Tag: Cult Movie

Ominous Sunday Night Cinema: CANNIBAL GIRLS

We are Quite Amused to bring You the 1973 Canadian Independent Grindhouse Horror Comedy Film CANNIBAL GIRLS Directed and Co-Written by Ivan Reitman, and Starring Mr. American Pie Himself Eugene Levy. CANNIBAL GIRLS was Filmed between 1971 and 1972, in Rural Areas Surrounding Toronto, Ontario, Canada such as Beaverton and Oak Ridges. Needless to Say The Movie was made with a Very Low Budget and Much of the Dialogue was Improvised.

             

Plot Summary:

While on the Road Clifford Sturges and His Girlfriend Gloria Wellaby are experiencing Car Trouble. Their Car manages to Last Until They Couple reach the Small and Secluded Town called Farnhamville, where it finally Shits the Bed once and For All. Stranded, Clifford and Gloria check into a Quaint Little Motel owned by an Old Lady named Mrs. Wainwright. While inside , The Old Lady tells the Young Couple about an URBAN LEGEND known as the ‘CANNIBAL GIRLS’!!!

The Legend is about Three Beautiful but PSYCHOTIC WOMEN named Anthea, Clarissa, and Leona, Who Lured Men with Their Seductive Charm to  Their Home Only to Feast Upon Their Flesh as THEY ATE THEIR VICTIMS ALIVE!! By Devouring Their Victims and Drinking Their Blood, the Girls maintained Their Youthfulness, Good Looks, and Immortality.

              

Later on in the Story Mrs. Wainwright takes CLifford and Gloria to a Cozy Bed and Breakfast where the CANNIBAL GIRLS supposedly Lived Years Before. They meet the Host Known Only as The Reverend Alex St. John. Unfortunately for Them the Couple Don’t Realize It, but Their Dinner is being Served by the Three CANNIBAL GIRLS THEMSELVES! Also Unbeknownst to the Couple The Reverend Alex St. John is the Diabolical Force  behind the CANNIBAL GIRLS activities, and Who Possesses a Creepily Charismatic Hold on the Entire Town.

The Couple try to Leave the Town, but a Severe Thunderstorm and a Grim Warning of  an Escaped Lunatic from the Reverend prompts the Couple to Spend the Night. GLoria Cannot Call Her Parents since the Phone Lines are Down, and She cannot Leave the Town because the Buses won’t be Leaving until the Next Morning. Meanwhile Clifford becomes Distant and Develops a Craving for the Food that is Served in the Town’s Diner which is in Fact HUMAN MEAT! The NExt thing They Know the Couples Lives Spin Out of Control into Complete and Utter CHAOS as things Go from Bad to Worse. Can the Couple Survive to Tell the Tale of Betrayal, Murder, Human Sacrifice, and Cannibalism without Ending Up on the Dinner Table Themselves??! You’ll have to Watch and See for Yourself.

Enjoy.

Thanks For Watching,

Presented By   Les Sober & FYB 

A Monday Night of Sickening Cinema: The City Of The Living Dead!!!

THE CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD is a 1980 Italian Zombie Splatter Horror Movie Directed by Lucio Fulci who also Wrote the the Screenplay, and plays Pathologist Dr. Joe Thompson in the Film. Although Fulci worked in a Wide Array of Genres as a Director, Screen Writer, Producer, and Actor over His nearly 50 Career in the Film Industry. Fulci garnered an International Cult Following for His Giallo (in the Movie Context, for Italian Audiences Giallo has come to refer to Any Kind of Murder Mystery or Horror Thriller) and Horror Movies. Due to the High Level of Visceral and Graphic Violence that present in Many of Fulci’s Films that He is Frequently Referred to as “The Godfather of Gore”, A Title Given to American Splatter Movie Gore Master Herschell Gordon Lewis.

           

The Movie was released in Italy in 1980 under the Title Paura fella cotta dei Mortifications Vivrnti  in Italy which translates to ‘Fear in the City of the Living Dead’, and was Released in the United State in 1983 the Title Twilight of the Dead, which Resulted in a Cease and Desist Order from United Film Distribution Company due to the Title’s similarity to Their Own Film, George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Thus the Distributer, Motion Picture Marketing, withdrew the Film and Re-Released it under the New Title The Gates of Hell.

Brief Plot Summery:

The Movie is set in the Shunned Village of Dunwich (a Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror), where the Priest Father Thomas commits SUICIDE by Hanging Himself which Results in a GATEWAY TO HELL Opening, and Turning loose a Ravenous Pack of ZOMBIES OF THE DAMNED! Meanwhile during a Seance in New York, Mary Woodhouse sees Morbid and Horrific Visions of the Priest’s Suicide, and its Dire Consequences leading up to a ZOMBIE ONSLAUGHT on All Saints Day. Mary then suddenly Collapses to the Floor and Convulses then She appears to Die, Only to be Rescued from Premature Burial by the Journalist Peter Bell. The Two Travel to Dunwich to DESTROY THE GRAVE of Father Thomas in order to Stop the MASS ZOMBIE INVASION!

           

  • An Italian Newspaper La Stampa’s review of the Film “Not recommended for easily impressionable viewers.”, with a Story that grew Progressively into a “Expressive Nightmarish Atmosphere”
  • Jay Carr of the Boston Globe said “A Film Only a Diehard Necrophile could Love”
  • Dick Fleming of The Daily Times “Scenes Purely for the Sake of Shock Value”
  • Ringle wrote”Idiotic Sleaze Fest with Nothing to Offer but an Abundance of Filmed Animal Innards.”
  • AllMovie “City of the Living Dead benefits from Fulci’s ability to Create and Sustain an Intensely Creepy Atmosphere…. the Blending of Graphic Shocks and Surrealistic Atmosphere .”

Movie Quote: Mary Woodhouse “The City of the Dead. The Living Dead. A Cursed City where the Gates of Hell have been Opened.” Enjoy.

We Hope You Enjoyed this Italian Supernatural Splatter Film’s  Flesh Eating Zombie Fiasco as Much as We Did.

Thanks for Watching,

  Presented By Les Sober