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Other modern-day grindhouse flicks.

posted 11 years ago by Evolution-X
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Apart from the Machete flicks and the Grindhouse movies like Planet Terror and Death Proof, the one that I can think of that I enjoyed even though I can see why some people disliked it was Hobo With A Shotgun. That movie was pretty cool but gory as hell and I can't imagine people with a weak stomach sitting through that.

There is another that I did watch that I wasn't too crazy about and that was Bitch Slap. Has anybody here seen that movie? I know the three leads were gorgeous, but there were some things wrong about that movie. I did enjoy listening to the commentary from the three leads but it still wasn't that good. I don't know why I bought it on Blu-Ray, maybe it was an impulse when I watched before buying the Blu-Ray version.

Any other examples? I am curious about checking out Bounty Killer. It kind of has that look of it, but I could be wrong.

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[–] jimpiscitelli 11 years ago

Another example of a modern Grindhouse flick would be "Drive Angry" starring Nicolas Cage. I remember watching it in 3D in theatres since not many theatres were showing it in regular 2D or 35MM print.

[–] ultimatenexus 11 years ago

I saw the first five minutes of Bitch Slap and it looked terrible. Nothing but horribly-acted 'I'm trying to be cool and tough' acting.

I've never heard of Bounty Killer so thank you for providing something else I can check out.

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky and Tokyo Gore Police are fun exploitation films. Riki's the best of the two. Also Machine Girl is TGP turns out to be your thing.

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[–] Evolution-X 11 years ago

One thing that I should add is that I have watched "Bounty Killer" since starting this thread. I recommend you check it out. It's actually a fun movie.

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[–] ultimatenexus 11 years ago

Most definitely, thank you. :)

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[–] JoeyBagOfDonuts 10 years ago

Would you consider Sucker Punch a Grindhouse flick ?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978764/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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[–] lazarillo 10 years ago

You do know "grindhouse flicks" don't have big budgets, A-list actors and actresses, a complete lack of nudity (because the A-list actresses all have no-nudity clauses), and CGI gore effects? They also don't play in the multiplexes and there really are no inner-city movie theaters (i.e. grindhouses) left.

This isn't really a grindhouse flick any more the "Sin City" is really a film noir. A "modern-day grindhouse" film might be something like "Bad Biology" or "The Human Centipede" or "Black Devil Doll". But even these are more self-conscious homages to grindhouse than real grindhouse.

[–] JoeyBagOfDonuts 10 years ago

Yeah, I know what Grindhouse implies. I was actually speaking about movies that try to have a Grindhouse look, without actually BEING Grindhouse quality.

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