Once again, Juniper spent the last few weeks of summer visiting family in the cool and verdant mountains, rather than sticking out the “Hell’s front porch” phase of the season here in the Chesapeake tidewater. So here’s another update heavily freighted with reviews of films she’d rather not think about (plus a couple less loathsome things we watched together after she got back):
Candyman (1992), in which some urban legends really are true, even when they really are just legends…
Entrails of a Virgin (1986), in which there are plenty of entrails, but precious few virgins to be found…
Grotesque (1988), in which you get three movies for the price of one, plus the disembodied conclusions to two more as a bonus…
The Killer Snakes (1974), in which the Shaw Brothers do Willard, and no animals weren’t harmed during the production of this film…
and…
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), in which it takes almost long to type the title as it does to watch the movie.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
#1 by Blake Dennis Matthews on September 30, 2021 - 8:49 am
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Re: Viking Women – Irving Block had an interesting résumé: World without End; Monster from Green Hell; Kronos; The Atomic Submarine; wrote the story for Forbidden Planet; matte painting on Rocketship X-M; uncredited FX work on The Giant Behemoth.
Your review has convinced me to watch this!
Re: Killer Snakes – For even more snake snuff-age, there’s the Taiwanese “Calamity Snakes,” which features a giant rubber kung fu snake at the end. There’s also a film called “Lewd Lizard”, which seems to be as scummy as KS.
#2 by Ken on October 8, 2021 - 10:52 am
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Just as Grizzly is “Jaws but with a bear”, Stanley is “Willard but with snakes”.