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Professionally-made films can be amazing, breathtaking works of art, or they can be boring, plodding disasters you regret every second of. Amateur films, on the other hand, are always interesting, even when (and usually because) they are terrible. B-Movie icon Ed Wood's films are still compelling today not because they're bad, but because they're bad … Continue reading Pathogen
It's Halloween, so what better way to celebrate than with a Jewish Horror Movie from 1920? The Golem taps into Jewish folklore's concept of a golem- a clay or mud statue that usually brings with it supernatural powers. In Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen's filmed version, the Golem comes to life! Yes, The Golem is a Jewish … Continue reading Der Golem / The Golem
If the first part of Lars Von Trier's Riget fulfills your need for entertaining insanity, then the conclusion will really kick you in the gut. From a doctor who implants a cancerous liver into himself in the name of science, to a Danish-hating Swede who travels all the way to Haiti out of spite, the … Continue reading Riget (The Kingdom) • Part 2
If Takeshi Miike, young Peter Jackson, and John Waters all had a baby together, Bernie would be the result. A satirical and cartoonishly violent film about a mentally disturbed man raised in an orphanage in search of his parents, Albert Dupontel's debut feature pushes the boundaries of good taste way past any of the safe … Continue reading Bernie
If you think Twin Peaks: The Return is the greatest 18 hours of television ever made, or something close to it, then today's your lucky day- Lars Von Trier's Riget (The Kingdom in English) is kind of sort of the same thing, but not. A Danish mini-series split into two 4-hour seasons, it only qualifies … Continue reading Riget (The Kingdom) • Part 1
In what world is Peter "Frodo" Jackson's Braindead (or Dead Alive if you're a Yank) unavailable for your streaming pleasure? Well, this one, apparently- so here it is, the movie that has been rightfully called "the goriest film of all time," waiting for you to watch it. And while, yes, this movie is definitely gory, … Continue reading Braindead AKA Dead Alive
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