I'd Like to Explore Dawn Dunlap's Forbidden World

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Galaxy of Terror (1981) Trailer

It's always midnight in space.

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Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

From the Ocean Depths They Strike ... To Terrorize ... To Mate ... And To Kill!

Humanoids from the Deep

Humanoids from the Deep is like the result of Roger Corman  watching Jaws and thinking, "This is okay but if there were slimy green sea monsters instead of a shark it would be even better.  And if these monsters didn't just kill people but also raped the women, it would be awesome.  I think I have a new movie."

It stars Vic Morrow who sired Jennifer Jason Leigh, played a police sergeant in an episode of "Magnum P.I.," and was decapitated by a helicopter while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1982.  Now that you're in your happy place, let's summarize the film.

An evil fish cannery called Canco was experimenting with a growth hormone called DNA-5 to increase the size of its salmon.  These salmon accidentally escaped into the sea where they were consumed by larger fish, and these fish immediately mutated into half-man, half-fish monsters for some reason.  To advance their evolution they need to breed with human females and I guess they just like to kill human men for the hell of it.  So they all congregate on one fishing town where they do their killing and raping thing until some of the good townsfolk stop them with rifles, and spear-guns, and fire.

Greg's first blue angel attempt went horribly amiss.

Humanoids from the Deep has received a significant amount of criticism for being nothing more than gore and nudity.  Sometimes I think that's a good thing.  It's a monster movie produced by Roger Corman, not Citizen Kane.  Men get torn apart, women get topless and run around, stuff blows up.  That's more than enough to satiate my sophisticated palate. It's just a horror movie and a pretty damn good one, in my less than humble opinion.

Violence Rating:  4 out of 5
Booby Rating:  3.5 out of 5

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Deathsport (1978): In the Year 3000 There'll Be No More Olympic Games, World Series, or Superbowl...

Deathsport

Do you like motorcycle chases?  Do you like to see shit get blown up?  Well, do I have a movie for you.  Deathsport is Roger Corman's attempt to cash in on the success of David Carradine's previous film, Death Race 2000.  From the title and poster art, one would expect this film to be about a post-apocalyptic gladiatorial game involving motorcycles but that is only partly true.  The actual deathsport plays a minor part in the first half of the movie only.  There are still lots of motorcycle chases and explosions and deaths, just not in an arena.  Oh, and did I mention that Roger Corman stole the sound effects from Star Wars and used them for this movie?   What a guy.

After the great Neutron War, humanity has mostly been destroyed except for three races: the civilized city dwellers known as "statesmen," the wild warriors called "range guides" and some flesh eating mutants.  The insane ruler of of the statesman sees the range guides as threats and has them killed or arrested to fight in the deathsport on motorcycles that shoot lasers and sound like TIE fighters.  David Carradine and Claudia Jennings play range guides who escape from the game, rescue a kidnapped child and try to stop the statesman dictator from taking control of fuel resources and expanding his rule.  Doesn't that sound awesome?  It is...  sort of!

"I don't need a safeword."

This is a Roger Corman film so don't expect too much from it.  This isn't Star Wars, after all.  It's a campy science-fiction movie with lots of action and a substantial amount of boobage.  In other words, watch it drunk.

Violence Rating:  3.5 out of 5
Booby Rating:  3 out of 5

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Cockfighter (1974)

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