What was the last movie you watched? Part 2
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Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Not connected in any way with Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, this is a Japanese torture/splatter pic that plays like a combination of slasher, giallo, and body-horror.
Nami is the host of a late night TV show which features videos sent in by viewers. She receives a tape that shows a girl being horrifically mutilated, and eventually murdered. This isn't the first video of this kind she's received, but unlike any of the others she thinks this one is genuine. Using clues from the rest of the video, she and four colleagues (3 female, one male) piece together where the footage was shot - an abandoned military base - and head out there, hoping that the story of the video and her investigation into it will boost her flagging ratings. Once there they start getting bumped off in extremely gory and graphic ways.
The practical effects and stunts are well-done, ticking almost every 'brutality box' you can think of; rape, torture, mutilation and murder (multiple impalement, garroting, machete to the head, immolation, beheading, dismemberment). The western influences are fun to spot; plenty of 'Raimi-cam' moving through woods and the abandoned base, Fulci-style mutilation (including an eye-gouging that rivals anything from Fulci himself), some Cronenberg 'ick' in the finale, plus a very Goblin-esque soundtrack (that also sounds a bit John Carpenter-ish at times). I'm also pretty sure James Wan has seen this flick at least once.
I would have given EDT an 8/10, but the last 20 or so minutes suddenly veer into territory that doesn't fit with what was up to then a bleak, gritty, pretty realistic movie. Still, the first 80 minutes are a 'fun' ride (if you're into this sort of thing!). 7/10
Not connected in any way with Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, this is a Japanese torture/splatter pic that plays like a combination of slasher, giallo, and body-horror.
Nami is the host of a late night TV show which features videos sent in by viewers. She receives a tape that shows a girl being horrifically mutilated, and eventually murdered. This isn't the first video of this kind she's received, but unlike any of the others she thinks this one is genuine. Using clues from the rest of the video, she and four colleagues (3 female, one male) piece together where the footage was shot - an abandoned military base - and head out there, hoping that the story of the video and her investigation into it will boost her flagging ratings. Once there they start getting bumped off in extremely gory and graphic ways.
The practical effects and stunts are well-done, ticking almost every 'brutality box' you can think of; rape, torture, mutilation and murder (multiple impalement, garroting, machete to the head, immolation, beheading, dismemberment). The western influences are fun to spot; plenty of 'Raimi-cam' moving through woods and the abandoned base, Fulci-style mutilation (including an eye-gouging that rivals anything from Fulci himself), some Cronenberg 'ick' in the finale, plus a very Goblin-esque soundtrack (that also sounds a bit John Carpenter-ish at times). I'm also pretty sure James Wan has seen this flick at least once.
I would have given EDT an 8/10, but the last 20 or so minutes suddenly veer into territory that doesn't fit with what was up to then a bleak, gritty, pretty realistic movie. Still, the first 80 minutes are a 'fun' ride (if you're into this sort of thing!). 7/10
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Caged Heat (AKA Renegade Girls ~ 1974)
One of the earliest 'women in prison' flicks, this was Jonathan Demme's directorial debut - and boy is it rough around the edges. Apparently the whole thing was shot in four weeks. The biggest name is horror/B-movie icon Barbara Steele as the evil, wheelchair-bound head warden. Most of the usual WIP elements are there; showers, fights, brutality from the guards, nudity. Interestingly it shies away from overt romance between inmates, leaving it hinted at by hand-holding or walking arm-in-arm.
The mainly female cast range from pretty good to wooden but they all seem to be giving it a good go. Obviously with a film made so long ago several of the cast are going to be no longer with us, but quite a few of the girls actually died relatively young; Cheryl 'Rainbeaux' Smith (hepatitis, following heroin addiction), Roberta Collins (accidental drugs overdose), Ella Reid (no cause given), Cynthia Songé ('brief illness'), Cydoni Cale (no cause given), plus unconfirmed claims that co-lead Juanita Brown died in her early 30s (certainly she hasn't been active since 1982, and she was one of the better actresses).
There is some humour (such as the male doctor telling new inmates to strip fully for their examination, reassuring them that he derives no more pleasure from this than they do - as he sits there filling his pipe), but on the whole it's played straight.
I remember watching it on TV a few times in the late 70s. It seemed a lot harder hitting then. Watching it now I feel a kind of affection for it, but it's by no means the 'peak' of the genre. 6/10
One of the earliest 'women in prison' flicks, this was Jonathan Demme's directorial debut - and boy is it rough around the edges. Apparently the whole thing was shot in four weeks. The biggest name is horror/B-movie icon Barbara Steele as the evil, wheelchair-bound head warden. Most of the usual WIP elements are there; showers, fights, brutality from the guards, nudity. Interestingly it shies away from overt romance between inmates, leaving it hinted at by hand-holding or walking arm-in-arm.
The mainly female cast range from pretty good to wooden but they all seem to be giving it a good go. Obviously with a film made so long ago several of the cast are going to be no longer with us, but quite a few of the girls actually died relatively young; Cheryl 'Rainbeaux' Smith (hepatitis, following heroin addiction), Roberta Collins (accidental drugs overdose), Ella Reid (no cause given), Cynthia Songé ('brief illness'), Cydoni Cale (no cause given), plus unconfirmed claims that co-lead Juanita Brown died in her early 30s (certainly she hasn't been active since 1982, and she was one of the better actresses).
There is some humour (such as the male doctor telling new inmates to strip fully for their examination, reassuring them that he derives no more pleasure from this than they do - as he sits there filling his pipe), but on the whole it's played straight.
I remember watching it on TV a few times in the late 70s. It seemed a lot harder hitting then. Watching it now I feel a kind of affection for it, but it's by no means the 'peak' of the genre. 6/10
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