"Read If You Dare!": Weirdest Movie Taglines

The Tagline. Every movie has one. 

It's a big part of advertising a film and a good tagline can make you interested in seeing a film. 

There have been great taglines in film. Such as The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly...

"For Three Men the Civil War Wasn't Hell. It was Practice"

Or Alien...

"In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream"

Here I've gathered up some odd movie taglines. Some are funny and some just flat out don't make sense. A lot of these seem unintentionally funny. Maybe the advertisers and film makers were going for that with some of these or maybe they just stopped caring. Who knows?

But either way, here they are...

  THE UNASHAMED (1938)

   "Actually Filmed in a Nudist Camp"

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SUSPIRIA (1977)

     "The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92"

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 SHATTER DEAD (1994)

                                                                    

  "GOD HATES YOU"

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  MASSACRE AT CENTAL HIGH (1976)

    

"You Better Get Those Kids The Hell Out Of There!"

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  A*P*E (1976)

  

   "Not To Be Confused With KING KONG"

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HOUSE OF WAX (2005)

       

  "See Paris (Hilton) Die"

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  THE BLACK SCORPION (1957)

  

  "Don't Be Ashamed to Scream...It Helps To Relieve The Tension"

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     OUANGA a.k.a THE LOVE WANGA (1936)

 

 "Strange Loves Of Queer People"

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THE FLESH EATERS (1964)

"The Only People Who Will Not Be STERILIZED With FEAR Are Those Amongst You Who Are Already DEAD!"

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   I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957)

         

  "The Most Amazing Motion Picture Of Our Time"   .................................................................................................................

   THE BEAST THAT KILLED WOMEN (1965)

                                                     

  "Terror Stalks The Nudists!"

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BLOOD FREAK (1972)

                                                         

  "A Dracula On Drugs"

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 CORRUPTION (1968)

"CORRUPTION Is Not A Woman's Picture! Therefor: No Woman Will Be Admitted Alone To See This Super-Shock Film!!"

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  DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (1936)

  "She Gives You That Weird Feeling"

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These are just a few of many. If you feel I missed any really good goofy taglines, let me know. I get a kick out of these and would love to see more!

Review: The WIld Angels

"Their Credo is Violence! Their God is Hate!"

With all due respect, this movie sounds a lot tougher than it really is. 

The Wild Angels is a 1966 biker film produced and directed by the notorious Roger Corman. Starring Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra, this film is about a motorcycle riding killer named Heavenly Blue (Fonda) who gathers up a crew of rough Nazi bikers (Some of which were real members of the Hell's Angels) to help him get a stolen chopper. After a conflict with the police, one of their crew is shot and killed. Then at his funeral, the motley gang gets wasted and turns the place into an all out biker party. 

I am a huge fan of and have nothing but respect or Roger Corman. He is the king of low budget cinema. He once said he could make a film about the fall of the Roman Empire with two extras and a sage bush. He has done great things for and inspired many film makers for decades now.

I did however, find The Wild Angels to be very slow and somewhat anti-climactic. It has great style and feel. And the cinematography on some parts is actually brilliant. It's very entertaining on a cinematic level. Roger Corman knows how to make a movie with almost no budget and still pull it off. On the other hand, the overall story lacks kick and plot. 

This film presents itself as an action packed violent ride. For it's time in 1966 it may have been, but all the action is at the end and even that is not the kind of action you may expect from the films tag line and mystique. Although it was banned in Denmark when it was first released. 

But that's what these films did back then. They would sometimes exaggerate through advertising to get you to see their movie. I don't blame them, sometimes they had to, and it worked!

I also am a fan of and have nothing but respect for Peter Fonda, but you don't really buy his character in this film. In The Wild Angels, he is suppose to be the hardest guy around, he is the biker that none of the other bikers want to mess with. I just don't buy it with him. It's not a case of bad acting, Fonda is awesome in Easy Rider. In Easy Rider, Peter Fonda plays an easy going, cool guy that rides a motorcycle. You could say he is like a hippie biker or something along those lines. I get him in that. It's a good fit and is totally plausible. He is the opposite in The Wild Angels and it just doesn't fit as well for him. 

Now don't get me wrong. I didn't hate this movie. I just didn't love it either. It's a stylish Nazi- Biker movie with some really cool scenes. I thought the soundtrack was great as well. It just presents itself as an action film when it is really more of a hang out film. And I love films that are plotless and we are just hanging out with characters, but only when I expect it. 

If you like 60's and 70's biker films then this is worth checking out for the sake of seeing it. I don't think it's the best biker film ever made and I don't think it is Roger Corman's best by far. 

Though I can tell you, this has one of the most interesting funerals you may see in film. 

And Nazi Bikers.....

As I said.....Interesting.

Review: Sleepaway Camp

"You Won't Be Coming Home"

It's movies like these that remind me why I love low-budget horror films. 

They have the balls to do whatever they want and they are just plain fun. 

Sleepaway Camp is campy, funny, and very perverted. It's not the goriest movie you will ever see, but it does have it's moments and makes up for the lack of bloodshed with weirdness and suspense. 

Even though it is as low budget as they come, it still kept me interested and wondering what was going to happen next. Because in these kind of films, you never know. There is no safe zone like there is in so many big Hollywood movies. All the rules go right out the window, and thats why we love them.

The story is about this girl who witnesses her family get killed in a boating accident when she was a child. We jump ahead to eight years later and she and her cousin are living with their aunt. But this year their aunt is sending them away to camp for the summer. 

They arrive at the camp, but the girl is anti-social and refuses to speak. She is still not over the trauma of losing her family. Meanwhile, a mysterious killer is knocking off campers one by one. 

This film has one of the weirdest endings I have ever seen. I wont say anything because I don"t want to spoil it. It's one of those things that's half funny and half disturbing. 

If you can get past the low budget, some bad acting, cheesy humor, 80's iconology and guys wearing really short shorts.... then you should enjoy Sleepaway Camp. 

If not, I understand...

More than just a slasher movie, Sleepaway Camp is more involved in character structure and humor. Sometimes intentional, sometimes not. I found this movie very funny!

As I said, this is a sleazy film. 

It's as if you took American Pie:Band Camp and threw it in the gutter. Then shoveled it back up and spliced it with Friday the 13th and then let John Waters direct it.

Then you might have something like Sleepaway Camp. 

If you enjoy sleazy campy fun, then I recommend this cult classic.