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Dirty War (Spain, 1984)
(Spoilers.) Aka Guerra sucia and Schmutziger Krieg. We pulled this DVD out of our"DVDs from Hell" pile: a (much too high) pile of cheap DVDs that we have no idea how they ever even got in our...
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Short Film: Dead Man's Lake (UK, 2012)
Can you add a new twist to the old dead-teenager chestnut of annoying teens trespassing to camp out next to some distant lake and the terrible fate that awaits them? Ben Franklin, the co-writer and...
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R.I.P.: Harry Reems – Part II (1969-1972)
Harry ReemsAugust 27, 1947 — March 19, 2013On 19 March 2013, Herbert Streicher — better known under his later name Harry Reems — went to the great porn shoot in the sky. The following is the first...
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R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen
Ray HarryhausenJune 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013The master American stop-motion animator and highly influential film maker Ray Harryhausen was born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen in Los Angeles to Martha L....
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The Horde (France, 2009)
Going by this website here, the subtitled version of The Horde that we caught was the French theatrical version. Not that the missing footage really changed our visual experience all that much, other...
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R.I.P.: Harry Reems, Part III (1973-74)
Harry ReemsAugust 27, 1947 — March 19, 2013On 19 March 2013, Herbert Streicher — better known under his later name Harry Reems — went on to start selling real estate to those taking part in the great...
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R.I.P.: Jim Kelly, Part II
Jim "The Dragon" KellyMay 5, 1946 - June 29, 2013 Handsome, ass-kicking Afro-American martial artist of questionable thespian talents who made some fun movies during his quick rise and fall in...
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Short Film: Sock 5: Three Skins without Men (Great Britain, 2012)
"I'd describe [my work] as strange, dark, surreal comedy cartoons. Some have a dreamlike feel, some of them are nightmarish, some satirical, and some silly. But most of them are strange." David Firth...
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Bloodrayne III: The 3rd Reich (USA, 2010)
(Spoilers.) OK, we admit we're a glutton for punishment — otherwise how can anyone justify watching an Uwe Boll film by choice? But, to tell the truth, we (sometimes) sort of enjoy his films — they're...
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R.I.P.: Haji
Haji (January 24, 1946 – August 10, 2013)Haji, the Canadian-born actress who most famously starred (with Tura Satana and Lori Williams) in the classic cult movie Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! passed on...
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Hardgore (USA, 1974)
We came to this triple-X film by way of our research for our blog entry They Died in September 2012, Part X: Addendum: while gathering info on the segment on Hal David (25 May 1921–1 Sept. 2012), we...
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The Return of Superfly (USA, 1990)
Crappy video of the title track to The Return of Superfly (Curtis Mayfield + Ice T): Well, we really should have known better...Director Sid Shore (13 May 1919 – 17 Aug 2006) was on hand way back in...
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Short Film: Quest (Germany, 1996)
Here's an interesting möbius-like stop-motion puppet animation short from Germany; produced and animated by short-film maker ThomasStellmachand directed and photographed by Tyron Montgomery at the Art...
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R.I.P.: Harry Reems, Part V (1980–84)
27 August 1947 – 19 March 2013Go here for R.I.P.: Harry Reems, Part IGo here for R.I.P.: Harry Reems, Part II I (1969-72)Go here for R.I.P.: Harry Reems, Part III (1973-74)Go here for R.I.P.: Harry...
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R.I.P.: José Ramón Larraz
1929 (Barcelona) — 03 Sept 2013 (Málaga)"José Ramón Larraz (born 1929 in Barcelona) is a Spanish director of exploitation and horror fims such as the erotic and bloody Vampyres (1974). Larraz began...
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5 Minutes to Live (USA, 1961)
(Spoilers.) If we are to believe the article found in the Saturday, 21 January 1961 issue of the Toledo Ohio Blade, the movie seems to be the end result of a wife's need for occupational therapy:...
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Short Film: Boys Beware (USA, 1961)
"What Jimmy didn't know was that Ralph was sick; a sickness that was not visible like smallpox, but no less dangerous and contagious; a sickness of the mind. You see, Ralph was a homosexual: a person...
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R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part III
Ray Harryhausen: 29 June 1920 — 7 May2013Go here for R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part IGo here for R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part IIThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad(1958, dir. Nathan Juran)The 7th Voyage of Sinbad...
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Hollow Gate (1988)
(Spoilers.) As dedicated purveyors of filmic flotsam, we here at A Wasted Life can say with authority that truly crappy films that are nevertheless good due to their very badness are a lot rarer than...
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R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part IV – Addendum
Ray Harryhausen29 June 1920 — 7 May 2013Go here for R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part IGo here for R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part IIGo here for R.I.P.: Ray Harryhausen, Part IIIWith Clash of the Titans...
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