Really Awful Movies: Ep 154 – The Crazies

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craziesposterThe Crazies has all the great elements you’d expect from George Romero. It’s a bio-hazard film, wherein an experimental “vaccine” is accidentally released into a town’s water supply when a military plane crashes. And wouldn’t you know it? Why, it’s not a vaccine at all, but a secret bit of bio-weaponry.

Some of the townsfolk are resistant — to being quarantined that is, not to the bug.

When you have rural USA, there are bound to be guns. So when a government edict goes out to round up the populace and stuff them in the school gym, well…that goes over like a lead balloon. And people fight back.

Will government researchers be able to find a cure in time? Will our resistance fighter heroes survive the pathogen, and friendly fire? These and many other questions answered in our podcast of The Crazies.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 153 – Slugs

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slugs-film-posterSlimy slimy slugs.

Slugs is a gross-out 1988 Spanish/American co-production.

People are dying due to mysterious causes, and naturally, because this is an eco-horror, there is a lone voice of reason calling for action (who’s being summarily ignored).

It’s surprisingly gory for a nature-run-amok horror. Or maybe not so surprising. After all, this was directed by J. Piquer Simon, the Spaniard responsible for the inane and hilarious jigsaw slasher, Pieces. That movie had a chainsaw, kung fu, and Christopher George (City of the Living Dead), which automatically means it’s must-see material.

Slugs is as well, only because its kills are so glorious and over-the-top. Sure the stuff in between is a let-down, but the slimy set-pieces and gore make it eminently watchable.

We love Animal Attack / Nature Run Amok movies here on the Really Awful Movies Podcast. We’ve discussed The Nest, Shakma, Monkey Shines, Roar, you name it…

Really Awful Movies: Ep 152 – First Blood

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first_blood_posterFirst Blood folks. RAMBO time.

First Blood is the iconic 1982 Stallone-starrer directed by Ted Kotcheff. A troubled ‘Nam vet gets harassed by cops, then flees into the woods. He then has to rely on his formidable combat skills to fight off the police.

Based on David Morrell’s 1972 novel of the same name it’s the first installment of the Rambo series.

The film was released in the US on October 22, 1982. It got lukewarm reviews, and yet the film was a box office success.

It actually grossed nearly 50 million at the box office.

Since its release, First Blood has been getting a fairer shake, with many praising the roles of Stallone, Dennehy, and Crenna, and recognizing it as an influential film in the action genre. The brainchild of Stallone also spawned a franchise, consisting of three sequels (all which were co-written by and starred Stallone).

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