ZOMBIE CLUB! In association with EAT MY BRAINS!

'You know at the beginning of the movie what they're there to do but it takes them 'till the end of the movie to actually do it.' - Zomblee

Revenge Night

See Clint Howard exact terrible revenge on his brother for being more successfull.

Klaus Kinski Sci-Fi Night

Klaus Kinski, love him or hate him. Or both.

Panther Night

Brian Trenchard-Smith actually said to us, "Expect nothing from the Panther pics..."

For the last few years now, we three kings of all things cheap, nasty and quite often Italian, have been documenting our epic journeys through this favourite genre of ours right here on these very pages.

And my what an adventure it's been: we've met rubbery monsters of all shapes and sizes from this world and beyond, met serial killers who specialize in various gardening tools, been to different visions of our plastic-tubing enhanced post-apocalyptic future and had run-ins with an assortment of chop-socky masters. We've met Chuck Norris, John Saxon twice, Bruce Campbell many times, ran screaming from an assortment of gut-munching cannibal tribes and high-tailed it from the walking dead on just about every continent across the globe. And along the way we've managed to laugh hard, drink harder and smoke so much that it's been difficult to make out the screen at times admittedly, but we always seem to pull it together enough to take out our empties, clear out the ashtrays and make the last tube home every night. Professionals you see, we take all this stuff very seriously indeed.

Except perhaps when we score the movies we watch at Zombie Club. Thing is, it's not just about how good a film is, it's equally about how much fun a movie is to watch in the right company. Good films are good and bad films are bad, but some of the cheaper efforts turn out to be really inventive for the money they had and some of the badder films are so bad they're just brilliant fun to watch. So it's a bit of a dilemma and we've never really worked it out, but don't worry because, in the grand scheme of things, I doubt it really matters all that much.

Anyway, we'll be continuing our love affair with the cheaper and less well known end of the cinematic spectrum, chronicalling our adventures on a regular basis for all to read, so we hope you'll all tune in regularly. We realise we've got a long way to go, and that there's a lot of trash out there for us to wade through, but don't worry, we're well up for the job.

And if you ever host your own Zombie Club let us know, or even better why not write it up in our forum. We'd love to hear all about it, along with any good Zombie Club ideas you might have for us, as you never know when we might just run out of our own.

This Zombie Club is permanently brought to you by the So Bad It's Good Organisation in Association with a lot of red wine, smokes, and decent transfers.

5th Jun 10

Ninja Ninja Ninja Night

Ah, Ninja! Now, c’mon, who doesn’t love a good old Ninja movie? Sure, we may have had one or two Ninja films play at Zombie Club previously (Enter The Ninja in Nero Night and Revenge of the Ninja and Pray for Death both in Night of the Ninja (& Son) Night, but there are still heaps more ninja movies for us to make our way through, and we have three of the coolest, craziest and more obscure of them for you this evening.

Yes, tonight is Ninja Ninja Ninja Night, so called because each one of the three of us have brought a new Ninja discovery to the Zombie Club home cinema. Kicking off the proceedings is Sho Kosugi in Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985), so called because the lead Ninja is very much like a cat (we presume). Following on from that is Zomblee's choice, Ninja III: The Domination (1984), also featuring Sho Kosugi, which plays out like a cross between a Ninja and an Exorcist movie, which does indeed sound like a great idea.

And finally, Jim ignores Sho Kosugi entirely and instead brings us The Ninja Mission (also 1984), an unusual entry from Sweden which still counts today as one of the highest-grossing Swedish films ever made. So, grab your shurikens, pick up your nunchakus, pull on your Ninja claws and join us as we hood up and go three ways of the Ninja!

Tonight’s Zombie Club was brought to you by Rawshark’s Lollipop Ninja, Zomblee’s Possessed Ninja and Jim’s Swedish Bearded Ninja

5th Apr 10

Juan Piquer Simon Night

Think of the producing savvy of Roger Corman crossed with the directing enthusiasm of Ed Wood and you have something like Juan Piquer Simon, a Spanish exploitation director who ran his own studio making some terrifically bizarre genre pictures from the mid-70s through to his final flick Manoa, The City Of Gold in 1999. Currently still acting as co-director of the Valencia Film Festival, the man is clearly one of us - in his own words - an ”adamant fan of fantasy, thriller and horror films”.

Tonight we look at two of his most well known, er, pieces; Pieces (1982) and Slugs: The Movie (1988). The gloriously sounding Pieces is pure drive-in chainsaw slasher fodder, perfectly marketed at it’s time and now revered by some (such as Eli Roth) as a ‘masterpiece of early 80s sleaze’. Slugs just sounded cool and promised much messy action and fun on it’s title alone.

So join us as we delve further into the delights of the finest Eurotrash exploitation movies have to offer and raise a glass or two to Senor Simon along the way.

Juan Piquer Simon Night was brought to you by Rawshark in association with Cool 4 Kidz Chainsaw and Rubber Slug Shop – for all your kid’s chainsaw and slug needs

10th Feb 10

Panther Night

Here we find ourselves back once again at Zombie Club, a home for weird and wonderful movies everywhere and tonight we attempt Day of the Panther and Strike of the Panther, two mid-80s Australian kung-fu movies directed by friend-of-the-site Brian Trenchard-Smith. Yes, he of The Man From Hong Kong fame.

When I got hold of these films, I got quite excited about bringing them to Zombie Club, so emailed Brian my intention. He replied back thus...

Expect nothing from the Panther pics. They are pretty bad. I took over after the writer/director was fired on day 4, and started shooting a day later. 16 mm, zero budget, star was not an actor, had to revoice him and the girl, etc. I think your group will be disappointed.

But then again, I don't think Brian appreciates the depths we've been to in the past. So sod it, let's crack on with some cheesy kung-fu Australian style.

These films are bought to you by Jim in Association with action heroes who get their voices dubbed everywhere.

23rd Jan 10

Klaus Kinski Sci-Fi Night

Whether you know him from his Werner Herzog collaborations (Fitscarraldo or Nosferatu anyone?) or from starring as pervy bad guys in Spaghetti Westerns and exploitation movies, you've got to love this creepy little Polish born actor. We, of course, are going to dive straight in to the more low budget stuff, to celebrate this weird little fella.

Android was an easy choice, having witnessed this Sci-Fi low budget gem on TV late one night back in the 80s, whereas Creature (or Titan Find as it's also known) was a complete coincidence - I ordered it as a cheesy Alien rip-off and was delighted to find out this kooky Pole was in it. So hey, Klaus Kinski's in both and they're both Sci-Fi, that's all you need for a classy little Zombie Club.

This Zombie Club was bought to you by Jim in association with Polish Actors that get typecast as Germans everywhere.




	Ninja Ninja Ninja Night 5th Jun 10 Ninja, Ninjas, get your Ninjas here! Comedy spy Ninjas, demonic possessed female Ninjas and Swedish action Ninjas!


	Juan Piquer Simon Night 5th Apr 10 Killer slugs and chainsaw-weilding maniacs, we take in two of Senor Simon's finest pieces.


	Panther Night 10th Feb 10 Brian Trenchard-Smith actually said to us, "Expect nothing from the Panther pics..."


	Klaus Kinski Sci-Fi Night 23rd Jan 10 Klaus Kinski, love him or hate him. Or both.


	Revenge Night 16th Nov 09 See Clint Howard exact terrible revenge on his brother for being more successfull.


	Sergio Martino Night 29th Oct 09 Giallo'd be thy name...


	Monsters and Dinosaurs Night 5th Oct 09 Horny rubber humanoids and stop-motion dinos, what more could you want?


	Trollogy Night 9th Sep 09 Trolls, goblins and creepy killer plants, tonight's line-up includes the world's Best Worst Movie ever made - fact!


	Italian Post-Apoc Night 17th Aug 09 Two more Italian post-apoc movies. Al Cliver's in one of them.


	Late Fulci Night 14th Jul 09 Come inside and witness some seriously ugly sex...


	Warrior Women Day 10th Jun 09 Sometimes it feels great just to be alive.


	Ozploitation Night 11th May 09 An Australian buffet of B-Movies including big trucks, dingos, men with balls, lots of stunts and prog-rock!


	70s Kidnap Night 13th Apr 09 Expect funny masks, claustrophobic settings, sexual humiliation, and great twist endings...


	Chinese Super Ninja Night 29th Mar 09 Complete with lady ninja mud wrestling sequences. I'm not making this up.


	Lee Frost Night 4th Mar 09 Freakish experiements... all girl gangs... disorientated gorillas... it must be Lee Frost Night!


	Pound of Flesh Night 14th Feb 09 It was a cheap stump, but Al Cliver's one-armed turn stole the evening like a one-armed bandit.


	Fishy Treasure Night 29th Jan 09 Come inside and witness the dropping of some beef.


	Night of the Demons Night 31st Dec 08 What's the most imaginative thing you can do with a lipstick?

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