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Italian and Japanese films are definitely the world leaders in the memorable movie title stakes. However, there have been some interesting little titles from American and UK cinema.

An interesting title does not necessarily mean a good film. A lot of the films on my list are in fact barely tolerable and their title is the only good thing about them. However, I am continuing in my usual vein to present cult movies to anyone who views my writing. In fact, I feel it is my duty to provoke debate and awareness about low brow, low budget, cult cinema in a world surrounded by anodyne Hollywood mulch.

Some of these films may be trash – but like a dog returning to its vomit, I feel compelled to review them. I must be the world’s biggest masochist. But I love it!

10. Stuff Stephanie In The Incinerator (1989)

This is a Troma movie.

Wow. I know how much I hate Troma movies but I thought Zombie Island Massacre from 1984 might not be as cheesy as their other movies because it was made before the big fromage change-over they had in the late 80s. When stuff like Toxic Avenger, Redneck Zombies and Igor and the Lunatics made Troma a force in the zero budget, comedy horror genre. Unfortunately my optimism led me astray. Zombie Island Massacre, wheres the zombies, wait, was i…...

Side By Side is a highly informative and thoroughly entertaining documentary covering the very timely topic of digital vs. film. And it is hosted by Keanu Reeves. No, seriously. Even more shocking is that he does a pretty damn good job interviewing the likes of Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Robert Rodriguez, David Fincher, Chris Nolan, James Cameron, Lars von Trier, Stephen Soderbergh, George Lucas and many more. There are a few moments where he gives single word responses to his interview subjects in a way that seems like he is parodying an early 90s version of himself, but those few times just add a bit of humor to an already funny documentary. And yes it is quite funny. Many of the interviewees give humorous answers but the funniest moments stem from whenever David Lynch appears on screen. There is just something absolutely hysterical about the way he keeps dropping .Keanu. in his answers.

Pulp (pulp) n. 1. A soft, moist, shapeless

mass of matter.

2. A magazine or book containing lurid

subject matter and being characteristically

printed on rough, unfinished paper.

American Heritage Dictionary: New College Edition

At the time, he seemed to come out of nowhere. I mean, there was a Quentin Tarantino shaped vacuum, then suddenly, Reservoir Dogs was out and it was being talked about as if it was the cinematic equivalent of sliced bread. After that it was difficult to walk ten paces without someone saying ‘Have you seen Reservoir Dogs?!’ I had seen it. And, even as a youngster (too young perhaps to have been watching Reservoir Dogs), I was just as blown away by it as everyone else.

Tarantino holds pop-culture – more specifically cinematic iconography – in such reverence within his films that it’s difficult not to get swept up in the fervour. So much so that his critics...

Monsters are a dime a dozen and have been throughout history. There’s the Vampire; the Werewolf; the Centaur; the Fish Man; the Fly Man; the Ghost and the Goblin. And it doesn’t end there, the list goes on and on into the shadows but it only needs to be observed to realise that we love a good miscreation more than we possibly should.

But let’s examine the word itself – Monster. It’s derived from the Latin word monstrare which is ‘to show, point out or reveal’ (also intrinsic in the etymology of the word ‘demonstrate’). In order to truly terrify, a monster must reveal to us something in ourselves – something we may not necessarily want to acknowledge. This is why the Zombie endures even as other monsters are committed to history – our survival instinct forces us to fear our mortality and so most of us refuse to truly recognize it.

Please note, the article below is chock-full of spoiler-y goodness! If you don't want to know who survives the zombie apocalypse (and by extension, who does not) then read no further!

As Halloween fast approaches and Slingshot's urban zombie game, 2.8 Hours Later (www.2.8hourslater.com) is due to take over London, Shadowlocked's Leo Owen provides you with some fancy dress inspiration with her top ten zombie film survivors...

10. Shaun and Liz: Shaun Of The Dead

Edgar Wright's breakthrough feature is just as much a bromance as a romantic comedy, exploring the love between Shaun and Ed and Shaun and Liz. Once double-act Shaun and Ed have sobered up enough to realize there's an apocalyptic uprising of zombies, they're already under attack. Quickly formulating a flawed plan, they gather weapons from the shed and go to rescue their friends and family. Holing up in their local, The Winchester, seems like...

Here’s some news coming out of Troma HQ about their upcoming movie Mr Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical. It’s directed by Travis Campbell and stars Nicole Fiore and Tim Dax. One thing is for sure and that it is one Hell of a name for a movie, so let’s hope it lives up to its promise.

September 8, 2011 (New York, NY) – Greetings from Tromaville! Troma Entertainment’s latest film is a heavy metal murder musical starring the beautiful Nicola Fiore as Officer Scarlet Moretti.

Nicola Fiore is a true Scream Queen. A twice crowned Tromette of the Month, Fiore has had a long relationship with Troma Entertainment and has received significant recognition for her standout and award winning performances in the world of horror. Fiore recently completed filming Slaughter Daughter, directed by Travis Campbell (scheduled for a 2012 release), and is currently working on Rivers of Blood, directed...

Director Charles Cullen gives an intro explaining the film. He looks like Marilyn Manson. There’s lots of distinctively un-Manson music in this film. It’s like a bad joke. Of course, that’s how we roll when we run with Night of the Bums.

So, the movie starts out of kind of artsy, flickering in and out between black-and-white and color. At first I believed this to be some attempt at a real “art film” look, but it turns out quickly this is just an arbitrary accident. Then, we cut to a forest—“Haunted Hill”—where some people are laughing. I guessed wrong—this isn’t a gaggle of teens, it’s a trio of witches, making a potion that apparently has “lizard piss and frog skin” in it. They plan to whip up a potion that they’ll disguise as wine to turn the local “bums” into rampaging zombies.

The good folks over at AdWeek, one of my very favorite websites on the Internet, recently came up with the 66 Best Movie Taglines of the Last 30 Years. Sometimes, it's like they create lists specifically designed for me to pilfer. But I pilfer with affection, and I only partially pilfer in the hopes that you all will check out AdWeek for the complete list.

Here are my favorite 20 of the 66 Best Movie Taglines of the Last 30 Years. Note that the selection of taglines is in no way related to the actual quality of the film. If you are so inclined, do check out all 66 over at Adweek.

Armageddon

"Earth. It was fun while it lasted."

Army of Darkness

"Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas."

The Big Lebowski

"Her life was in their hands. Now her toe is in the mail."

Chicken Run

"Escape or die frying."

Dazed and Confused...

Year: 2008

Directors: Timothy Friend

Writers: Timothy Friend

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Amazon: link

Trailer: link

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 4.5 out of 10

Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula is less a throwback to good old Aip drive-in flicks from the 60s than it is a throwback to straight-to-video Troma films of the 90s. I know that probably sounds like good news for you Troma junkes looking to view a micro-budget indie that re-captures the glorious goofiness of something like Redneck Zombies, but unfortunately B and C vs. D doesn't have the same reckless abandon as those early underground movies and fails to push the envelope, winding up a somewhat fun, but mostly dull, film that doesn't really deliver on its tantalizing premise of, well, Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula for one.

That's not to say there's not some talent at work here. For one, we've got Tiffany Shepis playing Bonnie. Shepis is considered a...

Zombies are such a prevalent force in today’s popular culture that it’s almost unheard of not to know what they are. Even if you haven’t seen it, you’ve at least heard of Night of the Living Dead. Everyone is familiar with zombies, and the most famous examples–the original Romero series and its remakes plus newer movies like 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead–are known across the globe.

Unless you’re a hardcore zombie fan, though, you might miss the wealth of undead B-sides. Even casual fans have seen lesser-known flicks like Return of the Living Dead, where the brain-lust comes from. But there are hordes of zombpocalyptic films that most people will never see. Like Mystery Science Theatre 3000 features before them, these B movies are typically pretty bad which, often, makes them pretty damn good. For instance, you’ve probably never heard of…...

Word came yesterday that Vincenzo Natali (Splice) is attached to direct Play Dead, the eleventy-billionth permutation of the zombie subgenre. Here, the zombies will be football players who hope to win the high-school district championship, if only they can stop eating people long enough to play the game (it's based on a novel by Ryan Brown). It actually sounds decent.

Most zombie movies, however, are not. There have literally been hundreds of zombie movies made over the years, but most of them are ultra-low budget flicks that try to sneak themselves into your Netflix queue, or are seen by a handful of zombie enthusiasts fascinated with the combination. You can combine a zombie with almost anything (and I was surprised to find there isn't a Republican Zombie movie yet) and sometimes, you can make a compelling social commentary via these zombie films, but most of the time, they're unwatchable pieces of rotten cinematic flesh.

Horror-rock hellions Psycho Charger and Skinny Puppy frontman Ogre will be among the artists participating in the long-awaited sequel to Tim Sullivan's popular H.G. Lewis reboot, 2001 Maniacs. The sequel, now back on track and currently titled Field of Screams, will feature some horror-friendly tunes on the soundtrack, including Psycho Charger's single Redneck Zombies, and Ogre will again be appearing onscreen with his Repo! costar, the most excellent Bill Moseley... who may be serving up some wicked musical treats of his own. More goodies below the fold! The plot for Field of Screams finds the murderous populace of Pleasant Valley taking to the road after the local sheriff finally stops covering up their frequent...

Review by: Mario Dominick

Directed by Christine Parker.

Starring Jacqueline Martini, Conrad Osborne, Edward Warner, Darrell Parker, Wayne Bates, Heidi Martinuzzi, Pericles Lewnes, Jessie Walley, Angela Giddings, Zachary Edgerton, William Drake, Andy Miller, Chuck Williams, and Paul Cardulo.

Indie filmmaker Christine Parker, who gave us the enjoyable low budget horror romp The Forever Dead, brings us this fun zombie western about a feud between two brothers in an 1800s North Carolina town.

One of the brothers invents a special elixir that he tells folks will help cure all of life’s problems. Only problem is the elixir appears to be a zombie-making potion that turns the townsfolk into rampaging, flesh hungry zombies. All hell breaks loose as the zombies seize a church, a girl has one of her boobs ripped off, zombies are shot at, and an infected man attacks gets up and attacks folks in a saloon.

Fistful of Brains is a gory,...

The bad boys at Troma passed on a bunch of info on its new DVD series, the Tromasterpiece Collection, an assortment of reissues of the company’s past favorites. These editions will be the most comprehensive versions possible, with fresh transfers and special features and new cover paintings by Michael Gaughan.

First up on November 18 is the 13th-anniversary two-disc Shpadoinkle Edition of Cannibal! The Musical, the singing/flesheating comedy, based on the true story of Colorado legend Alferd Packer, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone before they hit the big time with South Park. The special features include:

• New hour-long interviews with Parker, Stone and producer Jason McHugh

• All-new audio commentary by the cast

• The legendary inebriated audio commentary by Parker, Stone, McHugh, Dian Bachar and Andy Kemler

• Never-before-seen deleted scenes

• Behind-the-scenes footage

• Production still gallery

• Homegrown Cannibal! stage productions footage

• New introduction by Troma topper Lloyd Kaufman

The...