If you were only to judge a movie by its cover art, then Pete Walker’s DIE SCREAMING MARIANNE would be one hell of a picture. The title alone could sell this film — then there’s that stark black and white image of the supine Susan George go-go dancing against a blood red background. Damn.
It would be hard to make a film as lurid as LOVE ME DEADLY, but what’s stranger is that this nasty little tale of necrophilia was made back in 1973 with a cast of known celebrities.
Somewhere between the Satanic orgy and the scene where Warren Oates beats a rattlesnake to death with a ski pole, you realize you’re watching one of the finest drive-in movies ever made. RACE WITH THE DEVIL is that rare combination of horror, action, violence, paranoia and 1970s camp.
Although it’s just slightly more shameful than anything you’re likely to see on the Food Network, Jess Franco’s CANNIBALS, a.k.a. MONDO CANNIBALE, a.k.a. WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN, is still a rather weak sauce.
Well, I never saw it coming: That scene in THE BIG DOLL HOUSE when top-billed Pam Grier’s voluminous character gets shanked to death by her junkie girlfriend. It was about the only unexpected moment in a movie that utterly defined the women-in-prison genre of exploitation.
This past year the phenomena of trailer re-cuts has peaked my interest. Being a video editor myself I have delighted in the numerous “fake” trailers uploaded to YouTube and the creativity needed to reconstitute the ingredients of well known films and end up with something promoting an alternative genre. Some of my favorites include:
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So after a lengthy and unexcused absence from writing reviews for Shameful Cinema I’m back with a few comments on DEATH WISH 3, a flick that’s been laying unopened in its Netflix envelope for weeks - much to the chagrin of my thrifty wife (Just watch the damn thing and send it back, we’re wasting money!)
If you are traveling through the South and happen to roll into a town where the patrons are waving Confederate battle flags and the children brandish miniature nooses like party favors, then you’d best turn your hooptie around and lay heavy onto the speeder.