Maniac (1980)

 
      Finally got to see maniac! and I was pretty impressed.  The movie was directed by William Lustig and is about this guy Frank who kills girls and scalps them, then takes their scalps and puts them on mannequins in his room.  Basically the guy is a total Maniac, with split personalities and other problems.

      The killings in this movie were pretty over the top.  I thought the scalping scenes in Inglorious Basterds was bad, but this was just as bad, if not worse.  One killing scene in particular that had me rewind and watch again, was when frank was in front of a couples car, and jumped on the hood and straight shot the guys face off with a shotgun. (picture below)

     There were some shots that were really creepy in this film.  One including a POV of the girl getting choked.  So it was just Franks crazy grinning face.  Another shot that stood out to me was when frank was scalping a girl, and there was another POV shot, but this time the blood from the girls forehead dripped down the camera.  I thought that was pretty original.

      Overall I enjoyed it.  The acting was pretty horrible, but it didn't bother me to much. uhmmm yeah, also i thought it was funny, in the bonus material on the dvd, there was a section that highlighted all the horrible quotes from movie critics.  Shows the filmmakers had a good sense of humor with the whole thing.

     Also Frank, the main character, looked almost exactly like Ron Jeremy. haaahaaaaahaaha.  yeah check this movie out if you enjoy senseless killings, brutal killings, psycho killers, EX-CET-TER-AH

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

      Just got this movie cause they re-released it on blu-ray and it was only $10, so why not!  Overall it wasnt that great. Directed by Meir Zarchi,  Its about this girl from new york who rents a house in the country for the summer, so she can write a book.  While at this house, she gets kidnapped, beat, and raped by four guys. She survives and plans her revenge.  So basically this movie is a pretty big ripoff of Last House on The Left, that was released in 1972. 
     
      It was a pretty eerie movie.  The characters that kidnapped and raped the girl did a good job getting under my skin. I found the rape scenes to be more disturbing than in Last House on The Left, I dont know if the director would find that as a compliment or what.  but yeah the guys were really annoying to watch.  I think the story wasn't planned out to well.  They do all of these horrible things to this girl, without a real reason why. (well one guy gives a reason, but whatever) There was no background info given on the guys. and blahhh blah

 
      I often got bored and annoyed with a lot of the scenes that went on way longer than they should have.  Some in particular consisting of the girl screaming over and over and the guy moaning over and over.  blah blah.  The girls revenge scenes on the guys were pretty good however. One in particular had me cringing real bad. Like Last House on The Left, the second half of the movie is always better than the first half.

      I have yet to check out any of the special features and shiiittt so.. yeah.  I dont know.   Basically go watch this movie if you watched Last House on The Left and thought to yourself, man i wish the girls got raped more!
bleh.

Piranha (2010)

     
      Watched Piranha the other night, directed by Alexandre Aja, and I was pretty impressed.  I put this movie off instantly after seeing the first trailer in theaters.  I assumed it was just some shitty movie, trying to make bank off of the whole 3D thing.  But as I have been appreciating more and more B-Horror movie, and movies with ridiculous plots, I thought id check this out.

      The story is simple, there are these rare piranhas that have come loose from this lake, within a lake... or something like that.  and it just so happens they decide to come loose during spring break, when everyone is partying and going crazy in the water.  So the story is basically trying to get everyone safe, and kill the piranhas.

     The acting was alright, nothing to spectacular.  I enjoyed Paul Sheers character, and I had no idea he was even in this movie, so that was a good surprise.  He played the cameraman to this porno, girls gone wild type movie, and often had funny,stupid lines.  Oh and another reason I wanted to check this out was because I read that Eli Roth had a cameo in it, as a wet tshirt contest host.  So I figured if Eli Roth backs this movie, then it cant be all that bad.

      Overall it was a lot of fun, good movie to watch with a bunch of dudes.  Tons of gore and nudity.  I was actually really impressed with the amount of gore that was in this movie.  The amount of half eaten bodies was pretty intense.  One scene in particular, of a girl getting scalped from getting her hair tangled in the boats propeller was pretty gnarly.  Im not used to all of the CGI gore and shit, so that was pretty different.

     Also, I watched this movie nottt in 3D, and while watching I was constantly thinking, man I bet that would be good in 3D, so I suggest watching it in 3D, if you can.   I dont even know if you can? what hello no what ok peace.