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Goblins wage war on bologna sandwiches in TROLL 2

By Bill Cooke • Mar 6th, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

This week at the House of Shame we watched TROLL 2 (1990), that legendary train wreck of a movie from Italian exploitation potentate Joe D’Amato. In true Italian spirit, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the original TROLL. But the defiance doesn’t end there …



Toys are not for Children: The most shameful movie ever?

By Andrew Haworth • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

This week we take a look at what may be the most shameful movie ever — TOYS ARE NOT FOR CHILDREN — the story of a sexually confused young women who will do virtually anything to attract the love of her father.



Save us from Presbyterians oh Emperor of the North!

By Andrew Haworth • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

Grab a short dog of Gallo White Port! This week the roundtable goes rail-hopping by way of the often-overlooked 1973 Lee Marvin classic, EMPEROR OF THE NORTH.



Death Wish: Bronson kills muggers, runs for Mayor of New York City

By Andrew Haworth • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

Rumor has it Sly Stallone is looking to remake this tale of vigilante justice, but lets take a look at why this film sparked four sequels over a 20-year period and why it’s still relevant.



A lot of people drive A car but nobody drives THE CAR!

By Andrew Haworth • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

We head back to the 1970s this week for our House of Shame Roundtable Review of THE CAR, a neat little film starring James Brolin as a cop trying to save his southwestern town from the menace of a car possessed by Satan!



Booby Trap, “a one-take production”

By Andrew Haworth • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

This week our Roundtable Reviewers discuss the 1970 grindhouse/exploitation film BOOBY TRAP, a sleazy journey into the mind of an ex-marine intent on destroying humanity by planting land mines at an outdoor rock concert.



Singapore Sling, “Beautiful to see but painful to watch”

By Andrew Haworth • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: Roundtable Reviews

SINGAPORE SLING (1990) is the story of a man searching for his lost lover, only to be kidnapped and sexually tormented by her killers, a crazed mother-daughter duo.