Really Awful Movies: Ep 83 – Hospital Massacre

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We know some hospitals suffer from funding cutbacks, but the lack of staff here is ridiculous. And that’s BEFORE some masked doc is on the loose killing nurses.

Hospital Massacre, AKA, X-Ray, features Playboy’s Barbi Benton in a protracted topless scene and some neat kills too.

Because it’s an 80s horror, there’s also a ridiculous backstory from the killer’s childhood offered as explanation for the subsequent psychopathy. It’s quite unnecessary, but we have to admit, the kill scene is quite innovative and hilarious.

An indictment of Obama care? An examination of the medicalization of women’s bodies? Um, there’s more subtext in a re-run of Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

This one is bloody hilarious.

While typically slashers feature some of the worst police-work imaginable, Hospital Massacre showcases some truly unusual healthcare protocols.

Change into your gown and join us for a discussion of…HOSPITAL MASSACRE.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 82 – Glen or Glenda

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glen_or_glendaThe strange case of a “man” who changed his sex!

Glen or Glenda is a tepid but ahead of its time oddball docudrama, written and directed by Ed Wood, who also stars.

The 1953 flick features the one and only Bela Lugosi, as well as Ed Wood’s then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller and Lyle Talbot (best known for his lengthy stint on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)

Author/critic Leonard Maltin said this was “possibly the worst movie ever made” and yes, it’s plenty ridiculous and didactic, and there are bizarre fantasy sequences, the cliche of a newspaper headline as exposition, some pretty bad performances – but to broach transvestism as topic in the height of the Father Knows Best era shows how incredibly brave Mr. Wood was. And this is something often forgotten when the man’s thrown under the bus as the worst director of all time (he’s up there, but on the medal podium).

Alternately released as I Changed My Sex and I Led Two Lives, Glen or Glenda follows the structure of a 50s educational film as Ed Wood (Glen) struggles with his sexual identity while Lugosi (The Scientist) narrates. John Waters introduced Johnny Depp to the work of Ed Wood, including this film, Glen or Glenda, undoubtedly a key factor when the actor chose to accept Tim Burton’s offer to star in the Wood biopic.

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 81b – Evil Dead: The Musical, an interview with co-creator Chris Bond

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Since it took to the stage in 2003, Evil Dead: The Musical has been a smash hit. On this episode of the podcast, we have a special Evil Dead: The Musical giveaway, two tickets to a Toronto performance of the hit show, February 17, 2016 at the Randolph Theatre. Listen to this episode for details about how to enter. And heads up: there are really cool secondary prizes too, so you can enter even if you aren’t in the Greater Toronto Area. These prizes are courtesy of Starvox Entertainment. A big thanks to them.

Chris Bond, the show’s director and co-creator, breaks down what makes the splatterfest so much bloody fun. We’ve had the good fortune of checking out previous runs of the show in Toronto and if you’re a fan of Evil Dead and Ash vs Evil Dead (and really, who in their right mind isn’t?) it’s absolutely MUST SEE stuff.

From its modest beginnings in a back-alley Toronto bar to off-Broadway and to Cleveland, Vegas, New Orleans, Seoul, and basically the world – the show has wowed fans wherever it’s been.

And don’t forget to check out the Really Awful Movies Podcast, with new episodes every weekend.