Meet The Feebles

What is your favorite Peter Jackson movie? Braindead? Of course, this is a brilliant piece of art and probably the best comedy splatter movie ever made. So what is your second most favorite Jackson flick? Certainly Bad Taste but not for me.

Years ago, while I was on vacation with a few friends, I discovered this adult puppet movie in a dirty, little, obscure Dutch DVD shop. At that age I hadn’t quite a clue about B-Movies and I only had seen a few of the masterpieces like Braindead, Dead Dudes In The House, Dawn of the Dead, From Dusk till Dawn, and Slime City but I had never heard of Meet The Feebles.

One good thing about Holland is that nobody gives a damn shit about cutting, censoring and confiscating movies. I was eased because if the movie sucked asses, at least it would be an un-cut version of an ass-sucking movie. This may sounds weird but an un-cut version calms me down. I am more afraid of a censored or cut movie than of a bullshit movie. Call me if you want to interview the first human-being diagnosed with censorphobia.

I thought a lot about how to review this movie not by repeating myself but by bringing across the brilliancy of the story. I decided doing this by simply listing different characters and by describing them in a few words. Trust me it is going to work and at the end you can’t wait to see this perverse piece of shit.

First of all, the story is about The Feebles Variety Show, where all actors (except one) are puppets, wired, disgusting, sick, sexy and insane puppets! Here is the description of some of the wonderful cast:


Bletch (walrus) is the manager of the show. He is an abusing bastard who’s together with Heidi but fucks around with Samantha, the whore cat. Furthermore he runs a porno production.


Heidi (hippo) the female star of the show and responsible for a huge puppet massacre.


Trevor (rat) is Bletch’s assistant, porno director and drug dealer in one. A rat in just every fucking way.


Wynyard (frog) came back from Vietnam and is a complete drug addict. This dude is so nuts that he even manages to impale himself during a performance.


Harry (rabbit) is the male star of the show. As he is a rabbit he also screws like one. He gets a bit crazy believing most of the time that he is dying from a sexual transmitted disease.


Sebastian (fox) is a gay, extremely hyper-active chorus director.

Still not laughing, facepalming or shaking your head at this nonsense you just read? Read it again and remember that there are a whole bunch of other sick bastards. Meet the Feebles clearly makes a fool of the muppets, which results in a perverse melodramatic blood’n’trash orgy. My eyes pee every time I watch this shit. A beautiful movie for young and old!



Saturday Bloody Saturday

I feel pretty damn good today cause I bought these:

I already got one version of Night of The Living Dead but this limited edition is simply amazing. Bonus: Making-of, Trailer and a 28-pages long booklet plus the documentary Fan of the Dead !!!

Furthermore I discovered this:


Now, I got two versions of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Bonus of this edition includes: 3 Experts (Jörg Buttgereit, sociologist Dr. Roland Steim and media scientist Dr. Stefan Höltgen) talking about the history of censoring the movie. A 64-pages long booklet with expert evidences, enactments etc. Different documentaries, a guidance through the TTCM house and a lot more!

I need to buy a BluRay Player!

El Gore’s competition!!!

Even Diego is excited as hell! To celebrate El Gore’s 5000th visitor, we’d like to invite you to our anniversary contest!

Here is the deal: Post a movie we have to see and get the chance to win a nice little present!

Stuff we like to read/see:

  • “weird” and/or “strange” titles
  • Japanese/North Korean/Scandinavian movies. Trash or alternative, independent stuff (if you made a movie, submit that one!)
  • Make us suffer

Stuff we don’t like to read/see:

  • Modern Hollywood stuff (please no sawesque shit movies)
  • Snuff or any other illegal perverse shit!

El Gore choses 1 winner and  reviews the movie.

Start: Now

End: 21st April 2012

Submit us your suggestion (2 titles/person) via comment, mail (elgore1(at)hotmail.com) twitter or Facebook.

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Super Crate Box

Platform tested: iOS (iPad)

Developed by: Vlambeer

This one is quite simple, guys. 3 different levels, one easy task. Collect as many crates as possible. But beware! 3 different types of enemies will try to impede your crate collecting and each level has got 1 precipice at the bottom that turns your enemies into rabid destroyers, once they have fallen into. And this is the interesting part of the game, as it gets more and more challenging and fast-paced each time a new enemy falls into the precipice. But fortunately, a new collected crate means a new weapon for your character, be it a machinegun, rocket launcher or flamethrower. Let the rampage begin!

There really isn’t much more to add about “Super Crate Box”. It is so simple yet enjoyable to play. The perfect time waster and no-brainer. Just as I like it. Maybe the controls suck a little as it is not possible to play a jump’n run platformer properly on a touchscreen, but it’s manageable.

Go get it on your iOS device now! Vlambeer are a indie-game studio based in the Netherlands and you know you should support indie developers, don’t you?

Grab it while it’s hot! You don’t need your financial consultant’s opinion for this 2 bucks investment. Trust me.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3QP9K110U]

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Eric

Rest

A few weeks ago my old pal jagaland (check out his blog here) sent me a link via direct message on twitter. I love this guy but as he has, amongst a few others of my friends, the shittiest taste in movies, I immediately thought that the short he sent me would be catastrophically ass. Nevertheless I clicked on the link and baaam I was right! Yet an other over-saturized modern bullshit zombie movie, where some people try to milk a dead cow, which in this case doesn’t come back to life.

Don’t get me wrong here. I love zombie flicks like Re-Animator, Dead Dudes In The House, Braindead, Dawn of the Dead (original), Day of the Dead (original), Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead and stuff. I even really appreciate Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake and Land of the Dead. But for me the cult is over, the genre is dead, dead as Punk is dead (a bad allusion again).

I nearly immediately stopped watching the movie. But as it only lasts 10 minutes and as I was quite bored I gave it a try, and against all odds I was positively surprised! The short bases on an incredibly long build-up until it gets to an ending I would never have expected! I do not want to spoiler so I shut my mouth and command you to be patient and watch the film to the end. There are only three movies which made me cry like a little baby. First there is Braindead (biggest love story of all-time), then there is Tim Burton’s masterpiece Edward Scissorhands and finally there is Rest. I don’t even give a damn that the piece uses this modern over-hyped style of filming I don’t like and I don’t care that the story is at some points a bit questinable and unlogic (besides of that there is a dead man standing up out of his grave). Because in the end, all this stuff doesn’t matter anymore.

Certainly one of my favorite short movies this year!

-Luc-

LaFaro – Easy Meat

LaFaro aroused my curiosity a few weeks ago, so I decided to buy their two releases blindly. Was it a good decision? Yes, Sir!

With their second album, Easy Meat, the boys from Belfast just lift off like a rusty rocket. Their sound compromises Thrash and (Post-)Hardcore elements, mixed with a pinch of Metal and Queens of the Stone Age. I somewhere read that this work was like QOTSA if Nick Oliveri did all the songs. I can’t really confirm this, although a few Queens-traces are not deniable, especially in Wingers + Chips, which sounds like a descendant from Quick and to the Pointless.

The most important thing is: LaFaro have developed their very own sound, which was essential, as I found the mixing of their debut too piercing and ordinary (damn, I’d love to hear Chopper is a Fuckin Tout in the new sound!). When Easy Meat hits your ears, it automatically feels more authentic, combining evil guitars with rusty agro-vocals with a crazy drumming that sounds like someone going postal at a junky yard. Lot’s of 90s music here too in my ears.

Boring? No, Sir!

As for the interludes (after nearly every single song), it seems that they are a matter of opinion. I think they’re quite annoying and unnecessary. Lots of energy is lost because of them. No Songs-For-The-Deaf-feeling here, if this was the intention. If you created a scrap press like Easy Meat, please mates, do not stop it when it has already started wrecking! As for the rest: we now know that the vocalist (is it even possible not to play the guitar in a rock band when your name is Jonny Black?) and the drummer are insane. Leave the metal part a bit aside and concentrate more on madness, then this could be huge!

Recommendations: Full Tilt, Wingers + Chips, Boke, OFF THE CHART

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jYhQK7aVM]

Dirty Crows Studio Update II

Here you have the last part of the studio diary from our beloved Dirty Crows. Enjoy!

Tuesday: Recorded the bass, edited the drums, which took lots of time. Not a very productive day, did a bit percussion afterwards. Marc caught a cold, so we’re a little worried about his voice because there’s still lots of vocals to record. Mauro’s girlfriend Liz brought him something from the drug store, we bought him a Playboy magazine. Let’s see what helps more (no comment. -elgore-). We made a little video greeting message for our friends from Angel at my Table for their release on Saturday.

Wednesday: Bass recordings, drum edits, only cold water in the shower (use the Playboy! -elgore-), but hey, that’s rock’n’roll! Had a cool evening with our studio neighbour, a dude who records an album on his own.

Thursday: Bass recordings (are you Death From god damn Above 1979 or what? -elgore-). Played the Fender Jaguar over the bass amp plus octaver. Recorded Marc’s guitar and his vocals and then again drum editing. Felix from The Lost Ways passed by, very cool guy, lots of music talk and had a beer together. A whole case to be honest (yep, we can imagine! -elgore-). Started talking French only so that Jan was thinking that we’re drunk, but we weren’t (mmh mmh -elgore-). Daniel did some background recordings until 2am.

Friday: Bass recordings (oh really?! -elgore-), only one song left for Mauro. I (Phillip) recorded some hard and crazy guitar sounds and Marc did his guitar and vocals. Daniel did some backround vocals again and then we worked on a special feature (will be a surprise for you) until 5am. The Lost Ways were here today, we had lunch together and talked about potential concerts for the summer. Stay tuned!

Saturday: Finished the bass (hallelujah! -elgore-) guitars, percussion and background vocals. Recorded two new features (another surprise) and also recorded an organ. Marc’s voice still causes worries.

Sunday: Back home again! Thanks for reading and stay tuned! And thanks to Liz for her excellent cooking!

Check out part one.