The Unofficial Sequels of Italy

So here I am browsing for trash to watch for the challenge, and I see on youtube "Cannibal Holocaust 2". I turn it on and they keep talking about Catherine Miles, so I look it up... not the same Cannibal Holocaust 2 I was looking up. This one is actually "Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story". Yeah, there's a bunch of Cannbal Holocaust Part 2's out there. A lot of Zombi sequels too, which I guess they did for marketing purposes only, to cash in on someone else's success.

I know there's a Terminator II out there that's apparently more like an aliens sequel? Man, them Italians were shameless! Any others?

Aussie Horror

As a true blue Aussie I've always loved American and European horror. Us Aussies, however, have churned out some gems over the years. I think our lack of funds has actually attributed to some original and outright creepy stuff.

Wake in Fright
An excellent novel adapted into film in 1971. The film itself was unavailable for many years until 2009 when it was digitially restored and made avaiilable on DVD/Blueray. I read the book in high school and had the privilege of finally seeing the film upon it's release in 2009. It has a Deliverance feel about it but our protagonist is forced into joining in with these outback inbreds and partaking in their weird and often violent shenanigans. As the title suggests, he often wakes in fright during the film with a cunt of a hangover and more regret about the night before than any of us could dare to imagine.

Lake Mungo
I love a slow burn and this film is certainly that with a payoff that sends serious shivers down your spine. Filmed in a documentary style, we get to hear from the family of a girl whose body is found in the lake and the events that led up to that. Doesn't sound like much on the surface but boy did it give me the chills.

The Babadook
What's in the mind and what's really going on? A beautifully dark film on the terrifying degradation of the mind of a single mum.

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Eerie is probaby the best word to describe this. Stunning visuals and a haunting pan flute soundtrack. This film takes us on a trek with bunch of school girls who move into another dimension (or something like that) when they go on a day trip to Hanging Rock.

Next of Kin
A relatively unknown little horror from 1981. A young woman inherits a retirement home where strange happenings and deaths start to occur. I must say the house that features in this is one of the most creepy I've seen in any movie. Also starring a very young John Jarratt.

Wolf Creek
Speaking of John Jarrat, before this film came I out I knew him mostly as the loveable larrikin that presented on our version of Better Homes and Gardens TV show during most of the 90's. It's a testament to his great performance that this vision of him soon disappeared when watching this gut wrenching horror inspired by many a back packer killing in our sunburnt country. I love the idea that he dressed up as Mick when the film was first released and waited in the foyer of a cinema for unsuspecting viewers to come out after watching this. God I wish I was one of them!

Wish You Were Here

Any horror boarders that you miss, and wish would've joined the Trash Epics team? Cuz if they migrated elsewhere, we should totally stalk the fuck out of them, nome sane?

Personally, I'm thrilled at the turnout of horror boarders already. We got YAKKO over here. I fucking LOVE that guy! That's a feat in itself. I've been browsing some of the imdb spin-off boards and saw a few familiar names, so I thought I'd ask.

Favorite lesser-known horror movies of 2016?

Let's talk about horror movies of 2016 with less than 5,000 votes on IMDb; https://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&genres=horror&sort=num_votes&title_type=feature&year=2016,2016&num_votes=0,5000&view=advanced . What are some your favorites?

I've seen only four movies:
- February 9.5/10
- The Eyes of My Mother 9.5/10 - It deserves more viewings, it's a classic!
- SiREN 7/10 - I think it's surprisingly great, fun movie! That "I like you." girl is always creepy, and she does a fine job.
- Martyrs 6.5/10 - I thought it was OK when you see this movie as the movie, but this shouldn't have been remade.

I'd like to hear your recommendation!

You've probably all seen this but...

... I have a friend around who I'm showing Trash Epics to & he just told me about this on youtube. Predates Deadpool, John Wick etc by a few years for the ultraviolent antihero stuff

Apparently funded mostly by Jane. Mostly. & Perlman did his bit for free as he's a fan of the comic

Jim Varney Movies (Ernest P. Worrell)

Discuss the masterpieces of cinema that are Jim Varney movies.

What happened to Dolemite's Horror Board?

I keep getting a not found screen.

Anti-masturbation legislation in Texas

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-lawmaker-s-satirical-bill-fines-men-masturbating-n732756

The Crazies remake (2010)

I have been watching this kind of a lot, lately. Any thoughts on it? I think it's one of the better remakes of recent(-ish) years.

For one thing Timothy Olyphant can do no wrong. I can't think of anything I've seen him in where I had any semblance of a problem with his performance. He plays a pretty cool character here, a sheriff who has faith in his fellow man to the point where it almost gets him killed, several times. But, the fact that he believes in others, and causes them to do the right thing just because he has so much faith in them, is pretty cool to watch.

The British actor Joe Anderson plays his deputy Russell... I wonder if it is fun for people from other countries to play rural American characters... this character starts out cool, goes insane, but ends up heroic... but he just reminds me of the Seann William Scott character in Old School too much, so I have to smile every time I see him, even when he's in the tragic part of his character arc. But, I am just rambling here, I like Joe Anderson and he does a great job here. I also liked him in The Ruins, where he played the German dude who had his legs eaten by the vines.

Radha Mitchell is cool too... I guess she is why random scenes made me think of Silent Hill. The guy dragging the pitchfork made me think of Resident Evil, by the way, when they first encounter the zombies and that one guy is dragging a heavy miner's pick-like instrument that he had used to try to smash a window in a lab, when he was still alive. Sorry, this paragraph makes no sense.

Basically, I have respect for this movie. They brought the idea into the 21st century... they did a little random homage to RotLD by calling the biological weapon "trixie" (close enough to trioxin for you?)... certain scenes were really done very well, like the car wash, and also when Radha M and Danielle Panamaker (who also did a solid job) and tied up on tables in that improvised pseudo-MASH unit. That whole scene was just really well done, I thought, the tension built and built until I went completely insane. Sadly, I'm completely insane now, as a result of watching that scene. Oh well.

Anyway... great movie, IMHO. Any thoughts?

Bhaskar Knows Best



Once upon a time, in an era of Charles Manson-inspired Horror, there lived a gang of Satan-worshiping hippies. The Sons And Daughters Of Satan, they called themselves. S.A.D.O.S. thought they were pretty bad ass. A delusion maintained much easier with regular doses of LSD. As leader, we have one bastard of an Indian named Horace Bones, played to perfection by the the fabulous Bhaskar. He may be the most evil out of the group, and a born leader, but so far, Horace has led this group absolutely nowhere. Or more like Nowheresville.

Since the van broke down, the gang is stuck in in this almost abandoned town with a population of forty. which is still plenty of people to terrorize if they happen to get bored. And you know they will. The night before, a local girl stumbled upon some Satanic ritual they were performing, and gets raped for it, which is really only implied. Traumatized girl's grandpa is pretty steamed about this, and ends up tracking these punks down, finding them in a near by abandoned house where Bhaskar and pals have been roasting rats and doing cool Devil shit.

Poor 'ol Grandpa says his peace and makes an honest effort at running the degenerates out of town. But instead of cutting out, they go ahead and just force the old man to take some of their potent LSD. Personally, I wouldn't have taken this route, as there are plenty of ways of abusing the elderly without wasting perfectly good drugs. But then again, I'm pretty sure that stuff was easier to come by in the early 70's than it is now. Although, these guys do seem like the impulsive type. I'm sure they'd reconsider this irresponsible behavior, had they the time to go over.

Grandpa wanders on home to lick his wounds. He sticks the salt and pepper shakers on his head whilst weeping, which are clearly his new Devil horns. Subtle comedy relief like that is a nice touch. The next morning, Grandpa announces that something must be done about this gang of savage hyenas. My first assumption to this statement was that he was still Flyin' high, but it quickly occurred to me he was talking about S.A.D.O.S. It's true. These hyenas have got to go. And that's where Pete comes in. This well fed little fella doesn't like his family fucked with any more than grandpa, but happens to be a bit more cunning. Or just plain mean, some might say. Maybe he just puts zero thought into his actions, and seemingly remains unphased regardless of how horrible the outcome. Which makes him no different than the Satanists, who's nights are now very much numbered, by the way.

I may not know about that L stuff, or whatever you call it, but I know about Rabies! No seriously. The kid actually says this. Pete goes out and kills a rabid dog, and later injects some of the blood into a bunch of meat pies, which of course all get bought up by the fun loving Satanists. Pretty cold for a little kid. I'm not so sure the punishment fit the crime, but tell that to Pete. In fact, save it. Pete doesn't care. Then again, the night is young, and S.A.D.O.S. have only begun to dine on their Rabies-pies. After a while, everybody starts feeling a sickness, which soon turns to an animalistic rage. As some of the gang members turn on each other, they all soon head down to this unsuspecting little town to let out a little frustration. Forget everything you knew about these people. Whatever they originally had in mind is irrelevant. These raving lunatics only know one thing, now. Kill and destroy everyone, including each other. Not for Satan. Just for the hell of it.

Formerly known as Phobia, This here is one grimy, nasty little Satanic shocker which pre-dates any infected movie out there. Before 28 Days Later, before Nightmare City, and before The Crazies, there was this mean ass movie which was very much inspired by the shenanigans of Charles Manson and his easily manipulated gang od acid heads. Directed by the late David Durston, who never had a bigger claim to fame than this. Speaking of claims to fame. This film actually holds the honor of providing the always angelic Lynn Lowry with her first role. Although uncredited. Originally, I had heard I Drink Your Blood was quite the gorefest, but soon learned what was hype and what wasn't. Definitely not the goriest of movies from the era, but gruesome in different ways. And the atmosphere was spectacular. Humid, uncomfortable, nerve racking atmosphere. Dark, grisly, but enough stupidity to make it all fun. I Drink Your Blood is low-budget 70's Horror at it's sleaziest! 6/10



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