Really Awful Movies: Ep 54 – Killer Klowns from Outer Space

The Chiodo brothers are responsible for this very underrated, fun-fueled clown romp, Killer Klowns. The hosts of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, are big fans of this film and have been for a while.

A sequel Return of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3D is currently in pre-production for a tentative release in 2016. We’re there.

The theme song is just so bad-ass, one of the many commendable things about this feature.

For some reason, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is lumped in with other “bad” movies like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, or Manos: The Hands of Fate. This is unfair as it’s visually inventive and its bursting with creativity.

After a light flash in the sky, amorous co-eds Mike and Deb, who’d been downing champagne in an inflatable dinghy in the backseat, decide to go off and investigate and ask the inevitable question, “what’s a circus tent doing way out here?” Inside the tent, the titular clowns.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 51 – Nudity in Horror

When it comes to horror, people like blood, gore and for better or for worse, gratuitous nudity.

Can it ever be too much? Does it have to serve a purpose? Why is the genre known for the prevalence of nudity?

More permissive cultural attitudes in the 60s, were quickly reflected in horror.

We discuss pioneers of the genre, Corman, H.G. Lewis et al, 80s slashers like Friday the 13th and Hospital Massacre and what teens wanted to see at the drive-in.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 49b – Travel and Horror

Travel in horror. Your humble hosts are international men of mystery, between us having visited about 40 countries, including all over the States, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean.

Tourism and horror are often paired. There’s the usual spring breakers getting lost on road trips domestically but also international backpackers running afoul of global mad men.

Why is this? Well, travelers don’t have their wits about them when they’re in vacation-mode and the experience can be fraught with difficulty because of language barriers, bureaucratic isuses, etc.

The most prominent tourism / vacation horror films are of course, Turistas, Tourist Trap and Hostel. In Awakened, tourists are being harvested for their organs. After nights in hotel bars, a group of victims have their drinks spiked and wake up on an island. In Airport Shuttle, AKA Shuttle (2008) victims think they’re en route to the hotel via that conveyance but something untoward happens.

We recorded this one outdoors, to get the feel being out and about and share our experiences in Italy, Thailand, Australia, New York City.