Sober Horror Fan

Day 89 Of Sobriety.  Well, this was a pleasant surprise—although I’m not sure if the word “pleasant” is wholly appropriate, considering how disturbing some of the scenes in this movie are. I heard about this film when it was mentioned in passing on the excellent Discover the Horror podcast. It is generally described as a “horror western,” and that seems about right. Set in the late 1900s in the “wild west,” the plot concerns a three-man posse led by an elderly sheriff who go to rescue some townspeople (including the wife of one of the posse members) from a clan of Native American cannibals. I had never heard of the film, or the director, S. Craig Zahler. This was his first feature, but I see that he has directed several others that generally seem to be in the exploitation/crime/horror vein, and after watching Bone Tomahawk, I am really looking forward to checking them out. One of them is an entry in the Puppet Master series (none of which I have ever seen). I’m guess...

Day 61 of Sobriety.  Well, today marked the end of my second calendar month of sobriety. What better way to celebrate than sitting down to watch a film that no one in their right mind would watch sober. Also known as Hell of the Living Dead and Virus , I think this is the second film that I have seen that was helmed by notorious Italian exploitation director Bruno Mattei, the first being Zombi 3 , which was co-directed by Lucio Fulci and which I remember absolutely nothing about because I was drunk when I watched it. I do remember thinking it was mediocre though. “Mediocre” is not really a word that can be applied to Zombie Creeping Flesh , because in some ways it is astonishing—or maybe flabbergasting would be a more appropriate term. “Good” is also not really a word that could be applied. In fact, this film is so weird and messed up that almost no words can be applied without a lot of qualification. I was entertained though, so maybe “entertaining” would be the exc...