Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Intestine Spagetti with a side of Garlic bread

Hello one and all. Yes again delayed. I realize that I have not truely kept my goal of two posts a week. If I keep pointing this out at one point it may change.

The Brewers are on their way to the playoffs. Hasn't happened since I was 7. I believe they played the Cardinals for the pennant. I could be wrong. I do remember being a highly involved baseball fan as a young Mark. I have some good memories of going to County Stadium to watch the Crew who had the likes of Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and "Da Coop" in the club. The night the brewers won I remember making a sign with the brewer mitt hitting a cardinal. Then Dad actually drove us down town to cruise WIsconsin Ave with the rest of our fellow fans honking horns and yelling. It was a very fond memory and one of the betters ones I have of baseball. I don't think too much of baseball now, probably because I no longer reside in Milwaukee. Still good times.

I have been playing a lot of Lego Batman lately. All I can say it rocks and the fact they Picked Danny Elfmans score definitely puts it in the plus column.

We went to the Wilderness waterpark this past weekend in the WIsconsin Dells. It was actually three different hotels connected together. There were three indoor water parks which were fun. In two of them there was a huge bucket at the top of the play area and when it would fill with water enough it would drop hunderds of gallons of water...ya I stood under it atleast a couple times. There was also an arcade of course. I miss the old days when you could spend a couple hours in an arcade playing your favorite vid games where the games cost only a quarter. Now adays you are lucky if you do find a game for 25 cents. Nevermind the classic video games and pinballs have now all been replaced with machines of chance where you win just enough tickets to buy a bunch of cheap plastic crap that cost a fraction of what was spent getting the tickets. Needless to say much money was spent and the kids came away with some okay prizes. Top of the prize was the goo in a cup that makes farting noises and two plastic samurai swords with shiny foil sheaths.
You know an indoor water park was definitely made a man in a cold weather state like wisconsin. How else are you going to be able to see women in Bikini's all year long when you live in a state that is covered in snow or ice 7 months out of the year.

But on to todays Movie review. The Mountain of the Cannibal God.
With honorable mention of Suspiria

I Have been on an Italian Horror trip as of late. I was surprised by both movies but for different reasons. Suspiria was a bit of a dissappointment unfortunately. I had seen many fellow B- horror movies fans rave about this film but perhaps I have seen so many of its imitators that the original came of less than spectacular. IT does bring the creepy and the maggots were a great surprise but on the whole I though it was average. Again maybe so many movies have copied this film that it ruined it a bit for me. Just like Vampiros Lesbos...but that is another story.

The Mountain of the Cannibal God was alot better than expected. It stars Mike Hammer, ok Stacy Keach but Mike Hammer sounds better, And Honey Ryder the Bond girl who set the standards for all those after her, aka Ursual Andress. This movie was handled alot better stylistically then most of your run of the mill Cannibal Movies from the period. It had better direction, a solid plot and pleanty of gore. THere is alot of real animal killing in the film so be warned PETA members. THe first two thirds of the film play out similar to a regular mainstream film. The last third is just one wild ride. Especially as things build up to the climatic ending where our heros battle the most pathetic excuse for native warriors.
There is lots of gore and a fully naked Ursula which alone is a plus. She had a body in her 40's that could put some of todays female sex symbols to shame. This movie has it all for you b-horror movie, sexploitation gore whores out there.
We have (this is the unrated version of course)
5 breast shots
1 Completely nude ursula
1 female native masturbations scene that boarders on porn
1 beheading
1 death by animal trap
1 naked native sex scene
1 Native On Boar hot sex action ( Brings new meaning to the term Makin Bacon

Top it all off one On Screen Death Lorraina Bobbit style, with every gruesome second and a half shown on screen

So if you are looking for a better quality Italian Cannibal horror film I definitely would recommend this film. If you prefer the creepy thriller then Suspiria is more up your alley, though that had two gruesome deaths in it so be warned.

Go Brewers.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The Wilderness is awesome. Have been a few times and just love the place.

Also love 'Susperia' but have had a number of friends pooh-pooh it. The important thing to remember about it is that its a fairy tale for adults. It takes on a slightly different feel when you know that. Soundtrack is greatly creepy imo.

Haven't seen 'Mountain...' in years but your comments all sound right to me, especially regarding Ursula. :)

If you're in an Italian mood, try some Bava. 'Bay of Blood' should be right up your street.