Sunday, March 30, 2008

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Director: Charles E. Sellier, Jr.
Starring: Robert Brian Wilson
Personal Rating: 3/5

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Offended parents and others protested this slasher film when it was released in 1984 because it portrays Billy (Robert Brian Wilson) as a toy-store Santa Claus who goes on a rampage and axes people to death while still in his Santa garb. Four sequels prove the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity. When Billy was just a boy he saw someone dressed as Santa murder his parents at Christmas time. Billy's stint in an orphanage did nothing to unwarp his mind (he is tied to his bed for "misbehavior"), and when he starts playing Santa in the store -- much against his wishes since he is deathly afraid of both Christmas and Santa Claus, he first only frightens the children who come to see him. Then his mind snaps, and he repeats the scene he saw as a child, on one person after another, in full gory color." -© Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (1970)
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring: Reiko Oshida
Personal Rating: 3/5

"A reform school girl attempting to turn her life around is drawn hopelessly back to the streets in this "Pinky Violence" classic starring Reiko Oshida. Rika (Oshida) is out on her own after an extended stint in reform school, but life on the streets isn't easy for a struggling young girl, and it's easy to fall back into old habits. These days the psychedelic movement has taken hold, and the hippies are singing songs about revolution. When Rika and some of her former reform school friends are brutalized by a group of notorious gangsters with a taste for hard cash and young women, the young girls use their female charm and their fierce fighting skills to take violent revenge." - © All Movie Guide, Jason Buchanan

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Beyond

The Beyond (1981)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck
Personal Rating: 4/5

"Beneath a run-down New Orleans hotel lies a dark, evil secret. the entrance to the underworld is waiting to be opened, and when the new residents of the hotel move in...the evil is awakened. Demonic forces of all shapes and sizes are rising up and violently attacking the living one by one. Can the text of an ancient book save the tenants from horrible death? Will mankind prevail over the demonic forces, or will it perish in a bleak wasteland conquered by legions of the undead?"

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Quick-Draw Okatsu

Quick-Draw Okatsu (1969)
Director:
Nobuo Nakagawa
Starring: Junko Miyazono, Reiko Oshida
Personal Rating: 5/5

"The "Legends of the Poisonous Seductress" saga continues in this sequel to Female Demon Ohyaku that finds avenging swordswoman Okatsu (Junko Miyazono) seeking the blood of a corrupt magistrate. The daughter of a famous swordplay instructor, Okatsu learned how to wield her deadly weapon when she was just a young girl. Raped by one of the magistrate's assistants who then goes on to slaughter her father, a furious Okatsu vows to claim the official's head even if it costs her own life. But Okatsu isn't the only one who harbors a grudge against the official, because sexy female warrior Rui is also willing to lay her life on the line to see him dead. Now, any man who ever wronged these tow deadly beauties will be forced to fight for their lives as they pay their penance in blood." - ©Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion: Grudge Song

Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion: Grudge Song (1973)
Director: Shunya Ito
Starring: Meiko Kaji
Personal Rating: 2/5

"This fourth film in the series which began with Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) almost didn't get made because star Meiko Kaji was tired of her role. Toei Studios coaxed her back by replacing Toshiya Ito -- who made the first three films -- with Yasuharu Hasebe, who had directed Kaji in Naraneko Rokku: Onna Bancho (1970) and two of its sequels. Scorpion (Kaji) escapes from jail and finds a haven with an ex-college classmate, who now works backstage at a stripclub. Scorpion tells him about her unfortunate adventures, later conspiring with him to finally expose her ex-boyfriend, the crooked vice cop whose attempted murder had resulted in her initial arrest. This was the end of the series for all practical purposes, although Yutaka Kohira directed a pair of sequels starting with Shin Joshu Sasori: 701-go (1976), each starring different actresses in the lead." - ©Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

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