June 20, 2008 - EUROTRASH NIGHT!


A crazy priest hangs himself in a little place called Dunwich and, by his suicide,
opens the gates to Hell. This isn't a true Zombie movie, since the only
legitimate zombies show up in the final reel, and even then they're the kind of
zombies who can turn themselves invisible at will.  Please.  Gore, worms,
zombies, maggots, blood, guts and carnage from infamous Italian horror
director Lucio Fulci. Let's get right down to it: This movie has some right nasty
stuff in it. Fulci is best known for gore and some of his best work is found in
The Gates of Hell. All you have to see is the drill press going through the
gentleman’s head or the female vomiting her own intestines to understand why
he’s called the “Godfather of Gore”.  Another interesting aspect of Gates is
how Fulci kills off main characters with no hesitation whatsoever.  It makes you
believe that anyone’s guts can spill onto the floor at anytime, which is so
refreshing.  
Viewer’s Guide: Explicit gore, violence, nudity, language.
June 20, 2008 - 7:30 PM
Lucio Fulci’s
THE GATES OF HELL
(Italy, R, 1983, 90 min)
June 20, 2008 - 9:30 PM
PIECES
(Spain/US, R, 1983, 89 min)

One of the most-beloved films in Retrofantasma history is back! It’s 1983 and a
heavy-breathing, trenchcoat-wearing, chainsaw-wielding psychopath is carving
the curvy campus co-eds, taking certain body parts and leaving the rest for the
cops to trip over.  Yes, Pieces proves no amount of artsy mise-en-scene can
overshadow the adrenaline rush of a good chainsaw killing.  It’s got tons of
nudity, graphic violence and gore.  And best of all, no socially redeeming value
whatsoever.  Be forewarned, this movie also has the most deranged use of the
word bastard in film history as undercover cop Linda Day-George pulls out
ALL her acting skills and screams the word 4 times in frustration because she
didn’t hear the nut-bag carving a victim in the very next room!  Oh, and we
loved the scene where the killer hides a two-foot, 60-pound chainsaw...behind
his back.  And the scene involving a skateboarding disco bunny.  And the
gratuitous disco aerobics workout.  And the school’s crazy Kung-Fu instructor
who kicks the gun from Linda’s hand, knocks her to the ground, and then
admits he had no reason for attacking her except...he ate some bad Chop
Suey.  (We are not making this up.) Ask anyone, you cannot put a price on this
kind of entertainment!  As the film’s tagline once screamed, “You Don't Have
To Go To Texas For A Chainsaw Massacre!
 Viewer’s Guide: Explicit gore,
violence, nudity, language, and strong sexual content.