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The American Soldier (1970) – Duels in Shadow
12 Apr
“The Duel”
Two warriors rushed upon each other; their arms
Spattered the air with sparks and blood.
This fencing, this clashing of steel, are the uproar
Of youth when it becomes a prey to puling love.
The blades are broken! like our youth
My darling! But the teeth, the steely fingernails,
Soon avenge the sword and the treacherous dagger.
— O Fury of mature hearts embittered by love!
In the ravine haunted by lynxes and panthers,
Our heroes viciously clasping each other, rolled,
And their skin will put blooms on the barren brambles.
This abyss, it is hell, thronged with our friends!
Let us roll there without remorse, cruel amazon,
So the ardor of our hatred will be immortalized!
-Charles Baudelaire
trans. by William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)
(via fleursdumal.org)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) – Because the abyss moves
10 Apr
“The Abyss”
Pascal had his abyss that moved along with him.
— Alas! all is abysmal, — action, desire, dream,
Word! and over my hair which stands on end
I feel the wind of Fear pass frequently.
Above, below, on every side, the depth, the strand,
The silence, space, hideous and fascinating…
On the background of my nights God with clever hands
Sketches an unending nightmare of many forms.
I’m afraid of sleep as one is of a great hole
Full of obscure horrors, leading one knows not where;
I see only infinite through every window,
And my spirit, haunted by vertigo, is jealous
Of the insensibility of nothingness.
— Ah! Never to go out from Numbers and Beings!
-Charles Baudelaire
trans. by William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)
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Edge of the Axe (1988) – Haunted Car Wash
10 Apr
The following are quotes from user reviews on IMBD:
”One murder scene which takes place in a drive-thru carwash is especially memorable.”
-nostrilingus
”Jack Taylor (Pieces ’81) was good as always. He always seems to play a mysterious weirdo, is that a hint towards his private life? Maybe!”
-Horror7777
”The scene of one woman having an ax stuck into her back and then pulled out is a nasty highlight, as is a very well done finger-chopping scene.”
-Slayrrr666
”Who was the computer’s voice? Man, was it Charlie? Or that creepy girl with the eyes? The lead girl was also kinda dumb: “I asked it if you were gay”. Who asks that to a computer?”
-broksterh
”On the darker side of things however, the killer does indeed look menacing dressed like a new age Michael Myers, complete with cape and hood.”
-RareSlashersReviewed
“There are some good scenes involving the discovery of bodies or just body parts and a scene involving blood dripping from the ceiling.”
-FieCrier
“The title suggests that the murders will be committed with an axe – and indeed they are, and this is the film’s strongest element.”
-The_Void
(via IMDB)
Gods of the Plague (1970) – Bedroom Walls Unto Sheets
9 Apr
“Elevation”
Above the lakes, above the vales,
The mountains and the woods, the clouds, the seas,
Beyond the sun, beyond the ether,
Beyond the confines of the starry spheres,
My soul, you move with ease,
And like a strong swimmer in rapture in the wave
You wing your way blithely through boundless space
With virile joy unspeakable.
Fly far, far away from this baneful miasma
And purify yourself in the celestial air,
Drink the ethereal fire of those limpid regions
As you would the purest of heavenly nectars.
Beyond the vast sorrows and all the vexations
That weigh upon our lives and obscure our vision,
Happy is he who can with his vigorous wing
Soar up towards those fields luminous and serene,
He whose thoughts, like skylarks,
Toward the morning sky take flight
— Who hovers over life and understands with ease
The language of flowers and silent things!
-Charles Baudelaire
trans. by William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)
Death Spa (1990) – Working Out After Dark
8 Apr
User Review quotes from IMDB:
“[It] rip[s]-off many other movies including CARRIE, The EXORCIST and actually another murder spree in a gym movie, KILLER WORKOUT.”
-shark-43
“This movie is rather graphically violent and I think that’s where most of the laughs come in.”
-CMRKeyboardist
“We are introduced to at least a couple of dozen characters of various stereotypes including two workers in the club who are con artists, bimbos and vain people that like nothing more than to look good.”
-laslowhite
“In Death Spa’s title sequence, director Michael Fischa guides his camera slowly towards the entrance of the Star Body Health Spa as an electrical storm rages on the horizon; suddenly, lightning strikes the building, knocking out some of the letters on its neon sign to reveal the title of the film. The camera then continues to glide through the doorway, as the spa’s staff prepare to leave for the night; lights are switched off one-by-one, and the foyer is slowly plunged into darkness…[.]”
-BA_Harrison
“The finale might strike some people as appealing but only for a split second; almost like catching a glimpse of something interesting and colorful out of the corner of your eye, only to learn that it’s a beat-up cardboard box that a gaggle of vermin have been living in.”
-Dagon
“The frozen fish scene is priceless.”
-Tikkin
(via IMDB)
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