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asterisk:
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asterisk: not
mine.
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asterisk: it
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OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
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Mansion of Madness
1973
Brainscan's
comments:
These
clips (with caps) come
from an unusual 70's
psycho-horror called
Mansion of Madness.
In the niche genre of
movies that look at what
happens when the inmates
control an insane asylum,
Mansion is not
horrible. So it does
not blow chunks, as many
70's horror movies do;
there is some fine acting
going on here and although
the characters do way too
much talking and way too
little doing, the dialogue
ain't half bad. But
the movie also has not a
bit of horror to it.
I wasn't afraid for the
life and health of anyone
at any time. The
scenes in the clips are as
violent as it gets - what
does it say when the only
T and A in a movie comes
during a semi-hemi-demi
rape scene and something
that is supposed to be
human sacrifice, except
the presiding judge
crushes grapes over the
nekkid body of a
gal? Anywho, there
is not one little thing to
make a viewer
uncomfortable and there is
no reason to worry about
what might happen
next. The two women
who give up some goodies
are Monica Serna and Ellen
Sherman. Monica had
a long career in European
movies and it is unlikely
this is the only time she
went topless on the big
screen but it is the only
one I have seen. And
Ellen is a case of a woman
who worked at the fringes
of movies and TV for a
while and then moved
along. Mansion was
her first movie and it is
apparently her one shot at
on-screen nudity.
She would finish her
career on TV as a
character in a sitcom that
lasted all of six
episodes. She was a
pretty woman with a
serious caboose on her and
some acting talent but
then Hollywood is just
chock full of women who
fit that description.
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Tin
God
(2011)
Johnny's comments:
Another quickie from an Australian film, this time a
recently
released one.
Tin God is a very low budget drama
about two
brothers who
couldn't be
more different
than one
another. Ethan
(Tana Smith)
is a bit of a
wanderer who
constantly
contemplates
everything,
including
suicide. Jesse
(Benjamin
Doolan) is a
ladies man who
owns a club
and couldn't
be more cocky.
Their already
tenuous
relationship
is about to be
tested by the
arrival of the
troubled Sasha
(Whitney
Duff), who
both men take
a shine to,
but Ethan saw
her first and
calls first
dibs. But,
Sasha seems a
little
standoffish
towards Ethan,
so in swoops
Jesse, which
causes Ethan
to have a
fling with his
ex Cassie
(Joey
Kingman).
Ethan brushes
Cassie off,
still
interested in
getting with
Sasha, but
Sasha seems to
want to play
the two
brothers
against each
other and with
Cassie
concerned
about what is
happening, it
is going to
end in
tragedy, one
way or
another. A
rough and
tumble drama
which offers
no respite
from the
misery, which
I don't mind,
but it's near
impossible to
go with any of
the character
because their
behaviour is
appalling. And
all bar Jesse
are highly
troubled. And
there's a
fascination
with cutting
one self which
is highly
disconcerting.
One moment is
very shocking
indeed. Very
hard film to
like and very
tough to
recommended,
but at least
it's something
a little
different.
As this film is mostly set at night and filmed with a
digital
camera. The
quality of
picture isn't
great, but
it's better
than the VHS
rips I've
done. It's not
bad, but it
ain't quality
either.
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