My latest haul

I haven't bought anything for the last few months so I decided to splurge out a little, mostly recent horror movies that I have never got around to seeing. Anyway, here is what I picked up;

100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck 2012
Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes 2011
8213: Gacy House 2010
Paranormal Entity 2009
The Borderlands 2013
The Dyatlov Pass Incident 2013
The Taking of Deborah Logan 2014
Blair Witch 2016
Fermat's Room 2007
The Bay 2012
Shadows of the Dead 2004
The Visit 2015
Alien Abduction 2014
Kiss of the Damned 2012
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990
It Follows 2014
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 2015
Graveyard Shift 1987
Rats - Notte di terrore 1984
The Slayer 1982
Wilderness 2006
Dead Above Ground 2002
Faust: Love of the Damned 2000
Scared 2002
Urban Ghost Story 1998
The Addiction 1995 (This is one of my favorites, but oddily enough I never owned a copy of it)
The Sacrament 2013
The Devil's Tattoo 2003
The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016
Lights Out 2016
A Cure for Wellness 2017
When the Lights Went Out 2012


What does everyone think?

Sisterfucker: The History Of Linda And Abilene



Herschell Gordon Lewis always seemed like a mild-mannered guy. An old fashioned gentleman who always came off rather conservative, despite some of the movies he made. And even the crazier stuff he did was still pretty innocent, at least on some level. However, there was this one. A movie Herschell did in 1969 which I'm still a little baffled by. Linda And Abilene is what's on my mind, today. The only thing HGL did that could be considered a Western, not to be confused with the handful of Hixploitation films he made. Technically, this is a softcore Porno-Western we're talking about. A weird combination, but not unheard of in this era. What was most likely unheard of, not to mention a hell of a lot weirder, is a Softcore Porno-Western involving a brother-sister love story. This isn't exactly what people have in mind when referring to Herschell Gordon Lewis as a pioneer, but like it or not. Linda And Abilene exists.

In 1869, Todd and Abilene's parents were taken from them. Far too soon as we quickly gather. Young Abilene is taking the loss especially hard, but the siblings must go on, live life, keep the farm up and eventually start families of their own. The grief and loneliness becomes too much for them both as Todd and Abeline seem to become depressed. They're there for each other as much as a brother and sister can be, but they clearly need something more. Sex, romance. Normal stuff like that which makes it all the easier to move on. And then, one day, it happened: Todd saw his sister naked, and at that moment, realized something about himself: Todd would totally stick it to her if he had the chance.

The more Todd thinks about his sister's hot, luscious body, the more distracted he gets. However, with a stroke of good luck, it seems as if Abilene is starting to fancy Todd back. The growing feelings are pretty much confirmed during a scene where they both lay in bed and masturbate to the thought of each other. Soon, the desire becomes too much for them both as they give in to temptation by fucking the shit out of each other. And as we see in a montage, the next few days looks to be non-stop "brother-sister time". One might think this would make things awkward while doing chores together, but in reality, nothing at all is getting done, now, as Todd can't keep out of Abilene's vagina, and she's not about to turn down her big, strong brother's big, strong penis and hot, brotherly cum.

They know it's wrong. I'm not 100% sure they know it's fucked up, but they know what they're doing ain't right. So, what should they do about this? Abilene isn't anywhere near bothered enough to consider ending things. Todd, on the other hand, is very torn, and becoming somewhat tormented by a gnawing guilt. He knows how their parents would feel about this. Most parents would be horrified at the thought of their own children in such an unnatural situation. Something has to change ... Soon! A few more thrusts wouldn't hurt. Then, no more incest!

It all becomes too much for Todd and he runs off to the saloon where he meets Linda, whose vagina he uses to possibly break the spell. A roughneck named Rawhide overhears Todd telling his new friend about Abilene and quickly heads out there to get some Abilene. First, claiming to be a hungry traveler, then, making his real intentions clear. So, Todd gets laid like a normal person while Abilene gets a sore vagina from the rapist. As Todd returns home, his sister fills him in on what happened, which may have been the biggest mistake of her life. Seeing nothing but red, Todd ignores Abilene's advice and goes off looking for the bastard rapist. While he's gone, Linda drops by for a visit. Abilene tells her to get lost, but Linda is kind to her and listens to her troubles. Linda's advice is that they go down on each other, which they quickly do. Todd still hasn't returned home, but it seems as though Linda and Abilene are now going to be lesbians together. So, whatevs.

Those who think they've seen it all from good 'ol H.G. might want to seek this one out if they haven't already. Though not a very interesting movie or premise without the Sexploitation/incest elements. The siblings don't seem to have personalities and everything is played as dry as humanly possible. The actress who plays Abilene isn't bad. Dull, but sweet and innocent-looking, not unlike Jane Jensen from Tromeo And Juliet, which is ironic if you've seen that one. One little tidbit that might be worth knowing is that Linda And Abilene was actually filmed at the Spahn Ranch, home of the Manson Family, who, from what I have read, made sure, above all else, to be present for Linda and Abilene's love scene. "A bunch of goofy kids, stoned out of their heads", Herschell once referred to them.

So, I'm not sure anyone asked for this, but since it does exist, we might as well see the humor in it. That doesn't mean we have to understand it. The fact that this movie exists is a mystery on its own, but it leaves me asking certain questions. Like why does the parent's death leave a void that can seemingly only be filled with lots and lots of sex? what exactly was Abilene's and Todd's relationship like with these people? And I find it interesting how it's touched on that what the brother and sister are doing is wrong, but the movie seems oddly oblivious to how messed up this really is. Ultimately sending the message that sticking it to your sister isn't that weird as long as you're depressed and lonely. I don't know. That's what I get from all this. 5/10



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Have you ever quit a job?

I've quit a few jobs because I moved away (I don't have a car, so I can't travel far), but I've never quit a job out of hate or disillusion. I work my ass off over there and people give me shit because I don't have a smile on my face. I'm fucking exhausted, you dickholes! I already have to bike 5+ miles a day for the commute, and I rely on caffeine and energy drinks to make it through the day. People mistake my apathy for anger, and that's what makes me angry. Goddamn customers!

I guess that also explains my lack of activity here, too. I'm tired all the time, and it's putting me into a strange funk. I don't have much of an appetite for anything these days.


How about you guys? Has your life ever gotten stagnant?

I was watching "Waiting..." (2005) the other day, and Chi McBride's character gives Justin Long's character a few words of wisdom that echo how I'm feeling about it. Great movie, if you haven't seen it.

Rank the Halloween films

It's like a Friday The 13th ranking thread but with Halloween films

1. Halloween (1978)
2. Halloween II (1981)
3. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
5. Halloween III: The Season of The Witch
6. Halloween H20
7. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
8. Halloween: Resurrection
9. Halloween (2007)
10. Halloween II (2009)

H20 is very average, but still the best in a long while. Hope the new one is good.

Surprised that 5 would rank that high but I do like it.

Rob Zombie's Halloween's might be better productions with an auteur vision than say Curse of Michael Myers, but still add up to be the worst Halloween movies for me.

Similar movies like Messiah of Evil (1973) ?

Messiah of Evil is such a beast of a movie, and creepy as hell! Such a great find. Does anyone have some good creepy, atmospheric horror recommendations like it? I am in the mood to watch something creepy

What movies did you watch or buy this week? (6-24)

I actually managed to see two films this past week and am even having time to start this thread, a major accomplishment.

Last night I watched the Dementia 13 remake. It's not great but had much better production values than the original. I really liked the location and wish it could've been put to better use. There are a few axe murders and it is set at a castle and there is a death of a little girl years earlier, but nothing else from the original is the same here. This ends up being mainly a home invasion story with a ghost thrown in for, well, I really don't know what for. What I mainly liked was the house itself and the production values, and the one girl who gets killed right away had a fantastic body.

The other movie I saw was Massarati and the Brain. Not horror, but a TV movie I missed back in the day because it aired shortly after my grandmother had a stroke in '82 and I was too busy to see much of anything on TV that summer. I've wanted to see this one ever since and to my knowledge it was never shown again. I found it on YouTube the other day by accident. It had Dutch subs so that reinforces my thought that it's a rare film and probably didn't get a USA release even on VHS. Anyway, it has Christopher Lee, Markie Post (from Night Court and The Fall Guy), Camilla Sparv (from MacKenna's Gold, Downhill Racer, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round and a slew of other big budget late 60s films where she usually played a sexy foreigner), Christopher Hewett (from the TV sitcom version of Mr. Belvedere) and Peter Billingsley (the kid from Christmas Story and Death Valley). Billingsley plays a genius kid, nicknamed The Brain, who is staying with his uncle, who is some sort of international spy/James Bond type character. The kid makes all sorts of electronic tracking devices and weapons for his uncle to use to catch crooks. The Uncle is played by Daniel Pilon, who was in Island of the Dead (the killer fly movie with Talisa Soto and Mos Def that everyone hated because the title led them to believe it was about zombies). Lee is a Nazi war criminal out to retrieve a cache of priceless ancient coins from the bottom of the sea so he can sell them and use the cash to fund the rebuilding of the Third Reich. I'd have loved this if I'd seen it back in '82. I still enjoyed it but it was clearly aimed at younger people. It felt like a pilot for a series that never got off the ground. Too bad - it would've made a fun series.

Creighton Duke movie - Jason Goes To Hell Spin-Off

https://movieweb.com/creighton-duke-movie-jason-goes-to-hell-spinoff/

Everyone's favorite Friday The 13th side character from everyone's favorite F13 sequel is getting a proposed spin-off, from everyone's favorite F13 director Adam Marcus, director of Jason Goes To Hell.

To be honest, the article stating that Jason killed Creighton's girlfriend is more backstory than Jason Goes To Hell even gives.

yeah mate, ukraine holiday

now Im about off in like 21 days
but being the good soul I am, I think perhaps I should throw this out there, I love enriching other ppls lives thats just how I am
Normally with a holiday I go with myself alone, last time was hawaii (though that was with my GF) but normally its alone, now this one is alone, alone to East europe for a month or so.
I was thinking how about one or more of yous joining me, Nicko,Znep,Hairy box (we'll see plenty of those in eastern europe believe me)
All I promise is the time of your life, 2 weeks =$800US (plus you pay your airfares), the 800 is all accomodation and as much bnooze as you can drink in 2 weeks, surely you can afford that?

all I promise is some great sites (chernobyl) , and the most beautiful woman on the planet



... Im not joking ... I've visted a lot of lands but here FFS, I can remember the first time I was behind the iron curtain ~1993 my jaw dropped from the womans beauty, my comment was to noone since noone spoke english, "now I know why they built the iron curtain" Im paraphrasing but the jist is true

Shithole: The History Of Desperate Living



Prologue - Dreamland is dead. David Lochary is dead. Divine is busy and probably not interested in Dreamlandish shenanigans by now, anyway. This is a new day for John Waters' film career, but far from a departure. John Waters isn't done making trash just yet. One more, and then, maybe something normal. Next up is Desperate Living. An insane fairy tale about killer lesbians and other social outcasts, doing what they can to survive in a town they never imagined they would be apart of. A town which is the only thing standing between a criminal and justice. When all else fails, there's always Mortville.

Once upon a time, there lived an upper class snob named Peggy Gravel. Peggy actually has a pretty swell life in a nice house with a nice, normal family. Peggy's only real problem is that pesky insanity that is making it impossible to get any peace. And when Peggy gets no peace, nobody else does. Today, Peggy is having quite the meltdown, and pretty much anything anyone says or does makes things worse. After taking her frustrations out on some kids, playing outside, Peggy turns her aggression to her own kids, whom she shames for playing Doctor. Well, in her defense, that WAS a little weird.

I take it Peggy was never overly fond of the husband even when she was sane, assuming she ever was. Bosley is as understanding as a husband can be in this situation, and only wants his wife to get better. He means well, but there's only so much Bosley can do by himself. The maid is pissed at him and probably wouldn't be any help, anyway. As Peggy carries on about Bosley's murder attempt on her, Grizelda rushes in, not at all interested in facts, takes Peggy's word for it and crushes Bosley with her ass, destroying him for all time!

Bosley is dead, the kids are probably hiding under their beds by now, and all these two ladies know is that they are in some deep shit. Or they will be if they don't leave this place, now. Peggy and Grizelda take off, and of course, Peggy immediately starts bitching and ranting, but quickly gets put in her place by Grizelda, who outweighs her by 300 pounds, and makes it clear that she is no longer the maid. These gals have no game plan, but are pointed in the direction of a place to hide by a cop who makes sure and gets payment for the info. Peggy and Grizelda have learned of a town called Mortville, where fugitives can go to find sanctuary. This is a town populated entirely by people who should be in prison. Mortville isn't exactly what Peggy and Grizelda had in mind, but killers can't be choosers.

This is the kind of town where you might actually catch something by breathing the air. A real shithole, populated by killers, drug addicts, freaks of all types, all controlled by the the tyrannical Queen Carlotta and her guards, who aren't above taking liberties by bullying the town's people. After moving in with an angry dyke and her slut, Peggy and Grizelda are seized by the Queen, but only to be smartened up as to how things go around here. That and to be transformed into ugly bitches!

The ugly bitches head back to their new home to trade stories with Mole the dyke and Muffy the slut, where we learn a thing or two about them. Mole's story is pretty simple. She was a Pro Wrestler who got a little carried away and killed a guy. Muffy's situation, however, seemed to involve temporary insanity, which caused the death of her drunken husband and neglectful babysitter. And in Mortville, Muffy found the person of her dreams. Mole is a bit on the abusive side, but it's nothing Muffy can't handle. Mole will probably lighten up once she gets that sex change she's been talking about... Or not.

And just as the four ladies do some bonding, we are then plunged into a scene we can never unsee. Mole and Muffy getting it on is to be expected, but I guess the moans got to Grizelda. As she gets all hot and bothered, Grizelda turns to Peggy for sexual relief. Peggy naturally isn't crazy about the idea, but finally gives in. On this night, everyone got their cooters licked clean. Yes. Everyone.

But then, there's Princess Coo-Coo: A kind woman who wants nothing to do with her mother, the Queen, and even less to do with her evil ways. Injected with Rabies for rebelling, the Princess has nowhere else to turn but the four Lesbians, which creates some dissension. Peggy not only refuses to help Coo-Coo, but she takes it upon herself to offer her services to the Queen as the new and improved, evil Princess. Peggy proves to be an exceptional replacement for the now dying Coo-Coo, and quickly gains Carlotta's approval.

After a brief discussion, it is decided that the entire population of Mortville needs to be killed off as soon as possible. It's now up to Mole, Muffy and some other dykes, to band together and exterminate this evil, so that maybe Mortville can become a nice place to live. Just give Mole a minute to recover from her sex change, which didn't exactly go as planned. Nobody is better at overthrowing evil Queens and liberating sanctuary cities than angry dykes. This is a new day for Mortville and a new day for low-life scum. The End.

Epilogue - Desperate Living really did turn out to be John Waters' last hurrah before making the transition to mainstream. It would have been nice if Divine had been a part of it, though. Instead, we have Liz Renay in the role he was originally meant for. I'm not a fan, as she always sounded like a dumb fuck to me, but at the time, this was the biggest actress Waters ever had in a movie. Then, there's Susan Lowe, who really threw herself into the "dyke" role and made the movie far more entertaining than it would have been, otherwise. Edith Massey was great, Mary Vivian Pearce was great, despite aging 20 years since Pink Flamingos. What exactly happened there? Well, the highlight for me was Mink Stole's portrayal of the neurotic snob who wishes death on anyone she sees as beneath her. Oh, and good God! How could I forget Jean Hill? A person who was on her way to making two of Divine. Her presence was nothing short of a nice touch, and filled that void Divine's absence had left.

Desperate Living tackled just about every taboo Water's earlier movies didn't, and at the time, was despised by the very audience it was meant for. Yep, Shockingly, the lesbians didn't get it at the time, but have since warmed up to it over the last 40 years, as all Waters' trash classics were eventually immortalized by a future generation. 7/10



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Rob Zombie's Halloween or Eli Roth's Death Wish?

Which was the 'better' remake?