some movies i've watched over the last week:
after the recent passing of Chuck Barris, I figured a good time to finally get around to watching this. For those who don't know, he was the host of the dating game/gong show and sort of looked at as the godfather of trash/reality tv... in the 80's he released an autobiography claiming that all that time he was working as a CIA hitman. this movie is based on that book... pretty good, a little slow, Sam Rockwell is great and Drew Berrymore is cute as hell. B+
Cool Giallo film about witches, devils, evil masks, etc... pretty gory for the time period and Mario Bava's directorial debut. Much better than the hokey american horror films in the same era. B
This movie is... a trip. Basically a story about a straight laced guy who takes acid for the first time, and the hilarity that ensues. I think it's supposed to be a "scare" film, but is really just a Roger Corman-exploitation film featuring Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper and written by Jack Nicholson (the usual cast of characters for that type of movie). Not a great movie but definitely fun to watch. B
Now this was a trip. I've heard a lot about this and found it on Youtube so gave it a shot. Really surreal horror/black comedy/kinda sci-fi-ish movie from the 80's about rich yuppies and cultish behavior, and it gets fucking weird and gross. Pretty awesome effects done by Screaming Mad George of the punk band The Mad! Saw a review saying it's like HR Lovecraft meets John Waters and that's pretty accurate. Highly recommended. I feel like Shark Tits would be all about this. A!!
Super sleazy slasher/Giallo film by Lucio Fulci that's pretty gross and trashy, lots boobs and gore and 70's sleaze. Good stuff in you like that kinda thing. C