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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.

12th Feb 12

Vigilante Night

Who doesn't love a good vigilante movie? Or a bad one for that matter. The Michael Winner / Charles Bronson partnership sure has a lot to answer for throughout the years, but at least we could sleep better at night safe in the knowledge that there may be a bad ass bringer of justice around every stinking street corner armed with a .45 handgun and a shitload of hate...

And what better way to kick of Vigilant Night than with a movie as aptly titled as Vigilante, which sees Robert Forster join Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson's 'V' Team after his wife and child are murdered by thugs. How can this be any less than brilliant? Second up we see Tom 'The Delicatessen Man' Skerritt taking vigilante hijinks to a new level in Fighting Back, where his actions make him a local hero. Last up is an admittedly altogether weaker contender that could have been so much more, because Rolling Vengeance is vengeance on really big wheels in Hicksville, USA where Ned Beatty heads up a slime ball family of complete dickheads.

This evening's Zombie Club was brought to you by Zomblee in association with the mighty hand of justice. And People's Neighbourhood Patrol body warmers.

11th Jan 12

Deodato Night

It’s always good to welcome an old favourite, so let’s hear it once again for the Master, the maestro (and occasional minstrel) of Italian exploitation, Ruggero Deodato.

We’ve covered other films of Deodato’s wide-ranging oeuvre here before such as the cannibal flick Last Cannibal World, the polizei Live like A Cop, Die Like a Man home invasion chiller House on the Edge of the Park, and the rollicking adventure of Raiders of Atlantis. Tonight’s crop also cover a differing range of genres, first up being the giallo-esque (and quite explicit) The Washing Machine from the early 90s.

Genre-favourite Michael Berryman makes an appearance in the second film of the evening, Deodato’s post Cannibal Holocaust ‘decent-budget’ jungle flick Cut and Run (which had one of the most memorable VHS covers of the late 80s) and tonight’s triple treats are rounded off with a Japanese-cut of his slasher movie, Camping del Terrore from 1987.

So what are we waiting for - let’s go, Deodato…

Tonight’s Zombie Club was brought to you by Rawshark, a household kitchen appliance, Jungle Tours R Us and a vengeful Indian Shaman.

10th Dec 11

Peter O'Brian Night

Peter O’Brian, known apparently as P’OB to his friends, burst onto the scene in 1986 with The Stabilizer, a Rambo rip-off where he played a character called Peter Goldson, and The Intruder, a Rambo rip-off where he played a character called 'Rambu'. He only made six more movies, culminating in The Time Game in 1998.

Despite a limited portfolio, this New Zealand actor deserves, nay demands, a well-regarded place on the B-Movie roll of fame, thanks largely to these first two films, packed as they are with heaps of Zombie Club goodness. So let’s sit back and take in the New Zealand / Indonesian splendour that is Peter O’Brian in - The Stabilizer and The Intruder…

Tonight’s Zombie Club was brought to you by Rawshark and Tuk-Tuk Express, for all your stunt-filled, hero rescue tuk-tuk team needs.

5th Oct 11

Strike Commando Dawn

It's Bruno Mattei. It's Reb Brown. It's Christopher Connelly. It's Brent Huff. It's Richard Harris. Hang on, Richard Harris? Richard fucking Harris? What the hell is going on in the world were Bruno Mattei is directing Richard Harris? Jesus H Christ.

And that's all I've got to say for this intro, let's get on with the films.

Tonight's Zombie Club was bought to you buy Jim in association with Richard Harris in a Bruno Mattei movie. Whatever next?




	Vigilante Night 12th Feb 12 Jump inside my Vigilante Van, get tooled up and beat the shit out of everyone.


	Deodato Night 11th Jan 12 Don't try and Cut and Run, we're watching The Washing Machine at Camping del Terrore


	Peter O'Brian Night 10th Dec 11 Join us, and Peter O'Brian, in the Indonesian jungle for The Intruder and The Stabilizer


	Strike Commando Dawn 5th Oct 11 Not more Bruno Mattei movies, will we ever learn?


	George Kenne-Day 7th Aug 10 Pissy shit, crap fighting, secondhand chest-bursting, decapitated out-of-towners, green goo for blood. Welcome to George Kenne-Day!


	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...

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