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Similiar films?

posted 13 years ago by wetcrevice-1
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There's another movie that's sort of in the same vibe as this one called "Gutter Balls". I think Troma distributed that one also. Super violent and full length. Filmed on digital I assume and processed to look very stark and dark. Both Gutter Balls, and Blood Junkie have an amazingly accurate 80's feel. They both reminded me soooo much of all the horror movies I used to watch every single weekend on "U.S.A. Up All Night". "Sorority Girls in The Slime Bowlarama", "The Toxic Avenger", "Valentines Day" and maybe even a little of "Return of The Living Dead" all seem to be influences for these film makers. Blood Lust sort of reminded me of Jorg Buttergereit's weird artsy film "Der TodesKing". Hoping the film makers make more of this stuff. Definitely of becomign a cult film.

[–] legnadibrom 13 years ago

"house of the devil" has the look and feel of the 80s like this film,

one glaring mistake was the whole convenience store sequence where cigarettes are around $4 and behind the clerk you can see a bunch of current phone cards as well as cell phone top-up cards,

otherwise the film could fool a lot of people into thinking it's actually from 1986

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[–] Dear_Oderus_Urungus 13 years ago

I watched GUTTERBALLS quite sometime ago and loved it. I would even go as far as to call it my favorite slasher flick, which means a lot coming from somebody whose favorite movie is WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE. Plotdigger Films distributed that one though, not Troma. They also distributed four other movies, all directed by Ryan Nicholson.

I've heard nothing but great things about BLOOD JUNKIE though and I definitely intend to check it out soon. It's noteworthy that it's a lot more micro-budgeted compared to GUTTERBALLS. GUTTERBALLS was made for approximately 250 thousand dollars while BLOOD JUNKIE was made for only a fraction of that.

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[–] ofumalow 12 years ago

"Frat House Massacre" is also a very funny recent faux-80s slasher horror.

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[–] laballatician 12 years ago

Father's Day, which is also 10000x better.

[–] drewspinks517 9 years ago

Know it's late but I can personally say that Billy Club would be a good fit for you
The Sleeper is apparently another amazing one
Also just try any of the classics that these films throw back to like The Burning or The Prowler

[–] drewspinks517 9 years ago

You've probably already seen most of the 80s classics however
Die Die Delta Phi is apparently another winner

[–] AceRoccola 8 years ago

Both films are definitely going for a similar feel, but I thought this was better at it. Gutterballs was awful. I know that no-budget, offensive gorn is Ryan Nicholson's shtick, but I don't have the patience to sit through his terrible movies just to see the impressive gore effects and some Windows Movie Maker film grain.

Blood Junkie is ridiculous, but it's more authentic and entertaining than Gutterballs. Drew Rosas is just a better filmmaker all around. His film has better dialogue, a more compelling premise, sharper cinematography, and a more interesting villain (one that actually feels like he belongs in genre circa 1989). Even the cheesy acting in Blood Junkie has enough charm to work. A far cry from Nicholson's tonedeaf production, where every character is the living embodiment of nails on a chalkboard. The only thing Gutterballs has going for it is gore (and rubber penises, if you're into that). Even as someone who grew up watching 80s horror, including most of the Troma classics from that era, I don't see the appeal in it. Blood Junkie is flawed, and the ending is obviously a farce. But I thought it was a more enjoyable watch and a better homage to the films of the period.

That said, if you're looking for films in the same vein, Billy Club is Drew Rosa's second movie and it's likely to continue in a similar spirit. I haven't seen it yet, but it looks to be bigger and better than this one. The Sleeper also qualifies as another micro-budget retro slasher. It has its moments, though it's not quite as enjoyable as Blood Junkie and the lack of budget is sometimes a little too evident (and the total lack of humor or levity made the stilted acting harder to endure). Lost After Dark sort of, kind of fits in here. It's clearly meant to be an homage to 80s slasher flicks, but also uses some gags that are more reminiscent of the 70s grindhouse era. It fails to live up to its potential, but it's worth a watch if you're a rabid fan of this stuff, as I am.

And it's probably not exactly what you're looking for, but The Final Girls was recently released and it looks really promising. It concerns a group of friends that get stuck inside an 80s camp slasher film. The reviews so far have been great and the IMDB rating is rather high for the genre. As a slasher fan, I'm looking forward to it more than probably any other horror film at the moment.