Bad Idea Podcast #13: Live from Exhumed Fest 2012

130) The No Mercy Man (1973) Dir: Daniel Vance Date Released: January XX, 1973 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3/5

131) Fear is the Key (1973) Dir: Michael Tuchner Date Released: March 14, 1973 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

RV!: The Man from Hong Kong (1975) Dir: Brian Trenchard-Smith Date Released: August XX, 1975 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 2/5

132) Death Weekend (1976) Dir: William Fruet Date Released: March 4, 1977 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3/5

RV!: The Boss (1973) Dir: Fernando Di Leo Date Released: ??? Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

133) Vice Squad (1982) Dir: Gary Sherman Date Released: January 22, 1982 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

RV!: Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1975) Dir: Don Edmonds Date Released: October XX 1975 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 2/5

Apparently, last month's Bad Idea Podcast has been delayed due to technical difficulties. But never fear, here's a taste of what Steve and I and our special guest Matt Prigge talked about. Watch this space for more info as it becomes available.

89) BMX Bandits (1983)

89) BMX Bandits (1983) Dir: Brian Trenchard-Smith Date Released: ??? Date Seen: March 14, 2011 Rating: 2/5

Duuuur. See my review for Slant Magazine.

218) The Man From Hong Kong (1975)

218) The Man From Hong Kong (1975) Dir: Brian Trenchard-Smith and Wang Yu Date Released: August 1975 Date Seen: July 21st, 2009 Rating: 1.25/5

Completely inept but not without its entertaining moments, mostly during the overheated action scenes (George Lazenby, especially, oddly enough). See my mention of it in my piece for The Onion's New York Decider on Australian exploitation movies.

108) Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)

108) Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997) Dir: Brian Trenchard-Smith Date Released (DVD): February 1997 Date Seen: April 19th, 2009 Rating: 2/5 

Via my Twitter: "Leprechaun 4 would be sitting better w/me if the moronic script wasn't as painfully earnest but imaginatively bankrupt. Dumb fun otherwise./Ok, I lied: a lot of other stuff in Leprechaun 4 is pretty terrible too. I just like watching Warwick Davis....in spaaaace!"

61) Turkey Shoot (1982)

61) Turkey Shoot (1982) Dir: Brian Trenchard-Smith Date Released: October 1983 Date Seen: March 1^st, 2009 Rating: 3.5/5

As a Battle Royale-esque exploitation golden not-so-oldie, Turkey Shoot succeeds within its self-imposed limitations at critiquing Thatcherite strict “order”-based logic. To my mind, there’s no more perverse way to upend her regime's justly demonized mentality than with a movie that's as alternately organized and spazzy as  this one, being a film about rich blueboods who hunt proles with everything from exploding arrows to a manimal. While it understandably won’t strike a chord with anyone looking for a serious political critique (unless of course you think Ilsa the She-wolf of the SS is a radical revisionist challenge), as a fun little Corman-esque splatterfest with ample amounts of camp and moderately artistic camerawork, it hits the spot.