Fool's Views (6/1 – 6/30)

As we reached the halfway point of 2015, all the good things started coming in twos. Primarily in the form of Shout! Factory’s double dose of double features (already having graced fans with the “animals attack” quartet of The Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, Frogs, and Jaws of Satan, as well as the Carrie and Ghoulies two-fers). Not to be outdone, Arrow decided to lay the entire five-film Stray Cat Rock series on us, while a newly resuscitated Artsploitation served up Horsehead, House of 100 Eyes, and Der Samurai in one fell swoop.

In short, there was no rest for the wicked, and it was all we could do to keep up with things, considering we were then juggling Mockingbird performances and an ever-increasing class load in pursuit of my NASM personal training certification. Stamina was definitely the order of the day, with few opportunities to watch anything that wasn’t “assigned.”

The upside to this requisite reviewing is that I get to cut down on the apologizing for this particular installment (although we did finally make time to watch yet another double feature loaned to us back in November by Indy blood brother Craig J. Clark – the only two flicks that I didn’t review… because I didn’t have to).

As always, feel free to leave your two cents worth – we’ll make sure you get some change back.

Enjoy!

AC deals with laptop issues in his usual calm, discreet manner.

HORROR:

BLU-RAY REVIEWS:
Contamination (aka Alien Contamination) (1980) d. Cozzi, Luigi (Italy) (3rd viewing)
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Dog Soldiers (2002) d. Marshall, Neil (UK) (3rd and 4th viewings)
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Ghosthouse (1988) d. Umberto Lenzi (as Humphrey Humbert) (Italy) (1st viewing)
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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) d. Miike, Takashi (Japan) (2nd viewing)
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Horsehead (2014) d. Basset, Romain (France) (1st viewing)
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House of 100 Eyes (2013) d. Lee, Jay / Roof, Jim (USA) (1st viewing)
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Let Us Prey (2014) d. O'Malley, Brian (Ireland/UK) (1st viewing)
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Reptilicus (1961) d. Pink, Sidney W. (Denmark/USA) (3rd viewing)
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Der Samurai (2014) d. Kleinert, Till (Germany) (2nd viewing)
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Scarecrows (1988) d. Wesley, William (USA) 2nd and 3rd viewings)
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Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988) d. Simpson, Michael A. (USA) (2nd viewing)
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Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland (1989) d. Simpson, Michael A. (USA) (2nd viewing)
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Spider Baby (1967) d. Hill, Jack (USA) (5th viewing)
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Tentacles (1977) d. Assonitis, Ovidio G.  (Italy/USA) (2nd viewing)
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Witchery (1988) d. Fabrizio Laurenti (as Martin Newlin) (Italy) (1st viewing)
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“CIVILIAN” CORMAN:
Teenage Caveman (1958) d. Corman, Roger (USA) (1st viewing)

Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1957) d. Corman, Roger (USA) (1st viewing)



CIVILIAN BLU-RAY REVIEWS:
Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009) d. Mitsutake, Kurando (USA) (1st viewing)
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Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970) d. Hasebe, Yasuharu (Japan) (1st viewing)
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Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970) d. Fujita, Toshiya (Japan) (1st viewing)
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Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970) d. Hasebe, Yasuharu (Japan) (1st viewing)
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Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970) d. Hasebe, Yasuharu (Japan) (1st viewing)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971) d. Fujita, Toshiya (Japan) (1st viewing)
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2015 Totals to date: 166 films, 97 1st time views, 84 horror, 24 cinema