All American Bully

Bullying has become such a hot topic now it's insane. Kids can get suspended for calling someone stupid. You would think for all the zero tolerance policies that it would be a rare thing for a kid to get picked on, but sadly it's not.

All American Bully is the story about a group of friends who are not popular, but not total outcasts either. There gamers and kind of do there own thing not bothering anyone in the process.
Unfortunately there life takes a turn for the worse when resident bully John decided to beat the crap out of Devon, one of our not cool characters.

 Not only does Devon take a beating, he gets video taped taking said beating. Then the video goes viral at,school.  What makes it all the more sad is that these two used to be good friends.  But they drifted apart

Devon unfortunately has some shitty ass dad who actually gets mad he didn't man up and fight back. He has a crappy teacher to who tells him to use his brains to fight back, thus calling him a wimp and,encouraging revenge.

From here the film takes a pretty good left turn into exploitation as we delve into Devon and his friends plan for revenge. Let's just say nerds don't make good blackmailers. We have incest, a horribly graphic rape scene, and a pretty good twist ending.

Overall it's a really good film that's also very well acted. My only issue,is John, the bully's backstory. It almost, almost makes him to sympathetic a character.

I will say it's a film parents should watch,  but not with their children. This film is a hard R rated movie, but it's sadly a very realistic film about the consequences of bullying.


Overall 3 out of 5 stars.

Sex. Murder, Art

Sex, Murder, Art! Catchy title and a box set I have been salivating to see. These are all films by notorious director  Jorg Buttgereit. The films comprised in this massively loaded Blu Ray set, are some of, if not the most bootlegged and sought after horror films of all time, and rightfully so as they are all nasty little treasures to say the least.
 
Let's start off by listing what films you get. Nekromantik 1 and 2, Der Todesking (The Death King), and Schramm. Yes all of these in one set, and keep in mind this is the only proper release,of Der Todesking. Let,me quickly give you a rundown of these.

Nekromantik a film so gross my wife can't watch in fast forward. The title I'm sure gives it away but it's the story of a road clean up guy who finds a body and brings it home. From there he and,his girlfriend enjoy it together to say the least. As gross as it sounds, and is, it's actually more of a dark comedy. Really
Nekromantik 2 picks up where part one ends. I can't give you full detail as that would ruin the ending of part one, but I can tell you this one focuses on the girlfriend
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Der Todesking (The Death King) is one in had never seen before. Its really odd to say the least it takes place over,the coarse of 7 days and tells the story of 7 different people who kill themselves, or others. Its interesting to say the least

Schramm is my favorite of the bunch. Its a film about a dying serial killer only it's all told from his perspective. Its got some fantastic Gore effects for the true Gore hounds out there.

This set is without a doubt the most loaded box set out there. I have no problem saying Scream Factory and Arrow should strive to put out sets that are this high quality. Here is all that included.

New Director's Approved HD Transfers
Two versions of Nekromantik
Exclusive Introductions for each film by Jorg Buttgreit
Q&A with Jorg Buttgereit
Audio Commentaries
The Making Ofs
FeaturettesStill Photo Galleries
Jorg Buttgereit Trailers
Documentary: Corpse F*****g Art
Short films: Hot Love, A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein, Horror Heaven, Bloody Excess in the Leaders Bunker, My Father
Music Video: Half Girl by Jorg Buttgereit
Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
Live Concert of Nekromantik
 2BD Exclusive new art design by Silver Ferox
Exclusive CD Soundtrack of Nekromantik & Der Todesking
Exclusive CD 2 Soundtrack of Nekromantik 2 & SchrammBD
Exclusive 40-page perfect-bind booklet with Interviews & exclusive photos

This is a must own set, and I must stress not just a must own for horror and Gore fans. These films are well made to say the least. If you don't mind the subject matter definitely give it a look.  The sound and picture transfers are an absolute thing of beauty to say the least.  I have never seen older films up-scaled to a quality this high before.


Overall 5 out of 5 starts must purchase 

Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla

Hmmmm.....you ever watch a movie you can't categorize? Like this one for instance, Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla. Its not a horror movie, it's not funny, it's not suspense, it's not a drama, but one thing it is, is fantastic.

Its the story of a socially awkward man named Warren, who is played brilliantly by Glenn Maynard. Warren is an ice cream man with no real friends he has a cat, but he accidentally runs him over at the beginning of the film. He's so distraught that throughout the film he continues to leave food out for it.
Warren walks with a limp, doesn't talk much but is obsessed with a local actress named Katie George. She the star of soap opera he watches. He's convinced she is the kindest, most beautiful woman in the world. He cuts pictures of her out of magazines and tapes them up in his ice cream truck. Ohh yea he records the show and pauses it so he can masturbate to her as well.

One day he finds out they are filming in a nearby park and sets up his ice cream van in the area with the hopes of meeting her. Unfortunately for him it's got a tough crowd and he soon starts being harassed by a drug dealer/pimp who runs shop on the corner.

One day Katie does show up, and to the delight or Warren is as nice as can be. He even buys a video camera to keep a video diary of his hopes she will come back. Its through this we watch his complete mental breakdown as he can no longer differentiate reality from fantasy.

Glenn Maynard is absolutely amazing as Warren. In fact he may be the most sympathetic character I've ever seen in film. In the beginning when he runs over his cat and begins sobbing I actually felt horrible for him. Hopefully we see him in more films as his acting ability was second to none.

Like I said, I can't really classify the film but no matter what type of film you prefer your bound to enjoy this gem from beginning to end.


Overall 4 out of 5 stars