A while back
our cobber King Kos recommended a 1993 Ausploitation horror flick by the name of
Body Melt. Very relevant to Martorialist interests, the movie is a gross-out splatterfest in the vein of Peter Jackson's
early flicks which features such Aussie TV luminaries as him wot played Harold Bishop in
Neighbours, him wot played Toby Mangel in
Neighbours, and him wot played Matthew the ghost in
Round The Twist series two. But the best thing about
Body Melt has gotta be the soundtrack by the movie's director Philip Brophy. Each character/set of characters has their own theme, with the highlight being the score for the baddest bitch Australian big pharma has ever seen AKA Shaan. On one hand, it's the least Australian song ever because it sounds like one of Yuzo Kishora's Rave-inspired
Streets of Rage tracks. On the other hand, the song has a gonzo bluntness which is pure Aussie bogan. Throw the
good sportsmanship on the Bar-B, m8.
Philip Brophy - Shaan
(From Body Melt soundtrack; 1993)
Harold Bishop: The Gory Years.
ReplyDeleteKind of hilarious that the cast were at some time or another in Neighbours, Home and Away or Blue Healers. 😀
6 degrees of Stefan Dennis.
ReplyDeleteUnrelated, but you might be interested in checking out Stagefright as it's now on YouTube in glorious high definition.
ReplyDelete👍 Nice one. Summat to watch today when it pisses down this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThis eighties Aussie slasher looks terrible, but its cast might appeal to you:
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All my life I've been waiting for an Aussie horror flick featuring Alan Dale and the bird who played Lou Kelly in Prisoner: Cell Block H 👍
ReplyDeleteEnded up ordering it with a bunch of other blindspots such as Death in Brunswick (1991), Night of Fear (1973) and The Tunnel (2011) after Time Out's GOAT Aussie films list.
ReplyDeleteNight Of Fear sounds/looks nasty as fook 😄
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