Jesus Franco’s Video Nasty
Jesus Franco makes a video nasty is like saying water is wet. Most of his movies could easily be described as nasty. This movie really puts Ursula Buchfellner through the ringer and she takes it like an absolute trooper. She really deserves some kind of lifetime achievement award from the Grindhouse Awards for all the stuff she was put through in this. That being said it is also a rather dull movie, when it isn’t zooming…
Panic!
This is a messy Franken-film from Thailand and from trash producer extraordinary Dick Randall, Dick Randall of Pieces and Challenge of the Tiger who great utterly berserk exploitation movies, but this sadly can’t muster up the energy to find greatness. There are some great scenes of people panicking that I really think isn’t acting rather people in a very low budget movie being put in very real danger. But the crocodile attacks are poorly shot, and more often than…
The more I watch this the more I realize this is Eli Wallach's movie. He does all the lifting for the plot in the entire movie and has all the personality. I also love the Italian view of the American Civil War. At least they got the uniforms right for the most part. This is a great movie to see on the big screen.
I Am a Kung Fu Surgeon
A tale of good vs evil, a succubus vs a legion of scummy men who troll bars. Maybe I’m reading that wrong. This is a movie that is all about presentation. The story is good, but drags a bit in the middle before an absolute TV eating crazy ending but what gives the movie its extra kick is Ernest R Dickerson’s super skillful cinematography. This movie has that sharp clean 90s look that gives…
