the coolest. He's got a hot wife, he's level-headed, and he knows how to handle his business. Johnny Eagle is a courageous do-gooder type who has to go up against the town's pro-cannery bigshot Slattery, played by Vic Morrow. Vic and his jew-fro plays an excellent racist drunk in this, and gives this movie some class. Jim's bro Tommy looks ultra 70s, and he's got a hot gf, too, but there are other hotties who are in the movie just for the hell of it. We have a horndog named Jerry who's always scoring with his woman, and a few gratuitous bimbos for good measure. Also, there's a strong-woman type scientist who works with a weird, wimpy gay nerd dude, and gets so frustrated at him, she calls him a "stupid ass". It makes me laugh.

Ugh... there are so many characters crammed into this movie, but they're all somehow interesting. The sheriff is useless and kind of out of it the entire movie. There's also a ventriloquist who's trying to get laid in a tent, but something more awesome than that ends up happening. That's when things go into beast mode, and we see all sorts of humanoids action.

This movie doesn't leave any time for filler. It gets its hands dirty immediately by killing kids, fishermen, dogs, dog, and more dogs. Then, racism and other subplots go on, while sea monsters are having their way with sexy beach women. By force!

The movie is a trash epic because it's a concise piece of sci-fi/horror. That's right, an old school monster movie, in the likes of Revenge of the Creature, only better in every way. It builds up a decent plot in record time, sustaining itself with interludes of great-fx gore, moody music by James Horner, and amply endowed ladies that are so hot, even the monsters want to do them. Then, it all erupts into a full scale assault on the fair-goers trying to have a good time when the sea monsters try to bang the women and kill the men. They rip people open, they rip off heads... it's awesome.

The movie ultimately ends with a blatant Alien homage, coming out shortly after that movie did, and that's it. Somehow, this movie never became a smash hit, even though Roger Corman (somewhat) produced it. It was (mostly) directed by a woman, it had some decent actors in it, but it kind of went underground there for a while... until they remade it in 1996.

Has anyone scene that movie?! I can't find it anywhere, and I feel like I might have watched it on tv when I was younger. Of course, I also feel like I watched the original on tv when I was younger, and you know why? They apparently use some of the same footage from the original. That's lazy, but ballsy.

Humanoids has to be one of the most entertaining films I've ever seen. It fascinates me.

Phantasm anyone??

I don't think there have been any threads about Phantasm in awhile. Anyone? Anyone? BOOOOOYYYYY? GIIIRRRRLLLL? BUUUUEEELLLEERRRRR? Anyone have anything to say?

I was just thinking, it is too bad they never did more with that idea from the first movie, about the Tall Man's severed finger turning into a giant carnivorous fly. They could have done a lot of things with that. Maybe every time they lop off part of the Tall Man's body, it would turn into some kind of creature? Or, it could always turn into a giant fly, or several giant flies... that could have been pretty cool. Or, just have those giant flies turn up in the sequels somehow, not necessarily having anything to do with the Tall Man's severed body parts.

Reggie Bannister got back to me when I e-mailed him once, years ago. So, he will always be cool, as far as I'm concerned.

Anyone have any thoughts on Phantasm today?

Foot Fetishes

What do you think about them? Do you have one?

I myself have a major one. Sometimes it's so strong i can't even see straight. I remember this one time dancing with a girl at a club years ago and afterwards we sat down and I asked to massage her feet. She complied, reluctantly so, and I was in heaven. Getting to rub this strange girl's sweaty feet drove me absolutely wild.

I know that there's a correlation between the genitals and feet. A lot of wiring in the body overlaps between those areas. I've heard that some girls can even achieve orgasm just by having their feet played with, but I've never seen it first hand.

Anyway, just trying to get some kinky conversation going, I guess. Heh.