This acting is so awful, I don’t even have the words to describe it, and I’ve just come off a decent acid binge. For the time period, this movie was revolting, and that’s what it wanted to be. People loved it. Instant cult classic. For me however it was lacking, but who am I to say for a time period I wasn’t apart of.

Here’s a piece from the DVD:

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Pink Flamingos

John Waters (Cinematographer). New Line Home Entertainment 2004, DVD, $7.99

The movie is about a psychiatrist who (I don’t want to say gets a taste of her own medicine but whatever) has a tumor and begins to experience the effects of it as it gets larger in her brain. Eventually she ends up killing some people, and then the movie is over. I’m going to have to watch it again and maybe think it through.

It seemed like a good movie if you’re in the mood for a psychological thriller. It did seem short, or maybe I just enjoyed it (running time is 1hr 20mins, so not really short).

If you’ve seen the movie, comments would definitely be appreciated.

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The Dark Hours

Steve Cosens (Cinematographer). Freestyle Releasing 2006, DVD, $3.99

Antikörper (aka Antibodies) is a German flick about  a psycho serial killer that knows who’s behind another murder the police are trying to solve.

A small village police man is the only person this killer will talk to, for reasons you’ll see when you watch it. That’s when the movie gets a bit more twisted, the discussions between the village cop and the killer.

Eventually they do figure out who killed the person they are looking for, and it was kinda evident or at least to some degree.

This is a pretty good movie, easy to follow. It is in German so you’ll need subs if you don’t speak it, but I’d definitely suggest it. Good solid thriller movie with some good directing.

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Antibodies (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Hagen Bogdanski (Cinematographer). Dark Sky Films 2007, DVD, $14.97

Fast forward like 60-some years later and now a building is sitting on that site, with the corpse still below it.  Some cops get into a altercation with some criminals and they run into the warehouse.  One of the criminals is bleeding because of a gun shot wound and the blood seeps into cracks in the floor.  The blood gives the demon, who we later find out is Satan, the power to animate the toys.  After that it becomes a battle against the toys.  The movie is filled with corny one-liners and random unnecessary nudity.  If you’re a fan of cheesy 80s / early 90s horror movies then definitely check this one out.

Guest review by Adam Struve from http://www.adamstruve.com

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What’s the film about? A kid that’s family owns a circus is putting on a show when the kid’s mother sees the father go off with another woman. The mother then goes after the father and mistress with some acid on genitals. Father gets mad and cuts off the mothers arms and finally slits his own throat. Through all this the kid is in their trailer and can see his father kill himself.

The movie takes off with him grown up and in the mental hospital from the trauma he’s gone though.

What follows through the movie is him escaping the hospital and finding his mum, and helping with her stage act. I won’t say anymore since I don’t want to ruin it for you, but his young love does find him at the end.

Great film, even if it is a bit slow at times, worth a watch, classic Jodorowsky work. Pretty cool to find out that his sons were a big part of this movie as lead acts and other parts.

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Santa Sangre 2-DVD Special Edition

Axel Jodorowsky (Primary Contributor). DVD, $31.99

or get three of Jodorowsky’s films for one price:

The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky (Fando y Lis / El Topo / The Holy Mountain)

Starz / Anchor Bay 2007, DVD, $11.74

You can follow along till about half way and then it starts getting to be WTF IS GOING ON!?!?!?!

Basically, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe are getting it on and their kid falls and dies (see picture above). She ends up in the hospital and all crazy now. They go to the woods to have her face her fears (which was the woods, I guess) and then I’m not too sure what happens. I begun reading the IMDB boards on this movie and no one really knows. Mutilated genitals for the most part. Very artsy, slow motion, classical music, and plenty of sex. It’s kinda of a slow moving film, so be prepared.

There’s so much discussion on the symbolism in the film, I won’t even get into it here. The movie is worth a watch if you’ve got the time and patience for art house films (I am one of the few that do). You’ll definitely hit up IMDB to do some reading once you’ve seen it, and I’d suggest you wait till after otherwise you’ll just be more confused.

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