The Executioner Part II (1984)

There's nothing quite like punks, pimps and hoodlums in 1980's films with their headbands, perms, bleached jeans and muscle shirts, bouncing up and down and running around everywhere like fancy-dress poodles on whizz. This is my second Renee Harmon film of the day and I think I'm starting to drown in aging-redhead Deutsche cleavage. Contains the worst Vietnam war sequence I think I've ever seen... and grenades, lots and lots of grenades. Funny as fuck!

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Frozen Scream (1975)

Frozen Scream does have an odd, trippy atmosphere in places but beware of an awful script, jarring edits, terrible performances and dialogue, killers who look like Rowan Atkinson and Marty Feldman with porn moustaches, and the loudest and most inappropriate voice-over ever. Low on gore, high on crappiness, Frozen Scream will only be of interest to those of us who like shitty, low-budget films or are trying to complete the video-nasty list and have found this at the bottom of the pile.

You know how, sometimes, bands cover a song and then change the lyrics a little to avoid copyright and paying the subsequent royalties? Well, Frozen Scream has some of the worst I've ever heard, played during a totally pointless dance scene: "there's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on" becomes "we're goin' to try to get it on" and "We're goin' to rock around the clock tonight" becomes "We're goin' to jack around the shack tonight". Fucking hilarious!

The picture and sound quality on the Vinegar Syndrome DVD is not great but still bright and very watchable.

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