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Video streaming is becoming increasingly popular and there is a ton of content available now more than ever online. I want to help you sort through some of the bad stuff so that you can get down to the real entertainment. I have set out to watch some of the worst our streaming services have to offer so that you won’t waste your time. The requirements I had for these movies were that they had to have a rating less than 35% on Rotten Tomatoes or a one or two star rating on their respective streaming service. As far as ratings go, the more turds a film gets the worse it is.

And who knows some of these bad movies may the just the thing you are looking for. God bless you for being that person and thanks for visiting!

Introducing: Zombie High (1987)

As school starts again for thousands of students across the nation, and teachers too, what better way to open a new school year than with a movie entitled, Zombie High. Now, some teachers can debate that there are days where high school students walk around as if in a zombified state anyway, but it’s always nice to see someone else having to put with it for a change. And in the case of Zombie High, it’s a young Virginia Madsen that gets to deal with those students, but only because they are her peers. Sound interesting…it’s not. I’d rather spend 93 minutes in a high school economics class listening to a lecture that have sit through Zombie High. But, I did. So, in honor of school beginning and of the reports and papers that are bound to be written in the next few months, I have provided you with the Clif Notes versions of this academic nightmare of a flick.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Rob Link

Starring: Virginia Madsen, Richard Cox, Paul Fieg, T. Scott Coffey, Paul Williams

Rated: R

Tagline: None – Might I suggest, “This school will pick your brain.”

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 15% Audience

Number of  lobotomized students it takes to form a perfect dance number in sync: 4

A promising young woman is awarded a scholarship to a prestigious all boys boarding school. When she starts to notice that her peers seem to drastically change their personalities and become straight laced focused students, she begins to uncover a nefarious secret about the school’s never-aging faculty.

Most Important Parts you Won’t want to Miss:

• Everybody knows actions speak louder than words, listen to the beat get up on your feet. Let’s Go!
• Pop up those collars kids, it is the 80’s after all.
• Carpe Diem! –  in harmony
• They sure aren’t stingy with the mashed potatoes.
• Looks like someone is going to need to learn some different pick up lines.
• Gang rape by some frat boys.
• Watch out for the girls that have PSM. They are a bit weird.
• Zzzzz…oh, what?
• If a scream and a crash of stainless steel equipment isn’t a clue that someone is sneaking about in the infirmary, nothing is.
• I’m guessing that whoever scored this soundtrack was a drum major.
• The professor looks pretty good for a 102 year old.
• Best use of scene swipes since Star Wars.
• Breakfast of Champions – injections of blood and brain matter.
• OMG, I’m having flashbacks to watching episodes of Dukes of Hazard during the car chase.
• Man, those screen swipes sure are noisy.
• Stay out of the way when old zombies want to hit the bottle.
• Barry’s shoes must double as roller skates.
• Quite possibly the worst rip off of the Beastie Boys I’ve ever heard
• My thoughts about this movie exactly – Kiss My Butt!

Award Winning Quotes:

“You know there’s a 10 to 1 guys to girls ratio here?”

“You give me potatoes, I’ll kill your entire family.”

“The only thing I hate more than women is men.”

“Dullness is a contagious disease around here.”

“You can’t replace human emotions with a crystal.”

“Craziest damn thing I ever heard.”

“Craziest damn thing I ever heard.”

“Craziest damn thing I ever heard.”

“You’re tapped, f**ker.”

“Got yourself quite an education didn’t you?”

THE FINAL WORD:

Despite the always entertaining, Virginia Madsen, and the awesome 80’s clothes, this movie really doesn’t have much to offer. If you were thinking that you were getting ready for an all out zombie fest full of blood and gore. Well, think again. The plot is quite uninteresting and actually a bit stupid. Saying that the pacing was a little sluggish is doing this film justice. What a bore. In fact, nothing happens until a Hazzard County style car chase scene, complete with dirt road fishtailing and dirt pile jumping, that takes place when the “mystery” of the school starts to take shape. The special effects masters of this film didn’t do a whole lot better either. What little bit of “monster” we saw, was nothing more than a latex mask pulled over the head that no one made an attempt to conceal by at least tucking the bottom of the mask down into the actor’s shirt. Nope, it was left just hanging there for a scene that maybe took 10 secs of screen time. If this film was being graded at it’s own fictional academy, it would receive a generous D-, but since I’m grading it, I give the film the score that it has earned with a score of 4 turds.

One Year Already? We grow up so fast.

It was exactly one year ago today when a bored cord cutter needed something to watch on TV and had to rely on Internet streaming services to satisfy that need. That’s right, Reel ExStream turns one year old today. Happy Birthday to us! Hard to believe that we have watched 40+ movies on those streaming services, all of varying degrees of horribleness.  I sometimes wonder if there will be enough movies to continue posting, but then I remembered, as long as The Asylum keeps producing movies, there will always be plenty of film to poop on.

To everyone who has Favorited, followed, commented, and shared via our blog, I give you a big THANK YOU! That is what makes the writing so much fun. Let’s hope our next year continues to be just as much fun. Now let’s go find more crap to watch!

 

Introducing: Bloody Birthday (1981)

This week marks a large milestone for our little piece of heaven on the web we have here. This week, we turn one year old! A whole year and my how we’ve grown. Unfortunately, haven’t matured a whole heck of a lot and our taste in movies hasn’t gotten any better either. So to celebrate our impending first birthday, I’ve decided to watch a classic piece of masterful cinema about a birthday, the film, Bloody Birthday. I mean what better way to celebrate your birthday with a cheesy movie about killer kids? How can one go wrong with that surefire premise. Right? If one wanted to spend about 83 minutes of mindless movie watching, this one just might take the cake (pun intended). To help, we’ve listed the most important things to take away from the film.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Ed Hunt

Starring: Lori Lethin, Melina Cordell, Billy Jacoby, Andy Freeman, Elizabeth Hoy, K.C. Martel

Rated: R

Tagline: The Nightmare Begins with the Kids Next Door

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 0% Critics – 41% Audience

Number of

Plot: Three children are born during a solar eclipse and have their blood lust seemingly awakened ten years later. They begin to leave a bloody trail of friends and family in their small community. It’s a classmate and neighbor kid who seems suspicious of them and along with his older sister, try their best to stop the three little heathens.

Things you won’t want to miss:

• No budget wasted on the opening credits that’s for sure – plain white lettering on black with a creepy piano playing in the background.
• It’s a boy, it’s girl, and it’s a boy! With a birth, shouldn’t dilation be getting bigger?  Oops, nevermind it’s a lunar eclipse.
• Boobs!
• Ohhh baby, loving the pink ribbon tied around the neck. What a hottie!
• Ah, remember the good old days of school? When children sat quietly in rows and police officers could come and interrogate them about the local murder?
• Boobs!
• Careful little fellas, you’re liable to make another hole on that wall a little lower.
• Dancing sister really likes the color red (bra – when she’s wearing it, panties, pants, and halter top)
• For a ten year old boy, that is sixty cents well spent.
• Little Steven is trying to show off for his girlfriend by having batting practice with her dad’s head. How romantic.
• Hide and Seek is a lot of fun until someone gets locked in a refrigerator. Thankfully for Timmy he’s a young MacGyver.
• Even at ten years old, girls are already crazy about scrapbooking.
• You can tell it’s the early 80’s when teachers are more concerned about being snuck upon than having a gun pointed at their face.
• Sometimes paper towels can’t decide if they want to be on the floor or not.
• Play Doctor? Sounds like little Debbie has a secret crush on Timmy, the little rascal.
• First a dead teacher falls on you and then a random car tries to run her over in a junkyard. Poor Joyce is not having a very good day.
• Who knew Saturn was so important to the morals and virtues of mankind.
• Important Note to Parents #1: Plastering posters of Deborah Henry and Erik Estrada on the bedroom walls will make your teens horny.
• Boobs, butt, and BANG!
• Did the clown steal the “I CAN’T SAY NO” t-shirt from the red bra and panties sister?
• Damn it, that cake looked good too.
• Be careful with that arrow, you’ll shoot your eye out!
• Apparently Nugget the dog needs another eye as well.
• Now Steven, we all saw you take a glance over at the camera (1:12:13)
• Kind of hard to strangle someone when their boob gets in the way.
• Nice shot, right through Eddie Van Halen’s head!
• Most creative way of stopping a killer, dump a smelly fish bowl over his head.
• After shooting thirteen bullets, that six-shooter should be empty.

Killer Quotes:

“You wanna play ambulance?”

“That bell does not mean that you are dismissed, it is a signal only for me to dismiss you.”

“Honestly Beverly, he’s got a mind like an X-Rated soap opera.” (Is there such a thing?)

“But what if she catches us?” – “No way. Her brains are in her bra.”

“You wanna play doctor?”

“Watch what you’re saying, he’s never told a lie in his life.” (Well then, just your typical 10 year old I guess.)

“Don’t worry mommy, from now on I’m going to be a good little girl.”

THE FINAL WORD:

If I could sum this film up in one word it would be…creepy. Creepy because of the premise of the film and creepy because unfortunately, there could be some kids today that have the same thoughts as the three young serial killers in the movie. This is definitely a movie that would not have been made today due to the content and the current state of our nation. One could also argue that creepy would also describe the trio of young actors at the center of the film. They were actually pretty good. In fact, the best acted part of the whole film was the child actors. Billy Jacoby played the sadistic, evil, and smart, Curtis, particularly well and has a psychotic look in his eye. One scene in particular that made me appreciate a couple of other child actors was one in which two of them were sitting on their porch discussing the murder of a friend. The hurt in their eyes looked genuine. The adults in the film were just there as fluff and to give them someone to kill. As a whole, the film is morbidly entertaining. The dialogue is nothing spectacular and the script has about as much disregard for the plot as the child killers did for their victims. The music was a hacked up mixture of Jaws and Friday the 13th but not distracting. If that isn’t enough, then have fun seeing the clothes, household furniture and surroundings, and other items that were reminiscent of the early 80’s. Call it generosity due to our own birthday or a macabre personality, but I actually had some fun with this movie. A lot of similarities to another film we watched earlier called The Children. The movie gets 1.5 turds and I suggest that others give it a chance.

Introducing: DragonQuest (2009)

Nothing says “horrible movie” than a direct to DVD fantasy adventure. And The Asylum production company is never one to let us down. The latest film I watched was a hero’s quest to save the kingdom. And believe me when I tell you that the quest was a total waste of time for both film watchers and apparently script writers.  You will go on a difficult quest yourself by trying to  make it through this movie in one sitting without getting up to do something else or restart because you fell asleep, which trust me, is more difficult of a quest than that of the film’s hero. So to help you make it through the movie, I’ve provided you with some of the most important parts of the film.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Mark Atkins

Starring: Marc Singer (the f’n Beastmaster!), Daniel Bonjour, Jason Connery, Brian Thompson, Jennifer Dorogi

Rated: PG-13

Tagline: Our fate lies in the hands of one.

Rotten Tomato Score: 11%

Number of color changes to Arkadi’s shirt: 4

Plot: A young boy (mildly) is forced to be a hero and complete a series of quests to find the precious stones of virtue and piece together a medallion that will help him defeat a dragon conjured up by an evil ancient warlord.

Important things you won’t want to miss:

• Impressive sweeping landscapes to open the movie
• Squeezing the blood out of a necklace summons shadow dragons. Wait what?
• Meanwhile at Hansel and Gretel’s cabin…
• Typical teenager, smoking magic dust and perving on the neighbor girl.
• Fire Dragons tend to be the most intimidating, except to teenagers.
• CGI castle is home to many angry actors
• Epic battle 300 style, with animated blood spatter and severed head. THIS IS SPARTA…no, it’s not, it’s crap.
• Talking dragons makes old people commit suicide.
• Don’t mess with scantily clad women wielding sticks and powerful legs.
• In my day, Maxim was the name of a men’s magazine not a Beastmaster trying to talk like a pirate. Arrrrrr.
• Marc Singer (Maxim) has quite the rubber face. Somebody give that guy some prunes, it seems as though he needs to take a poop.
• Eight foot river monster lives in a creek that looks to be only 5 feet across. That’s one deep ass creek bed.
• Safety Tips for Kids #1: You must control the urge to smoke a tin foil star covered blunt while in the belly of a beast.
• The Keeper must be brave to put a jewel from the green sparkly belly of a river monster in their mouth. Gross.
• I don’t suppose anyone could get that vendor a pair of finger nail clippers?  How does she wipe for God-sake?
• Oh lovely, nothing like a chain breaking and sleeping bearded guy montage to make the movie drag on even more.
• And the point of the large exoskeleton spider was what? Other than a reason to use some bad CGI effects? And wow, that has to be the most brightly lit cave I’ve ever seen.
• Well, that’s one gem that I wouldn’t have gotten. It’s in the tub for me!
• Seems like the jewels of the medallion are just laying all over the place and everyone has one.
• Safety Tips for Kids #2: Never follow a Vulcan-like man into a tent by yourself. Nothing good will come of it.
• Note the ease that Maxim the Knight takes out the most worthless group of minions ever.
• Arkadi, I’d be frustrated to, I mean you’ve worked so hard to find the gem stones, considering most of them were just given to you.
• Not only do Kirill’s minions attack one at a time, but they also use plastic swords to do it.
• Light/Ice Dragon is like a fully grown Pokeman creature.
• Five minutes of non-climatic plasma beam fight between hero and villain ends in forced facial expressions.

Dialogue:

“What’s in your pouch boy?” (That’s probably not something you should be asking a young boy.)

“He became blind to the greatest virtue of all, humility.”

“I didn’t ask for this. I don’t want it.”

“The bed’s not soft, but the latrine is convenient.” (So just shit anywhere you want, the writers seemed to.)

“The virtues in the stones, will match the virtues in the man. The power lies in you.”

THE FINAL WORD:

DragonQuest is not a good movie. There, I didn’t beat around the bush. Despite the awesome and gorgeous landscape shots that were seen throughout the film, they were not enough to save this movie from itself. The plot features one of the lamest quests ever seen in film. The hero had to do absolutely nothing to get the gems with the exception of one. It seems as though everyone has a gem to give out thus not making the hero go through hardly any danger to receive the gems to complete his quest. And come to find out, that he doesn’t even find the all the gems. The fight scenes were lacking of any type of creative choreography to consider this an action movie. The fights consisted of the same pattern every time and goes as follows: Villain swings, hero ducks, hero grabs villain’s arm and swings their weapon for the “kill”. While the acting is not great, it is rather serviceable considering the story. If this film starred Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp, it still would not have been enough to make this movie any less painful to watch. 4 fiery dragon turds for this one.

In the Meantime…

Been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a chance to sit and review a cheesy flick on one of my video streams. It’s summertime and I’ve have been more than busy. So until I can get some time to relax, let me tempt you with a film that is sure to be streaming at some point but can be reviews this week courtesy of the SyFy Channel.

Bet my word that this film is perfect turd material. Leave it to the SyFy Channel and Shark week to never let us down.

 

 

Sharknado – Trailer —

http://www.syfy.com/videos/Syfy%20Movies/Promos%20&%20Trailers/vid:2659154

Introducing: Super Capers (2009)

It’s not very often that I get really excited about seeing a movie in the theater – The Dark Knight Rising was high on my MUST SEE movies at the theater. This weekend, another just as anticipated movie is set to hit cinemas – Man of Steel. And boy am I excited. I was threatened by my girlfriend not to go see it without her, so in the meantime, I need something to get my Superhero fix. I turned to my old faithful Netflix subscription service to provide what I was looking for. Now, I could have easily chosen some of the proven winners such as Thor, Captain America, or Iron Man 2, but that would be too good just in case my anticipation of the new Superman film didn’t live up to my expectations. No, I decided to look for something that was bad so that I would not be underwhelmed by Zack Snyder’s latest film. And low and behold, I found a potential turd in the movie Super Capers.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Ray Griggs

Starring: Justin Whalin, Michael Rooker, Clint Howard, “Tiny” Lister, Adam West

Rated: PG

Tagline: Fighting evil has never been funnier!

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 0% – Ouch!

Number of  bad movie references to Great movies: 10 (And possibly more that I missed when I dosed off.)

Plot: Ed Grubberman wants desperately to become a superhero. So much so that he dons his own handmade cape and tries to fight crime out on the streets. As a result of being sued by one of the criminals he fights against, he is assigned by the local judge, to join a team of caped misfits who live in a halfway house for Superheroes. Ed gets himself in the middle of a criminal plot by the judge, who is a former superhero himself, and is framed for the theft of several gold buillion (bars). Through the powers of time travel and apparently stupidity, the team foils the plans of the criminal mastermind and uncover his secret plot.

If it sounds stupid, trust me, it is.

Important things to take away from this movie:

• Superhero movies just aren’t the same without that distinct flipping red Marvel rectangle or the folding DC logo.
• First indication that I’ve stumbled upon a bad move – Clint Howard.
• Corny cartoon sound effects are going to make for a long movie.
• Comic panel opening credit sequence that thinKs it’s extremely funny.
• Being Merle has made Michael Rooker so much cooler!
• Who knew this movie was going to be half live-action and half MAD magazine?
• Good to see Adam West still getting some use out of the old Batmobile.
• Where can I get me a Schwarzenagger robot?
• Inflatable chairs beware with Puffer Boy around.
• Cool looking Minotaur outfit.
• A homophobic joke and a Christian joke both within a minute of each other.
• Superheroes need to be careful when doing their own laundry so that their tights don’t shrink.
• Wow, that was probably the worst Shatner impression I think I’ve ever seen.
• Mannequins make pretty good speed bumps and they make squishing sounds.
• Robot pick up lines sometimes go unanswered.
• New white suit turns Grubberman into a pussy…cat.
• FBI or Men in Black? YEAH!!
• Dark Winged Vesper looks like a cross between Adam West’s Batman and Dracula.
• Will Powers plays Wack-A-Mole with Red. Don’t call him old.
• Why does a Superhero spoof keep referring to a science fiction movie?
• It looks like Michael Rooker is about to walk off the set at the stupid “Return of the Jedi” scene. – “This is ridiculous!” Hell I’d leave too.
• If you hit pause you might actually be able to tell that Arnie robot has a face.
• Cue god awful Back to the Future sound alike music. Alan Silvestri must be throwing up.
• Morbidly bad Marlon Brando impersonation
• Don’t we all need an “In case You’re Screwed” button?
• OMG! The Greatest American Hero theme! Easily the best way to end a terrible movie.
• What the Hell? Need a good Chili Pie recipe? Watch the credits.

Super Sayings and Dynamic Dialogue:

“I’m going to send you to a Superhero halfway house.”

“I was Manbat, would you like an autograph?”

“How many men does it take to open a beer? None, it should be open when she brings it.”

“SuperCapers, let’s rock!”

“I’m making a sound effect. No superhero can use his powers without a good sound effect in the background.”

“Do you always talk to yourself?” – “Ah crap, that was supposed to me my inside voice.”

“Great horny toads, it needs some adjusting.”

THE FINAL WORD:

Now, there are several movies that I loved growing up as a child and even those that I would say have had a big impact on my movie watching experiences and my in some way my childhood growing up. CRASH! I however do not feel the need to make a crappy movie  and shove in corny and out of place references to these films to show my appreciation for them. That’s what this film has done. With references to respectable movies such as Star Wars, Back to the Future, James Bond, Star Trek, and others, SuperCapers ends up a jumbled and very unfunny superhero spoof that looks more like director Ray Griggs is making fun of the movies that influenced him rather than paying homage to them. Z ING! Why is it, the movies that are purposely trying to be funny end up being some of the dumbest? The actors try to make the dialogue sound funny and do a pretty good job with what they have been forced to work with. WHACK! And what spoof wouldn’t be complete without the occasional cameo from former Hollywood stars (Adam West, Clint Howard, June Lockhart) I use the term “stars” loosely of course. ZAP! Griggs even gives himself a role in the film.  HONK!  He should stick to directing, at least the direction of the film was done too terribly bad. But, I plead to all filmmakers out there who are wanting to make a film that is family friendly and supposedly funny. Please, please, please, for all that is good in the world, stop adding the cartoon sound effects to every little action. BOING! SPROING! THUD!!  In describing this film, I’ll use one of the favorite sayings of hero Ed Grubberman, “Crap”. I’m giving this superhero spoof 3.5 out of 5 turds.  SPLAT!

UPDATE!!!

“Man of Steel” kicks ass by the way.

Introducing: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Just spent four weeks at summer camp to start my summer vacation and now with my tour of duty done (for now) I can catch up on some movies and the blog. I’m sure my couch has been missing my ass this whole time. So, what better way to start of my post summer camp movie viewing than watching movies about, well, summer camp. Growing up in the 80’s brought a plethora of camp movies from Meatballs to Friday the 13th. It was the Saturday night slasher films that have always been the most interesting and entertaining to me. And with that, I was excited to see a series of B-Movies camp slasher flicks, starting with Sleepaway Camp 2.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Michael A. Simpson

Starring: Renee Estevez, Pamela Springsteen (yes-Bruce’s sister), Brian Patrick Clarke, Walter Gotell

Rated: R

Tagline: When you go camping, just take the essentials.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 20%

Crazy Counselor’s Body Count: 18 and 1 implied

Camper turned serial killer in Sleepaway Camp, Angela Baker returns to a new camp only this time with a new identity and new position as counselor. Her goal is to make sure that the campers are following the rules and being nice and if they aren’t then she takes it upon herself to “send them home” or kill them one by one in interesting and macabre ways.

Important Things you can Learn:

• People with mullets always tell the best ghost stories around campfires.
• Be sure to pick Angela for the softball team, she’s got quite the swing.
• Boobs! Boobs! – Tit Patrol reporting for duty
• Camp is for early 20 year olds who get stoned and sleep naked.
• Blue Ribbon winning counselors are always the most chipper in the morning.
• Anybody think that names of the campers is a coincidence? Molly, Ally, Judd, Charlie, Sean, Emilio, Demi, etc
• Can you find the wet t-shirt winner?
• Getting high and drunk is likely to get you burned during camp.
• The loudest pantie raid ever. Nothing encourages bunk bonding than a pantie sort.
• Boobs!
• Were there cordless drills in 1988?
• In the naval reserve!  Ha Ha! Good one.
• Not sure exactly what the “feel the surprise in the box” game was for? I can’t imagine a bunch of high school graduates would be lining up for that one. Thank god for them that Justin Timberlake wasn’t there, we all know what he likes to put in a box.
•  Polaroid Boobs!
• Turn that radio up. Hell yeah! The only black girl in camp likes her some 80’s hair metal. That’s her jam!
• A black Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger with a mullet. Yeah, I’d be scared.
• Boobs!
• Wait blonds can’t read can they? Why does she keep looking at that note?
• Was that a leech or a turd on poor Ally’s face?
• Guitar strings are awfully tough on the throat.
• Apparently when a girl screams at camp, nobody seems to care.
• Dear Angela, would you please learn another verse to the song, Kum ba yah.
• Looks like Freddy Krueger got his face back.
• Tips for Kids #1: Battery acid kills if it comes in contact with your skin, so please be careful.
• Gotta love our justice system. Serial killer gets out after four years. She’s perfectly cured. After psychiatric treatment and electro therapy that is.
• Bravo for Anthony’s Ned Stark impression.
• Great, kill the only two kids who were of age to go to this summer camp.
• If the smoking doesn’t kill you, the crazy camp counselor will.
• Nice 80’s ballad as the credits roll.

Quotable Quotes:

“Screw you Angela, if you want to send me home, then fine, see if I care!”

“Nice girls don’t have to show it off.” – But it sure helps.

““Oooooohhhh, I’m a happy camper! I love the summer sun. I love the trees and forest; I’m always having fun!”

“Party hats at Two O’Clock.”

“Not tonight, I’ve got a date.” – “With who?” – “His left hand!”

“Keep your morals strong, and you will never be wrong.”

“Who locked the door? I’m gonna tell!”

“Molly, stop. I just want to be your friend!”

“Thanks for picking me up.” – “Heck, ain’t no skin off my tits. Besides, a girl like you shouldn’t be alone on this road.”

THE FINAL WORD:

Well, Sleepaway Camp 2 was not anywhere close to the first in this schlocky series of teenage/camp slasher movies. Probably the most notable changes between the two, for those who have seen the first, is that the main character is portrayed by a completely different actress which makes sense due to the “sexual reconfiguration” of the character. She also adds some attempted humor with some witty one-liners for each of her victims before she does them in. Regardless whoever the main character is, they won’t be in line for any type of thespian award anytime soon. As for the rest of the cast, it’s a B-Movie for god sakes, I don’t know what I’m expecting. The acting aside, unfortunately the plot of the film is not one of them. I was really, really bothered how the filmmakers tried to pass off it’s twenty something actors as young teens who would actually attend a summer camp of this caliber. Despite it’s bad acting and weak story, every horny heterosexual male will love the copious amounts of breasts being bared. During the first 2/3 of the film, there is hardly a five-minute period that goes by that isn’t broken up by a pair of “party hats”. In addition to the breasts, there are a couple of sex scenes as it would not be an 80’s slasher movie without one. While I could continue to mention the scenes that show plenty of skin, it behooves me to mention the best part of any teen killer flick – the over-the-top elimination of each character. This film has quite the murder menagerie which ranges from battery acid to the face and having a lobotomy via a drill bit to drowning in an outhouse toilet full of crap and leeches. And yes, there are the horror film staples, the throat slashing and the always popular decapitation.

While this slasher film isn’t anything like the Friday the 13th movie that it wants so desperately to be, it is mildly entertaining, if nothing else for the body count that is amassed throughout the film. I am giving Sleepaway Camp 2 a rating of three turds out of five, which is somewhere between being sliced by a chainsaw and burnt to a crisp on a barbecue.

Introducing: Rodentz (2001)

Summer vacation is here. This gives me some time to relax by playing golf, reading some good books, and loading up my streaming services with movies to watch. Luckily, or unfortunate, however the case may be, I came upon the film Rodentz as the first flick that popped up in the “New Arrivals”  section of Netflix. I didn’t feel like doing much searching so I just settled for the first thing I saw. Besides, anytime you replace an “s” with a “z” in the movie’s title, you know you’re in for a real ztinker!

AKA: Altered Species

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Serge Rodnunsky or Miles Feldman???

Starring: Allen Lee Haff, Guy Vieg, Robert Broughton, Leah Rowan

Rated: R

Tagline: They thought their experiments would change mankind…they were wrong!

Rotten Tomatoes Score: No Reviews Yet (0%)

Number of minutes spent looking for a condom: 5

In searching for a cure for cancer, a scientist pours some defective serum down the drain which festers through the sewer pipes right onto the path of a colony of rats. His assistant is able to inject a rat specimen with the serum that has an adverse affect on the rat making it grow to enormous proportions. All the while, the now “infected” rats have turned aggressive thanks to the serum in the drain and turn their anger onto any poor unsuspecting humans (and cat) that happens to visit the laboratory. As convenience would have it, enter five drunk college students looking for their friend, the scientist’s assistant, and a party. What they find however, is a lab infested with serum enhanced rats that have a blood lust for jingly things and human flesh.

Things to Watch for:

• Rat infested title sequence
• Every laboratory filled with caged mice must have at least one cat (I’m guessing it doesn’t end well for the cat)
• The amount of green mixture poured down a sink increases in capacity from a cup to at least a half gallon.
• CGI rat with animatronic motions is nothing to mess with.
• When the rat sees red, the fur starts to fly…and the blood.
• Haven’t people learned by now that it’s not safe to drink the Kool-Aid.
• Can they make the rats look any cuter?
• Night custodians are always so bored and lonely that they have to talk to themselves.
• Rats grow considerable larger when attacking a human body.
• Haunted lab strip poker may not be as fun as it sounds.
• I may be crazy, but I think the jug of communal Kool-Aid just refilled itself.
• Oh, those cute lab rats, they grow up so fast.
• What’s the matter doc, rat got your eye?
• Bad dub over, not in sync with blonde girl’s drunk mouth – “Yes of course”
• Brenda is just hungry enough to eat through her cage.
• Did you know that rats “howl” at the moon?
• Boobs!!
• Really bad voice over dubbing again
• Huh? WHAT DID YOU SAY? SPEAK UP, WE CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE AWFUL SOUNDTRACK!
• Running from rats must be a good way to lose weight. Pink girl’s pants keep sliding farther and farther down.
• It’s tough work finding a condom in the bottomless glove compartment.
• Frank is going to be pissed that a large rat got to eat out his girlfriend before he did.
• Okay I can’t be the only one thinking of these watching those rats come around the corner of the building.
• I don’t suppose anyone can explain how the lights came back on again.
• Rats jump out of their cages like Star Trek tribbles.
• PETA members may want to close their eyes at the 1 hr 3 minute mark. There may be a spot in the NFL for Walter. Laces out Dan!
• SAFETY TIP: Hey kids! Using one’s teeth on electrical wires is an amazingly stupid and unsafe idea. Don’t try that at home.
• Since when do electrical boxes run off of 6-Volt batteries duct taped together? Someone got the electrician’s special on that deal.
• I’ve seen a person in a Godzilla suit, a person in a Sasquatch suit, but this might just be the first person in a rat suit I’ve ever seen. And probably the worst suit in movies…ever!
• Gary, didn’t your mother tell you, never shake hands with a rat bigger than you!
• Anyone in the mood for fried rat?
• How many times is that van going to blow up?
• Well sure as hell not going to sit through the “spider” version. No thanks.

Dandy Dialogue:

“Ain’t got the bosom, but I got the whiskey.”

“Spunk? Spunk?”

“You wouldn’t be talking like that if you had a tumor.” – “He already does…it’s in his shorts.”

“Walter, take a chill pill. We’re here to save you from yourself.”

“I’m sorry, you were completely innocent, in bed with another chick, naked.”

FINAL WORD:

While animal attack movies have been around for some time, this just might be the worst of them all. The movie was so bad, the director has to go by an alias (Serge Rodnunsky a.k.a. Miles Feldman) The plot is so ridiculous and contrived – drunk teens go to a laboratory to party that is infested with rats. The story itself takes forever to get into. After watching for thirty boring minutes, I paused the film only to find that there was still another hour left to go! Most B-Movies know that they are going to be bad, but this film crew must have thought that they had a blockbuster hit on their hands. There was not the usual tongue-in-cheek approach that many B-Movies tend to take, but instead, decided to take itself too serious. Way too serious! I have some questions in mind that bothered me about the film, but I’ll keep them to myself because giving them mcuh more thought means that I had put more thinking into the film than the filmmakers themselves did.

Most of the characters serve no purpose at all, other than to be rat food by the end. All the character stereotypes are here, but very thinly built and very one-dimensional. There’s the slut, jock, chicken, rebel, prude, and nerd. Sad thing, the characters could be easily interchanged among the actors and no one would notice. The acting is just plain bad. Hell, I’d give more props to the rats. Bottom line, pass on this movie. You’ll get much more enjoyment, and less pain, setting mousetraps to different parts of your own body. This film gets four rat turds out of the dreaded five.

Introducing: Assault of the Sasquatch

Sometimes a lesson at school peaks students’ interests so much, that they go out and find their own information to fill themselves with more knowledge. During a reading lesson, we read about cryptozoologists and how they hunted for mythical creatures such as Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster. We’ve learned that a good place to find interesting documentaries is Netflix. Sure enough, our search through Netflix turned up at least six different titles pertaining to Bigfoot. One of the titles that popped up was something called Assault of the Sasquatch. Judging a video by it’s cover made this movie look like quite the turd. I couldn’t have been more right.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Andrew Gernhard

Starring: Kevin Shea, Sarah Ahearn, Greg Nutcher, Cristina Santiago

Rated: R

Tagline: New Territory…Fresh Prey.

Rotten Tomatoes: 0% – That should have been a warning.

Number of times fat kid says Sasquatch: 33

A group of bear hunters haul in the ultimate prize while on a hunting excursion, the mythical Sasquatch. With intentions of selling the Sasquatch to a big game collector for one million dollars, the trio soon find out the the Sasquatch means business and kills two of them before the third is arrested. When their vehicle is taken to a run down police station, the Sasquatch escapes and reeks havoc over the town. Two local teens and members of the International Sasquatch Hunters see the creature while peeping on a girl taking a shower, the perv. While having to wander in an unfamiliar territory, the Sasquatch must fight it’s way out, killing everything in it’s path.

Best parts you won’t want to miss:

• Rednecks with too much ammo isn’t a good way to start a movie.
• Grandpa has the such a golden smile.
• Gotta feel safe around those cops that take a weed hit and pop pills before heading to a call.
• Sasquatch go for onion and broccoli pizzas.
• I think Grandpa’s eye patch just switched eyes.
• Sasquatch looks disturbingly like a cross between Rob Zombie, a gorilla suit, and WWE Wrestler Mark Henry.
• I’m thinking that pizza parlour needs to install a two drink limit.
• Fat guys should know that horizontal stripes are not very slimming.
• So how does a Bigfoot climbing on top of a roof?
• Boobs!
• Did you see what that little dog was wearing, she deserved to get squashed.
• Apparently, someone didn’t check the prisoner before putting him in the cell. Not a very good pat down job.
• Ever feel like you’re being followed by a Bigfoot?
• That Sasquatch has a pretty good arm. He can throw rocks, tires, and mailboxes with great accuracy.
• Must be the calmest dad in the world. You daughter just got sucked out the door and kidnapped by a Bigfoot creature, no problem, don’t move and she’ll come back eventually. Let the psycho police receptionist go get her instead.
• How to fight Bigfoot in hand to hand combat. Kick to chest – Kick to balls – Kick to stomach – Kick to Chest – FINISH HIM!!!
• I’ll rip your arm off and beat you with the bloody end of it.
• Crazy secretary’s dried blood on her mouth looks like she just ate a cherry Popsicle.
• “For some reason we’ve pissed that thing off…” – You think? Knocking it out and stuffing it in a storage truck, can’t imagine why it would be pissed off.
• Guys with a glandular disorder can easily knock a Sasquatch off it’s feet. He needed that to happen like he needed a hole in the head.
• Sasquatch javelin throw for the win.
• Looks like the angry acting classes are starting to pay off. Now if only she hadn’t dropped out of dramatic acting.
• Sasquatch can make a man’s head turn just like an owl’s.
• Who knew that only four nails could hold a Sasquatch down?
• Sasquatch is smart enough to push a button.
• All this time, and all the Sasquatch wanted a finger to add to his necklace.
• Could someone please call back the Sasquatch to punch the fat kid in the face again?!

Best Quotes Ever:

“Nighty, night hairball.”

“She’s smart, she’s sexy, she’s smexy.”

“The bathroom is just down the hall and there’s air freshener in the bottom cabinet, just in case you need it.”

“Those things are huge.” – “F*** yeah they’re big, they don’t call him Bigfoot for nothing.

“Did you guys see a Sasquatch? He’s big, he’s hairy, and has boobs.”

“Hands.” – “I was wondering when I was going to get my conjugal visit. Whoa, hey, if you wanted it rough, all you had to do was ask.”

“I wasn’t always just a secretary.”

“You better believe that if you piss off Sasquatch, you’re f****d.”

“Mr. Sasquatch, Mr. Sasquatch, I’m so sorry. But on a side note, it’s such an honor to meet you.”

THE FINAL WORD:

Much in the same vain as Thankskilling, this movie never seems to take itself too seriously and in fact had a tendency to be terrible on purpose.   Between a bodily evisceration and a fist through the head, the deaths add a bit of hilarity to the film, when the acting itself isn’t doing so. The characters are either overtly over dramatic (Don) who screams every line or dull and half asleep (sheriff). The writer of the film has penned himself the part of a horny, grumpy, one-eyed big game hunter. His one-liners are somewhat humorous, but get to be a bit annoying. The most charismatic character would have to be the Sasquatch creature. Although it is an obvious person in an ugly gorilla suit, the ‘Squatch and gratefully made to be the “star” of the film. Which brings us back around to the creative killing of characters. The music is nothing much to write home about and is immediately forgettable. There are several editing boo-boos and any action is hard to keep track of because of either a very tight camera angle or very little lighting. This film is not good and should probably stay hidden like the Sasquatch itself and earns it a 4 turd rating.

Introducing: The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

It was upon one evening after a three-mile run that I sat on the couch and was scrolling through the Netflix “New Releases” that I saw the cover art for a film that made me laugh uncontrollably and out loud. It was the outrageous cover art to the film “The Thing with Two Heads” and on it depicts a picture of a person with two heads, one white and one black, riding on a motorcycle looking like it was out of control. That, and the unforgettable tagline (They transplanted a white bigot’s head onto a soul brother’s body) definitely had my interest. The idea of such a premise was so ridiculous, in an instant, I knew, that I had to watch this film. I was ready for some good ol’ early 70’s exploitation entertainment.  Fortunately, the laughs did not stop at only the cover art once I hit the play button. Unfortunately, however, all logic went out the window and the cheese started to ooze out of the film as soon as the opening credits began.

Streaming on: Netflix

Directed by: Lee Frost

Starring: Ray Miland, Rosey Grier, Chelsey Brown, Don Marshall

Rated: PG

Tagline: They transplanted a white bigot’s head on a soul brother’s body!

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 0%

Number of times the term black bastard is used: 4

Dr. Kirschner is an accomplished transplant surgeon, and bigot, has successfully performed the transplant of a head onto another live body to keep the latter alive. His experiment has been proven successful with the creation of a two-headed gorilla. When Kirschner learns that he has been stricken with an inoperable cancer, he demands that his assistant, Dr. Desmond to find him a body and perform the transplant to prolong his life. The “donor” comes in the form of a convicted murderer on death row, Jack Moss, who also happens to be a large black man. With time running out for Dr. Kirschner, the transplant is made on Jack. When they both come to and Jack realizes what has happened, he uses the opportunity to escape and find a way to clear his name , not to mention rid himself of the extra head he’s acquired. As the police set chase, hilarity and stupidity take over in a bumbling game of cat and two-headed mouse.

Things you won’t want to miss:

• First time you’ll ever see the title of a movie grow a head; and with interesting “boner” sound.
• Two, two, two gorillas in one!
• I feel sorry for any child that these doctors give a shot to.
• Clean up on aisle five!
• Colored toilet paper and Tab? Definitely the 70s.  Whatever happened to that colored toilet paper anyway? Answer
• How many bananas can one ape shovel into its second lifeless mouth anyway?
• Rejection specialist? Poor doctors only makes $500 per week, how much rejection can one person handle?
• Exits to hospital surgical rooms lead to complete and total darkness.
• Terminal chest cancer is a pretty broad diagnosis, but inoperable all the same.
• Poor gorilla lost his head over this whole scientific experiment.
• Any volunteers to give your body and your life up for the purposes of science?
• Opening and closing the basement windows tends to make the walls shake.
• Bulldog clamp, mosquito clamp, gorilla clamp, nipple clamp
• Wait, I thought the whole success of the transplant was depended on the spinal column.
• Hey Doc, got head?
• One would think that goatee would be a bit scratchy.
• You’re late for the injection nurse, now Shoo bitch, shoo.
• Thus begins the game of: Which head is the real one?
• Jack, your jacket isn’t the most comfortable fit.
• The term “backseat driver” will never mean the same again.
• The scenes with both live heads must be the most uncomfortable contraption for both actors.
• And the escapees pull “a-head” of the pack. If they end up winning…
• Two guys on the phone while 50+people eavesdrop.
• It’s clear that policemen find it impossible to avoid random ravines in an open field.
• Haven’t we seen those crashes before?
• It’s evident that more of the film’s budget was spent on destroying police vehicles than on any special effect work whatsoever.
• Oh come on, just give him a kiss. Don’t mind the extra head attached to his shoulders.
• Hey Doc, you might want to look at the size of the body your sharing before you do any racial stereotyping. Now shut up and eat your soul food.
• Rosie Grier should be given credit for his coordination and balance while his eyes are closed. Pretty impressive.
• Oh my, this soundtrack is absolutely terrible.
• Removal of a spare head seems to be simple outpatient surgery.

Quotable Quotes:

“Hey doc, is this going to hurt?”

“Cut down the dosage of Barbital to the black head.”

“You soul brother, you got a car?”

“I’ve committed political suicide and you say, “It’s not as bad as it sounds.”

“Jack, you get into more shit.”

“What’s a matter baby, don’t dig soul food?” – “What do you got for dessert, watermelon?”

“Phillip, get me another body, please.”

The Final Word:

Two heads aren’t always better than one, especially in this case. However, the interaction and constant bickering between the two heads is quite enjoyable to watch. Rosie Grier wasn’t the best actor, but you could tell that he was at least having fun with the role he was given despite having a grumpy old white guy strapped to his back at various times throughout the movie. He’s by far not great,  but has a bit of charm and although being a convicted felon on the run from the police, one almost considers him the hero that has had this horrible tragedy thrust upon him. Ray Milland plays the bigoted old doctor well and actually had some of the funnier lines in the film. The two actors play really well off of one another. The filmmakers carefully walk the line making the underlying theme of racism stand out without making it do so offensively. The special effects aren’t the greatest and are quite cheesy. Throughout the film, the “monster” switches from a person with an obviously fake head bobbing on it’s shoulder, to two men forced together by what must have been a very uncomfortable contraption. The transplant scene itself is quite laughable too. By far the best scene in the film however, is the police chase through the countryside while on a motorcycle. The dim-wittedness and stupidity of the police force reminded me of a whole squadron of Rosco P. Coltrane type of officers. Their driving skills left a little to be desired. The dinner scene with Moss and his girlfriend is quite humorous as well. While the plot is obviously contrived and doesn’t live up to it’s full potential, the actors themselves are enough to make up for it. While, this corniness is not for everyone, it is rather entertaining and is definitely worth at least one viewing. Based on the entertainment value alone, and despite the cheese factor, I am giving this film four out of five turds.