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I wasn’t planning on even reviewing this movie. After five days at Comic-Con, having to take notes on everything and process it all immediately, I was looking forward to seeing something that required no effort to think about, and no note-taking. Especially after the Monday drive that I thought would be a breeze relative to Sunday’s standard mass-exodus from San Diego suddenly turned into double-time because it seemed like people were having a free-for-all on accidents, including one big truck with a boat on its trailer that took up four lanes and backed traffic up to San Diego all the way from Oceanside. Fever Dreams LLC. Proudly announces the North American DVD release of WICKED LAKE on the Shriek Show label. The WICKED LAKE DVD streets on Tuesday, October 7th and will be available at fine retailers everywhere. The disc will be fully loaded with some wild extras including an audio commentary, deleted scenes, bloopers, still gallery, trailers and more! “… A standout brain-sucking sequence…” – Laura Kern, NEW YORK TIMES “Vile!” – V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST “… Twisted, female-focused horror tale… fans of industrial rock will enjoy the soundtrack, designed by Ministry front man Al Jourgensen.” – Andy Mauro, FanTasia.com “Wicked Lake is definitely one of the most wickedly demented films I’ve seen in a while… No punches are pulled in this mofo, and if gorehounds don’t get their fill in this bad ass bane of bloodletting nothing will suffice.” – Brian King, creature-corner.com “A film you will not forget… Gut wrenching… Bad to the bone and a horror film that sets new standards…” – Mike Skurko, SFINDIE “ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD” Festival, San Francisco “A pretty damn fun film… has some of the most original deaths I’ve seen on the screen… and there’s an overall sense of humor…” - Johnny Butane, DreadCentral.com “… A bevy of beautiful babes and a killer soundtrack…” “… Moments of genius… it’s got naked babes, a killer soundtrack (industrialized cover songs by Ministry) and it keeps you guessing… Freex like me will get a kick out of It. “ – Rev. Phantom, Phantamorte “FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! For the current generation.” “If endless boobs and blood are your idea of a good movie, look no further than WICKED LAKE… the gore is great.” – Heather Seabach, Shocktillyoudrop.com LYT on July 29, 2008, at 2:38 pm | Permalink | 4 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Uncategorized |
With a new teaser pic for y’all…
I’m in San Diego and won’t be posting much on this blog. But you will see posts of mine surface HERE, as well as some other places whose URLs I’m not sure of quite yet. LYT on July 24, 2008, at 8:26 am | Permalink | 2 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Uncategorized |
LYT on July 22, 2008, at 3:28 pm | Permalink | 4 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Uncategorized |
A friend passed along this DVD screener from a friend of his. I have no direct connection to the writer-director, Paul Todisco, nor to the production, but one thing I’ve been thinking about doing more is reviewing undistributed films, especially if they deserve to be distributed. I think this one does. How many films does it take to define a subgenre? You’re all familiar with the “Malaise in Suburbia” movies like AMERICAN BEAUTY and LITTLE CHILDREN, but they in turn seem to have inspired something else, which for want of a better term I’ll call “apocalyptic suburbia.” In these movies, such as THE CHUMSCRUBBER or HALF-LIFE, the ills and pills that gnaw at the insides of the perfect facade are also connected to the backdrop of a literal potential apocalypse, a sense that the world outside this community is headed for armageddon, fast (an odd stylistic detail is that all of these movies, so far, also include animated dream sequences depicting a post-apocalypse world). ONE DAY LIKE RAIN is the only one of these movies that I’ve really liked. At least, I think I liked it. I’m not entirely sure what happened in it. Todisco keeps things pretty abstract, and a second or maybe third viewing may be required in order to get everything. But what I think is going on is that a hot young thang named Gina (Samantha Figura) somehow has the power to rejuvenate the world while at the same time destroying half it, using the materials found in home chemistry sets. Or something like that. Honestly, the first time you watch the movie you may be distracted by Gina and her friend Jennifer (Marina Resa) in skimpy bathing suits, or the way Todisco frames a shot of the sky against the curvature of Figura’s breasts. I’m guessing he didn’t expect me to be paying attention to the plot at those moments. Anyhow, dream logic is at work here, and Todisco dutifully follows the two major David Lynch rules of low-budget filmmaking: #1: You can never have too many bass-heavy rumbles on the soundtrack. #2: Darkness, especially the absolutely pitch black kind, is scary in and of itself. If these sound sarcastic, they’re not. Seriously, both work. MAD COWGIRL also respects those rules. Douglas W. Shannon’s cinematography is masterful (yes, it’s more than just darkness and boob curvature), and should earn him some great gigs in the future. I’d talk more about the plot except I’m not sure I know what it is. In an unnecessary crib from WILLOW, the movie’s tagline is “Forget all you know, or think you know.” Does that imply that the finger with the power to change the world is my own thumb? Probably Gina’s, in this context. Anyway, main point is that this movie is playing at 7:15 p.m. at the Sunset 5 this Friday. If you’re not at Comic-Con, it’s one of the better things you could be watching. LYT on July 22, 2008, at 12:00 pm | Permalink | 2 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Uncategorized |
I don’t know how many people actually liked these when I did ‘em for OCW, but they’re the sort of thing I would want to read.
I love Rubio’s. Even though they insist on asking me my first name every time so they can call me by it instead of a number. It even got particularly creepy when, one time, the clerk, having remembered my name, actually called to me from behind as I was leaving, “Take care, Luke! See you later, brother!” I’m sorry, I don’t need him to call me Mr. Thompson or anything, but I’d really rather the guy not pretend to be my bestest buddy all of a sudden. Jack in the Box used to ask my name, but they seem to have stopped that. Good for them. But anyway, Rubio’s regular menu is good stuff, as is their Vanilla Coke on tap, and their home-made salsas beat Baja Fresh and El Pollo Loco by an orange county mile. However, not all their promo items work. The super nachos they had for a while were crap, and these grilled gourmet tacos are a mixed bag. You see the picture above as you enter, and peruse the choices: shrimp, chicken, steak, or portobello/poblano. Sounds good. But unless you look at the actual menu board, you lose one crucial detail: These things are also full of bacon. Well, except the portobello one, which is vegetarian (but not vegan, not even close). To me, this is a horrible thing to do to seafood. Now, I’ve been to plenty of parties where bacon-wrapped shrimp or scallops have been served, and I never got that either, unless it’s a deliberate trick to alienate the Jews by combining items they can’t eat. So I ordered one shrimp and one portobello, but the shrimp one was so loaded with bacon I actually returned it. They said they’d make me another one without, but when that one finally came, it was plainly the same one with the bacon picked out (I could tell because not all of it had been gotten out). Since it was kinda my stupid fault, I pressed the issue no further. Aside from the bacon, though, these things are decent, and the portobello one is best. They have a rather interesting layer of cheese inside, that’s been grilled so it sticks to the tortilla like another layer, so long that it almost has an eggy consistency. As for the rest, well, the description is above. I wish they’d just permanently bring back the langostino burrito. LYT on July 20, 2008, at 10:31 pm | Permalink | 4 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Fast Food Reviews, Uncategorized |
Every day it’s something. If not a leafblower, then a weedwhacker, or a lawnmower, or a chainsaw, or a circular saw. In Hollywood, the guys with leafblowers came once a week, and that was it. I’m thinking of designing a t-shirt with a picture of a leafblower that has a red circle and line through it, plus the phrase “Use a fucking rake, asshole!” And yes, I know the excuses. They don’t get paid much so they need to work fast. I don’t see that as justifying the extra noise and air pollution. LYT on July 19, 2008, at 12:42 pm | Permalink | 9 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Uncategorized |
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