Eat the Schoolgirl (1997)

Primo, sleaze-packed Japanese-horror goodness here, folks. Not the best movie, in terms of story by a long-shot, but if hateful nastiness is what you're after then you can't go wrong with this lil' gem...

A couple of young, perverted psychos who work for a violent porn producing yakuza, get their "jollies" indulging in their sadistic 'kinks' at the expense of helpless women. Things such as jerking off on stab wounds, killing chicks while dressed as a schoolgirl, and, at one point, one of the guys disembowels a girl. While all this is going on, one of them has a hot, naked angel in his apartment for some reason...

"Eat the Schoolgirl" - aka. "Eating Schoolgirls: Osaka Telephone Club" -  is a strange flick with an almost 'artsy' slant at times, but keeps the 'fun stuff' rolling at a good pace. Plenty of mean spirited gore and sexual violence on tap - including the aforementioned jizz-covered wounds and a pretty 'rough' gang rape (topped with a beating and diarrhea shit...). Definitely one for the lovers of more 'extreme' films. Check it out!

Killing Brooke (2012)

I would definitely rank this among one of the shittiest "Texas Chainsaw" knock-offs I've seen. I'll say for certain, I haven't been this flat out annoyed by a film in quite some time.

A couple of newlywed lesbos land a drunken three-way with a twerpy hitch-hiker who happens to be a serial killer. When they want to ditch him later, he kills the less attractive rugmuncher and chases the other one through the woods and to a farmhouse, inhabited by a family of hillbilly killers where they're both held captive...

"Killing Brooke" doesn't contain at least one reasonably convincing line of dialog, an even SOMEWHAT decent gore effect, or any semblance of a fucking POINT. What it does is meander along with innocuous torture scenes and constant screaming. Not only is the screaming too overboard and obnoxious, but it was the incredibly poor sound quality that made it so much more headache-inducing than it should've been, otherwise, this would typically be a non-issue for me (especially, when I'm not hungover...). Fuck, I was constantly having to adjust the volume just to keep my eardrums AND my TV speakers from rupturing. Just some dickhead with a digitgal camera and no sound-mixing skills... In all, there is nothing good about "Killing Brooke". Terrible acting, no atmosphere, shitty effects and a barrage of worthless noise...

The Taint (2011)

If you like a lot of what Troma comes out with, you'll probably dig "The Taint". It's reasonably enjoyable with it's absurd splatter 'gags', offensive premise and constant, infantile dick jokes - granted, you're in the proper mood.

The Earth's drinking water has been contaminated with a faulty penis-enhancement supplement that causes the male population to turn into maniacal, woman-hating killers... with big, jizzing cocks. The film centers around a group of survivors trying to get to a well, apparently containing untainted water...

There's a few decent gore scenes here and there - usually involving women's skulls being crushed with rocks or boot heels. I guess my biggest complaint would be that the pacing is thrown off at a point around the middle when the cause of the woman-hating skull crushers is explained. It goes on a bit too long, I thought, and the gore element slows down. Also, some gym teacher character's back story is explored, which really has nothing to do with the movie's initial set-up. I understand the movie was just going for the all-out"outrageous" factor, but some of it didn't quite 'land' for me. Overall, "The Taint" is watchable and has some entertaining spots with cheezy, misogynistic gore that will at least make angry virgins bust a nut...

The Killer Wore Gloves (1974)

Definitely one of the lamest titles ever attached to a 'giallo' flick (a 'giallo' killer wearing gloves?? Unheard of...) and, plotwise, this one is pretty run-of-the-mill, I thought.

A young woman believes she's spotted her boyfriend in merry ol' London when he is actually suppose to be fighting over in Vietnam. From there, mysterious characters and circumstances arise... involving a killer... in leather gloves! Imagine that...

"The Killer Wore Gloves" isn't awful, though it was a bit too slow and convoluted for my tastes - an issue I find many of the 'gialli' genre entries tend to fall into. Very little bloodshed in this one and the whole 'intrigue' angle at the end was pushed a little too hard and fast which took me out of the film quite a bit. As for the 'high points', the lead actress is sexy and I dug the repetitive, bassy-synth music score. Yeah, not terrible but nothing all that memorable.

Cheatin' (2013)

I'm always hyped up for anything Plympton comes out with and his latest film, "Cheatin'", does NOT disappoint! Hell, this is his best film so far, if you ask me. It's such an even mix of all of his styles from over the years, beautifully incorporated into one terrific piece of animated art.

After saving her life during a freak bumper car accident, a  muscular pump-jockey and an introverted young book wormy woman fall madly in love. They get married and begin the ideal suburban life, though she begins noticing other women putting the 'moves' on her husband. A wedge is driven between them when a vindictive woman - of whom the husband shot down the sexual advances - snaps an incriminating looking (but, actually innocent...) photograph of the wife and shows the hubby. Distraught and suicidal, he decides to engage in a series of 'revenge affairs' at a nearby motel. When his wife finds out what he's doing, she concocts some elaborate plans to get even with him...

Plympton's animation style and temperament have been pretty diverse over the years - ranging from his first feature, "The Tune" - an 'experimental' musical that boggled the mind as to what ONE animator could achieve, virtually single-handedly - throughout his more sophomoric 'sex and violence' phase, with films like "Mutant Aliens" and "I Married a Strange Person". As of late, Plympton has shifted over into a more 'elegant' juncture with his work - with "Idiots & Angels" and his most recent film, "Cheatin'" - using his familiar hand-drawn style with a softer, more... cultured aesthetic, I'd say. "Cheatin'" is easily his most "cinematic" and harrowing film - telling a awesomely dramatic AND funny story through extremely expressive, non-speaking characters and physical, surreal interpretation. While "Idiots & Angels" was his take on the 'noir' genre, "Cheatin'" goes with a more luminous visual 'flair' and a very Italian, operatic emphasis that definitely compliments Plympton's abject love story.

The film also has a lot of 'dark' touches - namely, the character designs, which are often distinctively malformed - almost praying mantis-like with some. There's also some hilarious toon-sex and a touch of violence in spots - though, not quite as off-the-wall as some of his previous works. Also, the ending shifts into a strange science-fiction climax almost out of nowhere, which was interesting...

"Cheatin'" is a masterful, scrupulous piece of timeless animation that further facilitates Plympton's undeniable genius. Check it out!

A Perfect Child of Satan (2012)

"A Perfect Child of Satan" is more of what you would expect from the ever-redundant bore, Lucifer Valentine. At least it's short.

A frumpy goth call girl meets a guy online and rambles about finally meeting him face-to-face in her video diaries. When she shows up at the hotel room where he's at, he beats and chokes her to death...

I really don't have much to comment on as far as this one goes... It's pretty much like all of Valentine's other shit, minus the vomit. Dull with obnoxious editing and sound effects... I'm sure he enjoyed making it, but otherwise, I don't see what the point was.