RAWHEAD REX doesn't mess around. Right from the beginning,
he's kicking ass and ripping people's faces off!
A farmer in Ireland is clearing a field when he comes across
some big rock with ancient-looking writing on it. A normal person would maybe
call a museum or a lawyer or something, but nope, not this genius. This guy
knocks it over and out pops Rawhead Rex like a fucking jack-in-the-box! Boom!
He's been buried down there forever, so to make up for lost time, he runs
around for the rest of the movie killing everybody he sees. The only break he
takes from stomping mudholes in people's asses is when he urinates on a priest!
That's awesome.
I enjoyed RR when it came out 300 years ago, but it’s
pretty dated nowadays. Rawhead still looks cool though in an 80's monster kind
of way, fait amount of violence, quick tits, average pace, a beautiful Irish
countryside setting, less than good acting. RAWHEAD REX is worth
checking out for fans of 1980’s monster movies.
Question: why didn't Rawhead kill the pregnant woman? I
thought for sure he was going to jump on her belly like it was trampoline and
shoot the fetus out her butthole, but then the scene just cuts off. Did I miss
something?
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
SHAME (1968)
[Update 03/15/2022: Deleting review and the shitty screenshots. Need to rewatch
this film and redo this review completely. Fix the screenshots also.]
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
LIFE WITH FATHER (1947)
[Update 03/28/2021: Need to redo this review completely. Fix the screenshots
also.]
Way back in ye olde 1880's NYC there's a loud, domestic tyrant of a father/husband (William Powell) who bellows all the time and rules his family with an iron fist...or so it appears. In reality, his dingbat wife (Irene Dunne) ignores his constant screaming and pretty much lives her life in complete dream world. They have four boys who do normal boy stuff. That's the makings of good film, I guess, but just a few minutes into it Dunne finds out her husband hasn't been baptized! The horror. So for the remainder of the film she makes his life a living Hell and pesters him endlessly to get baptized. Is that suppose to be funny? I just found it depressing. This dude provides for his family, so they can live in absolute luxury and then when he goes home he has to listen to his wife preaching to him nonstop. Ugh.
Powell and Dunne both do fine with their terrible roles, but that ain't saying much. The only reason I can think of watching this downbeat clunker is Elizabeth Taylor. Maybe I'll revisit LIFE WITH FATHER one day, but as for now I was hugely disappointed with it. Skip it.
Way back in ye olde 1880's NYC there's a loud, domestic tyrant of a father/husband (William Powell) who bellows all the time and rules his family with an iron fist...or so it appears. In reality, his dingbat wife (Irene Dunne) ignores his constant screaming and pretty much lives her life in complete dream world. They have four boys who do normal boy stuff. That's the makings of good film, I guess, but just a few minutes into it Dunne finds out her husband hasn't been baptized! The horror. So for the remainder of the film she makes his life a living Hell and pesters him endlessly to get baptized. Is that suppose to be funny? I just found it depressing. This dude provides for his family, so they can live in absolute luxury and then when he goes home he has to listen to his wife preaching to him nonstop. Ugh.
Powell and Dunne both do fine with their terrible roles, but that ain't saying much. The only reason I can think of watching this downbeat clunker is Elizabeth Taylor. Maybe I'll revisit LIFE WITH FATHER one day, but as for now I was hugely disappointed with it. Skip it.
Monday, January 4, 2010
SURF II (1984)
[Update 12/04/2022: A few minutes ago I took some screenshots from the blu-ray (which is great), but for whatever reason, I think (for now) I'm just going to leave the crappy old pics I have from my old bootleg DVD. It seems to work better for the review. I love this movie.]
Everybody has those movies that they just love. It might not be the greatest movie of all time or even a particularly good movie. It just strikes a special cord with you or brings back a good memory. For me that movie is SURF II. Actually, I have a number of movies like that, but SURF II is extra extra special.
Back in high school, super nerd Menlo Schwartzer had a bad run-in with some surfers, so now he's out to get his revenge. And what's his evil plan? Kill them? Steal their girlfriends? Financially ruin them? No, his plan is to create a soda that turns people into super-powered surfing zombie minions that will win the big surfing contest!!! That might sound like a description of a shitty Troma movie, but it's not. SURF II is actually a very innovative, original and funny movie. There's much more going on that my little description, but I don't want to give it all away. Just watch it, preferably in a double feature with JOYSTICKS or in a crowded theater full of drunks.
Wacky story, happiness, surfing zombies, high school, beer, topless beach bunnies, video arcade, eating contest, Corinne Bohrer, fast pace, Eddie Deezen, and an awesome soundtrack featuring The Beach Boys (three songs), Oingo Boingo (two songs), Thomas Dolby, The Circle Jerks, Wall of Voodoo, Stray Cats and a number of surf stuff. Everything that was great about the 80's is in this movie. Watch this movie and watch it often. Can you relate?
Everybody has those movies that they just love. It might not be the greatest movie of all time or even a particularly good movie. It just strikes a special cord with you or brings back a good memory. For me that movie is SURF II. Actually, I have a number of movies like that, but SURF II is extra extra special.
Back in high school, super nerd Menlo Schwartzer had a bad run-in with some surfers, so now he's out to get his revenge. And what's his evil plan? Kill them? Steal their girlfriends? Financially ruin them? No, his plan is to create a soda that turns people into super-powered surfing zombie minions that will win the big surfing contest!!! That might sound like a description of a shitty Troma movie, but it's not. SURF II is actually a very innovative, original and funny movie. There's much more going on that my little description, but I don't want to give it all away. Just watch it, preferably in a double feature with JOYSTICKS or in a crowded theater full of drunks.
Wacky story, happiness, surfing zombies, high school, beer, topless beach bunnies, video arcade, eating contest, Corinne Bohrer, fast pace, Eddie Deezen, and an awesome soundtrack featuring The Beach Boys (three songs), Oingo Boingo (two songs), Thomas Dolby, The Circle Jerks, Wall of Voodoo, Stray Cats and a number of surf stuff. Everything that was great about the 80's is in this movie. Watch this movie and watch it often. Can you relate?
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