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Uchu kara no messeji DIRECTED BY: Kinji Fukasaku FEATURING: Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Masazumi Okabe, Vic Morrow, Makoto Satô, Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba PLOT: A race of evil robotic samurai conquer a peaceful tribe of leaf-headed aliens, who send out eight magic space nuts to track down reluctant heroes to save their planet. . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978) AKA The Incredible Torture Show DIRECTED BY: Joel Reed FEATURING: Seamus O’Brien, Luis de Jesus PLOT: A sadist who runs a Grand Guignol off-off-Broadway show as a cover for his white slavery ring kidnaps a theater critic and a ballerina to design his greatest production yet. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: I . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: BLOODSUCKING FREAKS (1976) DIRECTED BY: Paul Bartel FEATURING: Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Geoffrey Lewis, Cesar Romero PLOT: Gunfighters and dancehall girls converge on the dusty town of Chili Verde in search of buried treasure. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: It’s not really weird; it’s only the presence of cult icon Divine, matched up with eccentric . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: LUST IN THE DUST (1985) AKA Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy “Barbarella, pyschedella, There’s a kind of cockleshell about you…” –Lyrics from Barbarella‘s theme song DIRECTED BY: Roger Vadim FEATURING: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O’Shea, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, Ugo Tognazzi PLOT: A wide-eyed aviatrix known as Barbarella must travel to the outer reaches of . . . → Read More: 122. BARBARELLA (1968) Some may count the 1980s as the last great decade of pop culture. I disagree. The first half of the 80s was undoubtedly influential, but it was a continuation of the individuality of the previous decade. Around the halfway mark, the 80s gave way to the lack of personality blandness that saturated the 1990s (and . . . → Read More: SATURDAY MORNING WITH SID AND MARTY KROFFT 3 Mighty Men; 3 Giant Men DIRECTED BY: Tevfik Fikrat Ucat FEATURING: Aytekin Akkaya, Yavuz Selekman, Dogan Tamer PLOT: Captain America and Mexican wrestling champion Santo travel to Istanbul to help defeat evil antiques stealer Spider. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: It has its illucid moments, but there’s not enough consistent high absurdity . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: 3 DEV ADAM (1973) Do not be alarmed! The loud thud you are getting ready to hear is merely the sound of your jaw dropping to the floor while watching Child Bride (1938). And before the credits roll, you will know that you have truly entered a twilight zone from the gutter cinema of yesteryear. Of course, in 1938 . . . → Read More: CHILD BRIDE (1938) “Would a watermelon in the midst of a chase sequence not be, in its own organic way, emblematic of our entire misunderstood enterprise? At once totally logical and perfectly irrational?”–W.D. Richter, explaining why there is a watermelon inside the Banzai Institute DIRECTED BY: W.D. Richter FEATURING: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher . . . → Read More: 112. THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION (1984) *This is the first testament in our Ed Wood Gospel. The second, New Testament, will cover Wood’s late films, including his collaborations with A.C. Stephens. This month, Ed Wood‘s Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) sees its Blu-ray release; posthumously, Ed is thoroughly enjoying his last laugh. He can thank those smug, condescending, hopelessly unimaginative . . . → Read More: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO EDWARD D. WOOD, JR! DIRECTED BY: Jim Sharman FEATURING: Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Barry Humphries, Richard O’Brien, Charles Gray, Ruby Wax, Patricia Quinn PLOT: A young married couple end up in a town that’s actually a giant television network; Janet is groomed as a celebrity, while Brad becomes a mental patient in a hospital show. WHY IT WON’T . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: SHOCK TREATMENT (1981) |
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