Month: May 2016

Really Awful Movies: Ep 113 – Hunter

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Ron Becks is…HUNTER.

He’s a “mystical cop” and this $200,000 (but looks much cheaper) California action flick is mystifying.

Directed by Gregory Hatanaka (Samurai Cop 2) we’re introduced to the very zen Tony Robbins platitude dispenser, Hunter. He happens to work for LAPD’s International Sex Crimes Unit.

Hunter is a bewildering figure, a self help guru and a formidable jazz man (cough) who shakes down drug dealers and swigs Makers Mark from the bottle.

He becomes embroiled in quite a caper, the murder of several of his fellow officers. All the while, he becomes a reluctant guardian to a teen runaway from the “backwoods of Tennessee” (yes, that’s the caption).

Bizarre, hilarious and inept, Hunter is must-see material. And you’ll be surprised to see George Lazenby in a supporting role (maybe as surprised as he was to be in this).

Here is the trailer and link to our review:

Hunter

Really Awful Movies: Ep 112 – Friday the 13th Part 2

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This addition to the Friday the 13th franchise finds Jason Voorhees still finding his form/ identity.

Pre-hockey mask, this is the butcher of Camp Crystal Lake in pillow-case face regalia, a la the killer from The Town that Dreaded Sundown. And unlike in later incarnations, he has to really work to kill his victims. Also, Jason’s not yet the physically imposing indestructible automaton he’d later become.

Grab a hat, some insect repellent and short shorts and join us in that cabin in the woods for camp counselor orientation weekend as we discuss Friday the 13th Part II.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 111 – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is the polarizing follow up to the 1974 classic.

The poster artwork alone (an homage to The Breakfast Club) indicates that this one may not be true to the gritty tone of the original, but is in many ways, an over-the-top parody.

And like many sequels, there are new characters.There’s the cackling, ghoulish addition to the First Family of the Saw, Chop Top (Bill Mosely). And on his tail, disgraced lawman Lefty (Dennis Hopper), with assistance from local Texas DJ, Stretch (Caroline Williams).

And still present, the Methuselah of the Sawyers, the very very aged Grandpa, and of course, the Cook and Leatherface.

Look out for a cool song by The Police’s Stewart Copeland and the usual killer effects from Tom Savini.