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Rating system: * = waste of your time ** = if you are really bored the first 5 minutes might entertain you *** = Ok, nothing special **** = Good ***** = Brilliant BASKETCASE 1982 USA Frank Henenlotter One of the greatest movies ever made. Duane Bradley travels to New York with his deformed once siamese twin Belial. Belial lives in a picnic basket that Duane always carries around and whom he feeds all kind of snacks in bulk such as hot dogs and hamburgers. They check in at a seedy hotel and from there they plan their revenge against the doctors who separated them when they were kids. Unlike a lot of other movies in this genre this one sticks out on many levels… The acting, the colourful characters, the seedy atmosphere make it so much more then the usual exploitation slasher. You can watch Basketcase 2 and 3 too, not as good but still excellent…and you just need to know what happens in this epic journey, just like the original Star Wars... You should show this to your kids instead of all the brainrotting Disney crap they watch! Trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQj7j8yG6A ***** BAD RONALD 1974 Originally a TV Movie from the 1970s this became a cult classic recently. Its really strange, unique and could be a kids family movie sort of but not really (but it could be depending in what kind of family you grow up...) Its too disquieting for that...Ronald is a dorky inept kid that is bullied by everyone. His mother (there is no father) has all her hopes set on that Ronald will become an important doctor. Ronald himself lives in a fantasy world of enchanting RPG dungeons and dragons fairytales. One day Ronald accidentaly kills the neighbor's little daughter when she calls him names. His mother decides to hide Ronald in the walls of their house and tells the police he left to an unknown destination. Ronald is not allowed to go outside of the walls and one day his mother has to go to the hospital for an operation. She fills up the refrigirator and sais she will be back in 2 weeks. Something goes wrong with the operation and the mother never returns. Ronald survives stealing food from the neighbours kitchen. Then one day....the house gets new tenants whome are unaware that there is somebody living in their walls who is watching their every move.... It all has a tense highly mesmerizing horrific fairytaile atmosphere that just works fantastic. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSgfmQEe0E8 ***** ALONE WITH HER 2006 USA If there would be a DVD box with Bad Ronald and another movie touching the same subject sort off this would be it…That is a Voyeurism mixed with "domestic espionage" compilation. The main guy (or antoganist actually) is a chubby glassed adorkable psychopath who starts following some incredibly stupid bimbo. Yeah its one of those movies were the main female protagonist is so irritating and dumb that you just hope she is going to get cut up as soon as possible to get it over with. The main focus of interest thus is the psychopath who investigates every intimate detail about his victim. You will sit on the edge of your seat in nailbitting anxiousness as he breaks in her appartment and sets up spy cameras, taps on the phone etc. After a while he goes into unsettling areas when he tries to "accidentally" chat her up at the video store with the information he gathered. Slowly he befriends her and the story gets more intense and disturbing. Incredible uncomfortable but also (unintentionally) humorous…really absurdly entertaining but its still pretty bad, especially compared to Bad Ronald. **1/2 THE LIFT 1983 Holland Dick Maas Dick Maas's STUNNING euro-horror classic and also one of the best dutch movies ever made. Ahead of its time with a story about an elevator taken over by an Artificial Intelligence gone haywire. Everything is awesome in this movie from the name of the evil microchip company "Rising Sun Industries" to the dark office tower always hit by lightning. Add badass melancholical acting, moody colourful and sinister art direction and we haven't even mentioned the FANTASTIC soundtrack by the director himself, played on a Roland Jupiter 8 and Juno 6. A genuine Masterpiece. Watch it here with english subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MyOxMJkyk0 There is also an English dubbed version somewhere floating on the internet. ***** COMBAT SHOCK 1984 Buddy Giovinazzo This is like Eraserhead meets Taxi Driver made on a zero budget. Set in Port Richmond, Staten Island, it tells the story of a jobless vietnam veteran who has to deal with his nagging wife and malformed baby. Things are getting pretty grim from there... Considered to be "one of the ugliest, nastiest, most depressing movies of the decade"...sounds like fun! Also for real this is, I am not kidding, Port Richmonds only claim to fame. A great christmas movie for the whole family! You can watch the whole movie online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGjQmhZlEI4 **** THE SENTINEL 1977 USA Michael Winner Awesome sophisticated 1970s horror movie set in New York. Directed by Michael Winner of Death Wish fame. Allison Parker is a highly psychoneurotic fashion model. She rents a new appartment in a house which is owned by a secret society of excommunicated Catholic priests. Allison is unaware to the fact that this house is a secret gateway to hell and its entrance is guarded by a blind priest who lives in the attic. Enough material for one of the most fascinating and scariest 1970s horror films! At the time the movie came out it was recieved quite dramatically with reviews like "the worst most offensive and repressive horror film of the 1970s". In hinsight all this critisism didn't seem justified...nothing but the pretentious blather of uptight movie critics....fortunately the movie has matured rather well and is now seen as a 70s horror masterpiece, The overall atmosphere is just great...the cinematography, the soundtrack, the cast (Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Walken!) the weird story and the late 70s New York Fashion jet-set vibe all fit into place perfectly! TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gco7N1NG0ek ****