Really late Multipak Monday

Demons & Witches Advantage Collection
BCI
$5

We get 10 movies in this set.I got this at cause I was trying to collect all the Witchcraft films on DVD. But some are hard to find and all of them are horrible horrible films. But it is 50 cent a film.

Witchcraft X-90 minutes  Stephanie Beaton is in this one as a very Scully like detective. Filmed in the UK the only big stand out is they got sorta scream queen Elieen Daily for the lead villain. Horrible film just horrible.

Witchcraft XI:Sisters in Blood-90 minutes 3 college girls go do a spell in a graveyard. Get possessed adn proceed to fuck every thing that moves. Stephanie Beaton shows but up as I'm Not Scully. But still a horrible film.

Witchcraft XII:The Lair of the Serpent-88 minutes Ok this is actually worst than the last two. Never managed to make it more than 30 minutes into it.

The Strangers-90 minutes Some kind of werewolf/lesbian/Skinamax after dark film. Skip it.

Crystal Force II-85 minutes Wow the first one was horrible this one is even worst. But so bad it is semi enjoyable.

Demonsoul-85 minutes Some kind of demonic possession film. Seems to focus more on boobs than a plot. Skip it.

Bloodbath-88 minutes Another film that focuses more on boobs than plot. Skip it.

Evil Sister-90 minutes Add Boobs and devil worship to a normal Lifetime movie and you get Evil Sister. Worth one watch if you are drunk.

The Screaming-90 minutes Pretty well done,but very low budget horror film. Best film on the pack. Worth 3 bucks by it's self.

Hell Spawn-90 minutes Another well done but very very low budget film. But still watchable.

The 3 films make this pack worth 5 bucks. But only if you can low budgets and cheesy acting.

Interview with Cinena Sewer creator Robin Bougie

I first started talking to Robin about 2 years ago. Had ordered the first softcover collection of the early Cinema Sewer zines and loved it. So found him on Facebook and we bullshitted about movies and stuff. Since then we have traded movies and zines a few times. And then this year for X-mas he was nice enough to send me not only a carded Dr Skull B Pez but this weird looking Japanese candy dispenser.

Now back to Cinema Sewer it is an annual magazine that covers sleazy films/comics/TV shows of all eras. But he does mostly focus on stuff from the mid 80s and before. I subscribe to it and look forward to each new issue.

Cinema Sewer online shop Warning NSFW

So about a week ago I jokingly told him I wanted to interview him for my humble blog here. "Sure Newt just email me the questions." So I sat down came up with a handful of questions and when I woke up earlier today saw he had answered them. Hope yall enjoy.


1.As a kid what cartoons were can't miss for you? And have you went
 back and rewatched them and realized they were crap?
I didn't have cable, so I did all my cartoon watching at friends places on Saturday morning after sleepovers. I loved that, man. That was the *LIFE*! Eating all their cereal and watching their tv, and just totally living it up! I loved watching KID VIDEO, WACKY RACES, SATURDAY SUPERCADE, THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN, TRANSFORMERS, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, and I was actually really really into the old 1960s SPIDER-MAN cartoon which aired in reruns all the time in Calgary Alberta Canada, where I grew up. I think I saw every episode of that at least 4 times, it ran so often.

To be honest, not a lot of those old cartoons have held up for me all that well. In fact, if I'm gonna revisit old cartoons, I'm more likely to watch the early 1990s Japanese stuff I got into in my late teens and 20s, like RIDING BEAN, any of the Studio Ghibli movies, LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND, ADVENTURE KID, KITE, MEZZO FORTE, and PERFECT BLUE.



 2.What one childhood toy do you wish you still had? And was there a
 toy you always wanted but never got?When I was a kid in the early 80s we were pretty poor. Single mom on welfare. I didn't get many toys, to be honest, which is probably why I started drawing in the first place -- as a way to keep myself entertained. So actually it kinda worked out good, because I love drawing. Many of my toys were hand-me-downs from my brothers and sister who had already moved out of the house by the time I was going to grade school. I got their lego and their board games, and a slinky and a bunch of other toys that were popular in the 60s. Haha it was kind of bullshit, man! All my other friends had He-Man and transformers and Gi-Joe, so I would just go play with their toys. Got me out of the house, I guess. It probably also explains why I started shoplifting hotwheels cars from the drugstore. I stole nearly a hundred of them over the span of a year before I got caught and brought home in the back of a police cruiser. My mom went fucking ballistic on me, especially after the cops told her she was a bad mom. After that any time I was gonna steal, I almost threw up I got so upset. It was like CLOCKWORK ORANGE or something.

I do remember the very first toy that I saved up and bought with my very own money, though, the LaserTag-ish electronic "tag" game with guns called PHOTON. It was fucking awesome. Loved that to bits. Bought it at radioshack for like $30 or something like that. Took me months to save up that much.

A toy I always wanted and never got? Hmmm... that would have to be pretty much all of them, dude! hahaha! I used to just pour over the department store catalogs and stare at the pictures of toys for fucking hours! Oh, man now that I'm listening to myself here, it sounds like I was fucking Charlie from Charile And the Chocolate Factory! haha I had a good childhood, I swear!





 3.Kirby or Ditko? Please explain your reasoning.As a kid I prefered Ditko over Kirby, and thought Kirby's art was ugly. As an adult, I feel exactly the opposite. The only reason I can give you is that kids don't know shit.

 4.If you became a rapper what would your rap name be?
BOUGIEMAN!
And my crew would be the Bougieclan!


5.Name 3 comics from your childhood that inspired you.
HEAVY METAL magazine: Possibly my biggest inspiration as a young teen.

TINTIN: Ok, now it sounds like i'm just naming off European comics, but I didn't even know TinTin was European when I was a kid. I just loved this comic, and read them all. All the Canadian libraries had them (and Asterix books) in every kids section of the library all through the 1980s. I wonder if they still do? I should check.

THE MINI-COMICS OF COLIN UPTON: Colin is a small press comics artist here in Vancouver, and I discovered his mini comics when I was in Junior High. I came to Vancouver on summer vacation, and they had his comics in an art gallery here that was doing a show on independent comic art. I bought a few and took them back home to Calgary, and they basically changed the way I thought about comics, and made me realize that I could make my own. Today, Colin lives downstairs from me in my apartment building and my wife and I babysit his cat when he goes away. Funny how things work out! 


6.Why do you think the gorgeous Thora Birch's career has went into the toilet?
Women generally have a very short shelf life in Hollywood. Some seem to be able to be famous on into middle age and beyond by either being Oscar-calibre performers or utter media train-wrecks, but most don't keep a career much further than their early to mid 30s. Think about all the other young actresses that were big in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. Most of them had a 10 year window, tops. Meanwhile male actors get to be sex symbols far into their fucking 60s -- and often with their love interests being WAAAAY younger women. It's pretty fucking revolting, if you ask me. Hollywood is kinda gross. People love to talk shit about how the average porn star's career is so short, but at least they know that going in. They get in, make their cash, and quickly get out to go have a "normal life". Everyone is on the same page. In Hollywood they're far more dishonest about how things operate.

Multipak Mondays 003

Universal 100th Anniversary spotlight collection Classic Monsters
Universal Studios
$8

Unlike the previous multipaks this one has 4 films that most people have heard of. I got it for X-mas this year. From one of my amazing Aunts.

Dracula-1931- 85 minutes The classic with Bela Lugosi in the lead role. Now I am not a huge fan of this film. Besides Bela and Dwight Frye I don't find any of the other actors/actresses to be very good. But Bela and Dwight keep the film from being a total bust.But anyone that considers themselves a fan of the horror genre of film needs to see this at least once. I love the commentary by David J. Skal. And there is a decent documentary about the film.

Frankenstein-1931-71 minutes First saw this film when I was 4. My mother and I had helped my Aunt and Uncle move to Texas. And my Uncle was excited cause Frankenstein was going to be airing on TV one day. So I watched it with him and became fascinated with Frankenstein's monster. Boris Karloff is great as the monster.Colin Clive is good as Dr Frankenstein and Dwight Frye turns in an amazing performance as Fritz. I have watched this film at least 10 times over the years. Like Dracula this includes a commentary,this time by Rudy Behimer.

The Bride of Frankenstein-1935-75 minutes  This is my second favorite of the classic Universal Horror films. I actually read a novelization of the film long before I saw it. Then late one night in the early 90s I saw SciFi channel was airing it. So I sat down to watch it. Karloff and Clive return as the Monster and Dr Frankenstein. The great Dwight Frye plays a henchman of Dr  Pretorius and as always Frye does a great job. The last 20 minutes of the film are breath taking. And like the last two films we get a commentary.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon-1954-79 minutes Originally released in theaters in 3d,this is the final film in the Universal monsters films. The Gill-man has always been a favorite of mine. And he was popular enough to get two sequels. Neither of which are as good as the original. The stunningly beauty Julie Adams stars as the love interest in this film. And she has a look that is both of it's time and timeless. I really want to see this in 3d at least once. But I think the only home release in 3d is the new Blu Ray release. And like the other 3 films in this pack we get a commentary.

Now I see this pack selling for 8 to 15 bucks online and it is worth that. All 4 films have great transfers and all the extras are interesting.

Please support Ralph Bakshi's Kickstarter

Last Days of Coney Island Kickstarter page



Legendary animator Ralph Bakshi is trying to get his newest project completed.

Last Days of Coney Island info

Mr Bakshi is well known for working on  The Mighty Heroes,the 60s Spider-man cartoon,Fritz the Cat,Coonskin,Heavy Traffic,and many other fun animated shows and movies.

He has been trying to get Last Days of Coney Island complete for awhile now. And has started a kickstarter to get the funds to finish it. If you are a fan of this blog or just a fan of animation please donate some money to support one of the best animators out there.

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Ghoul School
Brentwood
$7.50

Got this one for X-mas back sometime in the mid 2000s. Remember adding it to my wish list cause it has Ghoul School and the documentary Shock Cinema.

Ghoul School-1990-72 minutes

I first heard about this in Alternative Cinema magazine. And been wanting to see it for years. It is a decent low budget zombie film. When a chemical gets into a high school's water supply,the school becomes over run with zombies. I know Camp Motion Pictures has put out a stand alone DVD of this film. Which has a entertaining commentary. But the copy in this set looks and sounds decent. Worth a watch if you like low budget horror.

Filthy McNasty-2002-46 minutes

Starring Debbie Rochon,Chris Seaver and Teen Ape,this is the tale of two nerdy girls. Who receive a wish from a demon to become hot chicks. As with most films from Mr Seaver either you like his style of indy film or you don't. I enjoyed this but mainly cause Debbie Rochon can make almost any film enjoyable.

Mulva:Zombie Ass Kicker-2000-45 minutes

This is another low budget film from Chris Seaver. We get camoes from Debbie Rochon,Trent Haaga and Lloyd Kaufman. Mulva spends Halloween night eating lots of chocolate and kicking zombie ass. Not nearly as good as Filthy McNasty. But it is short and doesn't wear out it's welcome too much.

Shock Cinema-1990-117 minutes

This is actually two documentaries that seemingly were short at some con. Brinke Stevens hosts and most of the people interviewed are pretty interesting. This set is worth getting just for this if you have any interest at all in independent horror.

All 4 films on the set are worth watching. With Ghoul School and Shock Cinema being the best of the 4. Usually I see this set going for cheap prices. It is worth 5 or 10 bucks.Depending on how much you like low budget horror/comedies.