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The Channel-Z mods continue to outdo themselves! Every double feature this weekend is a banger. Come for the movies and chat, stay for Faxy's random comments and confusion.
Letterboxd list: https://boxd.it/UyFXw
"Evil Sister" (1996) - If you are familiar with the term 'Skin-A-Max' you basically already know what kind of movie this is. For those unfamiliar just think of something that would air on late night cable in the days before the internet put boobies just a click away. In other words this movie has as much nudity as it does plot and is somewhere just this side of a softcore porn. The one sex scene between the male lead and his wife (who he dreams is his sister-in-law at one point) in front of the fireplace is almost as long as an actual sex scene would be. And that's ignoring the fact that clips of the movie (mostly the nudity) are shown during the opening and closing credits, thus tripling the amount of skin in the film.
The story is about a young lady who is unexpectedly released from a mental institution under suspicious circumstances. She's picked up by her jacked little sister and her husband who let her stay with them for awhile, only for her to immediately start throwing herself at her brother-in-law. We eventually find out one of the nurses at the mental institution was randomly doing a black mass to conjure a spirt for advice (you know as one does) and a demon named Succubus ended up possessing the sister. They must do another black mass to fix everything for some reason, but people keep turning up dead so who knowns. A lot of people get busy, a lot of boobs get bloody, and if that is your thing check this out, if not best avoid it.
4 / 5 Burnt Kernels with a lot of Butter
“Plum” (2013) - As with all her movies Deuandra T. Brown wrote, directed, edited, produced, and stars in this. She also is credited as the composer, sound editor/mixer, choreographer, production designer, camera operator/gaffer/cinematographer, casting director, and the entire digital/visual effects department which is again true of her other films. She is of course horrible at literally all of these roles which, as you may have guessed, is yet again something common throughout her filmography. This may not be the worst of hers films, nor the most incomprehensible, or even the cheapest, but it most assuredly is incredibly bad on every conceivable level.
With that said it should come to no surprise to you that as far as the plot goes, it’s mostly guess work. An SUV full of Deaundra’s friends go on a road trip to Vegas but on the way they have an encounter with a CGI UFO. The titular ‘Plum’ being a famous pop star they all love played by Brown (of course) who somehow gets involved. There’s an alien guy named Jack, some doctor, a scientist or two, and they all try to save the world. The whole thing is pure pain and should be left for the most hardcore bad movie masochist.
5.5 / 5 Burnt Kernels
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"Terror Squad" (1987) - If the name Chuck Connors doesn't ring a bell just ask your dad who he is. If that doesn't work try your grandad. One of them will tell you that he was a TV actor in the late 50's and early 60's, most notably in "The Rifleman" and later "Branded" series. He's also apparently one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball, which is something I just found out. Well almost 30 years after his prime someone thought the then 65 year old would make a great lead in a low budget action flick (i.e. this movie).
Action is the key word here as the entire first act of this movie is one long, and admittedly pretty fun, chase scene. This is started when a handful of Libyan terrorists arrive in the city of Kokomo, Indiana (of all places) trying to destroy a nuclear power plant. They fail almost immediately and then flee shooting everyone they come across with the cops in hot pursuit. Many exploded cars and dead people later the two surviving terrorist take a high school detention class hostage and everything slows down to a crawl. More people end up getting shot and eventually they try to escape in a bus of indeterminate size (IYKYK).
The hilarious part of all this is that despite chasing the terrorist, and being the star, Connors does nothing during the movie to actually stop the terrorists. In fact at one point during the chase he runs over an old man that the terrorist had hit, guaranteeing his death. Horror icon Ken Foree plays his deputy but doesn't do much either. The movie is kinda bookended with action and filled to the brim with hilarious continuity errors, visible crew/equipment and movie mistakes. It's got plenty to riff with friends so gather yours, along with your favorite intoxicants, and check it out.
3 / 5 Burnt Kernels with Free Refills
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This is an awesome lineup, but the can't miss title is definitely Nothing Lasts Forever on Saturday night!
Letterboxd list: https://boxd.it/UpqDS
Trying to find some more horror movies with crazy, weird plot lines. I’d prefer if they were actually decent films but we all know the best ones are usually objectively trash LOL.
Massive points for 80s era films, but anything counts.
Vol. 2 of the soundtrack for my upcoming film 07.01.71.
In the early hours of July 1, 1971, a signal that shouldn’t have been possible began broadcasting from a station that didn’t exist, drawing seven strangers from seven different states across the country toward the restricted perimeter of Groom Lake...more commonly known as Area 51.
On July 1, 1971, Air Force security at the facility contacted the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, reporting multiple motion sensors tripped deep within their restricted perimeter. They requested a sweep of the outer perimeter for suspicious vehicles.
When units arrived, they found seven cars bearing license plates from seven different states parked in a precise semi-circle. All seven engines were running; all drivers-side doors were left open. No passengers. No luggage. Just seven handwritten notes on the dashboards:
"One of seven."
Forensic analysis revealed all seven radios were tuned to 701 kHz....a known "dead" spot on the AM dial that had suddenly become active. Local radio enthusiasts nicknamed the signal "The Sierra Echo." It didn't broadcast music or news. Witnesses described a voice reminiscent of an automated weather report or a looped military broadcast, repeating a two word phrase:
"One... Seven... One... Seven..."
The loop was layered over a subsonic resonance that distorted the listeners' sense of time and distance. The seven strangers, synchronized by the broadcast, had simply stepped out of their vehicles and walked into the sweltering thermal haze. They were never seen again.
By sunrise, the Air Force had seized all records. The official log for that night was scrubbed and replaced with a single line:
"False alarm. Cattle interference."
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https://outerbankx.bandcamp.com/album/070171-vol-2-original-soundtrack