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Really Awful Movies: Ep 107 – Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

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An American hero’s story continues…

Or does it begin? Missing in Action 2 was supposed to be released as the first. Why? Because it’s a Cannon film! No explanation needed.

On this episode, a look at the Chuck Norris film, our first foray into all things Carlos Ray Norris, karate black belt / meme machine.

Does it hold up? Does a bear being chased by Chuck Norris shit in the woods?

All Cannon films are awesome. It’s a fact.

For reviews, be sure to check out our book, DEATH BY UMBRELLA! THE 100 WEIRDEST HORROR MOVIE WEAPONS

Really Awful Movies: Ep 95 – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

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It’s quite telling that the film’s tagline is, “the man of your dreams is back,” and that the protagonist is looking at the Springwood Slasher instead of his paramour. Homoerotic subtext abounds in this mediocre sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Five years have gone by since the original Nightmare murders, and Elm street has new occupants in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.

Teen Jesse is plagued by nightmares about being stuck on a bus alone with two women (not so bad), albeit said bus is in the middle of some kind of hellscape and being driven by Freddy.

His girlfriend Lisa comes over to his place and they find Nancy’s diary, a clue that sheds some light on what’s been happening – a loose tie-in to the Wes Craven classic first film.

Meanwhile, Jesse strikes up a friendship with school chum Grady, with whom he has much more sexual chemistry, and then has a scary dream about his gym teacher who likes to frequent leather bars.

It’s unbelievable that the series recovered from this one, a severe body blow to Craven’s legacy. Luckily, the classic Dream Warriors righted the ship.

But tune in to see what 2 is all about…

Really Awful Movies: Ep 94 – Death Wish 3

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Mental Cannon treatment of a series past its best before date. The first Death Wish is a stone-cold uber classic. By the time Golan and Globus got around to it though, things were really coming off the rails.

Death Wish 3 was written under a pseudonym (understandably) and is the last collaboration between star Charles Bronson and director Michael Winner.

To reduce costs, this turd was filmed predominantly in London rather than The Big Apple.

The film carries out the vigilante justice/high body count motif we’ve come to expect from the series, yet ups the ante considerably. A whopping 83 characters had to be fitted for coffins in this one!. Here, Paul Kersey (Sir Charles) returns to Brooklyn to find his army buddy has been attacked and left for dead.

Paul moves in to his deceased friend’s apartment complex in East New York and begins to lay waste to an assortment of mostly interchangeable goons, in this, the most insane of all the Death Wishes.

Tune in as we chat about…DEATH WISH 3