Friday, April 30, 2021

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 455

 stand-out viewing for the __________ of April 

(March)


SHRUNKEN HEADS (1994, dir. Richard Elfman)

possibly the most thoroughly brain-damaged film in the Full Moon catalog. 



"you guystch! check out Mortal Kombat you guystch!" 
do you mind: i have a 12 year old Gareth Evans film to cross off my list. 


LIBERTE (2019, dir. Albert Serra)

Torture Garden gets the A24 treatment.


IRONMASTER (1983, dir. Umberto Lenzi)

Lenzi's take on the macho fantasy genre ends up being much smarter than even the material its pilfering from. 


THE ILLUMINATION OF JIM WOODRING (2019, dir. Chris Brandt) 

a sensational introduction to one of the unsung giants of cartooning. 

THE CLEANING LADY (2018, dir. Jon Knautz)

for some reason i found this film's unceasing nastiness extremely refreshing. 

BLOODY MUSCLE BODY BUILDER IN HELL (2012, dir. Shinichi Fukazawa)

if Evil Dead was shot in the basement of a tenement building for the cost of a baloney sandwich. 

BLASTFIGHTER (1984, dir. Lamberto Bava)

if you need a primer of everything wonderful about 1980s Italian genre cinema, its all here. it's even got a goddamn BeeGees cover on the soundtrack. 

BENEATH (2013, dir. Larry Fessenden)

takes the bitterly comedic misanthropy of "the Raft" segment from Creepshow 2 and drives it even further into the depths of pessimistic delight. 

29 NEEDLES (2019, dir. Scott Philip Goergens) 

somewhere between Portraits of Andrea Palmer and Marian Dora's excavations of the Id. 



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