I saw a post by Ninjas from a while back on doing a Recs Challenge like the one the IMDb Horror Board had. Not sure if that ever got off the ground. Anywho, here is the list from that challenge if anyone is interested.

1. Strangler of the Swamp (1946)(Zombie_CPA)
2. The Woman Who Came Back (1945)(Zombie_CPA)
3. Kuroneko (The Black Cat)(1968)(Zombie_CPA)
4. El Vampiro (1957)(Zombie_CPA)
5. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)(Zombie_CPA)
6. The Vampire Bat (1933)(Zombie_CPA)
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A perfect mash up of horror, sci-fi, action, this film is so fun & action packed. It’s a true 80’s gem that demands a viewing. Roger Ebert described it as: “A cross between Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Terminator,” which is an accurate statement I think.

The film’s essentially a creative reworking of the buddy cop formula that was popular in the 80’s. The premise is... Continue »

I think the story is a bit pointless, but it deserves a good slasher film. Any of the characters are not really memorable, or even the killer. It doesn't have a strong feeling like Valentine movie, but I enjoyed it on Valentine's Day. I loved the ending, it's creepy. I'd give it a 7.5/10 as a solid slasher film. I think The Prowler (1981) is much better and that one's excellent slasher film. I'm looking forward to the remake if I will like it more than the original.

So, what are your thoughts... Continue »

John Wintergreen (Robert Blake; In Cold Blood, Lost Highway) is a short, by-the-book motorcycle cop patrolling Arizona's highways, with hopes of soon moving up from being a highway patrolman and becoming a homicide detective. He eventually gets a chance to prove himself too when he discovers a body in a house in the desert and ends up helping with the investigation, quickly finding himself involved in something much more complicated than a simple murder and finding out just how difficult investigating a homicide can be.

Released in 1973 and directed by James William Guercio, Electra Glide in Blue isn't considered an exploitation movie, but it has a lot of characteristics that you might associate with the exploitation genre, including drugs, hippies, and a motorcycle gang. Those characteristics combined with the desert, murder mystery theme make for an interesting movie, to say the least.


So sit back and (hopefully) enjoy another... Reviews with Ballz! Continue »

I've heard he's a nice enough guy, which isn't that unbelievable, I guess. And it's really nothing personal, but the longer Adam Sandler's film career goes on, the more I'm annoyed by this guy. And I know I'm not the only one. But why? Where did it all go wrong? It's not our fault. I used to like him like many others from my generation. I mean, he started out terrible with retarded shit like Bil... Continue »

There is an actor who has graced our screens since the 1950s, an actor who’s graced our screens both silver and small in over 100 appearances, whose unique appearance and acting style have given us memorable and screen stealing characters. Ever the chameleon, he’s played parts of many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and in each one he’s remained doggedly himself. Although he’s played heroes on occasion, his manic demeanour, and rugged looks have often seen him typecast in villainous roles. His devotion to acting (and possibly $$$) have seen him pop up in a surprising number of terrible films, many of which he makes bearable, with his odd inflections of words, and hamtastic acting.

Of course we all know who I’m talking about. It’s obviously... Continue »

Jaws
Deep Blue Sea
Jaws 2
Jaws 3D
Jaws: The Revenge
The Last Shark
Cruel Jaws

What else?

What are your thoughts on the western genre?

Some examples:
https://trashepics.com/media/?limit=25&tags=western&sort=value

I think it's a pretty good genre, though I haven't seen much from it. Mostly just the Clint Eastwood ones and a few others. Surprisingly, I've never seen a John Wayne movie either. I've noticed that horror fans tend to appreciate westerns quite a bit too. Continue »

Did I miss anything big?

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Gottfrid called it "Brad Anderson's best".

You're going to be disappointed if you're expecting to see tons of suspense, twists, or gore.
Strictly a character study, and barely works as one being such a slow-burn, but there's a certain poetry to it. 6/10

This is a beautiful, cinematic trailer that shows you NOTHING about the story. This is a trailer done right.

I love Trash Epics and everyone on here and the people involved. The IMDB boards however was such a good time waster, I work 9 hour days with headphones on, in front of a computer and it was cool to take a 5 minute break to see who was bitching about what, on the Horror boards or other movies. They amount of people posting kept a small social pulse in my life, if I was included in the conversation or not. It is weird that I keep going to the old IMDB boards out of habit.

As far as I know th... Continue »

Mine was back in 1990. I was only 18 years old. Me and my mate went to the drive in for an all night marathon. I can't even remember the list of films that was playing. I remember falling asleep and waking up around 2am just as Jacob's Ladder came on. I'd never heard anything about it and thought I was in for a war film at first. I was a bit bleary eyed at first but was soon wide awake and blown away by it. A magnificent surprise experience that you just cant recreate.

Sorry for another list but I have these sitting on my computer so figured I would keep sharing. I am not sure the history or qualifications of this list but I believe it was something members of the IMDb horror board came up with.

[REC]
28 Days Later
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Serbian Film
A Tale of Two Sisters
A Warning to the Curious
A Whisper in the Dark
Alien
Altered
Altered States
American Psycho
An American Werewolf in London
Angel Heart
Angst
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What was it? It had that guy in it who was in that other film. American he was, spoke with a deep voice. In this film he talks to this woman and says something about his job or something. The woman is also American and she giggles a lot.

Anyone know what the film is?

Incest is funny to me. Out of all the taboo subjects I can think of, incest definitely makes me laugh the hardest. It's a nasty, fucked up thing that I don't quite understand. But it is reality. That we can all agree on. Brother and sister, father and daughter, maybe even grammy and grampy get involved from time to time, but to me, nothing seems quite as awkward and uncomfortable as mother on son love. Or in... Continue »

I love horror anthology movies. They're up there with slasher and zombie movies for me.

I think 'Creepshow' is probably the most well-known horror anthology film. Written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero, it's a fun ride with a lot of cool actors, all to the music of John Harrison (who also did the soundtrack for 'Day of the Dead'). It was followed by a not-so-well-known and not-as-good-but-still-fun sequel, 'Creepshow 2'. There's also a 'Creepshow III', but it apparently really sucks, so I've never bothered with it. Continue »

These days, I buy a lot of Shout Factory's releases. They aren't quite as expensive as some other companies and they're usually full of special features. I've also recently gotten into Arrow and Lionsgate's Vestron series. Too bad it's taken Lionsgate so long to realize that releasing VHS rips on DVD isn't what collectors want.

I used to be heavily into Anchor Bay, but they've lost a lot of their catalog, holding onto only a few big titles like Halloween and Evil Dead. Their spinoff, Blue Underground, seems to be faring slightly better. I figure streaming has hurt some of these companies, but business must not be too bad with the amount of new titles Shout Factory announces weekly.

What happens when best selling horror author, dreamweaver, visionary (plus actor), Garth Marenghi turns his power to terrify to the small screen in true auter fashion?



Darkplace. That's what happenes!

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Sadly, Marenghi's magnum opus was simply too terrifying to viewers to watch and retain their sanity, and he, and... Continue »

This movie really runs the gamut, from really demented and disturbing to really demented and hilarious. The Jim Parsons scene was the funniest, I thought. You could definitely argue about that, because there are several extremely funny scenes, but this is the one that my mind goes back to the most, as the one that cheers me up and just makes me laugh. It might not be funny unless you have watched the scenes leading up to it, because there's just so much carnage and mayhem in the preceding sce... Continue »

Anyone here seen Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films yet? If not, you must! It's quite the excellent documentary on Cannon Films and Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, the two men who ran it. Sure, a lot of what they distributed was considered trashy and their repuation in Hollywood was poor, but the doc makes apparent their love and passion for film and the industry as a whole. While Golan and Globus themselves aren't featured in it, a lot of people who worked with the... Continue »

Word up, homos. With the rec challenge nearly finished over on IMDb, I was wondering who'd be up for something similar here? You'd be up for it, that's who.

There's a couple of advantages to having a challenge here rather than IMDb:
1. Less participants. Prolly only a half dozen or so of us would join in. Dat means, with 5 or 6 recs each, there'd only be a max 25-30 movies to watch over the span of a year. Easy peasy.
2. We all have fairly similar taste, meaning a high hit-rate for movies... Continue »

I was just thinking, over the past few days, what a great line that is. Most of you probably already recognized it, from.... wait for it... the Aileen Wuornos movie Monster, in which Charlize Theron proved that she is not merely a paltry, run of the mill mega-babe, but one hell of an actress.

Seriously, isn't that a great line? It is under-appreciated, I think. There should be t-shirts and coffee mugs with that line, all over the place, even now, 12-14-ish years later, or whatever. In... Continue »

I'm so glad I found this. It's a movie made by the characters in "It's Always Sunny". A real piece of trash!