My buddy, David Zuzelo, has posted a wonderful article concerning the delectable Lina Romay. Since she and I share the same birthday I thought I would post a link to David's site so you can check it out. So, without further ado
I have no idea why I watched this thing. Probably for that long subtitle, but I did watch it. Watched it with the littles and we laughed so hard I thought I might hurt myself. It's nice when a film realizes that its basic premise is so ridiculous that it ridicules itself. Makes for an easier viewing experience. Basically we have a killer snowman who was defeated in the first film (didn't see it) and now he's back for revenge on the sheriff who put him out of commission. The suit is horrid, the little snowmen are funny, but horrid. The acting is horrid and the special effects are non existent. There is one scene with a girl in a swimming pool that is not horrid, but it's because she's naked and pretty. I have no idea why the trailer for this flick is only in German, but it adds to the ridiculousness of the proceedings so, go with that. Should you watch this. Absolutely! Should you go in expecting a horror movie? Absolutely not. Did I mention the nice boobies?
Also known as NIGHTMARE IN A DAMAGED BRAIN, I remember seeing this on initial release. Probably in a theater. What I remember from that viewing is that the movie was just so damned sleazy. Revisiting it has changed none of that, but let's get a rundown here, shall we? Seems that George Tatum has been a bad boy. He slaughtered a family in Massachusetts and is now under the care of a New York Psychiatrist who decides that experimental drugs would be best to make him a viable member of society again. But there is something lying under the surface of George's psychosis. A deep rooted incident that we see little snippets of throughout the picture. George has been allowed to roam the hooker filled streets of New York without supervision and his doctors are shocked when he doesn't show up for his first office visit. George has other things in mind and makes a beeline for Florida. Why? All is explained in the end which I am not giving away here. This is definitely one of the grimier flicks that should be watched by all horror aficionados. A couple of things I want to make mention of here before I turn you loose on the trailer; First, there is a kid committing a brutal axe murder in the film. You would think that they would do the old, shot of the kid doing the swinging, but all the carnage taking place with a double or some such thing. Nope. I'm pretty sure,. by the looks of things that they just let the kid go for it. This would have never happened nowadays. Even micro budget film makers tend to tip toe around this sort of thing.
Second, this film is literally packed with those cute, brunettes from the eighties. You know what I mean. Little chest, nice round, bottom, that short haircut and just adorable. Well, apparently, the director liked them too and we get a few of them in various states of naked. So, bravo! There is a scene early on in the flick where George goes to one of those peep shows and he's in a booth with a girl who is behind a sheet of plexiglass. She is going to town with a vibrator when George has one of his seizures. When George has a seizure he foams violently at the mouth. Well, this is a replacement for a porn money shot if ever there was one. NIGHTMARE still holds up well today. Sure, with technology the way it is today a lot of this would be thrown out like cell phones and the like, but it could still work and is a film that should be rediscovered by a new generation of film watchers. Now here's your trailer ya video junkies.
Twenty years ago I went to Dearborn Michigan to attend Fangoria's Weekend OF Horrors. I met lots of famous people and had a great time, but there was one thing that ended up making more of an impact than anything else. City Morgue #5 It was this raggedy little zine that I just knew I could do better than. It seemed so...I don't know, mean spirited. And I never thought of horror fans as being mean spirited. So, I decided to make my own zine. It was like Divine Intervention and thus was born Divine Exploitation!!! The first issue was cut and paste as were many after that. I remembered doing a second issue that I could never locate. Then along came a friend that I have had for over three decades. Christopher Young. It's also kind of fitting since he was along for the Dearborn/Fangoria ride. He had a copy of issue two! Now I have made a special, digest sized edition of Divine Exploitation Issues 1 & 2 and it's available for order right now! The cost is five bucks and that includes postage along with some extra goodies that I won't mention here and yes, that includes postage. SEE! - The original cover drawn by my brother David! SEE! - The actual, crappy xeroxed photos that you can barely see! SEE! - Typesetting done by an idiot with no sense of design!
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I mentioned in my Silent Night, Bloody Night post that I was waiting to hear from Alternative Cinema President, Michael Raso and who should email me today? That's right. He's going to send me a bunch of virtual goodies that I can post here for your enjoyment. Mr. Raso is officially one cool dude.
Now, before people start wondering where the next installment of my Seduction Cinema piece is, I got ahold of Michael Raso and asked if they had some trailers for their earlier flicks that I could have. I'm waiting for a response before I continue. In the meantime, a review: I first got this flick when I bought one of those 10 packs of horror movies. It sticks out in my mind because the box set said that it had Silent Night Deadly Night. You know, the one with the Santa Claus killer and Linnea Quigley? Anyway, it didn't it had this flick instead. I wrote and complained to the people who put out the box set and they sent me a new cover for my DVD case so that I would have the correct information. I thought that was pretty cool actually. So, there was this flick. And, believe it or not, I have never seen it. Until two days ago. This is actually a very interesting flick. Now I will warn that there are SPOILERS ahead so be ready for that. One other thing. There was a much better cover for the flick than the one I'm using here, but it was too small so, there you go. Okay there is this small town with this huge mansion owned by the Butler family. It seems that old man Butler died by catching on fire and now the mansion is to be given to his grandson. Years pass and an attorney, John Carter (Played by Patrick O'Neal), has arrived in town to offer the mansion to the townspeople for the measly sum of fifty thousand dollars. If they can come up with it in 24 hours. He then takes his little girlfriend back to the mansion for a night of whooppee and they are murdered by a black gloved mystery man with an axe. This is probably the bloodiest scene in the film and well done for no actual special effects being used. It isn't long before people are dropping like flies and the grandson, Jeffrey Butler comes to town and hooks up with the mayor's daughter, Diane (played by a very young Mary Woronov). As things come to a head all is revealed in a lengthy flashback in sepia tone that is probably the most fascinating part of the film and probably one of the most interesting ideas I have ever come across. Ready? Spoilers like I warned. Wilfred Butler originally used his mansion as an asylum for his daughter. She had been raped and beaten and driven insane in the process. He invited all these psychiatrists to help cure his daughter and other criminally insane people that were housed on the grounds. After some time had passed, Wilfred Butler realized that these psychiatrists were useless and had no intentions of curing his daughter, let alone the many others housed in Butler House. After a night of drunken revelry, Butler decided to rescue his daughter from their clutches and release all the inmates in the process. The inmates slaughtered the doctors, killed Butler's daughter by mistake and fled the asylum. The interesting thing is that all the inmates formed the town that surrounds the area near Butler House. The town is filled with the ancestors of the loonies that escaped all those years ago. I did think it odd to have someone with such an identifiable voice like John Carradine in the picture and have him play a mute. But, the best is saved for last. Earlier in the flick, Patrick O'Neal is having dinner with his girlfriend in The Butler House. He reveals that The Butler House is built on a foundation of pure stone and is reinforced with the same stone, layers thick. He laughed when he thought about them selling the house and it getting torn down for tract housing. He said that when they drove a bulldozer up there to begin the demolition they would be in for a very nasty surprise. Sure enough, the final shot is Mary Woronov walking down the path towards the house and behind her is a bulldozer. Seems that The Butler House got the last laugh.
I remember watching my first Seduction Cinema flick. It was Erotic Survivor 2. I lost nothing by missing the first in the series and realized that I was watching something new and different. Many films followed and it wasn't long before I was enamored with the likes of Misty Mundae, Ruby LaRocca and Darian Caine. Hell, I had seen these three ladies naked more than some women I had dated many moons ago, While I have a special warm place for these films I realized that there is no definitive history of this studio. Pray for me as I start on an endeavor that will probably drive me mad. Here's the idea; I have made a timeline that lists all the films done by Seduction Cinema. The first in a series of articles will be a timeline of said films. If you think I am missing any, be sure to speak up. Thankfully, this is the magical interweb so I can fix stuff if need be. With that said, here is the timeline. More will follow I promise.
1996 CARESS OF THE VAMPIRE CARESS OF THE VAMPIRE 2 CYBEROTICA
2002 EROTIC MIRROR EROTIC TIME MACHINE EROTIC VAMPIRE IN PARIS FLESH FOR OLIVIA LUST IN THE MUMMY'S TOMB MUMMY RAIDER MY VAMPIRE LOVER PLAYMATE OF THE APES PLEASURES OF A WOMAN ROXANNA SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR LUST SILK STOCKING STRANGLER VAMPIRE OBSESSION WHO WANTS TO BE AN EROTIC BILLIONAIRE?
2003 CARLITO'S ANGELS DR. JEKYL AND MISTRESS HYDE MUMMY'S KISS GIRL SEDUCTION LORD OF THE G-STRINGS LUSTFUL ADDICTION SEXY AMERICAN IDLE SIN SISTERS SPIDER BABE THAT 70'S GIRL VAMPIRE VIXENS
2004 EROTIC DIARY OF MISTY MUNDAE LUST FOR DRACULA SEDUCTION OF MISTY MUNDAE SEXY ADVENTURES OF VAN HELSING SUBURBAN SECRETS TORTURE IN SATAN'S CLINIC VOODOUN BLUES
2005 BIKINI GIRLS ON DINOSAUR PLANET DEMON SEX DEVIL'S BLOODY PLAYTHING G-STRING VAMPIRE MUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER GIRL WHO SHAGGED ME LUST IN SPACE NEW YORK WILDCATS WICTHES OF BREASTWICK WITCHES OF BREASTWICK 2 WITCHES OF SAPPHO SALON
2006 CURIOUS OBSESSIONS EROTIC WEREWOLF IN LONDON SSI: SEX SQUAD INVESTIGATION
2007 CHANTAL
2008 CLOAK AND SHAG HER FORBIDDEN DESIRES I WAS A TEEN AGE STRANGLER IRON BABE THE NAUGHTY NOVELIST SECRET DESIRES
