tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post7368525193782733788..comments2024-03-28T18:17:48.126-04:00Comments on Final Girl: nunzapoppin'Stacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-84816318825487735452007-06-09T02:21:00.000-04:002007-06-09T02:21:00.000-04:00I think I would enjoy reading this story, if you h...I think I would enjoy reading this story, if you haven't already:<BR/><BR/>http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_carmil.htm<BR/><BR/>It's called Carmilla, and I imediately recognized the lesbian vampirism, and the coffin with blood. It's really very well written!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679839426291667211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-13085492310955332882007-05-20T06:36:00.000-04:002007-05-20T06:36:00.000-04:00"a la Crud"-- ha ha ha!ALUCARDA for a buck! THAT i..."a la Crud"-- ha ha ha!<BR/><BR/>ALUCARDA for a buck! THAT is money well spent!<BR/><BR/>I'll have to chime in and also say that I think the two actresses in this film are hot stuff. Even the scene that you compare to Matlock I thought was interesting... although if I watch this film and consistently think of Andy Griffith in a white suit during this scene from now on... I'm gonna be mighty upset and pissed, Ms. Ponder! <BR/>This film's great! And weird! And great for it's weirdness!<BR/>And Tina Romero as Alucarda is fascinatingly intense.<BR/>Also, director Moctezuma had associations with writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who has a box set of DVDs being released-- more awesome surreality!<BR/><BR/>The screaming IS something. I think there's a quote on the DVD box from Psychotronic Video that referes to the screaming. In fact, I think it's edited in the film to maximize the screaming effect. Seriously, when the girls have a screaming scene, I think they've doubled the length of the screaming (really loud screaming) by replaying the same shot of the actress screaming.<BR/>It's an interesting choice and funny, if you're watching late at night and trying not to wake anybody up in the house.<BR/><BR/>"Jesus, she's loud! Oh my God, she's still going at it! Where's the remote!!?"<BR/>"What the hell's going on downstairs!?"<BR/>"Nothing! Sorry!"<BR/>"Is that a possessed naked girl screaming?"<BR/>"Uh, maybe... Shit!<BR/>"<BR/>But ALUCARDA is a nice example of thoughtful filmmaking, and less about a huge budget, which is always a positive thing to see.<BR/>And I like the "foreign" aspect of it, which is a way stupid way of putting it (sorry), but in the best way that foreign films expose you to different perspectives, lifestyles and ideas, I think this film does so to, with the depiction of this convent in a cave. It's so strange. I wonder if it's all imagined by Moctezuma, or actually has some historical, Mexican precedent that Mexican audiences are actually familiar with, like we are in the US when we see something about the Klan and lynching in a film (to pull up a totally arbitrary historical example, but the only thing I can think of right now), it's something in our history that we're (at least) vaguely familiar with.<BR/>The recent South Korean monster movie THE HOST struck me the same way, with its take on S.K. authorities and corruption.<BR/>The extras on the ALUCARDA DVD are cool, too, including the little interview with director Guillermo del Toro, who I just love for his childlike, passionate, guileless enthusiasm for cinema. I just want to be his buddy and yak about movies with him and help him make movies!<BR/>But, I ramble...<BR/><BR/>Stacie, you cracked me up about the SATs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-36693369391189489132007-05-18T15:48:00.000-04:002007-05-18T15:48:00.000-04:00I also think the women are quite attractive, and p...I also think the women are quite attractive, and pretty fine actresses too.<BR/><BR/>I got this movie on a whim for, like, $1 and it was money well spent. It's a unique film, not to mention an interesting look at the Mexican culture of the time.<BR/><BR/>Alucarda Rules<BR/>Boys Drool!Amanda By Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910620012465381103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-45944040137626510012007-05-18T09:05:00.000-04:002007-05-18T09:05:00.000-04:00I don't have time to read this review, but it alre...I don't have time to read this review, but it already rocks!<BR/>You mention ALUCARDA, DANGEROUS SEDUCTRESS and LADY TERMINATOR in the same review!<BR/>I swoon!<BR/>Meanwhile, just yesterday BY COINCIDENCE, I bought another Mondo Macabro release: SATAN'S BLOOD!<BR/><BR/>Oooh, I have to sit down. Wait I'm already sitting down.<BR/>I have to sit down MORE...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-74300062139959826342007-05-17T21:26:00.000-04:002007-05-17T21:26:00.000-04:00"and they told two friends..."I don't know, Stacie..."and they told two friends..."<BR/><BR/>I don't know, Stacie. I guess they have a 70's, earthy, lounging on beanbags, listenin' to Bread, breakin' out the macrame plant holders type of thing happening.<BR/><BR/>But, the more I look at the DVD cover, the more I'm convinced that's a picture of Lou Reed with a wig. A satanic Lou Reed with a wig. I don't need any of that in my bidness.The McGuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058154425116248048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-2291808388955305322007-05-17T19:42:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:42:00.000-04:00I think the girls are quite attractive, myself. G...I think the girls are quite attractive, myself. Granted, they need some serious hair conditioner, but you know...it was the '70s. It's a fun movie.<BR/><BR/>Moctezuma was really the only Mexican filmmaker of the era who wanted to try horror and apparently he was a big vampire nut...but I think he also wanted to make a statement and push some boundaries with this film.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-23621329361891243922007-05-17T19:36:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:36:00.000-04:00Everyone has their own idea of what a good movie i...Everyone has their own idea of what a good movie is as well as their own idea of what attractive is. I really enjoyed this movie and probably have to put it in my top ten but that is me. Sure the screaming got old after a while but it was something I could overlook and still enjoy the movie. I guess I like these types of movies, the out there and very weird.Heather Santroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225708725622936749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-66120141050638359402007-05-17T17:54:00.000-04:002007-05-17T17:54:00.000-04:00Like Bill Walsh said:"...a riff on the psycho-lesb...Like Bill Walsh said:<BR/><BR/>"...a riff on the psycho-lesbo-vampiro-satanic horror films that were au courant in Europe in the '70s..."<BR/><BR/>Pretty much the perfect movie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88629667100141705872007-05-17T15:39:00.000-04:002007-05-17T15:39:00.000-04:00Good stuff. Oh, hey, Theron beat me to it. I was g...Good stuff. Oh, hey, Theron beat me to it. I was going to note that, if you value your red-blood-cell count, stay away from anyone named "Alucarda" or "Count Alucard" or the like. Probably good to avoid "Rad Caul" or "Arc Dual" or "à la Crud" just to be safe.<BR/><BR/>While I'd never underestimate the anti-clericalism in a Latin movie, I'm guessing this is more a riff on the psycho-lesbo-vampiro-satanic horror films that were <I>au courant</I> in Europe in the '70s than a direct anti-Catholic allegory. But you never know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-47262301925139874072007-05-17T14:39:00.000-04:002007-05-17T14:39:00.000-04:00This sounds like a near-perfect movie, Stacie Pond...This sounds like a near-perfect movie, Stacie Ponder! <BR/><BR/>And remember, boys and girls: <BR/>Alucarda is "A Dracula" backwards...<BR/><BR/>Mmmm, Debralee Scott's overbite was sexy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-19457749557198992132007-05-17T14:35:00.000-04:002007-05-17T14:35:00.000-04:00Alucarda is truly a bizarre film. I watched it at ...Alucarda is truly a bizarre film. I watched it at friend's house who collects all Mondo Macbro releases-like you said, you know what you're getting into when you watch one of their titles. I did enjoy the crazy,surreal, dreamlike imagery...but the "out there" plot, constant screaming, and even more constant nudity (these ladies are not that attractive-I know, I'm a pig!)kinda ruined it for meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-60926437510730130532007-05-17T12:57:00.000-04:002007-05-17T12:57:00.000-04:00LOL. The picture of the girls looking at eachother...LOL. The picture of the girls looking at eachother in a more than friendly way and the giant goat behind is hilary...ous (Not clinton). This movie sounds like weird, I'll want to take a showe after I see it, fun.<BR/><BR/>Nice review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com