Showing posts with label MOSS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MOSS. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

A pause for a change

4DK has been called many things -- some of them printable! -- but “meaningful contribution to society” certainly isn’t one of them. Indeed, endeavors like the meticulous cataloguing of the films of Sompote Sands might even be said to be a kind of tax on society, if not on civilization as a whole.

In any case, what I want to say is that the negative moral space that this blog inhabits should not be used to tar the brush with which other members of the community of cult film bloggers and podcasters are painted. Because some of them are doing some very meaningful stuff indeed.

Case in point, my fellow MOSS-er Brian of the Hammicus podcast, who has initiated a program called Create Reel Change. The goal of CRC is to provide therapeutic benefit to people with a range of mental health challenges (PTSD, depression, addiction, etc.) through creativity and specifically – though not exclusively – through the medium of film. I don’t want to try to describe it beyond that, because Brian does a much better job of it in this short film.

If you would like to make a much needed donation to Create Reel Change, you can find information on how to do so on their website. If you are big of heart but shallow of pocket, maybe you could contribute by sharing that link via Twitter, Facebook, or whatever mode of social media -- Snapshut? Instagrand? -- you damn kids prefer these days. It will perhaps make you feel like less of a jerk.

And now back to our regularly scheduled inanity.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

4DK invades Monster Island Resort!


Again with the space ladies.

The Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit is up to its usual skullduggery, taking god's creations and perverting them until they can no longer be seen as anything but barely recognizable mutations of their former selves. Their latest attack on the internet's fragile status quo is a swap-a-thon in which each of MOSS' member bloggers, webmasters and podcasters temporarily turns over the reigns to his or her blog, site, or podcast to one of the other bloggers, webmasters and podcasters to do with more or less as they please.

I got the esteemed Miguel Rodriguez of Monster Island Resort, who you can look forward to seeing here on 4DK in the coming weeks, holding forth about Japanese ghost movies. In return, Miguel asked that I record a podcast in which I discuss the "philosophy" behind 4DK, and in particular what unifying habit of mind draws me to the specific films that I write about. The result is a free form ramble in which I somewhat preposterously touch upon everything from Thunderbirds to the Situationist movement to prestigious, Academy Award nominated documentaries. Seriously, it's complete, raving nonsense! And, no doubt, you will want to hear every frothing word.

Listen here:

Monster Island Resort #111: MOSS SWAP! We Become Die Danger Die Die Kill! The 4DK Philosophy

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

GAAAA!


The Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit did a tweet-along to Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny. I really don't want to say much more about it, but, thanks to the efforts of The Cultural Gutter's Carol, you can read a full transcript here. Enjoy!

Friday, May 11, 2012

The cat came back

This month, the hairless apes over at M.O.S.S. -- of which I am a proud member -- are paying tribute to hairy beasts in the world of cinema. My first modest contribution, just posted over at Teleport City, is a newly revised version of my 4DK review of Da Khwar Lasme Spogmay, aka Cat Beast, that incontestably classy treasure of Pakistani cinema starring Shehnaz Begum as a ferocious feline avenger who uses rapists for a scratching post. Check it out, won't you?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

The horrible sexy horror of sex (and horror)

The theme of the latest M.O.S.S. round table is The Big Muscle Tussle, a roid-ragin' celebration of those well-oiled man mountains -- be they Italian boulder throwers or yore or pumped-up Nam vets terrorizing the jungles of the Philippines -- who so enliven our experience of world cult cinema. For my contribution, I chose Bloody Pit of Horror, a comic book campy bit of Euro horror starring Hungarian muscleman Mickey Hargitay, aka Mr. Jayne Mansfield. Of course, the well-sculpted male form isn't the only attraction here; If you are someone who enjoys seeing voluptuous 1960s era glamor girls decorously trussed up in all manner of archaic torture devices, you are not only a horrible person (you filthy pig, you!), but also the ideal target audience for this film. Be sure to check out my full review, which has just been posted over at Teleport City.