I'm depressed and I have a headache.
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Edge of the Axe (1988)
Enjoyable axe-based slasher film. There is a bit of whiplash between fast suspenseful axe killings and slow waiting for the plot to pick up scenes in the first half, but the pace picks up nicely after that.
It's also notably from that very special point in history where "A computer can connect to other computers through the phone line" could be, and often was, an important plot point.
6/10
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My fat ass doesn't need this, but my soul fucking does. Ughh. Jamocha almond fudge cake, chocolate cake, & tea with my sister while we watch a 1988 horror before bed.
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Schlocktoberfest XIII: Triskaidekaphobic Recap
Let‘s review!
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 1: Friday the 13th Part X: To Hell and Back
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 2: Too Scared to Scream
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 3: Halloween II
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 4: Friday the 13th: No Man’s Land
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 5: Death Screams
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 6: Graduation Day
The Schlocktoberfest —Day 7: Friday the 13th: J’s Night
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watched two more films (slashers), edge of the axe and evil dead trap.
edge of the axe was very mediocre with a twist that like, undid all of the setups they had built up to that point. it was a spanish made english film and while i don't think that's giallo there were giallo-esque aesthetics to the killer.
evil dead trap has been amazing. putting that under a cut though because like, there's tw; rape and intense violence
so i didn't realize evil dead trap was a japanese film before starting it up so when my roommate was in the room i warned him after having read the "snuff film is the inciting incident" summary i said okay well...this is gonna be fucked up. like Fucked Up. love Asian horror films, they go Hard though.
and yeah! it's got the intensity i've come to expect from japanese horror films. there's straight up unabashedly in your face eye horror (okay, not a pun), an intense rape, a fucking fetal monster, gruesome deaths etc.
but it was really well done and enjoyable on that great slasher level. two people fuck in the abandoned area that was the site of the snuff film! extensively! come now! There's even a part of it that may have been the inspiration for a scene in the original Silent Hill game, where a captured character's face appears bound on every screen of a wall of TVs and begs for the protagonist, meanwhile the protag screams for them in turn.
one last thing; there was a strobe-light section of the film, so if you're planning to watch it be aware of that (it should be fairly obvious it's coming up, it's soon after the cameragirl loses her camera.) The rape scene is immediately after the strobe scene.
as with a lot of horror films, and with these two (edge of the axe and evil dead trap), mental illness is the root. edge of the axe was just fucking lazy about that, although i will say evil dead trap does uh, well. see "fucking fetal monster" above. i promise it's not as bad as the suckling (1990). (it's a little like the suckling 1990)
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Edge of the Axe (1988) // dir. José Ramón Larraz
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Edge: I CAN'T STAND THOSE STUPID PEOPLE WHO INSIST ON USING "DA" INSTEAD OF "THE" BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S COOL. LEONARDO DA VINCI? SERIOUSLY? IT'S OBVIOUSLY LEONARDO THE VINCI, YOU UNCULTURED SWINE
Axe: I can't believe you would insult Leonardo DeviantArt Vinci this way
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