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The 80s have spawned countless low-budget slashers, and many of them are so terrible that you wonder how anyone even considered investing money in them. When you then bump into a late 80s slasher that apparently remained on the shelf until the 90s before it was released, you are even more wary. Is this slasher so disastrous that producers thought it was too bad to release even in the 80s?
"Trapped Alive" is one of them, but I can immediately reassure everyone: it is not worse than your average 80s slasher, and certainly not after the splendid restoration for BluRay. Of course, it's not good, either. The plot is about two beautiful young ladies who want to go out on Christmas Eve but are taken hostage by three escaped and very dangerous convicts. By avoiding a roadblock, they get stuck in an old abandoned mine, which turns out to be inhabited by a bewildered and cannibalistic monstrosity Talk about bad luck, right?
The script is full of annoying clichés. One of the gangsters - a pretty boy - is actually kind-hearted, the owner of the mine is all too aware of the presence of the creature, the inevitable Stockholm syndrome plot twist, etc. Of course, it also takes way too long before we get to see the monster, BUT ... He is worth the wait! "Trapped Alive" contains quite a bit of unsavory gore and a few wonderfully absurd dialogues. To make the film a bit more appealing, there's a touch of nudity, and the presence of genre veteran Cameron Mitchell (although his scenes are the dullest and most redundant ones). Certainly not mandatory viewing, but worthwhile for slasher fans.
"Trapped Alive" is one of them, but I can immediately reassure everyone: it is not worse than your average 80s slasher, and certainly not after the splendid restoration for BluRay. Of course, it's not good, either. The plot is about two beautiful young ladies who want to go out on Christmas Eve but are taken hostage by three escaped and very dangerous convicts. By avoiding a roadblock, they get stuck in an old abandoned mine, which turns out to be inhabited by a bewildered and cannibalistic monstrosity Talk about bad luck, right?
The script is full of annoying clichés. One of the gangsters - a pretty boy - is actually kind-hearted, the owner of the mine is all too aware of the presence of the creature, the inevitable Stockholm syndrome plot twist, etc. Of course, it also takes way too long before we get to see the monster, BUT ... He is worth the wait! "Trapped Alive" contains quite a bit of unsavory gore and a few wonderfully absurd dialogues. To make the film a bit more appealing, there's a touch of nudity, and the presence of genre veteran Cameron Mitchell (although his scenes are the dullest and most redundant ones). Certainly not mandatory viewing, but worthwhile for slasher fans.
I will always cherish fond memories of "Drop Dead Gorgeous", but for personal reasons, and not necessarily because it is such a fantastic movie. In 1999 I saw this movie on the big screen, together with a girl during our first date, but we had absolutely no idea what kind of movie it was. The girl wanted to leave after less than half an hour, but I didn't, because I loved the black and completely politically incorrect humor. Needless to say, we never went on a second date...
Although not even that old, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is a wonderful example of a comedy that could not possibly be made in the 2020s. Truly everything gets mocked. In essence, it is a satire of the hypocritical modeling world and the superficiality of beauty contests, but the scenario does not shy away from any taboo. There is shameless fun-making of the disabled, poor people, pedophiles, corruption, violent death, obesity, vanity, eating disorders, Down syndrome, migrants, small town country folks, teenage pregnancy, ... If this movie were animated, it could easily be an episode of "South Park". Respectable actresses give brilliant tongue-in-cheek performances, such as Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, Ellen Barkin (with a beer can fused to her hand), Kirsten Dunst, and Denise Richards. Wonderfully sicko, but only if you were born within a certain period of time.
Although not even that old, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is a wonderful example of a comedy that could not possibly be made in the 2020s. Truly everything gets mocked. In essence, it is a satire of the hypocritical modeling world and the superficiality of beauty contests, but the scenario does not shy away from any taboo. There is shameless fun-making of the disabled, poor people, pedophiles, corruption, violent death, obesity, vanity, eating disorders, Down syndrome, migrants, small town country folks, teenage pregnancy, ... If this movie were animated, it could easily be an episode of "South Park". Respectable actresses give brilliant tongue-in-cheek performances, such as Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, Ellen Barkin (with a beer can fused to her hand), Kirsten Dunst, and Denise Richards. Wonderfully sicko, but only if you were born within a certain period of time.
To the person(s) who almost immediately rates my user-comments as "non-useful" as soon as they are published: why? Are you so sad and miserable that only diminishing the work of others brings you joy? Try contributing something yourself, first.
"Mosquito" is not exactly the type of movie I personally would watch proactively, but my buddy was so ecstatic with his purchase of the DVD that his enthusiasm infected me! Oh well, a zero-budgeted and excessively grotesque creature-feature from the mid-90s with giant mosquitoes... How bad can it be?
Answer: very bad, but at the same time very amusing as well! The vast majority of the special effects are terribly bad, but some specific gory moments are brilliant (the popping eyeballs). The background of where the ginormous mutated mosquitoes come from is ridiculous, but also quite effective. When an alien spaceship crashes into a remote swamp, an ordinary mosquito decides to taste some alien blood, and she spontaneously mutates into a mega-specimen with a craving for more and more blood! Fortunately - for the mosquitoes - their swamp is close to a popular camping ground!
A lot of bizarre dialogues and misplaced jokes, a dash of gratuitous nudity, an almost forgotten horror icon - Gunnar Hansen - who refers to his classic role in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with a big grin on his face, and a massive explosion in the finale; What more is needed to have an hour and a half of mindless fun? And, who knows, maybe Steven Spielberg even got his inspiration for the ridiculous scene with the refrigerator in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" from a similar sequence here!
"Mosquito" is not exactly the type of movie I personally would watch proactively, but my buddy was so ecstatic with his purchase of the DVD that his enthusiasm infected me! Oh well, a zero-budgeted and excessively grotesque creature-feature from the mid-90s with giant mosquitoes... How bad can it be?
Answer: very bad, but at the same time very amusing as well! The vast majority of the special effects are terribly bad, but some specific gory moments are brilliant (the popping eyeballs). The background of where the ginormous mutated mosquitoes come from is ridiculous, but also quite effective. When an alien spaceship crashes into a remote swamp, an ordinary mosquito decides to taste some alien blood, and she spontaneously mutates into a mega-specimen with a craving for more and more blood! Fortunately - for the mosquitoes - their swamp is close to a popular camping ground!
A lot of bizarre dialogues and misplaced jokes, a dash of gratuitous nudity, an almost forgotten horror icon - Gunnar Hansen - who refers to his classic role in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with a big grin on his face, and a massive explosion in the finale; What more is needed to have an hour and a half of mindless fun? And, who knows, maybe Steven Spielberg even got his inspiration for the ridiculous scene with the refrigerator in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" from a similar sequence here!
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