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Really Awful Movies: Ep 89 – Captain America 2: Death too Soon

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No, not The Winter Soldier. The other Captain America 2!

There’s a sinister plot against the United States. And it’s being perpetrated by a guy named Miguel (Christopher Lee). It involves manipulative gerontology – administering drugs to prematurely age the populace unless the evil guy gets his way.

Luckily, Captain America is there to fight against this nefarious force and stand up for all that is good. Unfortunately, this ain’t so good at all.

This is a very silly 1979 made-for-TV production starring genre standout, the blonde-maned muscle-bound Reb Brown. He’s a favorite of ours (Strike Commando, Howling 2, Robowar, Yor: Hunter from the Future, Cage etc).

Currently sitting at 1-star on Rotten Tomatoes, after this laughable debacle of a sequel someone had the idea to recreate the magic of a Lee / Brown pairing by casting them both in the also equally bone-headed Howling 2.

Celebrate Rebruary with us with Captain America 2: Death too soon.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 75 – Howling 2

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There are few sequels that managed to instantly erode/negate the goodwill generated by their superior, classic predecessors. Howling 2 is one such film. However it’s an interesting and unintentionally hilarious failure.

Featuring the unlikely bizarro casting of the legendary Christopher Lee alongside bumbleheaded naif Reb Brown, Howling 2 asks the question, where’s Joe Dante when you need him? The original director didn’t want anything to do with this one and rightly so.

The subtitle is Your Sister is a Werewolf and that comes into play as Ben (Brown) loses his sister to one of the savage beasts, and she becomes one. He seeks the help of the awesome Stefan Crosscoe (Lee) to explain the lycanthrope mystery.

Reel Film says this about the sequel: “virtually nothing here works, and it does become increasingly difficult to sustain any interest in the protagonists’ tedious exploits…”

C’mon!

There’s much to be said about Howling 2 and said exploits. There’s a hairy menage-a-trois (luckily not involving the aforementioned stars), and a glorious exploitation strip tease involving the incredibly hot Sybil Danning, who plays Stirba, Queen of the Werewolves. There’s a hunchback Romanian innkeeper, some switchblade-wielding punks and a terrific score.

So while this isn’t Godfather 2 territory sequel wise, it’s at times a hoot. Join us.

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 58 – Boggy Creek 2

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This one is a bad bigfoot movie by the same guy who incredibly, directed The Town that Dreaded Sundown, Charles B. Pierce.

Dr. Lockhart is a University of Arkansas crypto zoologist, on the hunt for the legendary beast.

Lockhart recruits the help of two of his students, Tim and Tanya, as well as Tanya’s friend Leslie, none of whom have any experience in anthropology, zoology or any related discipline. Good help is hard to find.

The group heads to the eponymous Boggy Creek, and set-up camp in the woods with a pop-up trailer, and secure their perimeter with a SONAR system.

They keep an eye out for the elusive beast, while the doc relates to the group tales he had heard centered around the creature, presented in flash backs.