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WHAT SONG IS THAT!?!?!?!?!?!
I made it up years ago off the back of E=MC2, to take the piss out of Mick's lyric writing in later Big Audio Dynamite.
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27 Feb 2017, 7:29pm
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Wait I don't quite recall but are you telling 14yo me that I did not see a naked nurse price but a stand in body double of some sort? It's been a while but I thought that was really her.
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Jenny Agutter rolled around with Dr. Pepper in the sheets, we saw a lot of skin, but only a millisecond of nip. It's not too hard to find her naked though, she's stripped down in several movies.
In 1981 it seemed like a LOT more.
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I think I may have seen this. I recall a movie I saw on TV as a kid and I'm probably mixing g more than one in my head. But I want to say there was some psycho kid that was killing people via telepathy or something. Damn I can't recall. Don't know if it was an actual movie or made for tv movie.
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There were a lotta telekentic murder movies after the success of Carrie. The gimmick here was the dude was comatose.
Yeah I wish I could recall more of the details 10yo me probably thought it was all pretty cool but I'd probably be way disappointed now.

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So now I have this movie in my head that I'm trying to recall so I'm going thru 70s horror movies. Haven't found it yet, thank it may have been a made for tv movie.

Anyway I'm rediscovering other movies from that era. I think I need to see this one again, I recall it being cool as a kid.
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brilliant 2 minute parody of GET OUT, careful if you haven't seen it

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Get Out (2017) The most talked about movie of the season, and deservedly so. I’ve been a Key & Peele fan for a while and Jordan knocked it out of the park.

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) Even though this was a sequel to a not-very-good movie, I still had high hopes since it came from a pretty decent director. I was VERY disappointed. This paint-by-numbers possession story was as predictable as they come. And the faux-1967 fake glitches in the film annoyed the crap out of me. If you’re gonna throw fake glitches in there, then the rest of it has to be grainy too, not just a quick scratch in the upper corner every 5 minutes. I didn’t imagine that, did I? Anyway, a widow runs a phony palm reading business out of her house, and when a Ouija board is added to the mix, her youngest daughter becomes possessed, blah, blah, blah. Why would a palm reader send her kids to a Catholic School? And do Catholic Schools give teen students butt-high mini-skirts? I thought that was a pornography myth. There was SO MUCH wrong with this movie. Elliot from E.T. was the priest.

Scream 3 (1999) A new killer is back up to old Ghostface tricks on the set of the third film about the Woodsboro murders. Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette return, Jenny McCarthy, Parker Posey and Patrick Dempsey join the cast. Lance Henricksen is a movie producer and Roger Corman has a cameo.

Patrick Still Lives (1980) Not so much a sequel to the Carrie-inspired Australian flick, but more like an Italian rip-off. We have a man named Patrick in an eyes-wide-open coma, causing death and havok in a hospital, except in this version, there is a shitload more gore and a fuckin TON of nudity. No less than 4 Italian honeys bare it all for an extended period of time, and one particular scene that featured a vaginal impaling was so over the top, that even I had to shout at the TV screen. The plot was bit like Ten Little Indians, all the guests didn’t know why they were invited and all had dark secret. The sometimes incorrect subtitles were good for a few chuckles. "I am certain that the cause of Mr. Cough’s death was due to a fatality." hahaha. Highly entertaining Italian sleaze, Second time I’ve seen it.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) The military might disagree, but most of Japan are pro-Gamera since he saved the world from the evil Gyaos birds a few movies ago. Teenage Anaya does not agree, her parents were killed in Gamera related collateral damage. She finds a hybrid Gyaos egg, raises and bonds with the baby based on their mutual hate of Gamera. When the baby, whom she names “Iris” after her dead cat (also killed by Gamera) gets big enough, it mind melds with her, then she can see through its eyes when it murders her Gamera-loving friends and family! Then he grows to kaiju size and they pick a fight with the big turtle himself. I wasn’t crazy about some of the in-air CGI, but the ground action was great and I loved the plot. Thumbs up to the 90s Gamera reboot, especially 2 and 3.

Train to Busan (2016) Korean zombie apocalypse flick that takes place on a train. Characters include a pregnant couple, a daddy & daughter, and a high school baseball team. The characters were good, so it mattered when they died, which is why I’d say this is one of the better recent zombie flicks. Recommended.
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The Descent (2005) Six adventurous women go cave diving, become trapped, and have to find a new way out. On their way they come across a flesh-eating humanoid species that has evolved into blind, white-skinned, sharp-toothed hunters. And some chick drama too. Very good and exciting movie from Neil Marshall, director Dog Soldiers. Why isn’t he working more?

John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980) A small California fishing town with a dark secret is celebrating its centennial. 100 years ago a ship sank on its shores, and the poor drowned souls are attacking the city under the cover of a mysterious fog. Adrienne Barbeau is the overnight radio DJ and lighthouse keeper. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook and John Houseman. Jamie and Tom Atkins have a hard to believe relationship, but I’ll let it slide, this was fun. Also with Nancy Loomis (Annie from Halloween) who only seems to work in Carpenter movies.

Session 9 (2001) A team of asbestos removers try to beat a deadline to clean out a closed down asylum/mansion. One of the workers becomes obsessed with some audio recordings he finds of a doctor interviewing a patient with multiple personalities about a violent crime. I thought the interviews were cornball, and the workers seemed to never be working, or wearing their protective masks, but the slow build up wasn’t dull, and a good violent payoff at the end. With David Caruso.

Dead Silence (2007) The brother from True Blood’s wife is killed after a mysterious antique ventriloquist puppet is delivered to their home. He tracks the puppet and its backstory to his home town, where an old lady was putting souls into puppets, or something. Boring crap. This movie was James Wan’s bridge between Saw and Insidious. Also crap.

Wait Until Dark (1967) Audrey Hepburn plays a blind woman who's husband unknowingly accepts a child's doll from a stranger that contains a fuckload of smuggled heroin. Alone in her apartment, Audrey becomes involved in an elaborate plot, concocted by Alan Arkin and two hired thugs to recover the doll. This thriller was well acted by all, especially Arkin, and had a very exciting climax.

Color Me Blood Red (1965) An unsuccessful artist finally makes his life’s masterpiece when he uses his own blood as paint. He drains himself to the point of unconsciousness, then murders his own girlfriend and finishes his piece using her dead face. Pretty soon the local teens are at risk of being immortalized on canvas. The highlight would be seeing blood being squeezed out from the guts of a young woman chained to a wall. The third entry in H.G. Lewis’ gore trilogy, though he’d keep making more for years.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep aka Godzilla vs the Sea Monster (1966) A safecracker and some teens get shipwrecked on an island inhabited by “The Red Bamboo”, an evil militant group who is manufacturing nuclear weapons with the help of slaves which they kidnapped from Infant Island. Yes, the same Infant Island that is protected by Mothra. They pray for her to come to the rescue, but she takes her sweet time. The island is the territory of a giant lobster called Ebirah, who destroys all ships that come near. The Red Bamboo however, has a “yellow liquid” that keeps the lobster at bay. I was very much hoping the yellow liquid was melted butter, but no. Also, a hibernating Godzilla inhabits the island. When he wakes, he destroys the military base and kicks Ebirah’s ass twice. I remember since I was a kid Godzilla throwing a boulder at the lobster, who bats it back at Godzilla with his claw like a baseball bat, over and over. Mothra finally joins the party with about 10 minutes to spare.
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Holy poop, AMC is running all the original Planet of the Apes flicks today. I just noticed this with a half hour left in the first one. The deflation of the boss' spirit when she comes home is going to be palpable (she only digs the first one).
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Holy poop, AMC is running all the original Planet of the Apes flicks today. I just noticed this with a half hour left in the first one. The deflation of the boss' spirit when she comes home is going to be palpable (she only digs the first one).
I've been going on about that first Apes film to Ni for years. She watched most of it on tv one day and said "Oh, this is actually a good film." Course it is, I like it. She thought the points it made about religion and science in Ape society was very funny.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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Holy poop, AMC is running all the original Planet of the Apes flicks today. I just noticed this with a half hour left in the first one. The deflation of the boss' spirit when she comes home is going to be palpable (she only digs the first one).
I've been going on about that first Apes film to Ni for years. She watched most of it on tv one day and said "Oh, this is actually a good film." Course it is, I like it. She thought the points it made about religion and science in Ape society was very funny.
A rare example where the film version is quite different from the original novel but also quite a bit better. I've said before that I prefer Star Wars to Star Trek, but I prefer POTA to either of those options.
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TCM is showing Hard Ticket to Hawaii tonight, one of the best BAD titty/gun/explosion flicks of the 80s/90s
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I don't think I've seen Liar, Liar in about 15 years, but I noticed it was on and caught a bit of it before the Carreying reached toxic levels and I had to turn away.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:Two things:
1) I gave my jd lecture today, and the stuff on the movies and novels killed. The kids these days, they like gang fights and hot rods.
2) One of my students looks a lot like Flex. And he's doing a paper on comics. It lends credence to the whole robot thing.
Is he also the mayor of a charming mountain town?
Well, he's a student at a mediocre mid-sized university. Is that comparable? (Seriously, tho, he looked a lot like Flex, to the point where I did a double-take when he came up to talk to me.)
awesome.

i searched your High School Confidential review yesterday, a little disappointed you didnt think it was good. coincidentally, it was a year ago to the day (minus 2)
No, it's a decent flick, but in the context of jd movies, it's evidence that the genre was losing steam and getting really contrived. Sure, there's drugs, rock n roll, and gangs, but the undercover cop and beatnik-esque stuff is part of the watering down of those teen flicks. It's defanged jd material. I read to the class my summary of High School Hellcats—that went over well. They kind of deserved the entertainment after a month of heavy-ass stuff.
I watched half of High School Confidential last night, and despite the great cast and subject matter, it kinda put me to sleep. Not sure I want to finish it. Disappointed in Jack Arnold. Maybe he can only direct men in fish-suits.

*edit* I may have spoke too soon, now that I see the "good girl" is a weed-junky and her clean cut boyfriend is a cold hearted dealer, my interest has increased. And Tamblyn, despite his horrible character looks like he's transitioning into the hero?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Feb 2015, 9:32pm
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
JennyB wrote: Is he also the mayor of a charming mountain town?
Well, he's a student at a mediocre mid-sized university. Is that comparable? (Seriously, tho, he looked a lot like Flex, to the point where I did a double-take when he came up to talk to me.)
awesome.

i searched your High School Confidential review yesterday, a little disappointed you didnt think it was good. coincidentally, it was a year ago to the day (minus 2)
No, it's a decent flick, but in the context of jd movies, it's evidence that the genre was losing steam and getting really contrived. Sure, there's drugs, rock n roll, and gangs, but the undercover cop and beatnik-esque stuff is part of the watering down of those teen flicks. It's defanged jd material. I read to the class my summary of High School Hellcats—that went over well. They kind of deserved the entertainment after a month of heavy-ass stuff.
I watched half of High School Confidential last night, and despite the great cast and subject matter, it kinda put me to sleep. Not sure I want to finish it. Disappointed in Jack Arnold. Maybe he can only direct men in fish-suits.

*edit* I may have spoke too soon, now that I see the "good girl" is a weed-junky and her clean cut boyfriend is a cold hearted dealer, my interest has increased. And Tamblyn, despite his horrible character looks like he's transitioning into the hero?
The most entertaining jd flicks were the low-budget ones. The beatnik crap is like Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, where a guy goes to England in 1976 and comes back a punk who loves the Who. Just a whole bunch of dumbness thrown in because it's sort of teen-y.
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I haven't watched Summer of Sam in quite a while, and I can't remember if the joke was supposed to be on the guy for being a pretend punk who likes the Who or if Spike Lee actually thought the Who were punk rock.
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Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, where a guy goes to England in 1976 and comes back a punk who loves the Who.
HAHA, I remember that. Didn't he have an accent he turned on and off? And wasnt he Adrien Brody?
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