Viewings: September 2024

At last, a month stacked like Sydney Sweeney! Two problematic oldies appeased my degenerate taste; namely, Shanty Tramp and Guest House Paradiso. As for modern times,  Kneecap proved to be my favourite comedy released so far this year. Coralie Forgeat's stylish body horror The Substance was a significant step above practically everything else I've watched. Therefore, it wins the Dada Debaser Film of the Month™ and then some.

Film:

Guns, Girls and Gangsters (Edward L. Cahn, 1959)* 

Stark Fear (Ned Hockman, Skip Homeier•, 1962)*

Shanty Tramp (Joseph G. Prieto, 1967)*

The Bat Woman (René Cardona, 1968)*

Beware the Black Widow (Larry Crane, 1968)*

Scars of Dracula (Roy Ward Baker, 1970)

Bat Pussy (Unknown, 197?)*

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (Seth Holt, Michael Carreras•, 1971)

The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986)

Death in Brunswick (John Ruane, 1990)*

Pump Up the Volume (Allan Moyle, 1990)

Return of the Living Dead III (Brian Yuzna, 1993)

The Doom Generation (Gregg Araki, 1995)

Guest House Paradiso (Adrian Edmondson, 1999)*

The Convent (Mike Mendez, 2000)*

Hendrix (Leon Ichaso, 2000)*

47 Metres Down (Johannes Roberts, 2017)*

The Coffee Table (Caye Casas, 2022/2024)*

The Crow (Rupert Sanders, 2024)*

Kneecap (Rich Peppiatt, 2024)*

MaXXXine (Ti West, 2024)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (George Miller, 2024)

Sasquatch Sunset (David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, 2024)*

Subservience (S.K. Dale, 2024)*

The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, 2024)*

Uglies (McG, 2024)*

Television:

Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks (Sydney Newman, 1963-2024)*

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense - Black Carrion (John Hough, 1984)*

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense - The Late Nancy Irving (Peter Sasdy, 1984)*

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense - Czech Mate (John Hough, 1984)*

The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan - The Death of Jimi Hendrix (Chris Cottam, 2022)*

America's New Female Right (Layla Wright, 2024)*

Mastermind - Episodes 4-6 (Bill Wright. 2024/2025)*

UEFA Nations League: Republic of Ireland vs England (2024)

*First time viewings.

•Uncredited.

Dada Debaser Notes:

• Don't think The Coffee Table will ever be completely wiped from my memory.
  
• Undoubtedly, one for the hipsters, but Sasquatch Sunset did contain some genuinely emotional moments outside of a family of Big Foots mostly pissing, shitting and wanking for comedy.
  
• I reviewed The Empire Strikes Back of the unofficial Christian Slater trilogy.
• Waxed lyrical on one of my favourite zombies turned MILF.
• M3GAN Fox may have hit the wall ages ago, but she was still perfectly cast as a sexy, emotionless robot in Subservience. The film equivalent of Milo Manara's temptation illustration.
  
• Had no idea the notorious Bat Pussy was a pornographic film, along with it being the worst I've ever watched.
• For a film which states in the opening titles "A heterosexual film by Gregg Araki", The Doom Generation is still a remarkably gay offering. I am a big fan of Rose McGowan in it, though. Funny seeing Perry Farrell's cameo after his recent onstage outburst.
  
• Death in Brunswick was fine, but I can't help wishing it was all about Sam Neill's mate Dave instead. Top class Aussie.
  
• Furiosa was even better the second time around; MaXXXine wasn't, sadly.
• My copy of The Hitcher arrived over the weekend. How did I not realise it was inspired by The Doors song Riders on the Storm? John Ryder! "If you give this man a ride, sweet memory will die. Killer on the road".
  

Lastly: RIP James Earl Jones! Blessed with a voice perfectly suited for one of the greatest sci-fi villains, along with playing the O.G Skeletor - Thulsa Doom; another classic baddie.

Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio, 1985.