Really Awful Movies: Ep 78 – Roar

“I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter. … ‘Cause I am the champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar. … You’re gonna hear me roar!

Katy Perry

Roar is UNREAL. It is completely and utterly BATSHIT. Do yourself a favor and see this ASAP, as nothing’s been made like it since, nor ever will be again for ethical reasons.

Roar is a film about Hank, a guy who lives on what can only be described as a predatory cat compound on the African Savannah.

It stars then-married Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and Noel Marshall, as well as their real-life family, daughter Melanie Griffith and sons John and Jerry.

This film was a very dangerous, dangerous vanity piece…and really has to be seen to be believed. Rarely has such commitment been shown to a film in the face of such real-life dangers.

Keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times as we get down and dirty with jungle cats in Roar.

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 77 – Class of 1984

Orwell’s 1984 envisioned a sinister dystopia where everyone answered to a central, totalitarian authority. In Class of 1984, it’s lack of authority that’s the problem: a bunch of kids running roughshod over a highschool.

Mr Norris is the new music teacher at a problem school, rife not with sax and violins, but sex and violence. As he arrives on his first day, he meets fellow teacher Mr. Corrigan (McDowell) who packs heat to deal with the dangerous ruffians.

This film predated the ubiquity of metal detectors in North American schools.

It’s a fun, exploitation flick, shot in Toronto and featuring the debut appearance of one Michael J. Fox.

Quite shocking for its time, this one holds up really well today. Cut class, meet us behind the bleachers for a smoke and join us for a chat.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 76 – Kiss Me Quick

What is a nudie cutie? We delve into that very topic with Something Weird Video’s release Kiss Me Quick. The nudie cutie is an odd sub-genre from the 1960s, featuring monsters and burlesque dancers and bad Vaudeville jokes. Producers, looking to cash in on more permissive attitudes, sought to stuff their films full of salacious images – go-go-dancing, pasties – with no consideration for plot development.
In Kiss Me Quick, the planet Buttless is a male-only planet. The leader of the planet sends his emissary to earth to find “the perfect female specimen.”

There’s a mad scientist named Dr Breedlove. He’s got a lab to create the perfect woman.

That gives you an idea of the kind of thing we’re dealing with!

The nudie cutie had a very fleeting run before its ilk was replaced by mainstream cinema’s acceptance of nudity. It’s fun, silly escapism. We put the sub genre in context in this edition of the Really Awful Movies Podcast.

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