Liam Gallagher once sang “Back beat. Word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.” If he had said “Blood Beat” I would still be writing he and his brother hate mail. Blood Beat’s heart is burning with fire. The kind of fire brought about by a handle of cheap whiskey … More The Merits of Sin: Blood Beat (1983) (USA)
Sometimes ya just can’t find the damn words. I watch a shit ton of films. Always have and (hopefully) always will. I’ve only been dwelling within Spook du jour for a limited time but once I joined I started adding more films to the queue. It’s easy to write about the good, it’s easier to … More The Merits of Sin (Short Cuts): Skeleton Man (2004) (USA) The Church (1989) (Italy) Hollow Gate (1988) (USA) Gurozuka (2005) (Japan)
SOVember is coming to a close but I have one last festering surprise, slowly clawing its way out of a well earned garbage filled obscurity. Ladies and gentlemen, I present and I apologize for letting it loose in your world. Oooph! SOV from Down Under is filled to the brim with unlikable characters, braindead choices, … More The Merits of Sin: D.N.A. Bloodrush (1997) (Australia)
If there has ever been a film more undeserving of an exclamation point in its title, I have yet to come across it. Night Ripper!, or NR! as I shall call it from this point on, is one hell of a slog. Yet, much like that boring uncle who drones on and on about his … More The Merits of Sin: Night Ripper! (1986) (USA)
A topless Ted Prior gently strums a guitar with a beer by his side and his loving gal gazing in appreciation at the majesty that is Ted Prior. A topless Ted Prior takes a stroll with his lucky as all hell girlfriend and playfully places a can of beer on her head. It tumbles immediately … More The Merits of Sin: Sledgehammer (1983) (USA)
In no world I care to live in does the word restrained belong in the same sentence as the name Polonia. It’s not fair to anyone but it is extra unfair to us weirdos who have fallen hard for trashy low budget movies. Those damn Polonia brothers have offered up so many hours of enthusiastic … More The Merits of Sin: Saurians (1994) (USA)
It’s SOVember and I couldn’t be happier! It’s a magical time of the year filled with enthusiasm and a general lack of talent and money. It produces trash classics and complete confusion. So come along and join that Reelest of Rats and I as we go digging through the cavernous trash heap that is SOV … More The Merits of Sin: Massacre Up North (2001) (Canada)
