b. koski

Michael and George, owners of the best vegetarian restaurant in their small city, have an interesting social life. Where most people go home and spend time with their loved ones after work, Michael and George hang around with their deceased uncle. That's right, their deceased uncle -- who's actually just a brain and eyes in a jar that's ordering them to rebuild the goddess Sheetar so she can take over the world.

Sound like the perfect B-Movie? Well, in a way, it is. 'Blood Diner' is one of those little gems that takes you quite a while to appreciate. Sure, it's filled with as much low budget gore and cheesy sexist jokes as as Kong could fit into an hour and twenty eight minutes. And sure, there are members of my high school drama class that are better actors than two of the main characters in this film. But that's what makes it fun -- the fact that it was not only made to laugh at, but that you have so many chances to laugh at it.

Rent this movie if you ever get the chance and if you're into black humour and/or horrible but great films. And make sure to watch out for the biker, wrestling and Vitamin scenes. If you aren't rolling on the floor laughing at the end of it, never rent another B-Movie again.

Although I do agree that Frightmare is underrated, it isn't something to put too much work into finding.

The storyline is a semi-interesting twist on the life after death theme: A legendary horror actor [Conrad] dies mysteriously in his bedroom. At the funeral his 'last film' is shown: a short with him stating that there is life after death and that he's watching all of the people that are watching the film. A little later, a group of horror/drama kiddies decide to steal Conrad's corpse and bring him to the house where some of his movies were filmed. The kids slowly start to disappear, one by one...

The first few death scenes are the only downright amazing thing about this movie. It was nice to see some regular, down to earth 'mental murder' after watching two gore filled movies beforehand. But even that can't save it -- the murders start to get bloody in a very cheesy way, and them themselves become as boring as the movie itself.

I'd suggest renting this only if you have the money to blow and you aren't expecting a masterpiece. There's better horror films, but every once in a while you need to see something average to remind you of that.

In the era of the buddy cop film and bad movies marketed at teenagers, here's a film that slipped through the advertising phase virtually undetected to become one of the best movies of the decade.

'Rushmore' has to be one of the strangest comedies I've ever seen. The story is clear and to the point -- A high school student is in love with a first grade teacher. He does many outrageous things to try to get her attention, and throws little fits when she doesn't pay any attention to him. He has his friend, a business man in his forties help out, and he falls in love with the teacher as well. Pandemonium takes place. The story may seem just a tad bit insane, but the way that the actors play it out will leave you in stitches.

It's really hard to make up my mind on whether it's pure genius or not -- the acting is great, the jokes are great, the whole movie itself it great, but it leaves you with this feeling of confusion... But even if I can't decide if it's one of the best movies on earth, it's still one of the best movies of the decade and worth a much higher User Rating than 200.

Check it out if you're a fan of strange and not-so-obvious comedies. Even if you aren't a fan of Bill Murray, which many people that I know aren't, you should still enjoy it. The soundtrack, filled with semi-obscure poppy love songs and some original stuff by Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale from DEVO/Mutato Musica, is worth picking up as well.