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Better than Silent…
I did not go to high school in the eighties, but I know people who did and this production explains a lot about them and why Ronald Reagan thought ketchup was a vegetable.
From Wikipedia.
“‘Lovely But Deadly’ is a 1981 action film about a cheerleader who goes undercover to fight drug dealers. The film stars Lucinda Dooling, John Randolph, Mel Novak and Richard Herd.
Directed by David Sheldon with a story by Lawrence D. Foldes, the film follows Mary Ann ‘Lovely’ Lovitt (Dooling), who goes back to high school to find the drug pushers that she holds responsible for the death of her brother, who died from an overdose. The film features several fight scenes, with Lovitt using kung fu to deal with an array of villains.”
“Daniel R. Budnik, in his book 80s Action Movies on the Cheap, calls the film ‘enjoyable’ but ‘schizophrenic’, stating ‘the film’s style changes so much there could be ten directors involved.’ Shock Cinema called it an ‘amusingly braindead romp.’”
According to IMDb, “Lovely But Deadly” marks the film debut of Billy Warlock.
jay:
I did go to high school in the eighties.
Ronald Reagan claimed ketchup was a vegetable, so he and his administration could cheat poor people out of their food stamps.
Oh good, we’re getting political again. That never goes wrong.
My goodness but this is a bad movie. Truly, truly bad. And icky, too, in that special way that 1980d movies did so well. What with Richard Herd and “Gommorah” pawing the heroine, and the bad guys steaming the one teen to death in a cardboard box, it made me feel like I needed to scrub my brain clean.
Still, the riffs were great, especially the part at the end during the credits – I did enjoy that. And the movie had Mel Novak, who’s not quite up there with Cameron Mitchell but who WAS in Vampire Assassin, so big points there. Overall, it was worthwhile. But I think if I’m in the mood for kung faux, I’ll stick to Velvet Smooth – now that one was just fun!
All I can think of is Bob Dornan droning on to his Iowan girlfriend about why pilots don’t buzz anymore
Director/writer/producer David Sheldon was production executive for At the Earth’s Core. Mel Novak (Warren Lang) was Otis the S.W.A.T. cop (as opposed to Otis the town drunk) in Future War. Marie Windsor (Aunt May) was Josie Nardo in Swamp Diamonds. Soundtrack composer Robert O. Ragland also composed the soundtrack for The Touch of Satan. First assistant director Jack Cummins and second assistant director Nancy King were first and second assistant directors respectively for Being from Another Planet. Stunt doubles Johnny Hock, Hubie Kerns Jr., and Rock A. Walker all did stunt work in City Limits. Stunt double Regis Parton also did stunt work in The Mole people and was the Mutant in This Island Earth. Finally stunt double Dick Warlock did stunt work in The Master episode Hostages (used in the second half of Master Ninja II), where he also portrayed a terrorist posing as a waiter.
Sheldon was also production executive for The Land That Time Forgot.
Lawgiver:
I was clarifying information.
I hate the political divisiveness of this country.
Here’s some good news that will unite us all on this board.
From Kevin Murphy’s Twitter:
“Good Peoples: The Rifftrax studio has been disinfected, fresh windscreens on the microphones, a suitable minimum social distance between the riffers and a whole slew of new titles lined up.”
https://twitter.com/kwmurphy/status/1242593672081952771
Stay safe.
That’s good–Old people are especially at risk, at that age.
Eric J.:
We’re all at risk, no matter what our age.
I hope, despite your grouchiness and hostility on this board, you are a good person in real life and are helping others that may be in less fortunate circumstances than you.
Donate blood, buy gift cards from your favorite stores and theaters, call and email family and friends, give to nonprofit organizations, foster a pet.
Google other ways you (and others) can help during the coronavirus outbreak.
Sounds like an even more budget/bad version of this scenario than “Angel’s Revenge.” The horror. And like DarkGrandmaofDeath below, re: her comment, I think I’ll re-watch “Velvet Smooth” for kung faux. That one was extremely fun.
….mmmm…I’ve watched this one uncut on youtube, and it’s in a class by itself. Angel’s Revenge and similar did cheesy seventies sexism, which could be kind of fun. IMHO, this one slips over the line into “demeaning.”
Haven’t posted in a while (just silently lurking and lamenting the lack of WDTs and Thursday Episode Guide rehashes–don’t get me wrong, I understand why they’ve ceased, and sympathize, but that doesn’t mean I still don’t miss them. Anyway, I had forgotten that I installed a Chrome extension that removes EricJ from the comments page, but still shows whenever anyone mentions him. The good news is that the extension works! The bad news is that I apparently assumed that he had quietly faded into oblivion, having forgotten about said extension working in the background.
Short version: get the extension! I can try to find the link to it. I’m sure I’ve got it bookmarked somewhere…
Oh, and I took advantage of RT’s April Fool’s Day 15% discount. Spent $10 on a bunch of shorts and a couple of the NatGeo riffs.
Bartcow:
Welcome back!
Stay here. The more the merrier.
Don’t let you-know-who get you down.
This board has been a beacon for me, especially these past weeks.
Fake news.
Clear as mud it was
I’ll say it again: it’s not that I don’t have lots of time on my hands under normal conditions, it’s that I don’t feel foolish combing through old MST’s during this enforced isolation from others of my species. And the result has been that I’m still discovering episodes I’ve never watched to the end, in some cases after twenty and thirty years of having copies in my possession. “The Corpse Vanishes” is the latest instance. So, yeah, there are (admittedly minor) upsides to the insanity outside.
I’ll still probably never get my S.O. to watch “Hollywood After Dark” all the way through…
Didn’t we used to come here to talk about bad movies?
Rrecently, I stumbled across something in the Legacy Pages (that I can’t find on short notice} that included comments from, like, ten years ago. So I can say, based on actual historical evidence, “If by that you mean ‘politely, humorously, and without any personal agendas,’ the answer is, ‘no more than maybe half to two-thirds of the time.'” Sigh.