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I just watched Night of the Creeps. Now there's a cult classic I can get behind! It was already pretty good, and then he threw in zombie pets and a hot chick with a flamethrower.
The OnDemand version had the original studio ending rather than what the director wanted, unfortunately. I would have liked to see the actual ending, especially since without it, the opening prologue is even more unnecessary.
BTW The Wraith has not a lot to do with Repo Man it is my weird psyche coming to the fore, just so you aren't disappointed.
Well, and they both have a son of Martin Sheen in them (just not the same one), right?
I've never heard of Smiley Face but I had to add it just because I can't imagine what the intersection of those three films might look like.
From what I understand, the only connection to DOOM GENERATION is it's the same director; just very unlike anything he's done before.
I just watched Repo Man. That is a strange, strange movie.
Half the best jokes in the movie don't come to light unless you see the movie a few times. There are a lot of background jokes, like the sign advertising "Plate o' shrimp" in one scene.
Somebody describe The Wraith to me and explain why I should be interested?
(Yeah, I could IMDB it, but I'm more interested in what youse guys have to say about it.)
I've never heard of Smiley Face but I had to add it just because I can't imagine what the intersection of those three films might look like.
At a guess, there will be directionless iconoclast teens or twentysomethings unhappy with their lot in life. And having lots of sex.
At a guess, there will be directionless iconoclast teens or twentysomethings unhappy with their lot in life. And having lots of sex.
Oddly, not so much: [link]
Theo,
A bunch of thug teens kill another teen who was dating a young woman the head of thugs liked.
The killed teen comes back as "the wraith" embodied as Charlie Sheen and wreaks havoc on the thug teens in often spectacular ways.
Features: a car race; some sex and violence
Oh my lord. That's so trainwrecky it almost sounds made up.
Oh my lord. That's so trainwrecky it almost sounds made up.
Or, you know, The Crow with (more) cars.
Hmmm... I think I liked that movie the first time, when it was called The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Also, good steampunk values on display.
Also, good steampunk values on display.
More deco than steampunk, I'd say. Although the frog mask probably counts as proto-steampunk.
Honestly, though, for Vincent Price I'll always take Theater of Blood since you get Shakespeare, Diana Rigg and Robert Morley being force fed his poodles to death.