March 31, 2016

Movies You Know Because of One Clip: Kickboxer

A coulple years ago, we went on a JCVD movie binge that took us through most of his filmography, but of all the JCVD movies, Kickboxer contains a special gem that pops up in gif form again and again.

The clip you've likely seen:


Why you should watch the rest of the film: Basically Kickboxer is a rehashing of Bloodsport, so it's hard to go wrong unless you watch them too close together.


What you should watch after: All the rest of JCVD's filmography, obvs.

March 30, 2016

Second Clue: April's Screening


Clue #2: This is less of a clue and more of a caution; this will be the most graphically violent movie we've screened to date.  

Tape Freaks Presents: April Mystery Movie! at the Trylon microcinema, Wednesday, April 6th @ 7:00pm, only $5!

Purchase advance ticket here.


March 28, 2016

Movies You Know Because of One Clip: Danger 5

The clip you've likely seen:




Why you should watch the rest: Danger 5 is a group of special forces spies who are tasked with one mission: kill Hitler. They must navagate a plethora of 60s telivison tropes to catch the wiley Hitler, who ineveatibly slips through their fingers by the end of each episode. The mocking of an overly simplistic television landscape of ole is done with nothing but love and makes this show very satisfying mindless entertainment.


Season two: We havn't seen any of the second season, but it is set in a world of 80s movie tropes and it looks AMAZING.



Bonus gifs:







March 25, 2016

Movies You Know From One Clip: Samurai Cop

The clip you've likely seen:


Why you should watch the rest: We'd seen the clip of Frank Washington “reacing” to his partner being hit on and then snubbed by a nurse, though we didn't know what movie it was from until we randomly watched Samurai Cop. That scene is a mere taste of a movie that is pretty relentlessly excellent. Trust us, this is a film you don't want to miss out on!

What you should watch after: The Red Letter Media interview with star Mike Hannon.

What the actors said about the scene: Apparently Mark Frazer was not given any direction regarding what to react to, which is why his “reactions” are so over the top. 

Swag from Samurai Cop: Tim still has some swag from our first Tape Freaks screening available on his Storenvy!   


March 23, 2016

Movies You Know From One Clip: Troll 2

The clip you've likely seen:



Why you should watch the rest: This is a great terrible movie. Very little sense is made through the whole movie, mostly because the director (who only spoke Italian) chose a cast of people who had never acted in their lives, but also because the story is ridiculous. 

What you should know before you watch: This movie has nothing what so ever to do with the first Troll movie (which is another Michael Moriarty gem), titling it Troll 2 was an afterthought by producers. This is a stand alone movie about vegetarian goblins trying to turn a family into vegetables.


What you should watch after: Best Worst Movie natch! It's a great documentary on the bad movie resurgence. It illustrates how loving people are when it comes to bad movies and what kind of toll a resurgence can take on the people involved.

Best Worst Movie: Often cited as the “best worst film”, we sort of disagree. We feel Troll 2 is more of a gateway bad movie; you get a taste of the fringe world of cinema, but there's so much more out there!

March 22, 2016

Movies You Know Because of One Clip: Silent Night, Deadly Night 2

The clip you've likely seen:


Why you should watch the rest: This movie is 90% flashback to the first installment and 10% original content following the younger brother of the original killer who's awaiting trial for his own murder spree.

What you should know before you watch: If you're going to watch a Silent Night, Deadly Night movie watch either 1 or 2, or put some space between viewing both of them. (We watched them back to back one December and it was pretty hard to get through. Seriously, if you insist on watching both, put a decent amount of time between viewings.)


Never hear this word the same way again: Naughty!

March 21, 2016

First Clue: April's Screening


Clue #1: This month's movie is one of those films you know from a clip.

You know the kind of film; Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 is a good expamle of one! You've never heard of Silent Night, Deadly Night 2? Check out the clip below and see if that helps...



Tape Freaks Presents: April Mystery Movie! at the Trylon microcinema, Wednesday, April 6th @ 7:00pm, only $5!

Purchase advance ticket here.



March 1, 2016

Third Clue: March's Screening

Clue #3: This movie had an American remake 18 years after it's release, but was directed by the original director...


Tape Freaks Presents: March 2nd Mystery Movie! at the Trylon microcinema, Wednesday, March 2nd @ 7:00pm, only $5!

Purchase advance ticket here.