STATIC X
July 26, Chicago The House Of Blues
Review by Greg Tovar, images by SuZn Murawlski
Well the rain finally came pouring down and the temps finally dropped a little bit. But that wasn’t going to stop fellow Metal Heads from getting their chance to see the mighty Static-X and others at Chicago’s House of Blues. This being my fourth time seeing them rip shit up I will tell you, it only keeps getting better.
As the familiar and thunderous intro of “Bled for Days” came roaring out of the P.A. the crowd began to go into a frenzy eagerly waiting for Wayne and the boys to start thrashing. When they got on stage and started their musical assault the party was well underway as the crowd danced with their beers in the air and the Heavy Metal Hurricane (A.K.A The Mosh Pit) began to unleash its wrath on those weak posers standing around.
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Directed by: Joel M. Reed
Starring: Tom Keena, Vicki Rocimo, Angelique Pettyjohn, Janet Wood, Brian Walden
86 minutes / color
1975
Released on DVD by: Troma
2.5 stars
“The G.I. Executioner” (a.k.a “Wild Dragon Lady”and “Wits End”) recounts a week or so in the life of Dave Dearborn. Dave is a ‘Nam Vet-cum-investigative reporter-cum-wealthy philanderer who operates a flea ridden discotheque that floats in the Singapore harbor. Consequently, the attainment of attractive females for fun and games is not a problem for Dave, nor is finding his butt, and his friends’ butts, in a world of trouble.
Time Barbarians
Directed by: Joseph John Barmettler
Starring: Deron McBee, Joann Ayers, Daniel Martine, Louis Roth, H.S. Smith, Guy Fury
97 minutes / color
1990
Released on DVD by: Troma
1.5 stars
“Time Barbarians” is a low-rent “Conan the Barbarian” with all of the compulsory trimmings; swords, sorcery, warriors, forces of evil, crystal amulets, kings, wizards, muscle men and near-naked barbarian babes. In a feeble attempt to pull his film away from the glut of others, that are completely superior to his, director Barmettler threw in a time travel subplot that drives the film from inept to sheer silliness. Scenes of our leading man hulking along the sidewalks of L.A., in a loincloth, getting into fights with a local street gang calling themselves, of course, The Gladiators is a sight to behold, but it certainly doesn’t save this amateurish mess. Barmettler went on to direct “Witchcraft 8.” - Christopher Curry
The French Sex Murders
Directed by: F. L. Morris (A.K.A. Fernando Merighi)
Produced by: Dick Randall
Starring: Anita Ekberg, Robert Sacchi, Howard Vernon, Barbara Bouchet, Evelyn Kraft, Rosalba Neri, Peter Martell
88 minutes / color
1972
Released on DVD by: Mondo Macabro
3 stars
Famed film producer, and all around sleaze-meister, Dick Randall tossed this slice of steamy Eurocult into the, then, very popular Giallo ring, and soon came away a winner. None-too-prolific F. L. Morris (this being his third and final film) was brought in for the directing duties and a cast to end all casts was assembled to round out a rather stylish though derivative murder and sex mystery.
As with most films of this type the plot is so chock full of improbabilities that it nearly borders on tedium. The narrative simply twists and turns itself inside out to the point of complete absurdity. However, some of the key elements and highlights include: a jewel heist, an all-knowing-all-seeing medium, a brothel, hooded killers, a mad scientist, incredibly sexy women, incest, human eyeball fondling and a professional Humphrey Bogart look-a-like!
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