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Originally Posted by eric_angelus
Dead Pit is and has always been a fine B movie, but it is also been a movie that has been known for its gimmick because distributors then knew they needed something to make it stand out from the pack...hence light up VHS case which did stand out and made people rent it.
But you didn't have to beg the video store to let you play with the box. Or treck to the video store at 2 in the morning. You also did not have to rent some shitty D list action movie in order to rent Dead Pit. The cute box added to charm and made people notice a move that frankly was not much different than the hundreds of other straight to VHS product filling shelves at the time.
That's the difference.
I am not by any means knocking Dead Pit or its fans., but face it...it's not Re-Animator, it's not Hellraiser. It does not have a huge fan base...and a lot of the casual admirers are not interested in owning it if they have to jump through hoops or purchase additional product they do not have any interest in.
It's like going to concert to see a band that has one song you kind of like but you have to sit through some atrocious opening act that plays for about 2-3 hours. Oh and that ticket to hear that one song you kind of like? 100 bucks. No thanks, not me.
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Your opinion is your own and, of course, is fair, but it is clear you are referencing Point Doom and I get the feeling you've never actually seen it.
Having rented Point Doom, back in the day, and having bought it recently, I can't understand the hatred of the film. Richard Grieco and Andrew Dice Clay are fun to watch, that's a given. The story is good enough and even more than good enough, actually interesting. The women are what you would expect from a film of this type, and the man I watched it with appreciated that fact. It is a solid B movie. It defines B movie. If you love B movies, you love Dice. It's not possible not to. If you love B movies, you should enjoy Point Doom, as it is a really fun movie. Did anyone here skip Wacko when VS released it? That was another movie with Dice. I was so glad to see both of these films get released and, honestly, it just made me happy watching them again. Sometimes a B movie is exactly what you need. It's like medicine only without all the horrible side-effects.
On To Why Dark Force Should Release David DeFalco's Heavy Metal Massacre....
To clarify the issue of Heavy Metal Massacre, because I got a phone call asking me why I am asking David to release it, from someone who wanted to know if he should seek a copy. Heavy Metal Massacre is the most optimistic, hopeful film I have ever seen, and I will explain why....
Heavy Metal Massacre, by one David DeFalco, is, genuinely, sorry David, a terrible movie. It was the first, to my knowledge, that David ever made. He made several and the others were actually good. Long before I ever heard of Dark Force, I had seen a little movie starring Dave Bautista that was fun and exciting and entertaining, that I really enjoyed. I'd seen Point Doom, that I enjoyed quite a lot, and still do. I'd seen The Backlot Murders, which I really enjoyed. Heavy Metal Massacre, in stark contrast, as David's first film, made no sense and was odd and even a little off-putting. As a bit of a nonsense film, you would think I would not love it, but, truly, I loved every minute, because I saw it after seeing the others.
Heavy Metal Massacre is exactly what you would expect from someone who doesn't yet know what they are doing, who is trying to tell a story but isn't sure how to do that, who has some really good ideas but doesn't know how to bring them to life. It is almost an experimental film, with all the lingering shots and pauses and looks, and, when played in contrast to what David made later, it is a moment of film triumph. This film, which was not brilliant, came from someone who worked and tried and learned and ended up making some really enjoyable films, after putting in the time, doing the work, not giving up. That, to me, is an optimistic viewing experience, a film that conveys hope. The man who made that movie, who wrote and sang the music in that movie, with a title like Heavy Metal Massacre and music that is not heavy metal music, made a bunch of really cool, enjoyable films, that made sense, that were actually good, and he did it by not quitting when he sat down to watch Heavy Metal Massacre and found himself saying, "This was better in my head".
I really do believe that Dark Force should release Heavy Metal Massacre, on DVD, even if it is a made-to-order, DVD-R, with a CD-R soundtrack. The movie is not anything to be proud of on its own, but, when taken with the rest of the films, it is a crowning achievement that should be simultaneously appreciated and laughed at. Heavy Metal Massacre is just too perfect and too fun and too ridiculous not to be seen. It's a Z movie and everyone should see it.
That's my pitch, David. I'm going to try to stop mentioning it now.
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