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Wonderfully GREAT MOVIE!!
I FIRST SAW THIS MOVIE ABOUT 10 YRS AGO AND LOVED IT.
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT PURCHASING IT UNTIL NOW.
IM SO MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT PURCHASING IT 4 YEARS AGO
WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE ON DVD. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT
HORROR MOVIE CLASSICS LIKE, OMEN , EXORSIST , AND EVIL
DEAD. IT IS A MUST HAVE FOR A HORROR MOVIE FANATIC SUCH AS
MYSELF. I NEVER SAW PARTS 2 AND 3 BUT I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH
PART ONE I PLAN ON PURCHASING THEM BOTH SHOULD THEY COME OUT
ON DVD.

"Run Judy Run!" "See Judy Run!"
Underated B Horror

This is a pretty funny and surprisingly solid B Horror Film. The story is by the numbers, and the acting by now seems a bit dated, but when the fun starts in the house, the film takes a creepy turn.

A group of kids hang out at the abandoned Hull House on Halloween night. Hull House is a house possessed, so the demons that inhabit it are pure evil. They kids have their party until someone decides to play around and summon the demons. And one by one they begin getting posessed by a demonic forces.

It's up to Judy to out live, and out last her demonic attackers.
Amelia Kinkade plays Angela. Watch for her creepy dance sequence. It's pretty memorable and what happens right after elevates Amelia's character, Angela from B Movie character to a horror powerhouse like Freddy and Jason. But unfortunately the 2 sequels that followed are inferior and wound up botching her character. Linnea Quigley does something very interesting with a tube of lipstick. And the gore effects are pretty cool.

It's a solid film that is finally getting the DVD release it deserves. If you are a horror fan you'll be happy to own this little known film. It brings back memories of the golden days, when horror had it's own full fledged section in video stores with hundreds of titles to choose from.

SCARY AS HELL
I AM SO GLAD THIS IS COMING TO DVD. i HAVE WAITED FOR SO LONG. THIS MOVIE IS SCARY AS HELL. TRUST ME. I HOPE IT HAS SOME GREAT EXTRAS TO BACK IT UP.

Night of the demons
Man, im so glad i remembered to do a search for this movie, i already have a sub standard midnite movies release of this film on DVD but the picture transfer is really disappointing as this is a class horror movie from the 80's, fit birds, stupid guys, and some good special fx make this film a cut above the other films of this type. go buy it on anchor bay, i doubt you'll be disappointed.However stay away from part 2, it is absolutely terrible, whilst part 3 tries to be like the original, but doesnt come close.

A True Horror Classic!!!!
I can't say enough good about this movie. Not to be missed. A little cheesy in places but well worth the money. I remember it very fondly and watch it every Halloween. Also has great original songs and the music has finally been released. I am so glad this has finally come to DVD. A MUST HAVE!!!

MikeD. ... Read more

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"Do ya wanna party?" challenges the soundtrack to this freaky and funny reworking of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Paced to the beat of a pounding rock score, this comic flesh feast delivers both laughs and outlandish gore. No longer lumbering, moaning creatures, these lithe, feral, and cunning undead claw their way out of the cemetery and into the skulls of a human smorgasbord. They even master the art of home delivery: "Send more cops," croaks a corpse into a patrol car radio. Director Dan O'Bannon even takes pains to explain their motivation between the tributes to the granddaddy of zombie horrors ("Well, it worked in the movie!" screams James Karen when a pickax to the skull hardly phases a lively cadaver). Not that it really matters amid the gore and gallows humor, but it does add a kick to the cynically sinister climax. --Sean Axmaker ... Read more

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"It worked in the movie!"
Re-animated corpses, swearing, blood & gore, full-frontal female nudity, iconoclastic jabs at American culture, and lots of gallows humor--what more could a horror fan ask for?

Any genre fan who has a morbid sense of humor is sure to enjoy 1985's THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. In the same vein as other tongue-in-cheek horror shtick such as the Chiodo Brothers' KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE and Sam Raimi's ARMY OF DARKNESS, this one's specifically a spoof of George Romero's classic and highly revered zombie film NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Director/Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, probably best known for having penned the original ALIEN movie, does a fantastic job of lovingly poking fun at the Horror and SF genres while at the same time satirizing everything from the U.S. Military to Punk Rock. This movie is not only funny, it's got plenty o' "brains"!

And you can't beat the financial value of the DVD edition. Not only does it cost less than a lot of other full-length, widescreen DVD thrillers--including some that are hardly worth the plastic and aluminum it took to make 'em--but it also includes these cool extras: an optional audio commentary by O'Bannon and production designer William Stout; both the G-rated and R-rated theatrical trailers; over 5-minutes of various TV spots; some storyboard-like production stills; and a really cool "Designing the Dead" featurette, in which O'Bannon and Stout discuss the evolution of the final look and feel of the movie (lots of great shots of Stout's EC-Comics-like designs for the zombies offered in this one).

THIS FILM ON DVD WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT
Well, Well, Well, here's a film that offers great brain food ... RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. This film was a surprise hit in August 1985 when this film was released theatrically. I think both cops and peramedics enjoyed this film as well.

This film stars James Karen, Clu Galuger (Nightmare 2), Thom Matthews (Jason Lives : Friday the 13th Part6), scream goddess Linnea Quigley (who plays Trash in this movie), Miguel Nunez and Marc Venturini (whom both appeared in Friday the 13th Part5 - The New Beginning) and a bunch of other actors we all never heard of.

This film pays homage to Night of the Living Dead - the George A. Romero 1960 classic. It also blends in horror along in with comedy (one of the first horror films to do it) with satisfying results. My favourite part of this film is when Trash (Linnea Quigley) visits the Resurrection Cemetary with her friends and tells them her fantasy of dying - to be attacked by older men and eaten alive - and Trash just happens to get her wish.

This film deals with a medical worker (James Karen) and his assistant (Thom Matthews) encounter cannisters of dead cadavers, that splits open that awakes the dead and they turn to a crematorist for help - with disasterous results. The army eventually gets involved and the dead are ready to party.

This film has a good sound mix for a film of the 80's era. A good 80's soundtrack that is now hard to find. A noted song in this film Tonight (We'll Make Love Till We Die) by SSQ was better known as Stacey Q who would later sign on with Atlantic Records the year later with the #2 hit "Two of Hearts". Unfortunately for Stacey Q, she was a one hit wonder, made two albums and was dropped by Atlantic Records in 1990.

I have nothing but great things to say about this film and this DVD. MGM did a great job with the transfer of this film, both piture and sound quality wise. This film is presented in tis standard version and for the first time in widescreen (1.85:1) version. Extras include a soundtrack commentary, a "Featurette" with the writer and director Dan O'Bannon, tv spots and two theatre trailers. This film is a must have for fans of the genre and of this film. Highly reccomended for cops and peramedics !!!!

This film and DVD is well worth the wait so do get your copy today !!!!

"Not the common Zombie flick"
In this sequel of N.O.T.L.D, a mortician I guess you could say, cremated a Zombie and the smoke from his ashes created acid rain which brought the dead back to life. Like I said it's not the common zombie flick, in this sequel the zombies run and talk, which is kind of a disappointment, but it was something different plus it wasnt a Romero film but it was pretty good. Its worth buying and holding on to. It was pretty cool when they basically interviewed the Head of a zombie to ask why it was killing people, so that was a plus. Pretty good and like I said its definately worth buying.

i love all the return of the livind dead's
hi i just want everyone to know these return of the living dead are the best movies i had ever seen ....i wish so bad they will make a remake of this movie like they did to the dawn of the dead cause these movies were my favorite especially this part ..part1 ....i am so happy they are starting to make zombies movies agin....that i remeber it was residents evil first it was ok but not a real zombie movie then dawn of the dead....now i want my favorite one ...(return of the living dead)remakeings...

Perversely funny and haunting
Taking the old zombie/living dead legends and movie treatments, and then standing them on their ears, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is a perversely funny and, yet, fiercely frightening movie. A combination of "The Night of the Living Dead," "Thriller", and a little bit of "Sid and Nancy", RETURN OF THE LIVING Dead is a great punk horror film. The tag-lines are hysterical. (My favorite: "Hey, guys, how can you kill something that's already dead?" "You know, Frank, the kid's got a good point there")

Some gruesome special effects, especially the make-up, are effective, but they do not overwhelm the film. The cast, playing it up between tongue-in-cheek camp and true terror, is made up mostly of no ones but they are quite up to the task. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is a great horror comedy. ... Read more

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One of the Funniest Movies Ever
(...)This film is not as cohesive between scene to scene as their other films, but there are much more laughs yielded per scene without expectations. Some of the brilliant scenes that reviewers have neglected to mention: the wrestling scene where Cheech and Chong fight an imaginary wrestler shows their brilliant ability for physical comedy, Tommy Chong's great impersonation of an old blues man (couldn't understand what he was saying for awhile), their impersonation of two gay performers bickering before their show, and many more. Throughout all the scenes, they travel through many facets of comedy and even drama. (...)I highly recommend this film to open-minded comedy fans not looking for a traditional narrative comedy.

It's so stupid...
...but not funny. I don't even know how Cheech and Chong fans could like this movie, because this movie is really different from "Up in Smoke" or their other movies. In "Up in Smoke" there was at least some direction to the movie, but in this movie most of it is composed of lame comedy gimmicks that were entirely not funny unless you are high off your ass or have an I.Q. less than 20. They don't even smoke in this movie! The closest thing they do to drugs is eat some marijuana leaves... how stupid do they think we are? Stay away from this one!

Smoke-Less Ashtray Provides More Laughs
Cheech & Chong are scraping the bottom of the barrel in this brain-dead dragged-in-by-the-hair story of unknown "Hollywood Stars" crashing an Amsterdam Film Festival, repeatedly being mistaken for "Mr. Burt Reynolds and Miss Dolly Parton". This is non-stop unamusing non-sense. The side-plot of E.T. (which was at the time the #1 film in the world), the "extra testical" couldn't have been less funny.

Fans of the classic comedy duo know the REAL reson these two would want to spend time in Amsterdam of all places on the globe (duh!). To have sexy blonde Hotel maids (and bell hops) go goo-goo-gaa-gaa over these two aging dope glorifiers is not credible at all.

The bite and spontaneous humor we remember from their original cult classic "Up In Smoke" is completely missing from this stupid follow-up. The 70s comedy albums are still "the s*it" today, with laughs every 10 seconds. "Still Smokin'" is about as dumb as a film gets. Why not revive the Three Stooges to save the day? Put out your butt and forget this DOA stinker!*

Still Smokin After 20 years.
This was a good performance by Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. This takes place in Amsterdam,Holland. Cheech and Chong try to make money dealing hash legally in Holland but the job turns backwards on them.There are some suggestive scenes like when they police fly over a beach and see some dutch women who take their bikinis off. Good movie of you are over at least 16.

terrible!
Still Smokin' is too bad for the first half,then it goes [down the drain].It becomes unfunny and uninteresting.The stand up is horrible.If you want Cheech and Chong doing their comedy routine buy one of their CD's instead of this film.If you're looking for a good Cheech and Chong movie check out "Up in Smoke" or "Nice Dreams". ... Read more

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Christopher Walken (SUICIDE KINGS, THE PROPHECY) and Vincent Spano (THE TIE THAT BINDS) star in THE ASCENT, the third thrilling installment of the action-packed PROPHECY trilogy! As fearsome armies of rebel angels continue to wage war in heaven and on earth, Pyriel, the brutal Angel of Genocide, rises to power with the evil intent to destroy all of humankind! The only one on earth with the ability to stop the bloodshed is Danyael, who was born of an angel and a woman. But he is unaware of his true purpose ... until, during a harrowing journey of discovery, Danyael meets Gabriel (Walken), the fallen angel who has acted as his secret guardian! Brace yourself for an epic battle of the ages as Danyael sets out to confront Pyriel in a bid to save the world and fulfill his ultimate destiny! ... Read more

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Prophecy Closes Full Circle
Unlike most films which carry the number 3 in it, The Prophecy III proves to be the most energetic and satisfying film in the trilogy. I can't say enough good things about it. The story while drawing from the previous films still brings the story to a close with it's own ideas and new directions for old characters. The best thing about Prophecy III is that it never does what you'd expect. Christopher Walken returns to the story once again as Gabriel the former angel of death now humble wandering human. The filmmakers have taken great care in recreating Gabriel while still having him be familiar too us. Still speaking in that menacing tone of his and piercing us with those eyes that see more than what is there. The movie somewhat mirrors T2. The villain is now the protector. Which I loved. The story revolves around The half angel half human neraphim of Prophecy II who is plagued by visions and compelled to stop the angel of genocide Pyriel. Enter Zophael, an assasin angel sent to Earth to destroy the neraphim Danyael. As before there are protectors. In this case it is the coroner from the previous two films who is tired of examining bodies with no eyes, the girlfriend who is taken hostage by Zophael as Gabriel had taken human slaves in the previous films, and finally Gabriel himself who does not have the lead role in this movie but shows up to deliver very compelling dialogue and give great foreshadowing for things to come. The story is in full drive for the whole movie. A surprising cameo in the end and a somewhat recreation of a scene from The Prophecy will have you rolling if you are a fan of the films. If the movie suffers from anything it is that all three films are well..the same. An angel chasing after a human to further the war in heaven. Human slaves are always taken by the angel in order to defeat the human who is always helped by another human. But despite that, Prophecy III has the same darkness of the original and a striking and subtle music score. This is not a film for first time Prophecy viewers. Go through the first two and if you like them then The Prophecy III will have you believing in The Word and that not all sequels to sequels bite.

Yup :-)
I'm speaking of the 3 movies I've seen in this series of movies, Christopher Walken is one of the best actors I have seen and this roll is his apex in my mind, totally funny + he gets weirder as the movies go along, the writers know what they are doing + christopher playes it perfectly + adds his amazing performance in a perfect roll for him. Top Rate!

Movie great, DVD lousy
I like the movie, I hate the DVD. I have never seen a DVD where, upon insertion, you are forced to watch four full-length previews. Menu is disabled, fast-forward is disabled, even the Stop button is disabled! I hope this is not the way of the future!

The Halfway Coffee shop scene most entertaining..
The only thing that seemed to hold this release together was the diner scene Gabriel re-enters, having crossed paths with Madge, the waitress again, who recalls him and asks "Where's your friend?" (from the first Prophecy). It was interesting that Gabriel "gets his wings back" at the end, but the humor was seriously lacking, save Gabriel explaining to Vince Spano how he "dies everyday...when I have the cash" and how he finally learned how to drive. The coroner investigating was [terrible]. It would have been nice to see someone like Thomas(Elias Koteas?) taking this on instead. I don't recall if that sign over the coroner's coolers was still there, stating "These are for storing bodies, NOT beer". That subtle sarcasm in the first was nowhere to be found in this one. It makes me wonder if someone else wrote the script.

The Best of the Set!!!
I liked this one best out of all three. Christopher Walken as Gabriel was at his best. I liked Gabriel in the other two, I loved him here. The premise behind the story was a bit cliche, but its delivery was incredible! The action scenes were also much better, "borrowing from "The Matrix," but then again, who doesn't these days." They were much more what one might expect from angels.

While delivering on the action and gore started in the first two movies, this one leaves you actually thinking. This is what sets this movie apart from all the others of its genre.

Some people have commented that the questions left at the end might indicate a sequel.

The questions this movie leaves you with can't be answered by a sequel. They're answered in this movie, but you half to look for them. (That may be a problem for some.) If being left thinking bothers you, don't watch this movie. For the rest of you, this movie delivers on the questions raised in the other movies about Angels, The Word, and God in general. This movie was the perfect conclusion to the trilogy.

"Get used to it!" ... Read more

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Silent Night Deadly Night / Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2
Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night was just how I expected it to be.The soundtrack is cheesy yet effective at times.The acting is definetly not Oscar material but it's a horror movie so you can't really blame it.The characters are pretty cool; ecspecially Billy
(The Main Character).The dialogue is also fairly good.Finally the plot is exceptionally well thought out and written.It goes like this; A little boy witnesses the murder of his parents on Christmas Eve and now around Christmas he gets paranoid and has flashbacks.He is now around 18 and is ready to kill all the naughty boys and girls.I really enjoyed many parts of the movie.Many of the death scenes were creative.(SPOILERS)The arrow shooting, the one were the girl is shoved on the deer's horns, the decapitation with the boys are sleigh riding.I really think this is an above average 80's horror flick.I can see some reasons why people wanted to ban it from theaters, but come on there are much worse things on the silver screen than a killer santa.Make sure to check this one out around the holiday season.(7/10)

Silent Night, Deadly Night 2

Silent Night, Deadly Night - Pt. 2 is a toss up. It is hard to rate this movie.The first 40 minutes is basically flashbacks.The rest is kinda silly and ridiculous.Mother Superior's face has some how gotten all moldy and screwed up and they expect us to believe it is due to a stroke.Ricky is all old now and the movie is is just 3 years older than the predeccesor.The characters aren't really remorable; except for Ricky.The dialogue is stupid and dumb.The plot is fairly interesting though.Ricky has inherited the killing spree.He is now out to seek revenge on Mother Superior.I liked the character Ricky; he was extremely stupid at times or just funny.I also hated some of the killing scenes and how they showed some of the first movie in this one; it just seemed weird.I enjoyed how they told a little about Ricky's life after Saint Mary's school;though.Only watch this one if your a fan of the series.(5/10)

Though Part 2 isn't much more dignified than its predecessor, at the very least its isolated pleasures have a culminating effect."
Eric Henderson

Silent night deadly night
this is probably the most amazing movie ever. it has everything you could ask for: blood, drinking,(...) cheesy acting, santa claus, and of course orphans. The best part about it is there's 5 of them. There should be more movies like this.

Controversial, but dull and tedious slasher film.
This film is a sterling example of what happens when a bunch of self-important community leaders and bored housewives decide to occupy their time by protesting a film that's really not worth all the fuss. This film premiered in the mid-eighties amid a storm of controversy surrounding the ad campaign that featured an axe wielding serial killer dressed as, you guessed it, Santa Claus. The film was quickly banned, but all the hype ensured it endless success in the video rental, DVD, late night cable world.
So what about the film: This follows a young boy who sees his parents brutalized and murdered on Christmas Eve by a robber dressed as old St. Nick. The boy is sent with his younger brother to an orphanage run by nuns, where he is further victimized by a sadistic Mother Superior. When the now teenaged boy takes a job requiring him to don a Santa Claus suit, all hell breaks loose, as the hulking teenager begins a bloodthirsty murder spree choosing to punish the usual promiscuous teenagers engaging in stereotypical slasher movie bad behaviour.
What makes this film unique is that the viewer is allowed to get to know and identify with the killer, a welcome deviation from the usual anonymous slasher of films like Friday the 13th and My Bloody Valentine. Therefore much of the film is shown from the perspective of the killer rather than the victims. This could have been interesting, if the acting were not so hideously bad as to make the killer laughable.
The film is presented uncut, which is no big deal, sure there is a little bit of nudity (courtesy of scream queen Linnea Quigley), an overhyped rape scene and the usual ludicrous gore murders with average special effects but this is nothing new to fans of slasher films. For a truly disturbing slasher film, check out the uber violent The Prowler on the Blue Underground label.
Anchor Bay has also included the sequel and this has to be one of the worst films I have ever seen. It fails miserably as both horror and comedy. It follows the murderous exploits of the original killer's younger brother now a resident in a home fro the criminally insane. What is most frustrating about this film is that it is almost entirely composed of flashback footage from the first film. The acting in this mediocre crapfest is surely some of the worst ever committed to film, one gets the feeling that the cast is restraining their laughter at the awful material.
I am disapointed in this DVD too, as not one of the oh so controversial tv spots that caused all the uproar back in 1984 is included. Anchor Bay should have foregone the sequel and concentrated more on bonus materials for the original, at least that one is worth a quick look. An interview with the cast, in particular Linnea Quigley, would have been nice. News reports on the original controversy...the possibilities were endless. Instead we get a 25 minute phone interview with the director and news clippings about the film's original impact..pretty shoddy.
My advice to those thinking of purchasing-rent first-chances are if you are a fan of this type of thing you have seen better such as Halloween, The Prowler, Nightmare on Elm Street, Pieces, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

You know what's really scary about this movie?
...it actually has a decent story for a slasher flick. Yes, I know hard to believe. Now normally I don't like slasher flicks but when SNDN came out years ago, with all of the bad press, I just had to see it. My buddies and I were not disappointed. This is simply, the goofyist slasher I've ever seen, except perhaps Army Of Darkness(of which there is no equal). But Army of Darkness was not a true slasher, while this is.

There are some classic scenes in this one, but my favorite is when the guy dressed up as Santa robs the store, shoots the guy behind the register, and goes out to his car only to find that he only got a few bucks from the store and expressed his dissatisfaction with his meager "take". There is also the antler scene, the box cutter scene, the sleding scene....heck, they are all good.

Listen up you primitive screwheads! If you liked Army Of Darkness you'll like this one too. (Naughty!)

Ugh!
What an awful, minging film! I'll be honest about wanting to skip Part 2 entirely after realizing that Silent Night Deadly is utter schlock of the LOWEST form. Jeez, I've never known filmmaking to be so bad. Not that I would use the word 'filmmaking' to accurately describe this pitiful nonsense.

Another word I would not use is 'CINEMATOGRAPHY' to describe the series of still photographs that practically make up the whole of the direction.

The musical score (yeah right) sounds like a mad cat walking over a dated 80's synthesizer. The one good thing about being deaf would be not being able to hear this film.

This is an unashamed Friday the 13th rip-off set at Xmas with a Santa instead of a Jason. And you know what? The only thing that scares me is how bad it is. And to think that it spawned 4 sequels!!!

Getting actually murdered by Santa is more fun than this nauseating cinematic abortion. ... Read more

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Great actions, but the story...
For Guyver fans like me (I've read the original Japanese comics that the movie was based on), you will probably be satisfied with this film. I mean, the costumes were good (good enough considering it was filmed in 1991, anyway), and the special effects, stunts and actions were great. But if you were looking for a strong storyline, then I suggest you turn to the animated series, which is a replica of the comic books. In my opinion I think the producers paid too much attention in special effects.

As for the acting... well, I almost thought the movie was trying to teach you speak proper English (maybe that was the producers' original intention to ensure its marketability in Japan?). Even the slangs and bad languages used were pronounced ever so clearly, word for word...

And why is Mark Hamil shown on the cover of the video with the Guyver costume, anyway? He's not the Guyver in the movie if I remember correctly...

Having said all this, DON'T miss out "Guyver 2: The Dark Hero". That's how a movie should, in my opinion, really be.

Good enough to see for yourself
I liked this movie because it is one of a kind (knowing that there is a Guyver 2) and it has set a standard for other movies that might be similar to it. If you liked this movie then you should see the second Guyver movie, it is better.

So much potential
Attempting to cash in on the recent success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the studio imported Japanese manga hero Guyver with high hopes of big draws. The film succeeds on certain points and fails on others.

The first problem is the script. The script went after the parent's wallets and attempted to appeal to kids, yet had probably a bit much graphic violence for parent's tastes.

The music was also an issue. Honestly it sounds like a really bored guy on a Casio. The lightness of the music took away from many scenes.

Jimmy Walker as a Zoanoid? Why the hell did he have to rap? Seemed like he had fun, though.

Some of the Zoanoids looked a bit cheesy too. The lizard bird chick for example resembled a furby.

Mark Hamill must not have known how cheesy the film was going to turn out cause he actually put a lot into it. As much as he could, anyway.

Of course it was mostly based around effects and it didn't disappoint there. The Guyver suit looked great. Though the costumes looked like costumes they were better than many I've seen. Plus there was a robot of some sort of dragon reindeer.

The Gore helped though it made the film seem bipolar. Had they altered the script to be more adult and match the darkness displayed in the directing and tweaked the music so it wasn't so slap-sticky this movie would be perfect. However due to it being simply fun to watch it deserves a 4/5.

Mostly garbage but a few good scenes here and there
But who on Earth is trying to sell this for $35?
I have not seen the Anime version, but I guess it can't be any worse than this.

This movie was mostly terrible.
But they were a few good scenes.
But who on earth is selling this mess for $35!? You have got to be kidding me. ... Read more

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After the success of the wicked little sci-fi satire Death Race2000, producer Roger Corman quickly recast David Carradine, this time as arebel warrior in the year 3000 paired with B-movie vixen Claudia Jennings. Theresulting mix of barbarians and bikers lacks the inspired humor and satiricaltwist of its inspiration, but it works just fine as a drive-in action pictureabout gladiators on motorcycles and bug-eyed mutant cannibals in second-ratemakeup. Carradine gets to go all kung-fu and Jennings bares all in completelygratuitous (and frankly bewildering) torture scenes, and for all their New-Ageyphilosophy mumbo jumbo, they rise to the occasion in the gladiator ring (thedeathsport of the title), where they pack in enough cycle stunts and fierycrashes to please an exploitation junkie. --Sean Axmaker ... Read more

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Better than Kill Bill!!! Carradines best work!!!
Oh man. My friends and I went to Blockbuster to look for movies, and saw this movie. The cover looked totally tremendously spectacular! it was like.. omfg it owns the matrix special effect. The motorcycles were totally cool looking, and theyr swords are SO AWESOME, CUS THEY WERE CLEAR!. and oh man, i love how they recycle scenes over and over and put funny buzzing noises everytime the awesome motorcycles roll bye. The BEST, AND I MEAN BEST PART about this movie is when the girl gets naked in the torture chamber omg, my friends mom came in while we were watching, and we changed it right away, but thats another story. HAHA OMFG, THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME, the girl is hot too! and i love their ray guns, where whatever they shoot just dissapears, i also love how things explode for no reason. Yeah thats about it. A+!! I REALLY SUGGEST YOU BUY THIS MOVIE!... lol oh man... their swords... are... GREAT.

Death Sport
Entertaining cheerful low budget crap, that is strangely less dated than the bile of sword & sorcery films that came in the next decade.
Looking at this film now it is basically an adult version of Battlestar Gallatica, with violence and female nudity
David Carradine sleepwalks through this and he is still superb.
However this not in the same league as the brilliant satire DeathRace 2000. Still it's fun to see films like this, that would
not have a pray of being made in this day and age.

Post-apocalyptic World of the DeathSport
Death Sport is one of my favorite films. It is the best of the post-apocalyptic action genre which, sadly, with the fall of the Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union has seen its heyday. No one has done it better than Roger Corman. David Carradine, a free and independent "guide," exhibits a cold-blooded and deadly swordsmanship showing no mercy to the "enforcers," a uniformed, motorcycle-riding force of "state-men," the conformist and totalitarian-ruled city-dwellers of the future "after the neutron wars." Claudia Jennings co-stars as a warrior equal in prowess to Carradine and equally deadly to the "enforcers." Richard Lynch is superb as a renegade "guide" who joins the "enforcers" and leads them in their evil plans to capture enough "guides" to hold the Death Sport, a gladiator-like motorcycle combat in which the "enforcers" hope to prove the superiority of the "Death Machine" over the swordsmanship of the "guides." It's the details that make this movie so different. Carradine cleaning the blood from his sword on his cape, the sound-effect when he skewers an "enforcer," the short screams of the "enforcers" when they see imminent death in the upraised swords of Carradine or Jennings, or get vaporized by a "Death Machine," and the whole cold, death-embracing world created in the film. I find myself strangely attracted to this world in which I wouldn't last my first encounter with an "enforcer." Finally, Jerry Garcia did electric guitar-work on the soundtrack. The special features don't match the DVD case - there is no eight page booklet of an interview with Roger Corman - but I didn't buy this DVD for the interview.

Best Movie Ever
Death Sport is the greatest movie ever made. It was on clearance ...and although i own 100,000 copies i couldnt resist so i bought it. the movie has some great action scenes all leading up to the final duel between some guy and another guy who looks like chuck norris. In one scene you can actually see a rope connected to the stuntman. Also scenes are used over and over just with different noises. there is some great machines in the movie such as a scooter painted silver made to be a motorcycle. this movie shows that with the trillions of dollars it costed to make it the movie was great

Death Sport, Death Machines -- How about Brain Death
With this kind of movie you know three things are going to happen: (1) lots of explosions, (2) naked women, (3) none of it will make sense.

As mentioned by another reviewer, most of the "action" is seeing a bunch of motorcycles being driven around fields, rocks, and something that appears to be borrowed from a monster truck rally.

The climatic swordfight has only one good choreographed move, when Moor does a nice somersault kick--too bad Oshay forgot to react. Almost the entire sword fight is filmed really close-up so you don't see them actually hitting the swords together, just swinging elbows. Of course, since the "crystal" swords are clear plastic, they would have broken on the first hit.

If you really want to see this movie, wait until you can rent it for free at your local video store. Should you get the VHS or DVD? With a movie as lousy as this, does it really matter? ... Read more

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Vestron Video vs. New Star Video release
I was a little hesitant in ordering this DVD when I read some of the previous reviews for this '80s trash-flick. Points mentioned like the frame stability of the movie, blurry transfer etc. Having the original Vestron VHS from 1985, I figured I would take the plunge & buy the DVD to make a comparison & make your decision to buy this '80s drive-in movie easier. First off, New Star has retained the original box art of "Savage Streets" that was used for the Vestron VHS version. The only difference is that the artwork has been compressed so that Linda Blair doesn't look as wide as on the VHS box art. The "Savage Streets" logo has changed to a white block letter font compared to the pink lettering used in the original artwork. The same synopsis has been used on the back of the DVD as the Vestron version. For the picture quality, it's about the same. This movie has always had a misty-veiled look to it. It's in focus & the fleshtones on the DVD are a little more natural than the Vestron VHS version. With the Vestron VHS, the flesh tones looked a little washed out & pastey. One thing that stands out is the frame instability of this movie. It's more apparent on the New Star DVD than on the Vestron VHS version. The beginning credits move up & down in both versions & some scenes throughout this film, but the DVD really shows up this filming flaw more. I never noticed a problem with the sound on the VHS version, but the DVD version is very clear, even on a circa 1982 mono Electrohome console TV. Finally, in the DVD version, there are a couple of scenes that show a clear horizontal noise line which looks like it has originated from the master tape. This is not a big deal, but you would think that if Jef Films (New Star) invested in digitally remastering this movie, then they would at least get a prestine print of it. My only complaint is that at the beginning of the disc you are forced to sit through a preview of "Cannibal Taboo". It doesn't allow you to exit this preview, you have to fast-forward through it to get to the main menu. The only added feature on this disc is a written biography of Linda Blair & a list of her theatrical releases(her made-for-TV ventures are not included). There are also scene selections, which is basic fare for a DVD. In conclusion, if you are a fan of Linda Blair, like I am, or you like '80s vigilante flicks, then this New Star DVD release is not as bad as previously reviewed. It would have been a nice touch to include the original movie trailer, and a keepcase insert of the original movie poster, but that's just a suggestion on my part. There are far worse DVDs out on the market, so with this one I give 5 stars for the movie & 4 for the actual DVD production.

hooked on linda
Well to say the least i must be in love with linda blair,
because to except the dvd SAVAGE STREETS i must be.
It appears to be another one of those bad transfers its almost,
like watching a vhs the qaulity is ok but if i wanted it on vhs,
i would have bought a vhs.But anyway this movie is in my opinion one of her better roles.Even though this movie is a low budget flick it will maybe keep your attention.The start of the movie is most interesting linda dresses in that old style spandex and a very tight and reveling shirt.Ive said too much already.
But how i wish it was dvd qaulity but anyway i will add it to my collection and someday maybe someone will release a real dvd version.

thanx
linda fan

A good perf spoiled by the remastering
A small thriller with the good actress Linda Blair ruined by the absence of technical treatment ( the film is almost 20 years old)
the sound is fine. But the image shakes a lot at the beginning it is awfully blurred and waned as if the technician brought a digital camera in a movie theater to record the film... on the screen !
Avoid this version (New Star Video) that is supposed to be digitally remastered.
too bad for the original I appreciated in 1984

one of Linda Blair's Best!
This is one of my, if not my favorite Linda Blair film. It's about Linda Blair and her friends who are in a fun loving but tough gang. after she and her friends play a joke on the local bad boy gang "scars, they get even with her. ... blair goes after them for revenge... her way. this is one i have seen countless times and i could watch it again. the only scene that i thought went too far was the rape scene. that was horrible.
Linda Blair is one of my favorite actresses and i remember seeing the ads for this in the paper when i was about 10! I should've snuck into the theater! This is one of those movies many consider trashy but i think its great. classic one liners are everywhere. see this movie!

girl power
This is one of my favourite 80's movies. The rape scene and the violence is quite intense but frightfully realistic. At times your so drawn into the movie that your full of compassion. The music draws you into the whole 80's experience... ... Read more

Description

Five beautiful starlets are summoned to the mansion of Count Byron Orlock for a seminar on horror moviemaking, but sinister events indicate a more diabolical plan: to get the actresses undressed for a Scream Queen Hot Tub Party with reenactments of their most vivid monster movie experiences! Join the finest gang of scream queens ever assembled as they run, scream, and take long showers with plenty of mutual soaping! In One Million Heels B.C., a Los Angeles earthquake frees a prehistoric cavegirl (Michelle Bauer) who finds her way to the house of two strippers (Jerica Fox of the Boobsy Twins and Cierra Knight) who teach this primitive babe how to dance for a dollar; From legendary cult directors Fred Olen Ray (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Biohazard, Dinosaur Island) and Jim Wynorski (The Return of Swamp Thing, Vampirella, Chopping Mall); Sizzling scream queen star power! Michelle Bauer (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama, Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold, The Frightening) Brinke Stevens (Haunting Fear, Mommy, Nightmare Sisters) Monique Gabrielle (Amazon Women on the Moon, Evil Toons, Transylvania Twist) Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet, Not of This Earth, Servants of Twilight) Roxanne Kernohan (Critters 2, Fatal Pulse, Angel III). ... Read more

Reviews (15)

Neat Stuff! Campy and fun.
This is quite a good movie about college nerds going to a bowling alley and releases an evil imp. Scream queens Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle (McLellan) Bauer all team up in this comedy-horror-fantasy movie and teamed up again in "The Nightmare Sisters" which is really hilarious and is by the same director, but it's nowhere as good as this. I think this movie was played in theatre's, if not it certainly was good enough to be.

Actual Bowling Is More Exciting
I watched this film because I enjoy camp movies for what they are. The problem that this movie has is, that while it tries to be a campy, cult film (a bit too hard, judging from the title), it commits the unforgivable sin of being boring. This movie had me begging for the end to arrive. Avoid this film at all costs. It has no redeeming features of any sort. (OK, the girls are fairly attractive; but you will quickly forget that as the pain of the film begins.)

The plot (as it were) concerns three geeks that attempt to observe a sorority initiation and in the process get shanghaied into breaking into a bowling alley with two sorority pledges, where they encounter not only someone else (a girl named 'Spider') breaking in, but in their quest to steal a bowling trophy release an "Imp" who is far and away a more offensive racial caricature and stereotype than Jar Jar Binks ever dreamed of being. Needless to say, the Imp makes pretty much everyone turn on each other, and mayhem ensues. The violence is not very graphic, and is all exceptionally stupid. I was not so much offended by violence as by the depths to which the filmmakers were willing to stoop to keep the audience interested. (It didn't work, anyway.)

The acting is among the worst I have ever seen, ditto the script. The 'plot' and direction were likewise from a mind far less gifted than Ed Wood. The sets weren't bad. In fact getting a behind the scenes look at the bowling alley was the most interesting part of the movie. As a related aside, I have got to comment that this bowling alley has the ugliest carpet I have ever seen in my life.

I like camp, but this is not camp. This is pain. I would classify this movie as "Deep Hurting."

Now That's Bowling
This movie was the perfect blend of Humor, Horror, and sassy ladies. The movie takes a little while to get started, but you are kept entertained with a little paddling of some sorority babes.

The Imp in the film is a blast. He is one of the bad guys that you love to hate. Not to mention he is one mean puppet.

The characters were good, and done at the right level. They were over the top enough to draw the laughs, but not so crazy to be annoying.

I would reccomend this film to anyone looking for a B-Movie with its share of T&A, and a script that feels like it was written by someone older then 13.

The Previews on the DVD are GREAT. There are like 7 of them, and they really make you want to check out more of these clasics.

A classic for all the wrong reasons.
Sorority Babes in the Slime Ball Bowl-O-Rama really does have it all--if all you're looking for is the worst movie ever made (Plan 9 watch out!). You will laugh (although don't watch this alone, you'll just feel dirty)--it'll be one of those big, hearty, non-stop, spots-in-your-eyes, dizzying laughing fits.
The plot... unimportant. Both to the director and to the viewer.
The acting... no words can describe.
The directing... who would take credit for this?
But what you do get is lots of paddles, shaving cream, showers, more bowling alleys than The Big Lebowski, and one awfully racist caricature of an imp.
And that, to me, spells classic.

Funky fun for fans of all things b-movie.
When a group of frat boys get caught peeping in on a sorority's initiation they get roped into helping the pledges steal a trophy from a bowling alley. Too bad that the trophy they choose just happens to have an evil little imp (the movie's original title was, in fact, The Imp) trapped inside. This seemingly grateful, at first, Imp grants wishes to the guys and gals that then backfire in horrible ways. Turns out he just wants to kill everyone. Heck, I would to if I were locked up inside a bowling trophy for years on end.

What makes this piece o' trash work as well as it does is seeing just how much fun the cast (which is terrific - Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle 'aka porn star Pia Snow' Bauer) obviously had making this dumb thing. Of course this could also be explained by the fact that, according to director David DeCoteau, just about everyone was falling down drunk when they made it. The caterers bar was put to very good use. Recommended for viewers looking for dumb fun, you'll certainly find it here. Enjoy! ... Read more

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First rate Franco and neat DVD
Sure, the quality of the English is not all that great but this is one of Jesus Franco's best in recent years. It's an action drama with a decent degree of intrigue and some nice comic moments. Rachel Sheppard is a cutie who could be the next darling of the Franco set. Lina Romay looks and acts vicious as the chief female baddie. Even Linnea Quigley is in this. She's looks great and does a fine job in an remarkably straight dramatic role. One Shot Productions delivers a few nice extras on the DVD too with some rough but interesting behind the scenes bits. Even if you hate Franco, and plenty of us do, you could do worse that this interesting potboiler about an ex-patriate writer (Sheppard) returning to her native country on a book tour only to be kidnapped and swept up in a plot of political assassination. Heady stuff for Franco! ... Read more

Reviews (10)

CHAINSAW'S AND NUDITY!
don't be fooled by the shotty packaging on this dvd it actually comes with a decent amount of extras. this classic b-flick from the eighties is reborn into the dvd generation. although the movie gets a bit slow at points, the comedy and silliness of the dialog("kill it to em'","kill it to em'") makes up for it ten fold. not Fred Olen Rays best work but some of his most memorable. so if you like chainsaw weilding hookers and a fully nude Michelle Bauer. this is the flick for you! with appearances by Gunner "Leaterface" Hansen, portraing the weird leader of the chainsaw cult and scream queen extrodinare Linnea Quigley trying to infiltrate the cult to bring them down!

The name says it all!
Jack Chandler is a private eye tracking down a runaway. In his travels, he comes across a gang of chainsaw weilding prostitutes that like to carve people up for their cult. Featuring B Movie Queen Linea Quigley.

If you're a fan of oddball B movies, collect well named movies, or like Chainsaw wielding hookers, this movie is a must see!

They get an arm and a leg- what do we get?
A private eye's case to find a missing girl, leads him into the jaws of a sacrificial chainsaw cult- who want him to be their very special "John".

As a film, it has it's ups and downs. Watching it, even the most crude moments have a provocative side to them. But it always left me wanting more. For instance, the ending. To me, it seemed like such an obvious set-up to have the heroin Linnea Quigley pull out a chainsaw. Especially since her shoulders and entire midsection was blanketed in a trenchcoat, and since we never really know her character's been victimized at all. She could have jumped out with the chainsaw and ended the movie on a more appropriate note. But alas, it flakes.

There is very little plot to this story. And sometimes I want it. A little more dialogue would lend itself to interesting situations affecting the characters, but these people just exist for decoration. Except for Jack, the private eye character. He plays the really worn-out "cop on the beat" character, and with no real passion. Though, there are a few times where he brings some great physicality to the role, include small mannerisms. Such as the way he laughs, or how he reacts to the crazy events happening around him.

I found myself not digging most of the signature chainsaw kills. The one murder I felt actually delivered, was the 'baseball bat' modeling-for-pictures scene. Though the opening seemed to have the best touch, as one girl wraps up her Elvis poster in plastic covering before killing her victim. Also the "Virgin Dance of the Double Chainsaws" is a winner- with Linnea running the chainsaw across her collarline at least twice, blowing smoke coming from the saw right into the camera.

Wanting more is the theme of this film. More life for the cult leader, and not enough energy and ambition from this film.

A T&A & Blood & Guts Masterpiece!!
This movie has everything any red-blooded American male B-movie buff could ever ask for. Beautiful women. Killing. Beautiful women. Comedy. Beautiful women. A wiseacre detective a la Mike Hammer on valium. And all of it on the cheap. If you're one of those PC Nazis, you'll hate it, but if you can take low-brow comedy with a grain of salt it'll be a fabulous movie-going experience.

Funny, sexy
This is sure one funny/sexually appealing movie!...

The detective also was something else, he was such a funny guy!

In total favor of this movie... ... Read more

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Touch Not The Occult
Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens are the most unattractive and unpopular girls on campus (believe it or not). But then they get a hold of a crystal ball and hold a seance.

Well, the girls become possessed by a succubus and proceed to strut around naked trying to seduce the guys. Some of the guys manage to maintain their cool despite the female heat and enlist an exorcist (a great character) to help restore the girls.

A simple plot and really just an excuse for plenty of feminine nudity, but still fun to watch even when the ladies aren't on screen. The exorcist is a real hoot as is the almost comedic medium who angers the occult in the opening scene.

Beautiful girls, funny characters and some bad acting with corny lines still manages to add up to a worthwhile package. Check it out.

late night goodies
Alright, first of all the plot is pretty ridiculous, the dialog is pretty cheesy, and the acting is atrocious, but this movie is lots'o'fun! The plot seems to be just a reason to get three of the greatest scream queens together and shirtless, but it is also a fun movie. It does have hints of DeCoteau's previous film, Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-A-Rama. Actually, it seems very similar to that movie which is probably why I like it as much as I do. Anyway, if you like those cheesy B-films from the 1980's, you'll love this. It has all the elements that make those classic "cult" movies so great.

Playboy meets the Three Stooges
This is a fun "B" movie and Michelle, Brinke and Linnea are in top form!

The two audio commentaries are fun to listen to. The Director starts off a bit serious, but becomes hysterical with laughter by the film's end. "Nightmare Sisters" is a return to the glory days of low budget film making. The production techniques are quite clever!

The audio commentary with Brinke and Michelle is very revealing. During the famous bathtub scene, Brinke manages to plug the latest movie she made with Linnea Quigley,
"Corpses are Forever."
What product placement!

It is also the only film where the Skirts have a song on the soundtrack, "Santa Monica Blvd. Boy."

"Nightmare Sisters" is for anyone with a sense of humor. ... Read more

Description

Down at the docks a very enterprising but dangerous element is making life miserable for Sheriff Marga. But she is distracted at the moment by a series of puzzling kidnappings that is plaguing her parish. Could the culprit be the mysterious Queen - the dancehall queen of the docks? Or could it be an even more sinister figure: The Killer Tarantula? Sheriff Marga is in a race against the evildoer as shetries to interview the many suspects before they too disappear. Produced by KEVIN COLLINS, PETER J. EVANKO, HUGH GALLAGHER

Features:
-Region 1
-Full Motion Interactive Menus
-Full versions both American and European Versions
-Behind the Scenes complete with nude intro, Commentary and closing by Linnea Quigley
-Photo Gallery
-Bonus short - Les Psycholettes
-and more! ... Read more

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The Movie That Dares You to Watch It!
This is one of the most unwatchable films that I have ever seen. In fact, it is second only to "The Underground Comedy Movie" for the title of 'Worst Film Ever.' I was recommended this film by Amazon's automatic system probably because of other low budget camp movies I have purchased. The title intrigued me, so I bought it. How much I paid is irrelevant: it was too much at any price.

The 'plot' consists of over the top acting by several scream queens (Linnea Quigley and Michelle Bauer turn in the best performances) involved in a spider web of kidnapping and perversion. If you read the liner notes and promotional copy, you will be led to believe that this is a "crazy and sexy romp filled with outrageous situations and dialogue," which is half true: it is filled with outrageous situations and dialogue, but it is neither sexy, nor a romp. What it mostly consists of is the all too rotund shapes of Lina Romay and Analia Ivars writhing around a spider web for the better part of two hours looking positively vile.

There is nothing appealing about this film. I was led to believe that it would be a light comedic thriller, but that was a large misconception. I will say that there are two devices employed in the film that redeemed to a very tiny degree the remainder of this mess, those being the hilarious spider puppet with the female face and the quirky singing of the ex-boyfriend ensnared in the web, particularly when seen from the spider's viewpoint.

The title is great, the cinematography is generally quite good (though the transfer to DVD isn't great), and there are a lot of extras, most notably the inclusion of the European version of the film (which I couldn't bear to sit through after watching the US version), and the relatively entertaining, and certainly good humored commentary and additional footage hosted by Linnea Quigley, who claimed that she really enjoyed working on this film. The short film "Les Psycholettes" is also included, and is as unwatchable, if not more so, than the feature. If you absolutely must see a Jess Franco movie, save yourself the pain of seeing this one. If you are a diehard Franco fan, go ahead and give it a whirl; you are definitely more likely to enjoy it than anyone else, but the odds are still against it.

Flawed, but not entirely so!
I paid full price for this video, not the $9.99 Amazon is asking, so I think those of you purchasing this DVD are getting a much better bargain that I did. Basically this is a story about a lesbian spider woman who preys mostly on other women. Some of it is surprisingly erotic and very creative. A lot of the humor is lame, and I wasn't impressed with the overall production quality. Still, it's got its good moments, and you really can't go wrong for a mere ten bucks! It's campy, but if you like campy-erotic then this one's well worth it!

Wow! Franco is one crazy director
If you are tired of the same old same old, take a look at director Jess Franco's Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula! I had tried some of Franco's movies from the 1970s (the ones with Christopher Lee as Dracula and Klaus Kinski as Jack the Ripper) but this is nothing like that. This is one psychedelic trip to a new world of wry comedy and unbounded imagination. Michelle Bauer is more beautiful now than she ever was -- even better than she was in Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers -- and Linnea Quigley is exquisite. Lina Romay proves that she is best acting talent that Eurotrash has exported in the last 35 years. This simply has to be seen to be believed. This is not for the weak-hearted though. There's a lot of nudity and some creepy spiders but what's wrong with seeing a lot of beautiful women in a very funny film?

Bold and crazy, but very weak.
Let's start this off by stating that I am NOT a big Jess Franco fan. So, while I did hate this movie, I suspect that the big fan base that Franco has will love this film.

Mari-Cookie is good in how simply outrageous it is. There is no attempt to mimic Hollywood. There is no attempt to present this film as anything but crazed low-budget entertainment. It IS low-budget. It IS crazed. But the filmmaking is so lacking in competency and artistry, the end result is anything but entertaining. So, despite the insanity - which I admire - this film falls way short. It was difficult to sit through.

DVD - the transfer is okay; not bad, not great. The extras are more entertaining than the actual movie, but not nearly good enough to justify buying this disc. And the menu pages of this DVD are about the most annoying motion menus I've ever been forced to endure.

Jess Franco fans, you may love this DVD. To the rest of the world: AVOID!!

Wow! Psychedelia for a new century! Great Franco/Bauer Team
I am a late-comer to the world of Jess Franco. I had only heard bad things about his films. When I came to the United States I was suprised to find out that he was still making films. I though he stopped in the 1980's. But I find his new production company is still making them fast and furiously. "Mari Cookie" is very funny and sexy and it has wonderful music by lots of cool Spanish bands. "Mari Cookie" must be like a 90 minute trip on LSD with the rock music blaring in the background. I hope that Franco works more with Michelle Bauer because she is an exciting find. Many people probably think that Franco and Bauer are relics from the '80s but both are still vibrant and Michelle is more beautiful and talented than ever! I highly recommend this sarcastic sexy comedy! ... Read more

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David DeCoteau's Creepozoids
The year is 1998, six years after a nuclear war has leveled the earth. Don't you love sci-fi movies that make dire futuristic predictions, just so we can live through the very years that are supposed to be among mankind's worst? Anyway, a band of two women and three men, all army deserters, find a strange bunker laboratory where an experiment gone awry waits to pick them off one by one... if you have chills from this plot description, turn down your air conditioner. This same exact plot has been done to death in so many films, I am sick of mentioning it, although I just did. What is wrong with this film? Where do I begin?

The budget is so low, when characters run down the main laboratory hallway, you can tell it is obviously a self storage locker building someplace. The band of deserters have deserted the army, even though the long prologue tells us the earth is a burnt out shell. Who is the army fighting if everyone was killed by the nuclear fallout and acid rain? The army must also be desperate for recruits. Count how many times a creature or giant rat attacks someone while another cast members just stands there and watches, "frozen in fear." The creature, looking like a giant dung beetle (how appropriate, he should have started eating the script first), is never explained, except for some talk about amino acids. There is a scene that rips off "Alien"'s dinner time/chest explosion scene, except the budget was so low, the guy has a hissy fit and spits black goo. After most of the cast is killed, the lone survivor kills the creature. The creature then regenerates a killer baby through its head, and the survivor must fight the baby, eventually killing it by strangling it with its own umbilical cord... nice, huh? How did the baby regenerate? I do not know, and the film makers decided it was not important enough to explain.

Linnea Quigley finds time with all the hullabaloo and goings-on to have a shower quickie with one of the hunky deserters. The other female also tries to take a shower, but she forgot her death was scheduled at the same time, and prior commitments should be honored.

The monster lives in a room only accessed through ventilation shafts that lead to a desk where the compound's only computer rests. Everyone stares at the computer, then crawls under the desk to find some answers. The film is less than eighty minutes long, and is padded with cast members crawling around the ventilations shafts with flashlights...and crawling...and finding some goo...and crawling...and crawling some more. Watch for the end credits, perhaps the slowest credits scroll ever committed to celluloid.

So, what is a "creepozoid," anyway? I do not know, no one in the film ever says that word. This "Creepozoid," on the other hand, is a cheap gory mess that seems to have been written around Quigley's two nude scenes. Do not bother exerting any effort to see this, the film makers sure did not exert any effort to make this.

This is rated (R) for strong physical violence, gun violence, strong gore, profanity, female nudity, brief male nudity, some sexual content, and adult situations.

Pretty Bland Stuff!Trashy!
I saw this movie and it was nothing special, neat cheesy effects though, but the story didn't really go anywhere. Linnea Quigley looked good though and it didn't show just her nudity. They gave this movie a quick theatrical release before going on to video. They also tried to make a sequel to this trashy movie, but was never released. It probably would've gone straight to video if it did. ... Read more

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Sort of a let down...
If you're expecting something like "Friday the 13th" or "Halloween" out of this, you only sort of get it. Theres a masked killer murdering teens, but it doesn't have the actual fun of F13's or the scares of the "Halloween" series. For the most part, it's pretty boring, in the same way "Prom Night" was, but even more so. Theres a TON of boring build-up, with teens and teachers having conversations, and stuff. The kills are pretty lame, too. However, it's not completely bad. It's actually pretty well made, and the directing is pretty good. You also get to see some cool clothes and hair from the early 80's, which was very enjoyable for me. But, again, it's mostly a snoozer, but it really doesn't deserve less than two stars. I sort-of reccomend it...

Interesting slasher fare
"Graduation Day" is an obscure yet interesting little slasher film. The movie doesn't really offer anything we haven't seen a million times before, doesn't really do anything spectacular with its miniscule budget, but it is an enjoyable movie nonetheless. I was a bit surprised to see Troma--those purveyors of abysmal cinema--distributing the DVD version of the film. I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised since Lloyd Kaufman occasionally recognizes he must give the public something worthwhile to balance out the junk that constitutes the bulk of the Troma canon. "Graduation Day" came out in the early 1980s during that halcyon time when slasher films ruled the roost (and the box office) thanks to motion pictures like John Carpenter's "Halloween" and Sean Cunningham's "Friday the 13th." Most of the films attempting to cash in on the success of the splatter genre faded into obscurity. Thanks to the advent of DVD, we can now see both the good and the bad entries in this memorable cinematic movement. If that means we must turn our eyes to Troma to do so, then so be it.

"Graduation Day" starts with an opening sequence so cheesy, so horrifyingly awful to behold, that it almost made me turn the film off. Imagine, if you dare, the camera panning across your typical high school track and field event. Since the film takes place in that painful gray area between the late 1970s and early 1980s, most of the people we see look so geeky that even Bill Gates would have stigmatized them. Feathered coifs, lame T-shirts, lots of smiles caked in braces, and a background song with a decidedly disco motif that had me grinding my teeth into powder nearly sent me running to the local mental motel. As bad as the first five minutes of "Graduation Day" is, there truly is a method to the madness. We see a young girl beating her feet around the track, straining to pull into the lead and finish first as her testosterone drenched coach roars her on to victory. The girl does win, but she collapses and dies immediately after crossing the finish line amidst roars of shock from the crowd. It turns out the hapless young lady trained so hard to compete in the race that she ignored her deteriorating health, as did her domineering coach. You just know after seeing this unfortunate incident that someone will seek bloody revenge for the now dead girl.

Someone does start turning the student body into mincemeat shortly after the track and field fiasco, with special attention paid to the other members of the track team. We know this because the killer, who is some doofus clad in a sweatshirt with a hood, has a team picture of the track jocks he holds up to the camera every chance he or she gets. Every time the murderer offs one of the dead girl's teammates, he draws a red 'X' over that person's face in the snapshot. The kids die in various tepid ways. One of the girls dies in the locker room, one jock gets his on a trail running through the dense forest behind the school, and one girl dies outside of a party at the roller skating rink (!). I would like to tell you the kills are memorable in a way that puts all other slasher films to shame, but I won't lie to you. The whole slice and dice situation is quite mediocre for the genre as a whole. Several subplots take up large segments of the film, such as the put upon principal dealing with angry parents, a geeky music teacher who sleeps with his female students, and the sister of the dead girl who arrives home from the Navy to confront her angry stepfather and the apathy of the student body. The overbearing coach gets screen time too.

So why is "Graduation Day" a memorable film possibly worth viewing? Maybe it has something to do with the in your face early 1980s atmosphere. Check out that party at the roller skating rink. Man, oh man is that scene about as close as you can get to a time warp back to the days of early MTV, New Wave music, and Valley Girl speak. The band banging away in the background alone should give anyone who lived through that time a serious case of the flashbacks. The presence of Linnea Quigley in one of her first screen appearances also speaks well for the film, or maybe not depending on your views. The best element of the film, however, is the warped conclusion. Up to the end of the movie "Graduation Day" just sort of meanders along, not quite sure of itself, but the film takes a dive into the depths of weird when we finally discover who has been dispatching some of the locals. The atmosphere and the conclusion helped "Graduation Day" when nearly every other element failed to deliver. Why, for example, is there a kid walking around in a football uniform at the end of the school year? I thought football season ended before Christmas. Sometimes it is better to avoid such pesky questions and instead focus on the positives.

Since Troma Films released "Graduation Day," you can expect a boatload of lame extras typical of every Kaufman and company disc. This one has an interview with Linnea Quigley, trailers, a lousy sketch on how to stage an arm dismemberment, and a shameless plug for Kaufman's book about filmmaking (By the way, if you need to learn how to make a film from a guy like Kaufman, you should probably keep you day job flipping burgers.). Give "Graduation Day" a chance if you like slasher films. Sure, there are films with more gore and better atmosphere, but there are also worse ones than this movie. What a ringing endorsement, eh?

This one doesn't graduate with honors...
Graduation Day is pure... piggy bank budget like Friday the 13th that has more laughs than scares. Copying the latter film as well as Halloween, a track star dies (apparently from a blood clot?) and soon after, members from the team begin to fall victim to the make-up crew which was supposedly a 14 year old girl. The fir