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From: rkim@MARS.CALSTATELA.EDU (Richard H.S. Kim)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Incept dates, morphology
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:52:29 GMT

In article: <1992Sep28.152545.2496@bmerh85.bnr.ca> shiv@bnr.ca
(Shiv Naimpally) writes:

| One thing I was curious about after thinking about it bit is the
| whole thing about a 4 year life span. Bryant implies that Tyrell corp
| were afraid the replicants would start developing their own emotions,
| so therefore they built them with a 4 year life span. Yet it is later
| implied that Rachel has no built-in life span since she was an experiment.

Don't forget when the movie explains that after a bloody revolt by a
Nexus-6 off-world squad, replicants were banned on Earth.  The reasons
for their instability was, according to Tyrell Co., was that the replicants
were developing their own emotional responses.  The four year lifespan was
really just a quick fix to this problem.

The real fix was to provide more stable emotional responses, and the most
promising technique was memory implants, or past experiences. 

Rachel was an experiment for Tyrell to "better control" the replicants by
"gifting" them with a past experience.  If the experiment was successful,
Tyrell would have a safer, more acceptable product to sell.  More "commerce",
or $$$$.

| And then, when Roy meets Tyrell, the way they argue about morphology
| ('potent mutagenic agent') seems to imply that the 4 year life span
| was caused by the manufacturing process, and trying to change that process
| to increase the life span is not possible.

Tyrell explained to Roy that messing with genetic code after a period
of incubation had passed was very dangerous.  He had an answer for every-
thing that Roy threw at him.  Of course, Tyrell's view of Roy was that of
a prize, a specimen of unequalled abilities and talents.  Roy was not
amused. :)

| The only thing I could think of is that perhaps once the replicants
| were manufactured with the 4 year life span, there was no way they could
| be altered to increase their life span. Comments ? 

Yup, that the gist of it.

Obviously, if Rachel was a success, the four-year lifespan could be changed
for future replicants, which was the whole idea.
----/----
Rich K.
email> rkim@opus.calstatela.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: priore@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Charles F Priore Jr)
Subject: Movie Posters For Sale
Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:15:24 GMT

I have two movie posters for sale. Both in excellent condition.

These are now considered classics in the world of Sci-fi schlock!

Poster #1- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes   $75

Poster #2- Invasion of the Star Creatures  $50

Both films are given mention in the Golden Turkey Awards book.

E-mail me directly.

Thanks !

charlie


Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: donnell@shamu.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: The ultimate movie.
Keywords: Melt
Organization: none
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 08:06:24 GMT

In article <sprooney.717798567@unix1.tcd.ie> sprooney@unix1.tcd.ie (Simon Rooney) writes:
>
>WOW! I am impressed.
>I just saw the most amazing vid I've ever seen. I have never before
>seen its likes. I was astounded at how the subtle intricracies of
>the plot were superbly contrasted by the masterful camerawork and
>complex soundtrack.
>
>		STREET TRASH
>		 -It melts-
>
>Fall to your knees and praise it.
>
>ISOnm

Oh please. "subtle intricacies of the plot were superbly contrasted by the
masterful camera work blah blah blah".
We all know you just liked watching the bums dissolve and the game of
keepaway played in the junkyard with the guys JOhn Thomas.
It is a fun family film, for extremely dysfunctional families.

					--Judex--
From: russelle@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Eric Russell)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: the absolute worst movie of all time, so bad it's bad
Date: 3 Oct 92 02:10:08 GMT
Followup-To: alt.cult-movies
Organization: Northwestern University

*The* absolute worst movie simply must be "Three on a Meethook." It's
too bad too, because it has such a promising title, but don't be fooled
as my friends and I once were, this is one of the worst movies ever made.

Eric
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: dklahr@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: <None>
Summary: message
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:33:58 GMT

i think some people need to GET A LIFE.
thank you for you attention.
p.s.---
sometime (i think) early in da film, it is mentioned that NOT ALL the
replicants survived the escape. i may have a faulty memory of the film ( i
haven't seen it in a while), but i think this is the case. but who gives a
flying fuck? ITS ONLY A GODDAMN MOVIE!!!!!!

Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: mafu@sbustd.rz.uni-sb.de (Markus Fuenfrocken)
Subject: GODZILLA VS KING KONG ????
Organization: Studenten-Mail, Rechenzentrum Universitaet des Saarlandes
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:51:27 GMT

Hi there,

I'm looking for a film title of a 70's Godzilla-movie ! I thought it
was called "Godzilla vs King-Kong" but i'm not shure !

I was about 8 years old and saw it in a cheap cinema. All i can remember is
the following:

There were some extra-terestrians in caves under the earth. When killed,
their faces changed to a green, ape-like  something........I remember this
scene had a nice effect on me... (big adrenalin-punch to my stomach!)

The other scene i remember is Gozilla fighting agains an iron robot with
rocket-fingers which looked like a copy of Godzilla (or was it King-Kong???)

Did anybody see this film ,too and remembers his name ??? Contact me !


Thanx, M.F.



Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: jclannom@mathlab.mtu.edu (Joe Lannom)
Subject: Re: Name this movie
Reply-To: jclannom@mathlab.mtu.edu (Joe Lannom)
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:31:16 GMT

Evan Whitney writes
>> 
> The movie opens with the police investigating the death of an old
> man. The room in which he died was in a rather bizarre state:
> forks and knives stuck into the ceiling and various other articles
> strewn about.
> 
> The rest of the movie takes place in a mausoleum and centers around a
> girl being initiated by a sorority. The old geezer has just been buried
> in one of the vaults.  He had apparently been a warlock or wizard in  
life 
> and his corpse still has tremendous power. He levitates corpses and  
torments 
> the girl and her friends. The corpses are not zombies, but are more like 
> putrid mannequins being dragged through the mausoleum. There is also a  
lot 
> of pink light emanating from his vault while all of this is going on.
> 
> Anybody remember this one? What is it?
> 

It sounds like phantasm or phantasm II.  I can't remember which one I saw,
but the girls father had been into the occult or something, and she was
raised by her aunt and uncle... the warlock/father figure dies, she joins
a sorority and they scare her by making her stay in the mausoleum all
night.... giving the dead guy and chance to try to posses one of the girls
(his daughter, of course, being the most likey candidate.)
 
Joe
From: aj137@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David Jeffries)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: The Cult Movie Library
Date: 28 Sep 1992 02:40:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Hey I think Weldon's book is great and I also love the Phantom book.  Weldon
is good at giving you a short idea of what the film is about.  The Phantom 
gives you the plot plus a review.  Even when he dislikes a film he'll tell you
why...that way you can figure "I might like it anyway."  Also his articles on
the side are great plus he gives you more contact addresses plus ways to find
the videos.  I also like the fact he rates films by their entertainment value
rather than artistic merit.  Great Idea!!

Joe Bob is a great writer but he doesn't reivew any of the older exploitation
films that I enjoy.  He does however have a series of videos out called "The
Sleaziest Movies Of All Time" that includes such old classics as "Living 
Venus" and "Deadly Weapons."  Great Stuff!!

I also recommend buying every issue of Video Watchdog and Psychotronic you 
can find.  Pick up Film Threat also but keep in mind a lot of the stuff they
go nuts about they also sell and/or produce. 


-- 
David Jeffries     aj137@cleveland.freenet.edu
MERZBOW/MOBY/NEW ORDER/HAFLER TRIO/LAIBACH/SPEEDY J/ANDRE MARROU
"You give funky love, funky love."------Cathy Dennis
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: charlesk@fraser.sfu.ca (Charles Hak Kim)
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Series?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:59:25 GMT

farant@terapin.com (Faran Thomason) writes:

>I also saw the Highlander series. It was better than I thought. 

Yeah, well I personally thought it sucked.  To each his own.

>seemed every one in the cast had a wierd accent. For a low budget show it
>wasn't bad, except for the cheesy lightning at the end.

Agreed.  Lighting was really cheesy.  Also the swordfighting (which seemed)
kinda hokey in Highlander One for that matter) was poor to atrocious.
Jeez, you'd think they'd get a better person to play the other
Highlander than that fool from War of the Worlds.  Cannot act his way
out of a wet paper bag.

[censored due to entertainment considerations]

>If they get really good writers(which I am sure they won't) The show could have
>potential. However I think the best anyone can hope for is being a bit better
>than Street justice.

Street Justice, like Highlander are both filmed in beautiful Vancouver
British Columbia.  (Canada for you Americans.  The big area right above
you.  No! North I mean, not the fucking sky! :)  The only mild amusement
I got from either show was playing name-that-Vancouver-landmark.

Regards,

Charles H. Kim

charlesk@sfu.ca
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: donnell@barnacle.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: Chocolate Nazi-cles
Organization: none
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:00:47 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.121243.9804@news.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE> k206027@smog.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (ce) writes:
>Perhaps in dis/honor of the recent surge of Neo-Nazi related activities
>here in Germany, i'm in the process of putting together a list of cult-
>fave films dealing with the resurrection of Nazis post-WWII. So far i've
>come up with 3 films:
>
>	"They Saved Hitler's Brain" - Obvious choice.
>
>	"The Frozen Dead" - Great howler with dead Nazis hanging in
>			    a freezer!
>
>	"The Boys From Brazil" - Another obvious choice
>
>I know there's others. Anyone care to contribute?
>
>
>*******************************************************************************
>*  "Supernatural, perhaps...Baloney, perhaps not" - Bela Lugosi               *

How about "Flesh Feast"? Veronica Lake uses maggots to eat away old flesh,
and then replaces it with her synthetic blend. Her new patient turns out
to be Adolph himself! Very cheap, and still available for theatrical
showings, 22 years after it's release!
Lots of shots of real maggots too!

					--Judex--
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 10:00:51 EDT
From: <SXL136@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Altered State soundtrack?

   Anybody know if one exists, and if it does, where I can get it at?

Many, many thanks, kimosabe....

-Sean LeBlanc
  The century's getting old and stale; it needs new tribes.
   -Clive Barker, In the Flesh
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: donnell@mantaray.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: Mario Bava films.
Organization: none
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:03:59 GMT

In article <16874ED4F.PETERC@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> PETERC@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Peter Correnty) writes:
>In article <1992Oct2.151232.1509@news2.cis.umn.edu>
>donnell@orca.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
> 
>>
>> I have always been a fan of the films of Mario Bava, and there are a couple
>>that I am trying to find. Any help would be appreciated...
>>
>>House of Exorcism-A strange one with Telly Savalas and Elke Sommer.
>>
> 
>HOUSE OF EXORCISM is available on video from several companies ...
>I haven't seen the original version on video, although I did see it
>years ago on tv.  The video, HOUSE OF EXORCISM, if I remember correctly,
>contains all of the footage from the original.  The only annoying thing
>is the inserts of the new "possession" footage.  I imagine if you had
>two VCRs, you could edit it out.  The new footage really does
>detract from Bava's poetic masterpiece's rhythm.
> 
>>Danger:Diabolik: John Phillip Law as a futuristic superthief. Based on a
>>french comic strip.
>>
> 
>This title is available from Something Weird Video, but the quality is
>very poor.  I've seen it advertised in FilmFax magazine.  Lots of other
>public domain places carry it.  I can't recommend them, though.
> 
>>Also looking for "Black Sunday", "Blood and Black Lace", "Baron Blood", and
>>"Hatchet For A Honeymoon".
>>
> 
>All of these titles should be easy to find.  I bought Baron Blood from
>HBO Video (it is the cut version, however).  The quality is excellent.
>Hatchet for a Honeymoon is carried by many companies .... Eccentri-Cinema,
>Video Gems, ... .  I have several copies of this film, and all are
>excellent quality.  Black Sunday is available from Sinister Cinema,
>Shlock Toons, and Eccentri-Cinema.  I bought the video version from
>Sinister Cinema (quality - good, not great).  I also bought the
>uncut British version from Eccentri-Cinema AND the laser disc!!!  The
>laser disc also contains another Bava favorite, Black Sabbath.  The
>quality is awesome!!!   Blood and Black Lace was available on video,
>but it has been discontinued.  The quality is great, and the film is
>uncut.  Try video stores ... it was a common title.
> 
> 
>Have you seen any of Bava's other films?.... WHAT! is incredible.
>It's an atmospheric S&M story filmed in the mid 60s.  It was cut
>by 20+ minutes for American release.  I was lucky enough to find a
>copy a few years ago.
> 
>How about Curse of the Living Dead?  Another atmospheric shocker
>with lots of suspense and mystery.  Also available on video.
> 
>I already mentioned Black Sabbath ... available on both video and
>laser disc.  It's a great anthology film about ghosts, a psycho,
>and a vampire family.
> 
> 
>-Pete.
> 
Curse Of The Living dead was a very tacky retitling of Kill, Baby Kill.
I will never forget the scene with the ghost of the little girl and the ball.

What! showed up a few years back as a "Saturday Nightmare" on USA network?!?!!

I'll hunt around. I was hoping more for trades, since I am currently     
unemployed...

					--Judex--
From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: The Stuff
Date: 30 Sep 92 00:55:03 GMT
Reply-To: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.

Yeah I saw this. It was mildly amusing but it was a good premise that
never seemed to quite get off the ground. I thought it didn't live
up to its potential. It was on pay tv some years back and can be found
in video stores.
From: farant@terapin.com (Faran Thomason)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: stuff
Date: 4 Oct 92 22:38:28 PST
Organization: BBS

I have seen Infra-Man. While it's from Hong Kong I belive it's more akin to the
Japanese rubber monster films and TV shows like Ultra-Man. It'skind of fun if
you like shlock you willlove Infra-man.
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: bradleyt@spot.Colorado.EDU (Todd Bradley)
Subject: Re: Scooby-Doo
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 14:57:00 GMT

In article <anderson.10.717291875@gab.unt.edu> anderson@gab.unt.edu (RICHARD ANDERSON) writes:
>I have heard a rumor that there is going to be a movie version of the Scooby-
>Doo cartoons.  Now for the strange part -- David Lynch is supposed to direct 
>it.
>
>Is there any truth to this?  The cartoon theme has really been done to death 
>recently, and I really don't think this fits David Lynch's style.

I think you're wrong.  Of course, this rumor is incredibly
unlikely to be true, but I would love to see Scooby Doo as
done by David Lynch.

Shaggy = Crispin Glover
Scooby = voice of Bobcat Goldthwait
Fred = Kyle McLaughlin
Daphne = Julia Roberts
Velma = Winona Ryder

Evil Mr. Smith = the guy who played the Sheriff in "Robin Hood"


Todd.
-- 
| Todd Bradley -- Official Microsoft Spokesman
| 
| WARNING/GUARANTEE: This message contains material which a truly
| free Society would neither fear nor suppress.
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: donnell@polyp.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: Cthulhu, DARKMAN
Organization: none
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:23:38 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.224050.18714@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st923058@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>
>	1. There was a Cthulhoid creature in Infra-Man. The evil princess
>Dragon Mom called up a whole bunch of nasty monsters intended to kick
>the living shit out of Infra Man (excusez-moi while I go giggle helplessly).
>One of these monsters distinctly resembled the Cthulhu. Jeez, it's really
>sad what a Great Old One is reduced to doing to get off the unemployment
>line...
>	2. DARKMAN (saw it at the same movie marathon as Infra-Man, but about
>seven hours and lots of JOLT later) Thought I'd hate it, because I so
>dislike Liam Neeson. Bleh. But the movie turned out to be okay. Nice plot,
>cool makeup effects, and a villain I could hate with impunity--none of this
>"Well, he's a person too" crap. As for Liam, well, let's just say I
>very much enjoyed watching his face melt off. :)
>					Rosaleen

I can't find a good enough description of Cthulhu to be able to tell which one
you mean. Please be more specific.

What is wrong with Liam Neeson? I have only seen him in 2 films and I didn't 
mind him. <Next Of Kin and "Darkman">

					--Judex--

Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: sturgeal@sage.cc.purdue.edu (tony sturgeon)
Subject: O.C. & Stiggs
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:41:26 GMT



Has{anyone out there ever heard or seen of the movie "O.C. and
Stiggs"?  My friends and I have known about it for a few years now and
we believe that we may be the only ones to have ever seen it.  I know
that it was a National Lampoon story before a movie, but we want to
know if anyone enjoyed the comical film by Robert Altman.

Tony Sturgeon 
Purdue University


{
From: PETERC@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Peter Correnty)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Chocolate Nazi-cles -name this one
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:08:51 GMT
Organization: Yale University

In article <mwojcik-300992125200@college23.sas.upenn.edu>
mwojcik@pennsas.upenn.edu (Michael Wojcik) writes:
 
>
>
> k206027@smog.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (ce) wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps in dis/honor of the recent surge of Neo-Nazi related activities
>> here in Germany, i'm in the process of putting together a list of cult-
>> fave films dealing with the resurrection of Nazis post-WWII.
>>     <stuff deleted>
>> I know there's others. Anyone care to contribute?
>
>I saw parts of this cool movie on a Saturday afternoon recently, but I
>didn't catch the title. It was kind of a living dead with nazis. Early on
>this girl was swimming in this lake that was mostly overgrown with lillies.
>As she swam, there were camera cuts to the lake bottom, and there were
>these ratty looking nazis walk/swimming around, converging on her.
>
>Later on, these guys came out of the lake (they were blue!!) and attacked
>this town. As they cought people, they went for necks, dracula style (for
>the blood I guess). Still later, the townsfolk hit upon the idea to burn
>the baddies. In one scene, there are about 8 or 9 of these guys sharing
>(more like fighting over) a bucket of blood (great!). Some guy busts in
>with a flamethrower or something and toasts them!
>
>
>What was the Title!!!!????? Anybody!!???
>
>                    ___
 
ZOMBIE LAKE (aka Lake of the Living Dead).  This one was supposedly
directed by Jess Franco.  He used a pseudonym in the credits.
 
Have you seen SHOCK WAVES ... a similarly themed movie?
 
-Pete.
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Grizabella)
Subject: Fandango
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-18857]: sparta
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:55:27 GMT

I'm not sure where this post belongs, but I tried Alt.movies, to no
avail. (1 response!) Anyway, a week or so ago, I watched this totally
hilarious movie starring Emilio Estevez, Kevin Costner, and several
other stars that I don't remember names of. The movie was called
Fandango. Here's the problem... We have several questions about things
that happened in the movie, certain symbolic elements, etc. I am
writing here to see if there are any people out there in net.land who
saw this movie, and to ask what you thought. If there's enough response,
I'll post some of my questions and see what you guys think, but for
now I just want to know if there are any people out there who know the
movie I am talking about...

Meow...
-- 
			 ||     "I'm a woman, and can't be taken for granted.
Misti D. Jordan          ||           Life's a bitch... now so am I."
jordan@cs.tulane.edu     ||                         -- CatWoman
   "To love another person is to see the face of God..." -- Les Miserables
From: iroderic@alfred.carleton.ca (Ian Roderick)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: The Stuff
Date: 30 Sep 92 02:08:07 GMT
Organization: Carleton University

In <1992Sep30.005503.5709@bmerh85.bnr.ca> shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:

>Yeah I saw this. It was mildly amusing but it was a good premise that
>never seemed to quite get off the ground. I thought it didn't live
>up to its potential. It was on pay tv some years back and can be found
>in video stores.

Aw c'mon... I saw THE STUFF and I thought it was hilarious.  An alien
invasion in the form of Yop.  Then again, I saw it in probably the
most appropriate of contexts - when Coca-Cola introduced "The New
Taste of Coke."

Ian
From: jarnot@kin.lap.upenn.edu (Kevin J. Jarnot)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: OK.....Hold it!
Date: 1 Oct 92 21:40:10 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Language Analysis Center

In article <gunnarh.171.717958495@dhhalden.no> gunnarh@dhhalden.no (GUNNAR HORRIGMO) writes:
> 
> I've heard a lot of talk here about "MST3K". What the hell is it? I even 
> think I spotted an alt.fan.mst3k here.

MST3K is "Mystery Science Theatre 3000", a show on Comedy Central (which is an
American cable television channel) where a guy (Joel) and two very sarcastic 
robots (forget their names) sit through "bad" movies and make fun of them as 
they're watching.  Not a good description, but you have to experience 
it...

Kevin


-- 
Kevin J. Jarnot (jarnot@kin.lap.upenn.edu)      | "The monkey-boys are evil - 
Lead Programmer/Analyst/Keyboardist             | Lord Whorfin is supreme..."
Univ. of Pennsylvania Language Analysis Center  |  
3700 Market St, Suite 202  Phila, PA 19104      |       "Vita Non Jerk"
From: rkatos@hpunila.MSR.HP.COM (Ray Katos)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:17:16 GMT
Subject: Re: OutLand
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sales, Naperville IL