I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE-When I saw this whacked out horror comedy years ago I never thought I see it again but lo and behold it actually showed up on IFC one night! It’s intentionally funny, a little sick and surprisingly gory (though some effects are very phony looking). After 5 idiotic high school students kill a drug dealer and dump his body into the local river contaminated by toxic waste, he comes back as a green faced killer bent on revenge. A dumb biker named Bird has his tongue ripped out and another guy has his head twisted completely around. The sickest death is a woman who’s raped on a car hood right before her legs are broken. After the group’s attempt to kill the undead pusher fails and the dumb jock of the group is killed the survivors decide to dump their friend into the river and create their own zombie. He comes back all dead looking and for some reason reminds me of Ted Danson! My favorite character was the dumpy nerd Libermann who freaks out and faints during a police interrogation. All the characters are very doofy and oddball and some of the scenes are pretty hysterical! It’s kind of like a Troma movie but not as sleazy.
The excellent Enigma soundtrack features The Fleshtones, Smithereens, The Waitresses and others.
After making this one movie the director John Elias Michalakis became a monk! Too bad more directors working in horror today don’t follow his lead…
REVENGE OF THE DRAGON-1972-This is a typical ‘70’s martial arts action drama from Hong Kong complete with bad dubbing, unintentional laughs and crazy fights. A man seeks revenge against a gang boss responsible for his wife’s death. The title theme sounds like a “Shaft” outtake. Director Hung Chiang also made a movie called KUNG FU: THE HEAD CRUSHER. Not to be confused with Bruce Lee’s RETURN OF THE DRAGON that was sometimes called Revenge on cable TV prints.
36 CRAZY FISTS-1977-Farcial Kung-Fu slapstick nonsense choreographed by Jackie Chan but not starring him which is too bad since his prescence might have saved it. As it is it's pretty stupid. 2 dumb monks try to help a brother and sister fight gangsters. One bald master has a twitch and another talks super fast in one scene. It also employs a lot of over the top sound effects. The final battle isn't bad. Star Tony Leung was also in ENTER THE FAT DRAGON (with Sammo Hung), THE TATTOO CONNECTION (with Jim Kelly) and THE UNTOLD STORY. He also directed several features. Director Chen Chih Hua also made HALF A LOAF OF KUNG FU and DANCE OF DEATH.
Despite this packaging Chan does not appear in the movie!!!
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