Really Awful Movies: Ep 117 – Stryker

Roving bandits…sand…lots of sand…leather…more sand. We’re in post-apocalyptic territory this week with the silly and fun STRYKER.

There’s a battle over scant resources…in this case, a spring inside a cave that’s controlled by female Amazon warriors.

Naturally, there’s a group of villainous marauding hordes who want it all to themselves.

What will happen? Who will lead our intrepid heroes against this iniquitous force? What’s the story with the midget allies?

Come with us to our favorite place in Southeast Asia (to visit cinematically at least), and that’s the Philippines.

This one is the brainchild of the incomparable Cirio Santiago, who’s brought us Caged Fury, Death Force, Vampire Hookers and TNT Jackson. He’s a unique talent. And Stryker is a unique movie, one of the more fun Mad Max knock-offs.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 116 – Contamination

A mysterious ship is adrift in the Hudson River…Authorities board her, and they encounter gooey green eggs. Instead of approaching with caution, one of them grabs the strange cargo.

BOOM! That’s the end of this government official.

Contamination is a 1980 Italian / German co-production, a science fiction-horror film directed by Luigi Cozzi and starring Ian McCulloch (Dr. Butcher MD).

Colonel Holmes establishes a link between these green objects and a Mars mission that ended badly for one Commander Hubbard. And from there, the plot thickens.

Goofy, gory Italian fun on this week’s episode of the podcast.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 115 – Children of the Corn

Folk horror reached its apotheosis with The Wicker Man. While Children of the Corn doesn’t reach the same heights, it’s still pretty darn cool.

Vicky and Burt are criss-crossing the US en route to Seattle so he can pursue interests in the medical profession. Along the way, a kid dressed in Amish garb wanders out onto the highway and is struck and killed.

Burt finds out that while his car dealt the fatal blow, the kid’s throat had been cut. They put him in the trunk of their car and seek out the nearest town, which is the elusive Gatlin, Nebraska.

There, they meet with…an evil presence.

Another Stephen King adaptation he doesn’t like, we take a peek at “he who walks behind the rows…”