maybe some kind of monster too
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
special features rule on that one
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
lol I love how we skipped stuff like Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will and just went straight to the Beatles
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
Human Centipede counts
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
shakey have you seen farewell, uncle tom? birth of a nation and triumph of the will have nothing on it.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
actually that's the only one mentioned so far that I haven't previously seen/heard of
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
it's a "re-enactment" of pre-civil war slavery featuring Haitian "actors" that were paid in bowls of rice
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
quality entertainment for Boyd Rice and Death in June fans
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
oy vay.. going to have to check this out for ghoul summer. ive had the riz ortolani soundtrack for a long time. never knew how ghoulish its source material is!
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Easily among the most repugnant movies ever.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Red To Kill for sure. But I found Principles Of Lust even more disturbing even though it isn't nearly as extreme.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
the soundtrack is a gem! It was the 5th and last made by the Mondo Cane dudes.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
Mondo Hollywood is kind of ghoulish, in that it features Bobby Beausoleil as "cupid" as well as Jay Sebring who ended up being murdered by The Manson.
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Eric H tell me more! Not a lot of info in English on those films.
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/farewell-uncle-tom-1972
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
that was the other band movie i considered posting
― 2 jazz boys 1 jazz cup (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Cannibal Ferox is suitably skeevy but obv that's the point
― 2 jazz boys 1 jazz cup (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
The synopsis is bad enough, but doesn't do justice to just how unpleasantly it was all shot ... fisheye lenses, all kinds of grotesque substances and puddings.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
and the focus on the teeth
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
It's like if some rando, poorly produced jr. high civics class video got mixed up with The Evil Dead.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the live animal slaughter in lots of Italian mondo/cannibal movies def counts as gross displays of humanity. The rape culture aesthetics of things like New York Ripper, House on the Edge of the Park (or Last House on the Left, also starring David Hess), Don't Torture a Duckling, Straw Dogs etc are equally repugnant.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
Straw Dogs rape scene is really strange and not of a piece w those others imo
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
I don't think this is the right forum or context to directly address that, but it's undeniable that SD was one of the main sources of the 'enjoyment of rape' trope common to lots of exploitative movies in the 1970s (just as the bodily mutilation in A Man Called Horse is one of the things that stands behind the Italian 'savage'/cannibal movie)
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
fair enough. I think it's a fundamental misreading of the scene but "influence" is a funny/slippery thing
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
Part of the limits of exploitation filmmaking is the way that it too often erases away any of the nuance and complexity of source material like SD or The Virgin Spring.
I wld highly recommend Stevie Simkin's long monograph on SD, btw:
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/straw-dogs-stevie-simkin/?K=9780230296701
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
ok sarah im going to watch goodbye uncle tom tonight. im pretty scared. the soundtrack is so ill tho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQyJThgf8Y
― Cory Sklar, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Dogtooth.
― cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 July 2015 09:18 (nine years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Cat_in_the_hat.jpg
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
excellent choice
― Cory Sklar, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
The Uncle Tom trailer is on Youtube and I just watched it. This is my last post as I am now going to step in front of a train.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Underrated ghoul: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/S%26Man.jpg
Justly rated:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Henryportrait.jpg
Shitty:http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/8585/p8585_p_v7_aa.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link