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More VHS
classics. All comments by
Johnny Moronic.
As with all VHS Classics,
the quality varies. The
Newman Shame isn't the
best, but it's still
viewable, the rest looks
pretty good though.
Out
of the Body
(1989)
Out of
the Body is a Brian
Trenchard-Smith directed
supernatural crime
thriller that follows
David Gaze (Mark Hembrow),
a university lecturer who
would rather dabble in
music who starts having
disturbing dreams
involving the murder of
various women. At the same
time, someone (or
something) is murdering
successful women in the
exact way that seems to be
occurring in his dreams.
His girlfriend Neva (Tessa
Humphries from the
dreadful Cassandra)
believes him and thinks
that he is astral
travelling in his sleep to
the murder scenes. David
calls the cops to warn
them of the next murder,
but they think he's a
crackpot. Then, newsreader
Mary Mason (Mary Regan)
seems to be the next
victim and he desperately
tries to warn her, while
looking like a complete
lunatic himself. But, lo
and behold, she is killed
and the police suspect
David. But, how can it be
him, he's nowhere near the
scene of the crime at the
time. So, who is the
murderer and who's next to
be killed and does this
make a jot of sense.
Oh, my God. Holy shit! Out
of the Body is something
else altogether. Quite
possibly the most
laughable film I have ever
seen, in fact the entire
final act I was gasping at
how stupendously awful the
film had become. Never
mind that the red herrings
were painfully obvious or
David's lunatic behaviour,
nothing upon nothing beats
an astral travelling
killer. An Astral
Travelling Killer!!! I
shit you not. Just when I
thought Cut had the most
ridiculous killer ever
(the murderer from a film
coming to life), this film
manages to top it. Oh BTS,
you've topped yourself
this time. Absolutely
terrible in the best
possible way!
The
Newman Shame
(1977)
The Newman Shame is a
1977 Perth set
made-for-TV thriller
following John Brandy
(George Lazenby) and his
girl Ginger (Diane
Craig, um, who was hot
when she was younger,
who knew?) who are back
in Perth for the quiet
life but Brandy is drawn
back into the underworld
when a friend, Frank
Newman, apparently
committed suicide,
although his wife thinks
otherwise. Possibly
because she finds a
porno starring her
husband, which obviously
looks like he's been
doubled for the sex
stuff. Brandy and
against his wishes,
Ginger, head into the
seedy underworld to find
out who made the porno
and bribed Newman,
starting at a massage
parlour, where they are
found out, knocked
unconscious and left
with the body of one of
the girls in the porno.
Well, it's obviously not
them that killed her,
but now the plot
thickens. Not bad little
quickie from the 70s
that holds the interest
the entire time and
Lazenby is good in the
lead.
Tender
Hooks
(1990)
And one final movie,
that isn't a genre
film, but it's just
been sitting around
waiting for me to make
a quick video from.
Tender Hooks is a 1990
slice-of-life drama
about a group of
no-hopers just trying
to get through life as
best they can. Petty
crook Rex (Nique
Needles) shacks up
with hairdresser Mitch
(Jo Kennedy from
Starstruck) and first
they become friends,
then they become
lovers and then he
goes to jail and
escapes (with only a
week to go on his
sentence!?!). Also
about the people they
hang around.
Nique Needles
basically playing the
exact same character
from Afraid To Dance
and Jo Kennedy
continuing to prove
how criminally
underrated she is.
Apart from that, a
pretty forgettable
film.
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