Really Awful Movies: Ep 102 – Society

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This Brian Yuzna film is a weird beast indeed. Put out on Blu-ray by Arrow, Society is a very compelling and hugely original film that is incredibly difficult not to spoil.

We did our very very best in Episode 102.

We urge listeners to check out this film before listening. (Hey, it’s from the producer of Re-Animator. That’s enough indication that the quality is absolutely top-shelf.)

Wealthy teen Billy seems to have it all, as the Wikipedia entry puts it. But beneath this exterior, lurks something sinister in his upper middle class California home and suburban town. Blanchard, a school mate, has recorded something really really incriminating on tape: audio he plays to an incredulous Billy.

The contents of that tape, snippets of truly horrific chatter between his folks and his older sister, launch a mystery and reveal some really odd goings on in his town.

Tough to market on these shores, the movie did find a cult home in Europe. And that’s a good thing. Check out the expectations-confounding teen horror Society.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 101 – Dolemite

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You rat soup eatin’ no good honky m*tha f*cka!

We enter blaxploitation territory with the infamous Rudy Ray Moore vehicle, the boom mic heavy cult classic Dolemite.

He plays the title character, imprisoned for drug running and trading in illegal furs (!). In exchange for his freedom, Dolemite cuts a deal with a corrupt warden to go back to the streets and clean house, as his antagonist Willie Green has been taking over while Dolemite’s been rotting in the can.

Dolemite is not just a gangster but an entrepreneur and stand-up comic who owns a nightclub devoted to none other than himself. How large is an audience for a Dolemite-themed club? Inexplicably large.

Dolemite is a charming, inept mess and showcases the terribly unfunny standup of Rudy Ray Moore (may RRM RIP).

Really Awful Movies: Ep 100 – Dr Butcher MD

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doctor_butcher_mdWelcome to the (unofficial) EPISODE 100. Here, we delve into a lunatic Italian pseudo cannibal film, Dr Butcher MD, aka Zombie Holocaust.

This is a blast from the past, one of co-host Chris’s most influential films.

When “pieces of corpses,” go missing from a local university teaching hospital, we find out that the culprit is some island cannibals who’ve somehow made their way to New York.

In order to get to the bottom of a budding mystery, two hospital colleagues investigate, leading them to a faraway South Pacific island. The duo comprises lab assistant Lori and Dr Chandler, played by the always excellent Ian McCulloch. On the island, they meet up with the mysterious figure Dr. Obrero, who fills them in on island goings on before they enter the jungle…AT THEIR PERIL!

Celebrate #100 with us and Dr. Butcher MD. The MD stands for medical deviate!