Well, I’ve stared at the unforgiving blankness of my computer screen long enough. I must proceed; there is nowhere to go but onwards, tackling (and trying to grasp) one of the most profound, odd, galaxy brain takes in horror cinema: Things (1989). As nondescript as that title is, the film itself is anything but: there are a million things to discuss in Things, and I’ll try my best to be at least as coherent as the film itself.
Made for around $30,000 Canadian and shot on 8 and 16mm, Things skipped theatrical and caught the tail end of a Dtv boom in the late ‘80s. So yes, I am cheating a bit as it never played in theatres (let alone drive-ins), with patrons unwittingly taking home the box art with the mullet-maligned hoser holding a power drill.
Well, a lot has to do with this one, and often at the same time: mad labs and monsters,...
Made for around $30,000 Canadian and shot on 8 and 16mm, Things skipped theatrical and caught the tail end of a Dtv boom in the late ‘80s. So yes, I am cheating a bit as it never played in theatres (let alone drive-ins), with patrons unwittingly taking home the box art with the mullet-maligned hoser holding a power drill.
Well, a lot has to do with this one, and often at the same time: mad labs and monsters,...
- 3/21/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Things may be the worst film ever made. Ironically, that has become the calling card of a film that would have been better never being made. A self-proclaimed must-own for cult collectors, Things compensates for dreadful Super 8 filmmaking and incomprehensible sound with gratuitous and uncompromisingly extreme sadism. Magically, the film has entered a critical nether where praise and scorn serve equally to reinforce its allure.
Doug Drake (Doug Bunston) and his wife Susan (Patricia Sadler) encounter problems conceiving and see Dr. Lucas (Jan W. Pachul). Low and behold, the Doc is actually a malevolent sociopath with a penchant for laughter-fueled torture. It’s not long before Susan is impregnated with the fetus of a hysterically created but disturbingly perverse creature. It multiplies and in no time the house in the woods is infested with them.
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Doug Drake (Doug Bunston) and his wife Susan (Patricia Sadler) encounter problems conceiving and see Dr. Lucas (Jan W. Pachul). Low and behold, the Doc is actually a malevolent sociopath with a penchant for laughter-fueled torture. It’s not long before Susan is impregnated with the fetus of a hysterically created but disturbingly perverse creature. It multiplies and in no time the house in the woods is infested with them.
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- 7/16/2011
- by Kyle North
- JustPressPlay.net
Ever since Paul Corupe included Things in his list of five favourite Canuxploitation flicks, I've been itching out check it out the Diy insanity. Well, on July 12 I'll finally get mu chance when Things gets some legit love on DVD from Intervision who say "this movie is one of the weirdest, goriest and most mind-blowing .things. you will ever see."
Intervision's last film released was Sledgehammer, which is widely considered to be the first shot-on-video slasher.
You can pre-order Things here
Check out the full list of bonus features and the trailer after the break.
Extras include:
* Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Jordan and Stars Barry J. Gillis, Jan W. Pachul And Doug Bunston
* Audio Viewing Party with The Cinefamily
* Testimonials On Things: All-New Interviews With Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Jason Eisener And Rob Cotterill (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canuxploitation.com Creator Paul Corupe, Joseph A.
Intervision's last film released was Sledgehammer, which is widely considered to be the first shot-on-video slasher.
You can pre-order Things here
Check out the full list of bonus features and the trailer after the break.
Extras include:
* Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Jordan and Stars Barry J. Gillis, Jan W. Pachul And Doug Bunston
* Audio Viewing Party with The Cinefamily
* Testimonials On Things: All-New Interviews With Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Jason Eisener And Rob Cotterill (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canuxploitation.com Creator Paul Corupe, Joseph A.
- 6/24/2011
- QuietEarth.us
The good people at Intervision Picture Corporation have announced two unique DVD releases scheduled for July 12th, one a twisted little piece of filmmaking from our neighbors to the north and the other based on a famous serial killer.
First up is Things, the 1989 Canadian gorefest starring Amber Lynn and Barry J. Gillis. Things will be resurrected from its VHS roots and reborn on DVD dripping with over four hours of special features for you to sink your teeth into.
And speaking of sinking teeth, also being released on July 12th is The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer, an accurate retelling of the serial killer's gruesome true life tale. This 1993 film is directed by David R. Bowen and stars Carl Crew, who appeared in the 80's cult film Blood Diner.
From the Press Release
Things
In 1989 it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today...
First up is Things, the 1989 Canadian gorefest starring Amber Lynn and Barry J. Gillis. Things will be resurrected from its VHS roots and reborn on DVD dripping with over four hours of special features for you to sink your teeth into.
And speaking of sinking teeth, also being released on July 12th is The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer, an accurate retelling of the serial killer's gruesome true life tale. This 1993 film is directed by David R. Bowen and stars Carl Crew, who appeared in the 80's cult film Blood Diner.
From the Press Release
Things
In 1989 it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today...
- 6/24/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
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