This offbeat hybrid western/sci-fi/musical from Mexico, The Ship of Monsters, is entirely entertaining. The fact that this is in Spanish, a language I cannot understand, does little to stop the highly watchable fun. Much effort went into the superb set designs, special effects and especially the rocking monsters from outer space.
During the late 80s, Sepultura (means grave in Portuguese) were hitting a career peak with their Brazilian crafted thrash/death metal, demolishing listeners on 1989s genre classic Beneath the Remains. Produced by Scott Burns in a rather old school Rio de Janeiro studio in a short amount of time, this record brought their extremely heavy and fast music to a larger audience through it's release by the Roadrunner label.
Was lucky enough to catch Sepultura on the 1989 leg of their first American tour in support of Beneath the Remains when then played Chicago at the modestly sized Exit. The Exit was still in Old Town near Second City then and at that point had a half domed, playground looking "thunderdome" set up around the stage, which helped cause additional mayhem. The show was incredible, with the power and force of the performance making it an all time favorite show for me. Saw them next in 1992 (very briefly) when they and Helmet opened for Ministry (which, even though I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, was the first and only time I saw Ministry - they were kinda tainted for me by their With Sympathy era - never dug that record). Sepultura also played on the Alice n Chains/Ozzy tour in 1992.
This footage represents a show towards the end of the Beneath the Remains tour, from El Paso, Texas.
William Smith stars in 1974s Grave of the Vampire, a quirky horror tale that I first became aware after reading a video review in a mid 80s issue of Fangoria magazine. The result of a vampiric sexual assault; Smith portrays a hybrid human/vampire who searches for his neck biting father, the creepy Michael Pataki, in order to provoke a showdown with the creature.
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