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1001web
Joe Dante's homage to his childhood features John Goodman as the cigar-chomping master of horror hype, Lawrence Woolsey. The character is patterned after the late William Castle and Goodman nails the role.MATINEE is set in Key West, Florida during the "atom age", that is the days when it was thought a nuke might strike at anytime, and kids were sent flying under their desks once or twice a month in drills anticipating the disaster -- like your school desk would help against radiation.Having spent some time many years ago living on the Florida Keys (and loving it!), I was, of course, thrilled to see that the movie was set in Key West. Released in 1993, it is currently available on DVD (no Blu-ray yet) and providers like Netflix Instant Play.The film contains a hilarious "movie-within-a movie", starring a half-man, half-ant mutation called "Mant". Dante spoofs the genre, but does so respectfully instead of letting it slip into the realms of the ridiculous like so many others do.Presented here in two parts is MANT! and a trailer for MATINEE.
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1001web
Amassing over 20,000 page views since its appearance on Saturday, February 19, 2011, PIRANHA PARTY remains the most popular post at MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD. Featuring lots of sun-bronzed spring break skin, an exhilarating pace with snappy dialogue, and more blood gallon-to-gallon than any other film before or since, it's little wonder that this hugely-successful film garnered so much interest on the web.CLICK HERE or on this post's title header to read.
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1001web
It's no surprise that the tried and true formula of blood, beasts, and babes made PIRANHA PARTY GIRLS the 2nd most popular post of all time here at MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD. Hungry, flesh-eating piranhas and far-from-starved Kelly Brook -- need I say more?CLICK HERE or on this post's title header to read.
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1001web
DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE a.k.a. EL GRAN AMOR DEL CONDE DRACULA (1974)
