I thought about Eyes Without a Face when considering wrapped up horrors, but it's been a few years since I've seen it and this porcelain number... ...stuck in my brain more so than the recovery wrap that preceded it! The crazy crepe paper nuns in Alucarda inhabit the same part of my brain. Genuinely nutso film. I couldn't get it out of my head for weeks after I first saw it. Great call on Kwaidan The Woman of the Snow segment gets me every single time. edit: My nuns keep disappearing!
Day 3! House (1977) The Amityville Horror (1979) Also getting ready to watch American Horror Story (FX).
One spring afternoon in 1984, in my homeland of north Jersey, I went with my aunt Kathy and cousin Gary to downtown Rockaway, where Kathy was going to get a haircut. Gary and I sat in the beauty parlor (do they even use that term anymore? That's what they were called back then...), pawing through magazines and feeling a bit bored. "You know, they're filming a movie just down the street..." said Kathy's stylist. "Why don't you guys go check it out?" So Gary and I walked down to the main intersection in town, where a flatbed eighteen-wheeler was parked. The bed was loaded with oil barrels that looked as if they were bubbling over with slimy green ooze. We walked around the back of the truck to find a large group of people in gym attire standing in a circle. We quickly realized that these people were actors, as they were being loudly prepped for the next scene by a director and crew. By now Gary and I were basically standing in the outermost ring of the circle of actors; no one seemed to notice us. A guy in a pink tutu, covered in the same green slime that oozed from the barrels, took a spot on the ground in the center of the circle. To our amazed 10-year-old excitement, everyone hushed and the director yelled “Action!” The guy on the ground began to twitch and writhe furiously, as all the slick health club denizens laughed and mocked him… Just your average day in Jersey! I gotta say, it was a really Tromatic experience...
Ha I own both of these on DVD! Just watched House the other day. Very bizarre. I really liked Kung Fu running around in her underwear Need to break out all my horror DVDs since I don't own cable. Every year I always ask myself what is worth buying on DVD (to add to my collection) around Halloween that will really scare me? Nothing really ever does, and this makes me sad.
Are you Serious!!! that is the coolest thing ever!!! im such a huge troma fan. there is a lot of troma in october in my house we watch toxie, kabukiman, and tromeo all the greats. One of the highlights of my life was meeting lloyd and getting to talk movie magic with him. Nice guy, awful taste in neck ties.
Totally! It was an interesting experience… only, I did get one thing wrong: it was downtown Boonton, not Rockaway, as confirmed by this site’s info on the filming locations: http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_toxicavenger.htm
I can totally imagine 2 kids wandering onto the set of a Troma movie and making it into the final cut of the film with no one noticing. Awesome story!
This thread gives me the perfect excuse to give a nod to one of my favorite podcasts of all time: Mondo Movie did a great job of bringing to attention a TON of really interesting cinema over the years, from the most extreme trash to the cream of arthouse oddities, and did so in a very intelligent and engaging way. The hosts covered lots of films I've known and loved for a long time, and hipped me to even more that I might never have known about if not for their efforts. The mix of coverage of current and upcoming genre film with comprehensive looks into it's history is unparalleled, as far as I'm concerned, and they did it all without a whiff of snootiness. Good stuff. It's on a seemingly permanent hiatus right now, but the full catalog of over 100 excellent shows is archived for free on their site.
I was actually going to post these, Sleepaway Camp rules, I will never forget the first time I saw that ending. Honestly, it is one of those things you never want to give away. Movie genius right there. The sequel was okay, but I'll definitely agree the third was crap.
@toothaction - The Mondo guys are still doing it, but juggling between films and kids now. try these guys, who have sort of picked up where MM left off: http://www.midnight-video.com/
@backtrack - Last I heard Ben and Dan said that they were working on some super secret other project, which is good news, but would probably only return to the podcast for the occasional Fright Fest special or similar occasion-specific things. I can't grudge them that but certainly wish they had time for more. I've checked these guys out and they're really pretty good. I was thinking of mentioning them earlier but figured I'd gone on long enough already about Mondo Movie, and I've only checked out about half of their shows so far. I'll have to catch up on the new boys this weekend. Definitely worth a listen - thanks for mentioning it!
