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I was really disappointed when watching this, some of it was unintentionally funny. It was supposed to be a 'classic', but I thought it was really bad

PROPAGANDA - Duel

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Interesting. I found it to be a breathtaking work of art.

You can't piss on hospitality. I WON"T ALLOW IT! --George Hardy 

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You need to better appreciate the art that is unintentional humor.

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"You need better to understand the art that is unintentional humor."
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Yes! Could not agree with you more! And I love this movie. It is filled with great characters, seedy atmosphere and just a totally quirky charm.

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Ditto! I loved it when I first saw it on vhs in 84' and have loved it ever since. A beautiful blend of horror, comedy and even some pathos. Deservedly a cult classic. If only nearly all low budget gore horror films were this good. Have you seen Henenlotter's BRAIN DAMAGE-88' Mr. H? This one is not quite as good; but still very watchable and amusing.

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You haven't seen enough bad films. This was great.

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I struggled with it too. It's one of original 1980s 'video nasties' and I thought it was a bit ropey at the time. But now it's basically piss poor; badly acted, bad special effects, daft story.

3 out of 10 and that is being generous! How the F is it a 6.1 on here?! 

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I struggled with it too. It's one of original 1980s 'video nasties'


I'm being extremely pedantic here, but I don't think it's considered a Video Nasty.

I've got the list of Video Nasties printed out at home. This is not one of them. However, in the tag line at the bottom it shows this;

Films seized by the police but not classed as video nasties

• Basket Case
• Blood for Dracula
• Cannibal
• City of the Living Dead
• Macabre
• Madman
• Night of the Seagulls
• The Prowler
• Shogun Assassin
• Superstition
• Werewolf Woman
• Xtro
• Zombie Holocaust




I'm being pedantic, I know. It's close enough. But it didn't technically make the VN list.

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It has this cult following, but I wasn't crazy about it either. The animation of the twin became monotonous, along with the intentional self-conscious gimmick/premise. Would work better as an eposodic-type entry

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Would work better as an eposodic-type entry...
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Did you not finish the sentence IY, I don't know what you mean? An episodic type entry of what? The film was followed by 2 inferior sequels in the early 90's.

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"some of it was unintentionally funny"

Actually the movie is intentionally funny. It's an exploitation horror comedy. It becomes even more obvious in the sequels.

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