Taking A Look At Ed Wood's 'GLEN OR GLENDA' From Screen Classics:

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Don't care what anyone says Ed Wood's 'GLEN OR GLENDA' is a masterpiece. All joking aside I actually did enjoy the film yes it's one of those I guess you could call it's so bad it's good. You can tell this was a very personal story for Ed Wood after all he was a Cross-dresser. 

Not something I would ever be into but I know a lot of people are. Whatever floats your boat. But I couldn't imagine trying to explain this to very conservative 1950s Americans 🤦🏻‍♂️ 

Exploitation/Sexploitation

Z movie producer George Weiss who owned the highly low budget production company 'Screen Classics' wanted to make a film based on Jorgensen's story but he could not land the rights. So he decided to hire Ed Wood to come up with a script similar Jorgensen's story.

Shot on a budget of $20 thousand dollars and released in 1953 via Screen Classics the film was critically panned and a financial flop for producer George Weiss with many critics calling the film worst movie ever made. But over the decades the flick has gained a solid cult following. Christine Jorgensen who gained notoriety in the United States after having a sex change operation in Europe. 

I can tell you right now this film is not even in the same ballpark when talking about worst films ever made. I would honestly give the film a 7 out of 10 Severed Thumbs. 

By no means am I going to tell anyone to check it out unless you are open minded and willing to give a story like this a chance.

Plot: Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he likes to wear women's clothes; in addition, Alan is undergoing painful surgery to become a woman; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.

Cast: Ed Wood, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Conrad Brooks and Bela Lugosi

Produced by George Weiss

Written and Directed by Ed Wood

Watched The Giant Spider Flick 'STING':

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Okay so I Watched the 2024 Australian creature feature 'STING' the other night.

I actually bought the digital copy a few days ago from Vudu for only $5 bucks. I have always been a fan of these type of films but yeah even an I can admit they are pretty hit or miss.

So is Sting a hit or another miss? I can assure you the film is not only a hit but a solid inside the park home run for the genre!!

Filmed in Sydney and New South Wales, Australia. The Story centers around an alien spider creature thing crashing into an Apartment building in New York City one winter night.

When 12-year-old Charlotte discovers the usual spider she decides to secretly raises it as a pet. Each time Charlotte feeds her new pet spider it grows at a rapid rate quickly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster.

Charlotte quickly realizes if she wants to survive she must find a way to defeat her once pet.

Sting is an old fashioned giant monster Creature Feature kind of like a throwback to the 1950, 60s, 70s and early 80s back when films of this type of genre didn't take themselves to serious.

The flick deliveries strong special effects via Wētā Workshop along with good performances coming from Australian actors Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin and Noni Hazelhurst, With Comedian Jermaine Fow (Washington, D.C's) rounding out the cast.

As far as budget goes I can't imagine being to over the top because the film was produced primary by Australian production companies Screen Australia and Screen NSW.. So my guess would be $2 to $4 million dollars? Maybe

The film is currently streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu so if you get a chance definitely check it out especially if you are a fan monster movies..

     Official Trailer For 'STING':

Yes Michael Myers Is In 'Halloween III':

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It has always irritated the hell out of me when people complain about Halloween III 🎃 and of course it's the same it doesn't have Michael Myers in it blah blah whine whine whine.

But if they would actually pay attention to the movie those folks would realize Michael Myers is actually in the movie 😱 22 minutes into the film Dr. Dan (Tom Atkins) is sitting in his favorite local bar 🍺 when tells the bartender to change the channel and what do we see?

We see good old Michael jogging down the stairs going after dear ole sis on television 📺. So yes the Boogeyman himself is in 🎃💀 🧹 'Halloween III' so it's time to stop all the complaining and enjoy an awesome film and STOP THE INSANITY!! 😜 

Proof Michael Myers ' HALLOWEEN III' Appearance:

Finally Watched That Nicolas Cage Flick "LONGLEGS":

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Warning ⚠️ Some of what I'm about to bring up may be considered as *Spoilers* I personally don't but I'm sure some will so just keep that in mind before going forward..

Let me start off by saying I enjoyed 'Longlegs' I actually enjoyed it quite a bit but this movie is definitely not for everyone so if you are going into it thinking you will be watching Silence Of The Lamb or Seven 2.0 you will be sad mistaken and probably end up hating the film.

Longlegs is a bizarre slow burn film about a serial killer calling himself Longlegs (Nicolas Cage) that appears to have the ability to kill his victims without ever getting his hands dirty sort of speak (Mansion type killings). FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) is assigned to investigate these unsolved murders that may or may not involve the occult. Agent Harker also discovers she may have a personal connection to the killer.

Nicolas Cage doesn't have a ton of screen time in the film but boy he is killing it when his character is in a scene. This has to be one of the most crazy insane performance I have ever seen from any major actor. I say he gives a brilliant performance but if you are not a Cage fan you will probably disagree with me big time.

Maika Monroe does a great job as the troubled Agent Lee Harker but I have to mention the fantastic performance Blair Underwood gives as Agent Carter, who is Agent Lee's superior officer and the driving force behind the investigation of Longlegs. Rounding out the main cast is Alicia Witt who gives a good performance as Ruth Harker, Agent Lee's very odd religious mother.

Like I said at the beginning Longlegs is a slow burn very bizarre at times drama. I definitely recommend checking it out but just remember the film is not a fast pace thrill ride and it's very important to pay attention at all times because you will be scratching your head at the end of the film if you don't lol

 It's definitely not for everyone but if you are into these types of films I think you will enjoy it.

9 out of 10 Severed Thumbs 👍🏻 And That My Friends Is The Bottom Line 👌🏻

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Salem's Lot 2024 Was A Boring Mess:

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Okay so Stephanie Peacock Tharp and I watched the new Salem's Lot movie last night and I will say although it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be - it was still pretty bad.

The film has runtime of 1 and 53 minutes but it felt more like 4 plus hours. ZZZZ

Before anyone says anything yes I know the original miniseries was over 3hrs long but to be honest you didn't really notice it because of the strong acting and decent pacing and interesting characters. 

In the new film you really don't get that. Most of the characters have zero personality they're just there to get you from one slow scene to another.

Anyways I'm not going to go into more details when it comes to my issues with some of the characters because all it will do is make some people angry and make me have to defend myself.

As far as the special effects goes - some are pretty decent but other times pretty bad like early 2000s CGI bad. About the last 30 minutes of the film are the best but by then you really don't care what happens to these characters.

I can honestly see why WB's scraped the film's theatrical release after all why would you waste more millions in marketing on a bomb?

Anyways 4 out of 10 Severed 👍🏻 Thumbs for me.

Btw the 2004 version staring Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland and Rutger Hauer is a much better watch than this film. Definitely check that one out.

My Review Of 'Godzilla vs Kong: The New Empire'

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I finally watched 'Godzilla x Kong' last night with Stephanie Peacock Tharp . She actually seen the movie in theaters a couple of months ago, I unfortunately wasn't able to go because of the shingles.. Anyways 

Overall I enjoyed the movie a good bit buuuttttg I'm not going to lie after watching Godzilla Minus One, a film that I consider to be one of the best films I've ever seen, Godzilla x Kong just seem a little bit goofy at times. Like I said I enjoyed the movie I just didn't fall in love with it like I did with Minus One. 

And please don't miss understand me I have absolutely don't have any problem what-so-ever with any race of people being in a film but for the love of god why in every monster flick or over the top action movie does the a black man have to be the scared overly jokey stereotype? It's a stereotype that's been played to death. Back in the 70s Hollywood forced black men to play pimp's, murders or robbers if they wanted to work in a big studio film. Late 80s early 90s it had to be the funny over the top scared black man orrrr the overly angry black guy. It's just stupid to still be doing that nonsense. Big Hollywood loves to brag how inclusive the industry is but yet big Hollywood is still pushing stereotypical characters in 2024, my my how progressive 🙄

Brian Tyree Henry is a dang good actor give him something to work with 🤦 I'm just saying 🤷🏻‍♂️ Okay end of rant.

Like 'Godzilla vs Kong' The New Empire is pretty loaded with Rock em Sock em Monster fights which is a plus! It appears director Adam Wingard learned from previous American Godzilla films, don't try to make a film about the humans or some odd preachy environment message movie but at the same time don't make the film to overly silly nonsense like Godzilla 98. 

GxK: New Empire gets 7 out of 10 Severed Thumbs 👍🏼

Storyline: Godzilla and the almighty Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet, challenging their very existence and the survival of the human race...

Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns and Fala Chen

Written by: Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett and Jeremy Slater

Directed by: Adam Wingard

Running Time: 115 minutes

Rated: PG-13 for Creature Violence and Action