Shark Attack 3: Megalodon

These past few months I’ve been really attracted to the idea of staying at home on Friday nights, feeling sorry for myself and gouging my face with cheap pizza and bad movies. Tonight was no exception to rule. However, where most nights I just pass out on the couch before a film is even completed, tonight I was fully awake for the absurd masterpiece called Shark Attack 3: Megalodon.

Normally I stay clear away from these "direct to video" pieces of poop, but this film was totally a diamond in the rough. Absolutely not afraid to be what it is...

and what is it? Totally ridiculous.

Don't believe me? Just watch this fantastic piece of suburb cinema.


Though not as beautiful as Troll 2, it certainly would go well as a double feature.

Megalodons are so cool...I wish they were still around today. Life would be really interesting.

On the Hunt for...Creature Double Feature

If you are as old as I am (or older), and grew up in the Delaware Valley area, then you may remember watching Creature Double Feature on Saturday mornings. I barely remember it, however, I seem to distinctly recall the opening sequence...with a grotesque corpse like hand crawling out of the dirt, clutching for the tombstone which rests behind.

You would think with the wonderful world of the internet and YouTube, somebody would have a copy of this and post it, but after several years of wishing and searching...it appears as though it will never surface.

And what distresses me the most is nearly all references to this show on the net are linked to it being aired in the Boston area on Channel 56. It's nearly impossible to find ANYTHING for this show which aired locally for me on Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA.

Sigh.

Perhaps one day I'll see this again. Until then, here are two neat little horror intros; the first one is a mock up someone made up using music from the original Boston show; and the second one has the same intro that Channel 29 used to use for their show with the same name. I had been searching for this one for years, just couldn't remember what the heck it was called. It may not be Creature Double Feature, but it gave me a big smile nonetheless.

My friend John's Mask Collection

Over the weekend I visited my friend John, and as always it's a site to be seen, especially if you are into horror and collect masks. For years I've always wanted to bring a camera to his place, fortunately this time I did. There were maybe at least 6 or so masks I forgot to take photos of...next time.

My Nerdy and Horrific Bedroom

Occasionally I'll get an email asking about my personal collection of horror stuff, and for the most part it's pretty much spread out through out my house. So, in an attempt to kinda show some of it off, I'm going to post some photos of my..um..collections of stuff.

To start it all off, I figured I go with the one area that's probably the most congested of stuff: and that's my bedroom. A pure heavenly land for dust. Click the photo below to see the rest of them! Enter at your own risk!

DVD Insanity

Haven't had much time to add to this blog, almost seems pointless to keep it if I'm only going to post once a month! Hmmm, must make an effort to add to it more.

Anyway, I guess it's the holiday season that's making me loose my mind, or perhaps it's just old age; but I've been going on a DVD buying spree this month, as well as trying to catch up with all of the damn movies that I've previously owned.

Here's a list of titles that I just recently purchased, with links to their IMDB home page.

Evil Aliens
Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
Black Roses
Deadly Friend
Alligator
The Last Hunter
Invasion of Astro Monster
The Muppet Show Season 1
The Losers
Land of the Minotaur
Terror
The Psychic
From Beyond the Grave

I always wanted to see From Beyond The Grave, mainly due to it's awesome poster art

I've only been able to watch of few of the new DVDs, so far out of the bunch that I have watched From Beyond the Grave was surprisingly very cool. With the exception of Tales from the Crypt, most Amicus anthology films are never as impressive as I would like them to be, however, From Beyond the Grave was not exactly scary, it certainly was interesting. The piece about the man with the irate (and homicidal) "elemental" on his shoulder was quite fun to watch. The wacky clairvoyant in that segment was something right out of a Harry Potter book.

I also finally sat down to watch Thriller: A Cruel Picture, and boy oh boy, what an amazing film! Admittedly the hardcore sex scenes were a little...odd and unnecessary, but as a whole it was a very powerful film. My only question is where the hell did the horse come from???

Been reading the Crystal Lake Memories on and off as well as the absolutely amazing Nightmare USA. Holy smokes, THAT book will take me at least five years to complete!

Okay, that's it for now...

Cloverfield Clip

Search and Destroy (1979)

Whew! Not what I expected. Preparing myself to watch another post-apocalyptic / escape from new york / road warrior rip off....this was everything but that! I must say it was absolutely better than I what I expected, with solid acting, intriguing plot, and a throbbing synth soundtrack that would have made John Carpenter jealous. I read that this was a pre-cursor to First Blood, but I didn't see that comparison anywhere, other than both films had their origins in Vietnam. I think I enjoyed this film far more than First Blood...at least this film was not predictable.

With an ending that pretty much equals "anti-climatic", but it seemed fitting...hmmm..yeah. I totally dug it.

By the way, the video artwork displayed on the VHS tape above has nothing do with the actual film at all! Gotta love 80's marketing! woo!