tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271596722024-03-12T22:25:57.709-04:00Gangrene WidescreenWhere movies are appreciated for unintentional genius.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-972165460046615682008-06-07T15:18:00.003-04:002008-06-07T15:21:22.984-04:00Gangrene Cuisine #1: Frank's Kraut Juice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxYC3-ZL9hc"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3n45wZVYAP7SjvLN4UXuQKBM2vUDZBCjnqXow2xP3Z9T2vJyH8hzqK8p1AWToP6sHcNdJMeEnVuKP32dj8cZK-8S1rVXaw5NLVvAOpfeKVEpfrAsAjjjNU0Aiq9xfDgeydEW/s320/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209221229726215314" border="0" /></a>Here's a new feature I'm going to try out. Going to start dealing with some strange foods I don't understand on the grocery store shelves.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxYC3-ZL9hc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxYC3-ZL9hc</a>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-33782548636008808912008-06-02T19:36:00.002-04:002008-06-02T20:26:28.426-04:00where is my site?gangrenewidescreen.com has disappeared somehow. i must investigate this right away.<br /><br />update - looks like my domain name expired. Trying to get this fixed.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-23216830528717983512008-05-28T17:52:00.004-04:002008-05-28T22:12:30.015-04:00Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vimeo.com/1081523"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGeYA0K0Lj_7idcv4NtdEnONyUeibxSqsYiiBXLntH-91MMA1gpVUVRmlMcLnGDBso6QFJjQcr-QsyR0kM4SPwPrpnVk2JiVk8jnfrNq8uP4Ii_HFh814nVzl9lIiXiuis5Aj/s200/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205551493114921106" border="0" /></a><br />In conjunction with this month's B-Master Cabal "Man-in-a-Suit" roundtable, I'm investigating another Bigfoot classic. If nothing else terrifies you about this movie, wake up screaming with nightmares of those curtains hanging from your windows.<br /><br />You can view the video <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/1081523">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.b-masters.com/roundtables/26-rubber-soul/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGIiGnLVcSWv8CS5wX4TvWbDa5WL2MycM_bubICyv7SbpjcKswVlLtgRlfzR6NOvChkEGIlU2kBHLzL26xFQcj40moZy0UWnp0-o3as33UtmsSxWY4UxFHb_G4W6QQAz9_w59/s400/rubbersoul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205551819532435618" border="0" /></a>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-62152993185969684512008-05-07T07:24:00.006-04:002008-05-07T08:25:47.262-04:00Chilling Classics #5/50 - Witches Mountain (1972)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGMf9yOZb7Ky5ZxXoZBMswMIkS37v8iY3M07eH0XKPYLZPW5JAvcALwRz1aGz6tlrXtwJiAyzQeqQ4AxL2_1Jo3Q2ai-4UT7nnPkEZxNUZuKucdvMTljHwVABOk6enLgba1xB/s1600-h/witches+mtn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGMf9yOZb7Ky5ZxXoZBMswMIkS37v8iY3M07eH0XKPYLZPW5JAvcALwRz1aGz6tlrXtwJiAyzQeqQ4AxL2_1Jo3Q2ai-4UT7nnPkEZxNUZuKucdvMTljHwVABOk6enLgba1xB/s320/witches+mtn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197596869605703954" border="0" /></a>director: Raul Artigot<br />cast: Cihangir Gaffari, Patty Shepard<br /><br />Synopsis: A young couple traveling through the Pyrenees stays overnight at an ancient Spanish castle, only to discover that it is the headquarters for a coven of witches.<br /><br />Whoah! Beware, viewers, beware! This one wins so far for most unwatchable film in the collection, and you know that is saying something. Apparently this particular coven of witches is headed up by the Mother of Boredom, and their spellcasting ability is limited to putting an audience to sleep. Throw into the mix a couple most unwelcome love songs and a seemingly endless string of long car rides.<br /><br />I can't believe the original film is this poorly edited, because every time something happens that involves actually seeing the witches, it is so badly cut that you cannot tell what is going on. Seems as though there may have originally been a sprinkling of violence and nudity, but these elements have been trimmed so harshly that you can only ponder what was intended. The witches don't do anything, they just appear and stand around a glare at you, or sometimes dance around in a slightly pagan way.<br /><br />Getting to the end of this film is like hiking through quicksand after downing a bottle of Nyquil. I think this is the first time I've actually fallen asleep while FAST-FORWARDING through a movie.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzz8BSjuuK66-aDcD2gWTMALFtDvGU-60HWMekU9R4Ur1cTdkG7Z8IsQLbrLIEyCyppAkm3hQlwbtc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-14224741443462899562008-04-21T20:45:00.009-04:002008-04-21T20:56:55.088-04:00Cracked.com delivers again.I'm really starting to like this website...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16150_10-scenes-brutal-violence-guaranteed-make-you-laugh.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEp8aOU-Pqqz4hmOlYGqyB5oqF4o5dq8PuCeuo7EbBdeAmwJOXXVYkObvQxTy1Am1fm6mhIh_HF2DV5oN-Z4YO_fccqwMcawoBVBOEP_-CVMA48tLf4TirBtn6kag3ww92pkW/s320/gorn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191866319455523010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16150_10-scenes-brutal-violence-guaranteed-make-you-laugh.html">Ten Scenes of Brutal Violence Guaranteed To Make You Laugh</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16159_30-most-ill-conceived-movie-monsters.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXIeeZeBBiTzH_lwwGmPsmQXs4bDPHUGRtVbcOUGJU_YhE9_VFTt44_mf4xC3CPtDaClwhzMdago269x764IemU45LKztVb-D7uy8KfcFIzdF0BFD1aKkvNaS5RxUD8G-VYe-/s320/joker2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191866602923364562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16159_30-most-ill-conceived-movie-monsters.html">The 30 Most Ill-Conceived Monsters</a>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-64201308356687739922008-04-20T20:17:00.004-04:002008-04-20T20:22:32.894-04:00Gangrene Widescreen joins B-Masters Cabal!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.b-masters.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivChrs7YeNqnMKWC7WLZ2UQ6An8WWuSJhotPHofGaM7yhGygpxGQOQjmsP6ZifnnFKVdkJaRONdKrE-x64i2i580Qz7OJBmaY8U-0gS8UYVwQ3n9DGvYiaVS-UDHHg8q1cfvqY/s400/b-masters.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191486235061062962" border="0" /></a>With the support of Ken Begg of Jabootu, Gangrene Widescreen has been inducted into the B-Masters Cabal - an elite task force working together to deal with the international threat of terrible movies.<br /><br />If you enjoy my reviews, check out some of the sites here. These guys and gals have been at it a lot longer than I have. There is a Grand Index of reviews posted for easy reference to the content available for all the Cabal sites.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-33874156531032272982008-04-20T08:44:00.012-04:002009-06-03T23:27:30.182-04:00Jaded horror fan forced to turn off DVD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pAGQpaMn81BqjaOnIysm-SjhzCztPYWmVj0rLVBME5IuliVcf-7BDaMOMsxsl9BFVFB_lTkJ4VNh2PiazgViDEyIyMY-c28hU6I9bd0Tpj1MKFW3QL3bSZAcBTVgs5hFXXl3/s400/inside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191309419847421218" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/">Inside</a> (2007)<br />director: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury<br />cast: Beatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis<br /><br />I'm not a fan of the current so-called 'torture-porn' films. I've never seen Hostel or its sequel. That sort of thing just doesn't appeal to me in the least. That being said, I did enjoy French director Alexandre Aja's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/">High Tension</a>, as well as his remake of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454841/">The Hills Have Eyes.</a> High Tension's initial killing spree, which seems to stretch on for like a half hour had my ex-wife and I literally breathless on the edge of the futon.<br /><br />Well now the French have come up with this new film, which is quickly garnering a reputation for its harrowing brutality and gore. As you can see from the cover, I questioned whether or not this was something I needed to see, but as it has been repeatedly compared to Aja's work, I had to check it out. Sometimes, you just get the urge to be pummeled by a full on assault to the senses.<br /><br />My Netflix envelope appeared almost instantaneously. As the opening credits rolled over what appeared to be a wash of afterbirth, I had only myself to blame.<br /><br />Essentially, the movie focuses on a pregnant woman being terrorized by a mysterious female assailant who breaks into her house just as she is about to go into labor. Various people show up to the house and are killed off. This is a film that cannot really be laughed at, as most slasher flicks can. People do not behave in grossly unbelievable ways. People do not wander into dark hallways exclaiming, "Is anybody there?" No one goes skinny-dipping. In fact, the heroine calls the police straight away, and they come to the house to investigate. How many times do you see that common sense plot element? Not so often.<br /><br />Watching a man on a staircase get stabbed with a pair of scissors about thirty times did not phase me, even as the shears repeatedly jammed into the groin area of his trousers, accompanied by crunching noises. Blood sprayed and squirted. The effects look quite good, and suitably sickening.<br /><br />Shortly afterwards, the terrorized woman has locked herself into a bathroom, with the crazed lady waiting outside the door, sitting on the carpet. The pregnant woman's cat comes purring up the steps, presumably avoiding the pools of blood everywhere. The cat jumps into the killer's lap and begins rubbing against her. The killer holds up the cat, looks from the cat to the locked bathroom door and then smiles.<br /><br />That's when I turned it off.<br />I thought to myself, "This movie WILL go there and I don't wanna see that."<br /><br />Afterwards, I imprisoned the DVD securely back in the Netflix mailing sleeve, and searched the house until I found Ichi sleeping peacefully in the laundry basket, her tail twitching listlessly. I poked around the reviews on Amazon.com. Sure enough, the mostly 5-star opinions do mention the disemboweling of a cat amongst Inside's grotesque attractions.<br /><br />Everyone has a line I suppose, and animal cruelty is over that line for me. A dog is killed off-camera in the aforementioned Hills Have Eyes, but something in my guts forewarned me that Inside would relish in the senseless butchering of that kitty. I imagine that woman in the bathroom is subjected to the drawn out sounds of the cat screaming from beyond the bathroom door. She would be powerless to stop it from happening. Reaching out to stroke the STOP button, I, however, was not powerless.<br /><br />Animal cruelty and rape. Those are my lines. In my humble opinion, no movie has ever benefited from graphic depictions of either. For this very reason, I freely admit I have also never seen such genre staples as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068833/">Last House on the Left</a> or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078935/">Cannibal Holocaust</a>. If that makes me less of a horror fan, than so be it.<br /><br />It is a shame too; now I will never get to see the remaining untold acts of violence Inside could have provided me.<br /><br />UPDATE - My friend let me borrow the DVD and I did return to finish this film. I simply skipped the offending kitty death with ye ole TRACK FORWARD button.<br /><br />To be honest, I felt like the film got increasingly silly as it went on. I hereby retract my previous statement about people not 'behaving in grossly unbelievable ways.' Why are the responding police officers so concerned with restoring the power -- just get out of the house!!! There were numerous points where I felt like our heroine could have escaped, and I found myself rolling my eyes by the time the disgusting ending arrived.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-55574758419283218222008-04-17T14:56:00.004-04:002008-04-17T15:08:46.384-04:00Black Demons (1991)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vimeo.com/909908"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMeCxhsk2d5loy6CpcDH-PCPLMW76JTYjxlRunumDMnn0_nQvJIieYPSZM59O3I7vD_TzSRVirTSCP2dVy_9-PS2DBKWavA-PjRqhWxT0KvWrHkgXgGYERgy6b_CEUTd9pcAR/s400/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190290604039249666" border="0" /></a><br />Six black slaves rise from the grave, grab up some weapons, and begin killing white people, in another zombie romp from director Umberto Lenzi. Features include, "Waking the Dead for Dummies," "Zombie Film Cliche List," and another music video from Grady. Jessica gets all the best lines...Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-79897056189152745202008-03-30T22:57:00.006-04:002008-03-30T23:06:37.361-04:00Zombi 3 Magic the Gathering Card<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpll9ZAdSrJ-4Tb8x9S_mYvqVKB14EVPdVgOp69MtT3jbJQ4W8Inr_bBKj7YZeyF3rwGB3N2sItyehOprGqZo11VJ_YL_5HtQxtWCeIqgutil0hucD9t9WO9sid_3YnuPIT0CZ/s1600-h/zombie+head.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpll9ZAdSrJ-4Tb8x9S_mYvqVKB14EVPdVgOp69MtT3jbJQ4W8Inr_bBKj7YZeyF3rwGB3N2sItyehOprGqZo11VJ_YL_5HtQxtWCeIqgutil0hucD9t9WO9sid_3YnuPIT0CZ/s400/zombie+head.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183736092752304386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />click to enlarge.<br />Magic the Gathering (c) Wizards of the Coast.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-20534669270870294912008-03-30T21:27:00.007-04:002008-03-30T22:25:05.293-04:00Chilling Classics #4/50 - Snowbeast (1977)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BDhlXPkcfL6BAXaqaTwym9LKq0XmCtpSglJt5YmwwZQnHTc_TWQ6qFh9j2ubnuR2ZrFQZYdaNXtTsf15MUA3-8YgK3HpgsA8RSVB3-8em_Y3qdC3cNHPmI6HzWT07Ahe-VAc/s1600-h/snowbeast.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183712367352961218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BDhlXPkcfL6BAXaqaTwym9LKq0XmCtpSglJt5YmwwZQnHTc_TWQ6qFh9j2ubnuR2ZrFQZYdaNXtTsf15MUA3-8YgK3HpgsA8RSVB3-8em_Y3qdC3cNHPmI6HzWT07Ahe-VAc/s400/snowbeast.jpg" border="0" /></a>director: Herb Wallerstein<br />starring: Bo Svensen, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan<br /><br />Made-for-TV. Words to strike fear into your heart. And it will be the only fear this snoozer generates. It even has those built in fade-to-black for commercial moments, usually after a decidedly un-cliffhangy scene ends. Bloated to maximum length to allow for more commercial spots, heavy on boring character development and light on snowbeasts, this one should help you fall asleep, no matter how stressful your day has been. Over-the-counter insomnia aids are wasting a golden opportunity by not releasing this on DVD. Sominex presents: Snowbeast. Warning: do not view this movie while operating heavy machinery.<br /><br />To be completely fair, the Snowbeast costume doesn't look too terribly bad, what little we actually see of it. There are a couple furry paw shots here and there, and a fleeting glimpse of the monster's face at the pulse-lowering climax. Even after the beast has been killed, we never see it. Only a trail of blood and ruffled snow as the actors peer woefully over the ski slope, watching their careers tumble down.<br /><br />About the only enjoyment you can derive from this is matching up each character and plot point with its correlating element from Jaws.<br /><br />This clip makes Snowbeast look way better than it is.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQ-VG2dPmtdz2rheuvXrecIC5hAS7MhmLWrFpCP4IBqRAAtqbe8m13_tay1-Xi8rSiOb4kUR0H1kY' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=gangrenewides-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000AOEQ4W&fc1=F9F7F7&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=F3F3FB&bc1=080808&bg1=080808&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-71568737750927588162008-03-27T08:54:00.004-04:002008-03-27T09:03:13.904-04:0030 Error Messages You Never Want to See<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSd6fEymfoRWW-Oc7IP3gf2PLvqib9YVnaFacuygNjdd3rE_FuzO1i1TW0_2xV2C3k437Up7XeKKZfwDuXk3o83VLL2FjIvVkNa4JvlEDOGid4hjFWhoxNkHl8hd4oHi_s3K9/s1600-h/Kybard4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSd6fEymfoRWW-Oc7IP3gf2PLvqib9YVnaFacuygNjdd3rE_FuzO1i1TW0_2xV2C3k437Up7XeKKZfwDuXk3o83VLL2FjIvVkNa4JvlEDOGid4hjFWhoxNkHl8hd4oHi_s3K9/s400/Kybard4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182406263503280306" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16053_30-error-messages-you-never-want-see.html">View the article at Cracked.com<br /></a>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-18882653805454218032008-03-26T00:03:00.003-04:002008-03-26T00:21:35.805-04:00Diarrhea of the DeadLeigh Ann and I were talking tonight, and came up with the concept to have Grady on the toilet for a fake trailer. I'll be damned if someone else didn't already have the same concept. I must say, it's not exactly what I had in mind, but this is pretty funny.<br /><br /><a href="http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28927430">Diarrhea of the Dead</a><br /><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=28927430&v=2&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="346" width="430"></embed>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-31315064116409148842008-03-25T17:21:00.012-04:002008-03-31T22:19:39.121-04:00Chilling Classics #3/50 - Bad Taste (1987)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181793539173865618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCu4SBRpC0tRpyg90z3LYVCkfXiIRAfzcLhcKA1Jkj2r5MQ1ADUKBL6FfMJiqlKe0FF3fErSnOD5tKCjq2p4erIS6mK-fL-0pJOUld9aerqOCWvU2-A9RXuUR8jEf23Tr-XwBn/s320/Bad_Taste.jpg" border="0" /></a>Anyone remotely interested in my site should already be familiar with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001392/">Peter Jackson</a>'s (Lord of the Rings, Dead Alive) first film - the story of an army of incompetent aliens who invade a small coastal town and pack the inhabitants in cardboard boxes for food. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/">Bad Taste</a> was shot over a period of years with Jackson's mates from work, and already demonstrates his considerable talent for practical special effects and the usage of models. Hilariously gory and filled with memorable gags, this is a bona fide cult classic, and truly doesn't deserve to be included on this collection where it resides alongside the likes of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0474531/">Oasis of the Zombies</a>. I already own the restored Anchor Bay version, but this film doesn't really require a pristine presentation, so if you don't already have it - this is one of the hidden gems you'll come across within Chilling Classics.<br /><br />Jackson himself appears in a dual role, both as one of the invading aliens and a member of the 'task force' sent to take them down. The performances all around are quite funny, taking into account that no one involved in the film was a professional actor, so far as I know.<br /><br />From a man who keeps stuffing pieces of his brain back into his split-open skull cap, to aliens who are conveniently disguised as guys wearing all denim, to an extended cartoonish machine gun fight, to a sheep becoming the unintended target of a rocket launcher - there is something here for every B-movie fan.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxH3gqPViL_6ozB3R6H94vtYe6P9q4b-iXsZRLBEkB530R4k1uPMB8e35DZwSPCSDxOqiR7w_r3nts' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=gangrenewides-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00005OCK6&fc1=F5EDED&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=F7F7FD&bc1=000000&bg1=000000&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=gangrenewides-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000AOEQ4W&fc1=F9F7F7&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=F3F3FB&bc1=080808&bg1=080808&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-33256956740800282662008-03-23T23:45:00.003-04:002008-03-26T00:42:07.845-04:00Chilling Classics #2/50 - Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (1973)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068504/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRt5VTRhbVFc4UHHx8wqnlxoQDxZa4VT2egCYdH0kLOa9XdoTdztDjcVW0LpX3yfW9qFfl4REWgPbU32uilzbpuhKzI58HtKkIQfK4Vj2q8Ab-Sh5MWN2zdrGx1YSSRKZr-Ctu/s320/dr+tarr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181149534597634178" border="0" /></a>aka the Mansion of Madness<br /><br />Director: Juan Lopez Moctezuma<br />Starring: Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel<br /><br />Based on <a href="http://www.poestories.com/text.php?file=systemoftarr">a short by Edgar Allen Poe,</a> this was the first film directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423524/">Jodorowski</a> protege Juan Lopez Moctezuma. Moctezuma is probably best known for his surrealistic possession film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075666/">Alucarda</a>. I saw Alucarda a while back and hated it. Mostly I just remember a possessed girl screaming at the top of her lungs.<br /><br />This is not so much a horror film, as a strange journey through an asylum that is being run by the inmates, but there are some murders and a rape along the way. A journalist visits the asylum and somehow does not seem to realize anything is amiss, when it is completely obvious to the viewer. He walks by obliviously, idly chatting with the asylum director, as an inmate is chased and beaten with sticks by some of the other patients. Once the asylum's 'security' guards jokingly attempt to fling him from a rope ladder, he begins to catch on.<br /><br />A friend and I were discussing how these seventies movies have some kind of inherent creepiness to them, almost in spite of themselves. Something about the look of the film, the washed out colors, the faded black tones. I don't know what it is. Perhaps it just reminds of watching some weird old horror movie on TV that creeped us out as children. To this day, I remember watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067341/">Let's Scare Jessica To Death</a> with my mom and being freaked out by the red-haired woman rising Ophelia-like out of the lake.<br /><br />In any case, the idea of a decrepit mental ward out in the middle of the woods is a little disquieting, and there are moments of uneasiness here. But like most of the movies in the Chilling Classics set, it suffers from a subpar transfer, that at times leaves you straining your eyes to figure out what is going on, and I ended up stopping this one at about the halfway point, only to skip through it a couple days later to complete this mini-review. This is a competently made film, but I found myself getting sleepy not too far into it.<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=gangrenewides-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000AOEQ4W&fc1=F9F7F7&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=F3F3FB&bc1=080808&bg1=080808&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-78978311453220757382008-03-22T21:29:00.003-04:002008-03-26T00:28:23.776-04:00Chilling Classics #1/50 - Devil Times Five (1974)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071413/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180743492684437586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACmR0kLFhrOgl1g2WRK0qy2J5FrMgNUp3x2IsBLzDg40uc74enUvxJebkMZ2_UJHLd7nDqiDquZqy9ZLnt1hOH2aiAf8ynx4wK345rRSch2G1j29WVm7ddJR-c9OSJMO6zkG6/s320/devil+times+five.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Director: Sean MacGregor<br />Starring: Leif Garrett, Sorrell Brooke, Gene Evans<br /><br />Following a snow storm, a bus from the local mental ward overturns and five acutely psychotic children escape to prey on some vacationing couples at a nearby resort.<br /><br />I must admit this one held my interest for the most part. There is some cheesiness here and there, but there are also some stylishly disturbing moments.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjzB7bvoVXfPfsTtgiY0A9JiblKeG2Ms0kXSzUA6EoveB1vV4JJBThIlcWafvvjpklne0H_ETZIREw5hgRTpjEjLKecNiObdu4S6SVkR2tB5gt-O1u25sk5rj40crz-k7fexa/s1600-h/PDVD_001.BMP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180748036759836770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjzB7bvoVXfPfsTtgiY0A9JiblKeG2Ms0kXSzUA6EoveB1vV4JJBThIlcWafvvjpklne0H_ETZIREw5hgRTpjEjLKecNiObdu4S6SVkR2tB5gt-O1u25sk5rj40crz-k7fexa/s320/PDVD_001.BMP" border="0" /></a>Most notable is the first murder of a man in a toolshed. The film switches to high contrast black and white, as the children beat him to death with hammers, a pitchfork, a chain and other blunt instruments. This is a nasty bit of work, and the entire sequence is shown in slow motion, making every blow the man takes seem more painful. One of the children is dressed as a nun, and the ghostly visage of her bringing a sledge hammer down is effectively eerie. Unfortunately the transfer is not too great, and it is very difficult to see exactly what is happening.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pPZlMHu8gyaLZ5_odAI2Oq6Qr-A-CR-6eNUa6vIv1z0iY76BB9SsX0Lfw_iNRXRuyUwdCJCxIPOqBGKS9aagzdqpsDqrzolA8PZfe0qECKThP6Z8N6M7i5XIBAeSGpkgRB_S/s1600-h/PDVD_004.BMP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180765448557254770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pPZlMHu8gyaLZ5_odAI2Oq6Qr-A-CR-6eNUa6vIv1z0iY76BB9SsX0Lfw_iNRXRuyUwdCJCxIPOqBGKS9aagzdqpsDqrzolA8PZfe0qECKThP6Z8N6M7i5XIBAeSGpkgRB_S/s320/PDVD_004.BMP" border="0" /></a>Also memorable is when the kids pour a bucketful of piranhas into a woman's bubble bath as one of them holds her underwater. All ridiculousness aside, it looks like they at least used real fish for the scene, and it is something you don't see every day in what is essentially a slasher film.<br /><br />Normally, I find myself rooting for the bad guys, but, being proudly vasectomized, I wanted to see these little bastards get taken down, especially young <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hihp_Jjdnsg">Leif Garrett</a>. Instead, evil seems to triumph in every instance, as the adults are always one step behind, even when the kids move in slow motion.<br /><br />All in all, I rather enjoyed this obscure little bit of exploitative trash. It is another film I'd like to see receive better DVD treatment, though I doubt I would buy it anyway. Does that make me a hypocrite?<br /><br /><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="10" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=gangrenewides-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000AOEQ4W&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=FFFFFF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=000000&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-47863167426330852502008-03-22T15:39:00.000-04:002008-03-23T07:41:40.072-04:00Exploring "Chilling Classics"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AOEQ4W?ie=UTF8&tag=gangrenewides-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000AOEQ4W"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gangrenewidescreen.com/chillingclassics.jpg" border="0" /></a>For my birthday I treated myself to this fine collection of 50 awful movies from Mill Creek Entertainment, available for less than $20. I plan to share with you this masochistic journey into this 12 disc set, hopefully with some mini- reviews and screenshots for each film. Some of them will undoubtedly turn into full reviews at some point.<br /><br />Here is a listing of all the films included in the set. Feel free to contact me if you feel strongly about any of them.<br /><br />Death Rage -1978 Yul Brynner<br />Panic -1976 David Warbeck<br />Memorial Valley Massacre -1988 Cameron Mitchell<br />Messiah of Evil -1973 Michael Greer<br />Medusa -1973 George Hamilton <br />The Blancheville Monster -1963 Gerard Tichy<br />Deadtime Stories -1987 Scott Valentine<br />Cathy's Curse -1977 Alan Scarfe<br />Scream Bloody Murder -1973 Fred Holbert <br />The Alpha Incident -1978 Ralph Meeker<br />The Bell from Hell -1973 Viveca Lindfors <br />The Demons of Ludlow -1983 Paul Von Hausen<br />Metamorphosis -1990 Gene LeBrock <br />The Cold - Carol Perry<br />Naked Massacre -1976 Mathieu Carriere <br />Hands of a Stranger -1962 Paul Lukather<br />Haunts -1977 May Britt <br />Gothic -1986 Julian Sands<br />Christmas Evil -1980 Brandon Maggart <br />Man in the Attic -1953 Jack Palance<br />Driller Killer -1979 Abel Ferrara <br />The Demon -1979 Cameron Mitchell<br />Horror Express -1973 Christopher Lee <br />Crypt of the Living Dead -1973 Andrew Prine<br />The Snake People -1971 Boris Karloff <br />Track of the Moon Beast -1976 Chase Cordell<br />Sisters of Death -1977 Arthur Franz <br />The Ghost -1963 Barbara Steele<br />War of the Robots -1978 Antonio Sabato <br />Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter -1966 John Lupton<br />Oasis of The Zombies -1983 Manuel Gelin <br />Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon -1972 Claudio Brook<br />The Witch's Mountain -1972 Patty Shepard <br />The Bloody Brood -1959 Peter Falk<br />Deep Red -1975 David Hennings <br />House of the Dead -1978John Ericson<br />Revenge of Doctor X -1970 James Craig-written by Edward D. Wood Jr.<br />Slashed Dreams -1975 Peter Hooten<br />Bad Taste-1987 Peter Jackson <br />A Bucket of Blood -1959 Dick Miller<br />Virus -1980 Glenn Ford <br />Horrors of Spider Island -1960 Harald Maresch<br />The Milpitas Monster -1975 Douglas Hagdohl <br />The Legend Of Big Foot -1979 Stafford Morgan<br />Funereal Home -1980 Kate Hawtrey <br />The Devil's Hand -1962 Robert Alda<br />Lady Frankenstein -1971 Joseph Cotten <br />I Bury the Living -1958 Richard Boone<br />Silent Night, Bloody Night -1974 Patrick O'Neal <br />Drive-In Massacre -1976 Jake Barnes<br /><br /><br />Click the image to purchase this item.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-89603983715930827942008-03-22T14:57:00.000-04:002008-03-22T15:06:26.438-04:00The Antichrist (1974)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vimeo.com/808825"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3JMR3Hx4wHkegriKcVUpg8k_vFGrstMZXF65nufp5wQkuLO5e2O4cYoV6_k3tPSfSMqJUx1NFpTrNXpjwfGbuQV3akkWeelFJg7hkzL3yV09iYg_98KGgZ2C2d7POeyeUAin/s400/antichrist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180642539478145042" border="0" /></a>The Antichrist is now up and running. As one viewer has mentioned, you might not want to watch this one while eating, as there is some pretty revolting stuff. I'll probably get some negative feedback, but I cannot flinch away from my task. Anyway, don't blame me - I didn't write the script.<br /><br />Also, I have done another overhaul on the website and have gotten rid of stupid Wordpress, so now I may actually want to post blog entries.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-71769209613930299562008-03-07T08:39:00.000-05:002008-03-22T12:57:37.462-04:00Nightmare City (1980)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vimeo.com/761238"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpaTIwngGT2wALM6WoRx5prEhx3fo59elxmny3iS0KgvwdTmaKvev3-PK-UMkjDxMreF-EDVrOUTo4pl8_WeTdGhh2Xb6hf6mc2EFrfxcA4jX_WPJuVTors4hGFY8e42Gjy3i/s400/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174994149105696578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana;color:black;" ><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The review for Nightmare City is being posted as we speak. In addition I have some other news to report:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1. Vimeo. I have discovered another site to host my videos which allows me to post them with decent quality, and without having to abide by the ten minute restriction. In addition, my original DIVX files can be downloaded and saved for your future entertainment. These files will play with Windows Media or whatever you normally use. You can reach my profile here</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.vimeo.com/user385042/videos" target="_blank">http://www.vimeo.com/user385042/videos</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I will still be posting videos to You Tube as normal, as they will get much more traffic.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2. I noticed that Voodoo Black Exorcist was for some reason encoded in 4:3 ratio, rather than 16:9, giving it an odd 'squished' appearance. This has been corrected, and a nicer looking version has been uploaded to Vimeo.</span><br /></span></span></span>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-63277039226874349292008-02-25T16:39:00.000-05:002008-03-22T15:06:02.195-04:00Voodoo Black Exorcist (1973)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCjRpO39KPgCMbGX5nrrWlQ-Lib8HxuU0TIMwP4xh9ENe_XerXYyjFS4tH-YFwqDPcHEiqlVjJBKS5pFjIVDbhUuuG2YB9DkyTOwDVH4B8B3YEOeGA9OmxFW_ZlE65dlbiReL/s1600-h/voodoo+black+exorcist+vhs+front2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCjRpO39KPgCMbGX5nrrWlQ-Lib8HxuU0TIMwP4xh9ENe_XerXYyjFS4tH-YFwqDPcHEiqlVjJBKS5pFjIVDbhUuuG2YB9DkyTOwDVH4B8B3YEOeGA9OmxFW_ZlE65dlbiReL/s400/voodoo+black+exorcist+vhs+front2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171036975369987154" border="0" /></a>Voodoo Black Exorcist is now posted on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GangreneWidescreen">Youtube.</a><br />Hopefully you will enjoy Grady's original lyrics to the theme song.Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159672.post-70564503915125956072008-02-25T01:22:00.000-05:002008-03-22T12:58:45.893-04:00Never Say NeverWhat? It's only been two years ....<br /><br />A lot has happened. Most of it not so good.<br /><br />But, I'm pleased to announce the rebirth of Gangrene Widescreen, in a brand new video format. I'll be getting up a proper website soon, but in the meantime, you can subscribe to my youtube channel here ....<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GangreneWidescreen">http://www.youtube.com/user/GangreneWidescreen</a>Gangrene Widescreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12580259415582225271noreply@blogger.com0