On today’s BAD MOVIE MONDAY review we’re going to tackle another Bruno Mattei joint. This time a Jaws rip-off called, appropriately enough, Cruel Jaws. Don’t worry though because it’s also known as Jaws 5 in some markets. Mattei didn’t get all soft on us in the 90s. He was still trying to sucker people into watching his fake sequels right up until the grunge era.
Body (2023) [Chattanooga Film Festival 2024]
Watch These Films (WTF) Shorts Block
Director and Writer Ronald Short’s horror comedy is a great little Halloween treat just a few months before the festivities begin, and I loved the spirit behind it. Short’s horror comedy leans more heavily in to comedy as a small Frankenstein monster Halloween decoration causes chaos in the house of a normal married couple one night.
Hi! You are Currently Being Recorded (2023) [Chattanooga Film Festival 2024]
Dangerous Visions Shorts Block
We traded our privacy for security. And when we lost the privacy and kept the security and realized it didn’t make much of a difference it was too late to get our privacy back. We live in a world where there are cameras everywhere, and everything is taking footage of something going on in the background and foreground. More than ever we’re being viewed through some kind of robotic lens.
And we’ve yet to really prepare ourselves to know how far that rabbit hole goes.
The Guyver (1991): Limited Collector’s Edition [4K UHD/Blu-ray/CD Soundtrack]
Coming Soon from Unearthed Films.
Toshiki Takaya’s anime and manga are science fiction body horror martial arts chaos mixed in with a ton of concepts involving corporations, mutant aliens, and genetics. America saw “mutants” and ran with it in an effort to kind of build upon the winning formula of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” In effect, 1991’s American adaptation of “The Guyver” takes the very gory original material and transforms it in to a silly, but absolutely fun love letter to Japanese culture and just horror in general. With the help of Screaming Mad George’s amazing special effects, director Steve Wang realizes a lot of concepts from the original source material that would have otherwise been utterly impossible in 1991.
Five Great Motorcycle Movies
This week Jeff Nichols releases his highly anticipated motorcycle thriller “The Bikeriders” starring a who’s who of prominent character actors including Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, Norman Reedus, and Michael Shannon, respectively. With any luck we end up with a great film; in honor of Nichols’ latest being centered on the motorcycle community, I thought it’d be fun to list five great Motorcycle movies to get you in the mood for the up and coming release in theaters. Lets us know your personal favorites in the comments.
Blackwater Lane (2024)
In Theaters and Digital/On Demand on June 21st, 2024
An American woman living in the UK in a mansion finds herself doubting her sanity after another woman is murdered on the road to her mansion.
American Gigolo (1980) [Arrow Video Limited Edition]
Out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD June 18, 2024
A gigolo living it up in Los Angeles, surrounded by beautiful, rich women suddenly finds himself the prime suspect in a crime he did not coming. While trying to clear his name, other discoveries are made.