Bear

That unreleased film from 1994 is great. It's highly recommended by Roger Corman-fanboy Bear. So buy yourself a six-pack of beer, invite some good friends over, make some spicy food and watch the god damn film, boys and girls. It's totally worth it, at least if you're a fan of trash cinema.
 
I recently found out about two Batman flicks which looks amazing. Unofficial of course, but Alyas Batman at Robin (1965) and Alyas Batman en Robin (1991) looks so good. My kind of trash!


 
 
Damn, that looks good!

Watched Sinister today. Maaaaan, what a way to ruin something that could have been beautiful at the very last moment.
I mean, I still enjoyed the film overall, but the buildup in the first hour or so is just GREAT... and then come the ''shhh'' ghost kids and Rejected Slipknot Guy and it sort of fucks up all of the cool atmosphere the first part of the film had. Proof again that showing less of the monster always works better lol
 
Seems they're making a sequel as well, but I think I'll skip that one..

Some of my best z-grade movies:
 
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Manos: the Hands of Fate
Monster a Go-Go
Troll II
The Astro-Zombies
Invasion from a Planet / Invasion of the Neptune Men
Prince of Space
The Wild World of Batwoman
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Robot Monster
Night of the Ghouls
The Horror of Party Beach
 
 
Most of these films are from the 50's and 60's as those two decades were just incredible for these kind of films. Especially within the realm of horror and sci-fi. Magnificent stuff!

I am working with the new first graders who started last thursday, and this is serious some tiring shit. 90% of my day consists of cleaning up their mess, comfort crying kids and make sure they have something to play with. Ew. Not my type of thing at all. 2nd, 3rd and 4th-graders (and all the way up to 10th) > 1st graders.
 
They are basically kindergarten kids still, and that shows. They're just way too childish for me to be able to get down on their level.
 
The only good thing about working with kids below 2nd grade are hot mom's with incredible bodies, which there's a couple of. And they tend not to be afraid of showing it as well. Heh. But it's that boring. Ugh. This is gonna be a long year unless I'm placed on someone with special needs or moved up with the older kids.

Some nice picks! How could I have forgotten Ghostbusters? I don't remember anything remotely comedic (or at least intentionally) in You're Next, but it was a really cool flick, so whatever. Also, you're making me realize that I still need some serious catching up to do, as always. xD
 
In other news: just watched The Mummy (1932) for the first time tonight. Was nice. I didn't expect to like it as much (I'm very very picky with old movies), but it had a good pace and length. And of course nice atmosphere & Boris Karloff!

I'd put both You're Next and The Rocky Horror Picture Sho into the horror comedy genre. You're Next, to me, is a back horror comedy.
 
This shit was hard. Made a list and just listed whatever films I dig, and ended up on 30. Then I decided ti get it down to 15. It's almost impossible. And aside from the first one it's all random. Can't rank them. They're all amazing.
 
 
1. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
This is easily my favourite one. Classic Universal Monster film from 1948. What makes this so good to me, is how unique it was and still is compared to other horror comedies. It feels like they were making a proper horror film when Abbott and Costello turned up on the set by a mistake and just started acting like their usual self, while the film, aside from them, feels like a top notch classic Unveral Horror film with Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Glenn Strange playing Count Dracula, The Wolf Man and Frankenstein's Monster just like they would've done in any of the films 14-18 years earlier.
2. Piranha
A film that came in the wake of Jaws and that parodies the excellent Jaws, and it's just as good as Jaws. A shocking thing to say, I now, but I honestly feel that this is just as good as Jaws. That's how good I think this film is. A perfect parody. Over the top silly, yet gruesome in its own way. Superb!
3. Tremors
A beatiful homage to the big monster flicks of the 50's with a lovely cast and even better humor. The special effects are first rate and the humour is spot on, and did I mentioned the lovely setting? Western horror comedy. Oh yeah! Hilarious film!
4. Ghostbusters
Do I really have to say aything about this film? Is it a horror comedy, though? Well, I think so. Borderline fantasy/horror, but that goes. Brilliant film. It's fun and witty, offers a shitload of stunning special effects and have a nice cast. There's also a nice horror-feeling to it all, without it tying to be scary, terrifying or anything like that. This film is pure fun!
5. Gremlins
Another Joe Dante film (directed Piranha as well). A cute, yet dark, twisted and funny horror-comedy with some of the coolest monsters ever made for film. It's fantastic, that's what it is.
6. Return of the Living Dead
Braineating zombies, stupid teens, a beyond great soundtrack with the likes of 45 Graves, The Cramps, Rocky Erickson, The Damned and The Flesh Eaters and a lovely lot with a fantastic mixture of the fun, silly and bisarre. What's not to like here? Amazing film!
7. An American Werewolf in London
Terifying and awfully funny in equal parts and with stunning make-up work and ingenius special effects. This film is just crazy good! John Landis' best film!
8. Evil Dead II
I can't really choose a favourite of the two first, but went for this for the same reason as Jiggy: it's not as serious as the first and not as over the top and silly as the third. It's somewhere inbetween. Insanely good special effects, hilarious slap-stick-gore and comedy in one hell of a fine mix. Bruce Campbell is a God among men, and his comedic timing is among the best ever. Jesus, he is good!
9. Braindead
This entire film is a parade of great special effects and make-up, and an orgy of  bad taste and splatter humour. What's not to like here?
10. Re-Animator
I'm not as big a fan as Jiggy, but this is a damn fine film. Just see Jiggy's #1 or my "review" a page or two back.
11. The Old Dark House
An underrated gem by James Whale, director of Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man among others, starring none other than Boris Karloff. It's atmospheric and hilariously grim. this is a proper gem, guys. Make sure you check this out! I'll have a rewatch some time this weekend, and despite already seeing it a couple of times, I cannot wait to see it again.
12. Encounters of the Spooky Kind
At the time of its release this was simply one of the most unique horror films made for decades. This probably the first ever jiangshi film, a genre that would blend kung fu, horror and comedy. It's a genre that didn't last for more than 10-15 years, but during this short time we got some absolute classics within the genre. This is an early Sammo Hung-directed film from 1980, and he also stars in the leading role. And he performs both with heart, soul and magic. Fantastic, hilarious and at times almost creepy. Lovely and unique film.
13. Mr. Vampire
Another jiangshi film, this time directed by Ricky Lau, but produced by Sammo Hung, and the film that really brought the juangshi films out there. This film is ever as exciting, funny and good as Encounters of the Spooky Kind, but it's perhaps a bit better. However, I am a Sammo Hung fanboy and is probably a bit biased. Anyway, the film is much of the same as Encoutners of the Spooky Kind, but perfected in many ways. If you're new to the genre, this is the one that is recommended. Highly as well!
14. You're Next
Yep, I consider this a horror comedy and I consider it a masterpiece. It's intelligent, dark and very funny. Exciting as fuck and a film that'll keep you on the edge, but the black humour will make you lean back every now and then. Slightly original as well, if you ask me. A new twist to the genre. Lovely film!
15. Frankenweenie
Say whatever you want about Tim Burton and his precious style, esecially in recent years, but this film is magnificent. The animation is so good you'd think Ray Harryhausen had a hand in everything, the story is lovely and the characters are superb. It's not scary or anything as it is a children's horror film, but it's still damn good. Lots of lovely homages to classics, and all in all a really charming and lovely film. Oe of Tim Burton's best IMO.
 
 
There's so many films here I could easily have swapped for someone else, though. I had so many on my mind. Way too many. Heh.

That's quite a surprising song quality-wise. Sound-wise I hear nothing new and nothing they haven't done before, but it sounds pretty cool. I expect another DIM, though. A few good songs, some mediocre ones and some godawful ones that I'll rank among the worst songs ever made by man. I hope I am wrong, but this is Gazette after all.

Alright, my memory was hazy so I skimmed through Wikipedia's entry of horror comedies to refresh my thoughts, but wow, some of the stuff they list there.... either my definition of a 'horror comedy' is too specific, or I've been wrong all my life (The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Society? American Psycho? You're Next? what???). Anyway, I narrowed it down to a TOP 7, with just the movies that are my favorite and those that I truly consider horror comedies.
 
7. Warm Bodies - A cute little flick with a twist on the zombie subgenre. Has some fun dialogue and characters. It was okay, tho far from perfect.
 
6. Feast - Actually, I'd lump the whole Feast trilogy here, no matter how much they degrade in quality as the sequels roll on. The first one is a witty and fast-paced creature horror with some excellent humor, and the second two are more like parodistic low-budget shockfests, but I'm somehow still charmed by them. Especially the 'baby scene' in movie-2, damn, how do they even make this shit up. xD So bad but good.
 
5. Braindead (a.k.a. Dead Alive) - I had a hard time picking this or Peter Jackson's other early horror venture Bad Taste, but this one's more iconic and has more 'color' to it, if that makes sense. Hilariously funny and gross, and just when you think they can't go any further, they up their game one notch. Fantastic stuff.
 
4. Evil Dead II - While I liked the first Evil Dead better for the actual horror factor, it's clear to me that this one's superior in comical elements, so there. Although you could imagine the other two movies here as well, they're cool but not exactly horror comedies imo (Army of Darkness is more of a fantasy-comedy kinda?).
 
3. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil - I almost split my sides laughing at this one, such a fun twist on the tried-and-true slasher subgenre. The main characters are amazing!! xD
 
2. What We Do in the Shadows - This has got to be one of the best-directed, funniest horror comedies of all time imo, and it's a mockumentary, and it's pretty new, so that's even more amazing. Brilliant characters all around, and very good utilization of their personalities and quirks. You can't go wrong with a mockumentary about bachelor vampire housemates.
 
1. Re-Animator - The one, the only, the classic. This is one of those rare instances where everything works from start to finish, from the story to the dialogues and characters and visuals. It has an atmosphere that is equal parts scary and funny, and Jeffrey Combs is one of my all-time favorites as Herbert West. That guy, damn (again, the perfect mixture of creepy and hilarious).
 

Oh yeah, that sounds great. Those vocals are exceptional!

Ian McShane is confirmed for a role in season 6. Ian god damn McShane for fuck sake. How cool is that? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh!!!

Ian McShane is confirmed for a role in season 6. Ian god damn McShane for fuck sake. How cool is that? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh!!!

Ian McShane is confirmed for a role in season 6. Ian god damn McShane for fuck sake. How cool is that? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh!!!

Whaaaaaaaaat, I didn't know there was a new Mgła album coming out!! Can't wait! This track sounds as good as anything they've released so far.

Shit, these guys just doesn't know how to do anything below god damn fantastic, do they? What a band, both live and on album. Will be one of the best album this year for sure.

Re-Animator - This film is hand down nothing short of brilliant. Perfectly paced with an ingenius balance between the funny and macabre. It's campy as fuck, but not in a way that makes you point finger and laugh at how bad it is, because this isn't bad at all. This is, in my eyes, geat filmmaking with a great lot, AMAZING special effects and a good cast with Jeffrey Combs as the obvious star. He does everything right in this film.
 
Splat, splat, splat! Amazing film!
 

Well, this could be cool. I'm interested.

A few that might please you, some are awfully obvious though so you might have seen them. Some older and some newer films, but I think all of them are genuinly creepy. But creepy for me might not mean creepy for you, but give 'em a try:
 
The Exorcist (1973)
Ringu (1998)
Ju-On: The Grudge (2000)
Blair Witch Project (1999)
Noroi (2005)
Alien (1979)
The House of the Devil (2009)
The Conjuring (2013)
À l'intérieur (2007)
Martyrs (2008)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Kairo (2001)
The Woman In Black (1989)
The Omen (1976)
 
 
 
A few film I find very creepy.

Can someone recommend me some music similar to Major Lazer's Lean On? Something that is really chill yet catchy, and goes very well with a beer outside in the heating sun?
 

 
 
Fantastic song. I'm looking for full albums, be it regular full lenghts or compilations. Or if someone would care to put together a compilation of songs similar to that.

Mad Max - Rewatched this last week, and this just keeps getting better and better with every year. It's so badass, it's so cool and it's so god damn fun. And this film is total madness. The stunts are crazy as fuck, and as in many ozloitation films, you can feel the madness on set in the film itself. Madness, nothing less than madness. Atmosphere and attitude is spot on, and there's a certain rawness about it all that is unbelieveable. If you don't worship this I'll beat ya, bro.
 
I just love how they shot the car chases and shit in these films too. Everything from the ground, and you can feel the car's power and speed, and it's like your in it yourself. I believe that was quite unique for its time.
 

 
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - A different film than the first one, but it's got the same rawness and attitude, but is even better because it's got a better story and way better pacing, which says a lot as I rewarded the first one with 9/10. So this is a perfect masterpiece in my eyes. The atmosphere, man. It's so dirty and nice. It's awesome! Dosen't feel as crazy as the first one, though, but it's just top notch. And Mel Gibson just went from a boy in the first one to a proper man in this. Love it!
 
I also love how this set the standard for "every" post-apocalyptic film to come after it, and especially in Australia. So many films took after this films, especially for the badguyses. You'll see that kind of badguys everywhere in films in Australia after this one, no matter what kind of film it actually is. How cool is that?
 

 
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - Much better than I remembered, but still not much more than decent entertainment at best. Everything with the exception of Tine Turner is actually amazing up until the thunderdome fight is over. Then it totally changes tone and turns into a Peter Pan-kind of film, which I don't really get at all. And the entire act 2 is uninteresting at best. But act 3 is, again, amazing. But that act 2 is way too long and too fucking uninteresting.
 
The thunderdome fight is incredible, though. It's original, fresh and beyond coolio. One of the greatest fights ever. This deserves a directors cut without the fucking Peter Pan-esque second act. The film's just got everything it needs to be a fantastic film, but it's got some elements that just shouldn't have been there either. Such a shame. 6/10 for me like.
 
The theme song is shitty as well. Fuck TIna Turner.
 

Summoning - Lost Tales (silver tape)
Summoning - Lugburz (silver tape)
Summoning - Stronghold (bronze tape)
 
 
I should just stop taking pictures already. God damn, that quality really is shit.

Confession of Murder - What an odd film from first-time director Byeong-gil Jeong. It starts off as a thriller in the vein of Memoirs of a Murder and The Chaser, just a bit more action-oriented in the fights. It's dark, gloomy and very interesting. A solid cast is on place and whatnot. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, comes an awful, "funny scene" and the film change its tone from dark and gloomy to action-packed fun. This fun lasts for a while, and then they go back to the dark, serious and gloomy tone of the begining. It was so odd, because the action-packed Fast & Furious-scenes were so out of place in the film and the humour just didn't belong either. Overall it was enjoyable, but these action and comedy scenes just ruined the total experience of it for me.
 
I am not sure why they went for Park Si-hoo in that role either. He does good, but he comes off as way too young. I don't buy it.
 
The film deserves a re-writing and a remake because this could so easily have been a masterpiece.
 

 
Cyborg - Late 80's so-bad-it's-good post-apocalyptic action with Jean-Claude Van Damme. The only thing actually good about this film is the sets and score, but I like it a lot for what it is anyway. The atmosphere is very nice, Van Damme is his usual self aka awesome and Vincent Klyn is bloody hilarious. He's so bad like. If you think Van Damme is a bad actor, just wath this guy. Fantastic!
 
Anyway, it's violent with lots of action that just never stops and I like that kind of stuff. So I like this film a lot.
 
Van Damme actually took out a man's eye under the production of this film. Jesus, you don't fuck around with Van Damme. That's for sure. He just doesn't play around.
 

 
How to Steal a Million - An absolute masterpiece starring Audrey Hepburn in her prime and Peter O'Toole, both which are fantastic, and Hugh Griffith who stands behind the majority of laughs in the film. He's amazing as well. It's a romantic heist-comedy where the romance feels genuine, the heist is exciting and the comedy hilarious. What more can one ask for? I don't know, because I don't ask for more than that. I loved this film!
 
 

Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I. Cro-Mags, Armagedom, Lobotomia and Ratos de Porão. Crossover is the perfect summer music. Fact. I want to go out and buy meself a skateboard and starte skating again.
 
 

God.

This Is Spinal Tap - I'm glad I had a rewatch of this film the other day because this is still as funny as it was 10 years ago. No, it's even funnier today. I don't have much to say other than that this is the work of a genius. I like how genuin and real everything seems, which just makes every good joke even funnier. This film is nothing but superb!
 
Also, Spinal Tap was/is a cool band, which makes it even cooler. It wasn't just some mediocre shit made up for the film, it was cool shit which they seemed to put a bit of an effort into creating. The first half of Stonehenge for example is so good.
 
 
And kudos to IMDB for their rating system on this film. God damn 11!
 

Simple thread: what kind of lyrical themes do you like, and what do you dislike? Are there any themes that'll make you check out a band soley because of that, and are there any themes that'll keep you away from a band no matter how good the music is?
 
 
As for my favourite themes, I'll check out basically anything with themes of horror/exploitation films. I won't judge a band based on this, but I'll check them out just because of this.
 
I'm also quite a fan of the lyrics for many of the first wave of black/death metal bands, often dealing with satanism/blasphemy/occult/evil/gore. Bands such as Sodom, Slayer, Sepultura, Sarcofago, Sabbat, Mercyful Fate, Death, Morbid Angel and so on. The lyrics for many of these bands were poorly written and childish, but that was never a problem with me as lyrics isn't important to begin with.
 
 
Anything goes with me as far as lyrical themes goes, but least favourite is preachy religious stuff. I don't mind religious lyrics to begin with as they can be good and interesting and all that, but when it becomes too preachy I'll get a bit disgusted by it. But it won't keep me away if the music is good, I can easily overlook the lyrics. No problem at all.