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Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)
Nope.
Offensive, dangerous stereotypes disgusied as cultural celebration abound as an incredibly spoiled character has the world handed to her for free and spends her time complaining about how tough her life is. Just because she has a you-know-what-eating grin on her face as she treats people like complete garbage does NOT make her "likeable" in any way. I really don't care if you find my comments "not helpful". Click away. It doesn't change my own opinion that Awkwafina is Fawkinawful.
Model Hunger (2016)
E For Effort
I saw this when it was being screened at film festivals, and me being a super fan of Rochon at the time, I was all about it. Until the movie started. The movie itself is very poorly shot, lit and acted (except for Lowry, who shined in her role). Lowry's performance alone was not enough to save this movie. People were falling asleep in the theater, and endlessly checking their watches. After the show was over, there was a Q&A with Debbie, and it was pretty much crickets. No one really had anything to say. She knew I was probably her biggest fan in the audience, so she asked me if I had any questions, and I just drew a blank. I felt like a jerk for not liking the movie, but I'm not going to pretend I did just because I was a fan of the director. Perhaps Debbie would have done a better job directing her own screenplay/story. But after this movie, I'm not really in too big of a hurry to find out.
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019)
And You Thought Savage Vengeance Was Bad!
All of the negative reviews here are right on the nose. There's nothing else for me to add, as they have all pretty much nailed it. This movie is abysmal.
Sorority Slaughter 2 (1996)
Better Than I Expected
I know it's been 12 years since anyone has reviewed this movie, and while I doubt that many people will read this, I want to throw in my two cents about it. I actually preferred Sorority Slaughter 2 over its predecessor. I'm a long-time fiend for W.A.V.E. movies, and Sorority Slaughter was never one of my favorites from them. I found it to be tediously paced and a little too all over the place, and I wasn't personally thrilled with Leslie Cummins's performance (not to be hateful, I mean no disrespect), and there was the whole "the females faint when they see the male killer" thing, which I think is ridiculous. In other movies from W.A.V.E. Productions, they may faint if they suddenly encounter a zombie, or a mummy, or a vampire, or some other evil monster, but fainting at the sight of a short, plump, balding middle-aged man is so eye-roll inducing that it hurts.
Now, I know Sorority Slaughter 2 isn't going on very many people's Top 10 Favorite Movies of All Time lists, but as someone who adores this type of filmmaking, I have to say I quite enjoyed it. I had set my expectations so low after the first movie that it pleasantly surprised me. The first thing I will say about it is that the plot is insanely incoherent. Actresses who died in the first movie come back as completely different characters, looking exactly the same as they did in the previous film, with no explanation (no backstory of twins, clones, etc.), and it's pretty obvious to anyone who has seen the first movie that they are the same people. There's also the 'zombie bride', Kim (Tina Krause), who all-too-easily talks her boyfriend (Dave Castiglione) into not only slaughtering innocent college girls, but changing his entire belief system to the teachings/desires of Radu. She basically bats her eyelashes and says, "Sweetie, I need you to supply me with the blood of virgins in order for me to live," and his response is something to the extent of, "...'kay." To me personally, all of this just adds to the charm of the movie. There's even a way, way-too-long sequence of Tina Krause and Deana Demko (not Deanna Merryman, who is incorrectly credited here) pretending to be overly-intoxicated, and for some reason I'm perfectly okay with it. The initiation scenes go on for a little too long, and are repetitious to the utmost degree, yet the banter and interactions during make it worthwhile to me. Some of the sets/locations used in this sequel are different than the ones usually found in W.A.V.E. movies, so it was nice to have a change of scenery. And while it was by no means unpredictable or groundbreaking, I liked the ending.
I wish I could give you more concrete reasons as to why I prefer Sorority Slaughter 2 over the first film. I just do. And as I struggle to put into better words what I really enjoyed about a movie that is essentially a montage of sorority girls being spanked and taunted while locked in stockades and eventually stabbed, let alone why I love underground zero-budget shot-on-video custom-horror exploitation movies in general, that will just have to do.
Psyched by the 4D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) (1973)
A Stoner B-Movie Fan's Delight
While I personally think the 2.7 user rating is a tad harsh, the low ranking doesn't really surprise me, as this campy psychedelic low budget erotic comedy fantasy is absolutely not for everyone's tastes. I, however, adore this movie. The visuals, while definitely cheap and silly, are still quite intense, and the whole thing is just so insanely wacky that it just totally clicks with my personally bizarre and off-kilter cinematic tastes. Some of the dialog is absolutely hilarious and unforgettable, such as "I forgot to mention that the secret ingredient is her own menstrual blood, and both she and the snake really dig it!" I mean, come on. If you can't immediately appreciate that as masterful 70s sleaze cinema, then you probably aren't a part of this movie's target audience, and you might want to keep on moving.
As for the sexual content, it's slightly below softcore, as it is a rated R movie, so it's really not one that's going to frost your cookies, so you might want to avoid disappointment by the dumping the expectation for a truly erotic experience before watching, and just enjoy it for the trippy and absurd oddball movie that it is.
Demon House (2019)
Entertaining, But Give Me A Break
It has been widely reported that no video evidence exists of the young boy walking backwards up the wall, yet when speaking to police officers, Zak tells them that he has seen the official video. Zak himself probably should have done a bit more research about this case during the three years it took him to complete this documentary. I absolutely believe in this kind of stuff, and this particular case has been very interesting to me, so I was quite excited to see this documentary, and was expecting to feel creeped out by it, but overall, it was massively underwhelming and obviously fabricated. When he had to resort to barely pushing his co-worker and calling it "possession", that was the last straw for me.
I also feel that I should mention how highly disrespectful much of the dramatizations/re-enactments, editing and sound design/scoring is to the family affected by the house. I'd like to have seen this documentary made by qualified professionals, and not by an egotistical second rate ghost buster who fancies himself an A-list celebrity.