The Carnival's in Town

The Funhouse (1981)
Dir - Tobe Hooper

First time seeing this flick from Hooper via the new Arrow Video Blu-Ray. Very enjoyable film that goes pretty quick with some damn creepy animatronic creatures.

Full review coming soon on Gordon and the Whale.

Yakuza-rrific

Outrage (2010)
Dir - Takeshi Kitano
AFFD

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Bang Bang Bang

Triple Tap (2010)
Dir - Tung-Shing Yee
AFFD

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The Howard and Eli Show

Video Violence 2 (1987)
Dir - Gary Cohen
Horror Movie Night

An unexpected schedule change left an opening this week so I decided to go with the sequel to one of my earlier picks. This is a fun, short sequel with some hilarious gags - gore or otherwise.

Full review coming soon on Gordon and the Whale.

Smoking Romance

Love in a Puff (2010)
Dir - Ho-Cheung Pang
AFFD

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Hospital Hijinks

Enemy at the Dead End (2010)
Dir - Owen Cho
AFFD

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In the Woods Now

Rituals (1977)
Dir - Peter Carter
Horror Movie Night

A nice surprise. Pretty dark and has some rather frightening moments. Great acting, script and terror.

Full review coming soon to Gordon and the Whale.

More Murder in Italy

Tenebrae (1982)
Dir - Dario Argento

Great movie! Not a great release.

Read my full review RIGHT HERE on Gordon and the Whale!

Welcome to the Jungle

Jungle Warriors (1984)
Dir - Ernst R. von Theumer

This is part of the Panik House release of Mr. Skin's top three women-in-prison films. This was my least favorite out of the three (the others being Chained Heat and Red Heat) but it stepped up the violence level a bit more, and that's always a good thing.

Read my review over at Gordon and the Whale RIGHT HERE!

Crack That Whip!

The Dark Power (1985)
Dir - Phil Smoot
Horror Movie Night

This year's haunted Indian land film, and it's much better than last year's - Scalps. These crazy demon tribesmen have a great look, do some wicked killing and act a bit like the Three Stooges. All this set around a heavy helping of racism. What more could you want?!

Full review next week on Gordon and the Whale!

Boat Chases Rule

Amsterdamned (1988)
Dir - Dick Maas
Horror Movie Night

This is an odd mix of police procedural and a sort of Dutch giallo. A little long but there are some definite moments of merit, about three to be exact. Heh.

Full thoughts will be on Gordon and the Whale next week.

Delinquents Rise!

Drop(2009)
Dir - Hiroshi Shinagawa

Watched this Funimation release of a live action film based on a book/manga. Overall I liked it but did have a few problems. They will be told in my review coming in a day or two on Gordon and the Whale.

Let's All Go to the Lobby

Popcorn (1991)
Dir - Mark Herrier
Horror Movie Night

I love this movie! It's a horror flick for fans of not only the genre but old theaters and the age of showmanship lead by William Castle. There might be a low body count but the make-up FX are fantastic!

Full review next week on Gordon and the Whale.

All Kinds of Wrongful Imprisonment

Red Heat (1985)
Dir - Robert Collector

Linda Blair returns to the women-in-prison subgenre after Chained Heat to be wrongfully imprisoned in Germany. Aspects of this film are far better than its predecessor and ranks as one of the best WIP flicks I've seen. If only Brokedown Palace had awesome shower scenes...

Full review of this will be on Gordon and the Whale in a couple weeks.

Not the Lord's House

Beyond Darkness (1990) aka La Casa 5
Dir - Claudio Fragasso (as Clyde Anderson)
Horror Movie Night

Another in the infamous series of, non-connected, Italian La Casa rip-off films. It has a few moments but overall I was just reminded of other possession/haunted house flicks that I enjoyed more. There are some moments that look straight out of The Exorcist and I expected Fathers George and Peter to recited Karras and Merrin's lines.

Full review will be up on Gordon and the Whale next week!

Theeeeey're Baaaaaaack!

Syngenor (1990)
Dir - George Elanjian, Jr
Horror Movie Night

This is the sequel to Scared to Death, which we watched a few weeks back at HMN, and it's much better! There's more of the titular creatures, some great deaths, insane performances, an awesome task force and one badass security guard. Really glad I got to see this one.

Full review on Gordon and the Whale next week!

Snore

Killer Yacht Party (2006) aka Dead in the Water
Dir - Piotr Uzarowicz

This is a film that Troma picked up for release and like most of its brethren it's not very good. Boring, boring, boring. Meh.

Beautiful Blair

Chained Heat (1983)
Dir - Paul Nicholas

What a perfect film to bridge together the offerings from last night's Horror Movie Night/Weird Wednesday double feature. This film has Marcia Karr (star of Aerobicide) and Henry Silva (co-star of Shoot) not to mention John Vernon and Sybil Danning! Great cast and some great boobage - since that's why we watch these in the first place. Also some good action and violence. Really happy with this film and look forward to watching the other two features, Red Heat and Jungle Warriors, on this tripple feature disc from Panik House/Synapse/Mr. Skin!

Full review will be on Gordon and the Whale in a couple weeks.

Feel the Burn

Aerobicide (1987) aka Killer Workout
Dir - David Prior
Horror Movie Night

This is the third, or maybe fourth, time I've seen this and I love it just as much! It's silly with some good deaths and a lot of aerobics. I hope this gets a DVD release someday. Fingers crossed...

Look for my full review next week on Gordon and the Whale!

Its A-MAZE-ing! Get It?!

The Spider Labyrinth (1988) aka Il nido del ragno
Dir - Gianfranco Giagni
Horror Movie Night

A tad confusing and slow but there's a climax that rocks off the charts! Feels much more like a late 70s film than one from the late 80s.

Full review next week on Gordon and the Whale!