VIVA, OVERDOSE!!!

SISTERS OF DEATH blew my mind. Loved it completely. Reminds me of how much more of a cinematic impact can be made without showing things explicitly. The cast was super attractive and the film packed a nice punch in the end. I always appreciate that! These Mill Creek movie collections are pretty great. Sure, there are always some stinkers and the quality of the films leaves much to be desired, but you can't argue with $10 for 50 damn movies!

On the flipside of the SOD disc is WAR OF THE ROBOTS. Really great, totally silly and mindless no-fi sci-fi fun. Came in super handy in the background while I was writing scenarios for a couple of new projects late last night. One of them has the provocative title, SEX MOVIE MANIAC KILLER. This one shows the criminal exploits of the main character, Todd Hartley, in my TARD series.

I watched Jess Franco's BLOODY MOON, which I also loved. That early 80's vibe and fashions (it's so funny how the women in this movie look like Portland hipsters) are yummy and fun to look at. Lots of gore and nudity, including this great setpiece where a woman gets her head cut off by a buzzsaw. This is definitely a Franco film which, along with 99 WOMEN, I will be adding to my DVD collection soon. Can't wait to see, FACELESS, which Naxo Fiol also recommended to me.

On Saturday I helped a good friend move, so I didn't get anything done on OVERDOSE IN THE HOSPITAL OF LOVE. Yesterday I met my scenes to be edited quota. Today I edited three scenes and I will probably finish two more before the night is through. I entered the last two tapes of ODITHOL footage into the computer. This is the last stretch before keying in the green screen and doing all the sound editing. I am very excited and happy with the way things are looking. My favorite scene today was the hospital director walking in on a nurse who is eating an arm.

Another flick I checked recently was Anna Biller's VIVA. She's like me. She writes, directs, produces, stars in, and composes music for her movies. But her aesthetic is very different. And she shot the thing on 35mm, which is out of the goddamn question for moi. She also did all the set and costume design for VIVA, which is incredibly impressive. It's super fun to watch, although a little bit on the long side and the intentional camp never really works out for me. I think it bites off a little too much, but that's always better than not enough. I loved the gratuitous nudity. Lots of naked guys too, and that's something that's still sorta taboo in movies, especially in this new Victorian age. And they're all people who look like real people. People need to be seeing real people naked in the movies. Overall I really loved the way the movie shows how the sexual revolution worked out better for the guys than the dolls. Looking forward to future AB productions.

Luis Bunuel is one of her faves. Me too.