Destroy The Brain’s LATE NITE GRINDHOUSE program returns to the Hi-Pointe on June 3rd and 4th with the St. Louis Premiere of the exploitation, 80’s genre film tribute, HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!
This entry into complete cinematic anarchy will inhabit the Hi-Pointe for two nights only. Don’t dare watch this film on your computer or on-demand, see it with an audience as it was intended! Arrive by 11:30pm for their special, one of a kind preshow that includes vintage trailers and other zany videos displayed on the big screen. Also, DTB will be hosting the theatrical premiere of the trailers for Wicked Pixel Cinema’s Ratline and the locally made The Bloodfest Club.
Friday, June 3rd and Saturday, June 4th
Preshow starts at 11:30pm & the film starts at Midnight.
For those of you movie geeks that dabble in horror films & check out the websites, you have probably heard of the film ‘Black Devil Doll’. The film was created by the Lewis Brothers who run the horror t-shirt company Rotten Cotton and has been long delayed for quite some time. It is now seeing the light of day with a DVD release on October 27, 2009.
For those of you not in the know, please watch this trailer (NSFW!!!):
When I had the opportunity to see the film in Toronto at the FAN EXPO this year, I was stoked. The film has a throwback poster and even a novelization and I knew that I wanted to watch the film in the environment it was playing in – an audience of genre film fans. I didn’t want to see this film on DVD in a living room by myself – well, I’m sure my dogs would have watched it with me, but I don’t think they count. Rue Morgue Magazine’s own THE GORE-MET introduced the film with the warning that the film is tasteless, offensive and juvenile. With those words, he just handed me the lubrication For the next 70 or so minutes, I was treated to pure trash and exploitation. A side of me liked it and another side of me started questioning whether this film was any good or not. Good Exploitation films walk a fine line. They can be tasteless and go over the line yet still be entertaining. However, all of them have a story that usually makes a lick of sense, even if it is ridiculous.
‘Black Devil Doll’ which takes the name from the 1984 film ‘Black Devil Doll from Hell’, tells the story of a young girl, Heather, who gets bored and dabbles with a Ouija board and ends up contacting a spirit/soul of a recently executed convict that ends up embodying a doll that was on the couch with her. After Heather develops a relationship with the doll, her friends come over to hang out and Heather has to leave the house to go pick up some stuff and leaves the women alone with the BLACK DEVIL DOLL (Please say this in echo – it spices it up)!
Yep, that is the plot. By the time we get to the point where the other girls come over, the black vs. white jokes have run dry and the comedy is not very comedic. So, that leaves the blood and the nudity – which we get plenty of. You will see natural tits, fake tits, some bush and plenty of blood. Sounds good right??? Well…..the problem with ‘Black Devil Doll’ is that it took a 5 minute comedic routine and stretched it out to 70 minutes. It is obvious that the story was stretched thin as the credits last over 5 minutes on a film that had maybe a 10 man crew.
‘Black Devil Doll’ is not as good as it advertises but maybe if you and your friends get drunk enough, you might get some laughs out of it.
This movie is going to be awesome for a couple of reasons, A) it gives us some sick grindhouse/tarantino style horror. B) it features two of the hottest suicide girls around in Odette and Eliska.
We had the opportunity to talk to Mike Pecci today and watch out people..this guy is going to be big. Just remember you heard it here first.
Cold Hard Cash was originally shot to be part of the SG website, but some drama went down and now Mike is trying to recoup some of the expenses by selling these bootleg dvds! Go buy one..or two, or buy them for the whole family.
Here is the synposis of the movie:
“Deane is a bully. Tanya’s a slut. They both owe Duvelle a lot of money. The only way out is to work together and steal a briefcase loaded with cash. Watch what happens when two beautiful bad girls are put in a desperate situation. Starring Suicide Girls Eliska and Odette, Cold Hard Cash will grab you by the throat and won’t let go till the end. Cold Hard Cash is produced, shot, and directed by award winning filmmaker and acclaimed SuicideGirls.com photographer Mike Pecci. The film features the Suicide Girls and stars the beautifully voluptuous Eliska and cold-blooded Odette.”
