Ah, so much wasted potential
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mvario — 20 years ago(July 21, 2005 07:36 PM)
Don't get me wrong, this was pretty good campy fun. Unfortunately they chose to go the Buffy route and target it towards teens. If this was done with a lot of over-the-top gore and some gratuitous nudity it could have really rocked.
-Mike
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HandOfChaos — 20 years ago(October 27, 2005 04:34 AM)
I just saw this movie and I would have to disagree with you.
Unfortunately they chose to go the Buffy route and target it towards teens.
I am not a teen (in fact I didn't start watching Buffy until I was 22) and I loved this movie.
If this was done with a lot of over-the-top gore
This would have made the movie crap.
and some gratuitous nudity
This is your only thought that I could agree with.
Sorry to pick apart your post, but I am feeling a little argumentative at the moment.Ok, moment's over
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mvario — 20 years ago(October 27, 2005 07:33 PM)
"I am not a teen (in fact I didn't start watching Buffy until I was 22) and I loved this movie."
Then let me correct myself, they went the 18-24 market route. I liked it a lot, I just think that it could have been even better.
"This would have made the movie crap. "
I think, quite obviously, that is a matter of opinion, and ours will just have to remain in disagreement.
"This is your only thought that I could agree with."
Well at least we agree on something.
I think there are too few good b-movies that have enough gratuitous nudity (Halfway House being a welcome exception). It's like these days they feel they can do softcore horror (which is usually boring as hell) or b-movies without nudity, but they're afraid to put good, sleazy, gratuitous nudity in b-movies like back in the good old 70's.
I have seen a few recently that seem to be getting on track, besides Halfway House, Shadow: Dead Riot, Actress Apocalypse, and Shock-O-Rama have done a good job of haveing a good b-movie and lots of t&a. of course there's always Troma.
"Sorry to pick apart your post, but I am feeling a little argumentative at the moment"
It's okay, I know the feeling. Still would have like to see a decapitation or two and maybe some heart-ripping-out.
-Mike
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doobas — 19 years ago(March 15, 2007 07:59 PM)
I agree that b-movies should have some t&a in. Its not right to have no nudity. Thats why we watch these films.
I think its a trend in general in US movies to not have sex in em. Horrors, for instance, are horribly under performing in the titillation stakes.
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mvario — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 08:34 AM)
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I think its a trend in general in US movies to not have sex in em.
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Unfortunately it's not just US flicks, though I'd guess that with a lot of foreign flicks hopes of US distribution is a factor. Besides Bloody Mallory (French), some of my favorite recent crazy b-flicks such as Evil Aliens (UK) and Zombie Self-Defense Force (Japan) have also eschewed gratuitous nudity, which would have fit right in.
-Mike
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filmbuff1974 — 17 years ago(February 28, 2009 12:15 PM)
I'm not a buffy the vampire slayer fan, but I had a lot of fun with this. Yes, if the tone had been more serious and darker, it would have been perfect. I just decided ten minutes into this to enjoy Bloody Mallory for what it was, just a campy horror flick with some inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft.
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lorddeseiz — 12 years ago(August 30, 2013 12:11 PM)
Vargas shouldve done a sex scene like she did in Name of the Rose, man that was steaming hot.
A female vampire all lust and depravity, it wouldve fit in perfectly.
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