Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Deranged projectionist Mad Ron shows a movie theater full of rowdy zombies a diverse assortment of horror and exploitation film trailers from his private collection while ventriloquist Nick Pawlow and his foul-mouthed zombie dummy Happy Goldsplatt provide lowbrow comic relief.So, this is completely pointless. A ventriloquist with terrible jokes, and over an hour of trailers from various horror movies. But despite being pointless, it is still sort of fun to see these old trailers, and many of the movies shown are not ones that are commonly known about. Sure, there are some big ones ("Night of the Living Dead"), but plenty of obscure foreign flicks.Interesting bonus: Jordu Schell (who is now quite famous thanks to "Making Monsters") was involved. He also happens to be a really nice guy.

Deranged projectionist Mad Ron (essayed with suitably unhinged drooling panache by Ron Roccia) shows a movie theater full of rowdy grunting zombies a diverse assortment of wild, slimy, and graphic horror and exploitation film trailers from his private collection while nerdy ventriloquist Nick Pawlow and his foul-mouthed zombie dummy Happy Goldsplatt provide amusingly lowbrow comic relief. The trailers cover all the essential pleasingly sleazy bases: giallo (Dario Argento's "Deep Red"), Nazisploitation (the notorious "Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS"), zombies ("Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things," "Horror of the Zombies," "Bloodeaters"), classic drive-in horror ("Night of the Living Dead," "The Last House on the Left," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), mondo shock docs ("Africa - Blood and Guts"), hardcore splatter ("I Drink Your Blood"), anthology flicks ("Tales from the Crypt"), demonic possession ("Beyond the Door," "The House of Exorcism"), and slasher romps (the seasonal slice'n'dice trailblazer "Silent Night, Evil Night"). Herschell Gordon Lewis fans will be in hog heaven thanks to the spectacularly grimy'n'grisly coming attractions for "The Wizard of Gore," "Blood Feast," "2000 Maniacs," and "The Wizard of Gore." A faux newsreel promo for a doublebill of "The Blood Splattered Bride" and "I Dismember Mama" is a totally over-the-top hoot and a half while the outrageously bawdy trailer for "Wildcat Women" rates as arguably the raunchiest of the whole sublimely sordid lot. Moreover, the wrap-around segments deliver plenty of tacky gore (zombies sprinkle blood on buckets of popcorn, one zombie rips another's eye out, a would-be bootlegger's eyes blow up real good and squirt the red stuff all over the place, etc.) and a handy helping of cheerfully shameless and tasteless humor. The crude shot-on-video cinematography, the cheesy shuddery synthesizer score, and primitive dime-store make-up effects add to rather than detract from the infectiously scroungy charm of the entire seamy enterprise. A sensationally scuzzy and unapologetic serving of prime putrid grindhouse slop.

Next time you have a bunch of guys over for beers, pop this in.The trailers were excellent. And you'll definitely find a few things you'll want to look for at the video store later.I think Nick Pawlow's segments were just there to give us the excuse to get another beer. It did slow the fun down a little. I heard those parts were filmed in Philly. (My hometown) And NO ONE will be able to watch this only once.I'm proud to say I've seen most of these since and now even own a few of them. Great fun here. Some of them are still hard to find though. I'm surprised they didn't have more of the Cannibal-Zombie films here. It even had Africa: Blood & Guts. Featuring scenes that were missing for years.

Hosted by Nick and his demented zombie puppet Happy, they treat a theater full of zombies to 83 minutes of cool trailers from horror and gore flicks from 70's (mostly). Between trailers Nick & Happy tell some pretty lame jokes. Two things would've made this a little better.1.Less of Nick and his annoying puppet2.More obscure filmsOverall, its one of the best trailer tapes ive seen (and i've seen a few). 8/10Here's a a few of the trailers on the tape -I Drink your BloodDerangedThree on a MeathookLove me DeadlyCannibal GirlsDeep RedToxic ZombiesBlack ChristmasBlood and LaceBay of BloodIlsaLast House on the LeftTCMBlood spattered BrideI Dismember MamaTorsoBeyond the DoorOh yeah and by the way, Mad Ron is the cannibalistic projectionist chained to the projector.