Angst (1983) - major spoilers

Bit overrated, no?

Been seeing this 'un pimped out for a good 10 years now all the way back to that ancient place they call "imdb." Well, I finally caught up with it....

Pretty good, but not the masterpiece I expected and genuinely much funnier than I anticipated as well. I get that this was based on a true story or whatever (is it really?) and it's intended to be "realistic" and stuff, but did the killer have to be so pathetic? Jesus Christ he's lucky he stumbled into the house he did and not one occupied by, well, anyone else. Fucker woulda got his ass handed to him. In fact, the elderly woman actually put up a good fight.

I like that they made him SO damn crazy that he lost all rationale and was sloppy, made many mistakes and had these wildly exaggerated ideas about how his continuing murder spree would go. Anyone with even the slightest bit of sanity left would've realized he'd get caught immediately after leaving the house.

I dunno. I liked the film. The direction was amazing, music good. It definitely didn't feel like your average horror film from the early 80s, and I appreciated that it was a bit off the beaten path. I think I just felt things sorta dragged a bit when he was in the house and had so much trouble killing its occupants.

I remember peeptoad and maybe sepsism (I think) being big fans. Would love to see them vouch for it a bit.

Whatcha all think? 'Lost' classic or victim of the overhype machine?

2018 October Challenge Results

Well, that was the lousiest October Challenge I've ever experienced. Wasn't in to it at all. I had planned on watching a bunch of TV movies and some Hammer films but got stuck on micro-budget 2010's Slashers I found on Amazon Prime. Nothing else was doing it for me for some reason. I hope everyone else was able to get into the October spirit. Nice turn out this year. And congratulations to Ballz on gaining the top spot.


Ballz - 97 Films - 97 FTVs

Johan_WOW - 78 Films - 73 FTVs

shroudoftheimmortal - 78 Films - 49 FTVs

ConditionedResponse - 75 Films - 20 FTVs

ZombieCPA - 65 Films - 55 FTVs

Tromafreak - 59 Films - 43 FTVs

Triggerhappy6 - 50 Films - 50 FTVs

Foz - 45 Films - 26 FTVs

Gymnopedie - 43 Films - 36 FTVs

OnyxHades - 42 Films - 16 FTVs

BloodWank - 36 Films - 31 FTVs

Ebossert - 36 Films - 22 FTVs

BaseBallZombies - 34 Films - 19 FTVs

Jimb14red - 33 Films - 28 FTVs

Brett_Lives - 33 Films - 20 FTVs

Box_a_Hair - 32 Films - 16 FTVs


NoseOfNicko - 23 Films - 14 FTVs

Markus-san - 22 Films - 17 FTVs

Morrison-Dylan-Fan - 15 Films - 12 FTVs

iceflamez - 5 Films - 5 FTVs

Zed - 2 Films - 2 FTVs?

Der Tables - 0 Films - 0 FTVs

What is wrong with The Shoutbox?

It can't be viewed unless you go through the forum tab, and it won't allow me to type anything on there either? It has been acting up the past few days from my end.

The Amazing Bulk! 2012 disasterpiece

Holy hell, what a hilarious piece of trash! A true turkey, if there ever was one!



The Amazing Bulk is an "Incredible Hulk" '08 rip-off filmed entirely in front of a green screen, featuring animated sets and crude models, used redundantly. The actors keep a straight face while they're doing this drivel, and that's always a huge plus. It's awful to see actors who are intentionally bad, because they know they're in a piece of shit. It's wonderful when an actor knows he/she is in a god awful movie, yet they still put forth a decent effort.

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. There were a good 2 minutes that I had a hard time breathing because I was laughing so hard.

The movie is currently on Amazon Prime, for anyone who wants easy points from this 1.7 rated turkey.

2018 October Challenge Progress Thread



**Here we go! Another October Challenge. Second one for Trash Epics, so, we must be doing something right.

So, the rules are: 31 Horror films must be watched during the 31 days of October. 16 of which must be first time viewings. Watch all you want. I sure as hell am, but to count in the end, it's gotta at least be 31 and 16.

This challenge will begin as soon as October begins, and will end at 6 AM November 1st.

No documentaries, no tv shows, just movies to keep things simple. Speaking of keeping things simple, I figure we should just go by IMDb if there is any question as to whether the film is Horror (or part Horror). Just leave me the hell out of it.

And we're going with a 45 minute minimum.

Remember to list the number of movies/FTVs at the bottom, or it will not be counted in the results thread.

Want ideas for recs? Here's last year's thread. https://trashepics.com/post/9/160/

The discussion thread will be up soon.

So, make your spot!**

Interview with Sandy Johnson (the original Judith Myers)

I know some people here must have seen this already, but for anyone who hasn't... check it out! Someone tracked down Sandy Johnson. She sounds like a really nice lady. Also, it sounds like things have worked out for her pretty well, after a rocky start. I'm sorry about all the @#$$%^&^$#@!ing pop up ads... #$%$%^&%$#@!ing Dread Central.

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/280507/exclusive-judith-myers-speaks-halloweens-sandy-johnson-gives-first-interview-in-forty-years/

Hereditary, still creepy as fuck

So I finished my October challenge with barely 31 movies, but I fucking did it, and you can't argue with that! I beat the challenge with Toxic Avenger, but I also started wondering if the Toxic Avenger even counts, but IMDb lists it as horror, so I guess it does. But just to make sure nobody would combat my argument, I watched Hereditary again, just to make my victory solid.

I saw this movie a few months ago in theaters, and it stuck with me something fierce. It's a slow-burn movie in the same vein as Rosemary's Baby (particularly the ending), but the imagery in this movie is what horror is all about!

So this movie was written/directed by some relatively unknown nerd-looking guy named Ari Aster, but he fucking gets it. He knows how movies work. It's all about the story and progression. You can't start off with all your cards on the table, and expect it to be legit. You need to build up your characters and story, and engross the audience, and that's what Ari does.

I compare the movie to Rosemary's Baby a lot (because of the ending), but it's also about the slow-burn approach. This movie sizzles with foreboding tension, and you stick around to see wtf other kind of chills the movie has in store for you.

This movie gave me goosebumps both times I saw it. If you see a naked man in the shadows staring at you, you'd get goosebumps, too! Then again, if you see a naked man covered in grease, you'd laugh your ass off (like in The Greasy Strangler). It's a delicate balance, but this movie is more horror than I've seen in a long time.



Overall, I had a decent 2018 Halloween. I worked too much, but I also got home and drank too much, so that's a win-win. I hope everyone else had a decent (not) holiday.

There should be an Ash channel

I wish there were a channel that was just constant Ash vs Evil Dead reruns, with occasional showings of any of the Evil Dead movies, interspersed with reasonably decent fan videos based on the Evil Dead mythology. I would watch that every day.

By the way, I have said this next thing before, and I'm sticking to it: there should also be a Bigfoot channel. All Bigfoot. All the time.

What movies did you watch or buy buy this week (10-28)

Tam Lin (Blu-ray)
The Magus

Also just ordered Five Miles to Midnight on Blu-ray.

Asylum, and Amicus Horror

There, I just finished my FTV portion of the challenge. Yeah, I know I'm way behind some of you, but these days, my mind wanders too much for me to get these damn movies watched. Now, I only need 3 re-watches to get 'er done.


So Amicus was a pretty big deal, apparently, huh? I'll admit, I don't know much about these movies. I suppose that, being Britain-based, they're a lot like Hammer movies. However, I notice they put out their fair amount of anthology movies, too. And like Hammer, they feature a lot of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and a few other prominent players at the time, like Michael Gough, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom, etc.

I've only seen Scream and Scream Again '70 (garbage), Tales from the Crypt '72 (good), Vault of Horror '73 (okay), and Madhouse '74 (very good). I'll throw on anything starring Peter Cushing, and he had a bit part in this one.

The movie starts out with some dramatic stock music that most people would view as a joke in this day and age. A guy is trying to get into a job at an asylum, so the main guy (Patrick Magee) gives him a quest to find out which person in the asylum isn't who he/she seems to be. This, of course, leads us to an anthology.

Patrick Magee seemed to portray disabled people a few times. In this movie, he was in a wheelchair, like A Clockwork Orange (also was blind in Tales from the Crypt).

So some of these stories are alright. Like I do with most movies these days, I kinda zoned out for some of them, but the first skit was decent, involving a guy who dismembers his wife(?), and her wrapped up body parts come after him. Then, we have stuff about a guy tailoring a magical suit for some dumb reason or another... then Charlotte Rampling is convinced she's innocent of some frame job... then, this last skit is kinda stupid, but kind of awesome at the same time. Herbert Lom has this automaton/robot/doll of himself, and this story bleeds into the wraparound segment to lead us to the conclusion that surprised none of us.

Still, it's a decent watch. Even somewhat mediocre movies like this are boosted by the presence of horror icons of the era. There's just something classy about those guys.


Thoughts on Amicus movies? https://junkepics.com/film/?category=1&tags=amicus&sort=value

You don't hear them talked about much, but they did a few pictures from the mid-60s to mid-70s.