Taste of the Absurd Theater

Killer Clowns From Outer Space

reply to post by nyk537


How could I have forgotten that one. That movie along with It surely gave people phobias.

In the spirit of comedy...I bring you my favorite scene from a classic cheese-fest horror movie.

Silent Night Deadly Night 2

Thanks for the contributions, NYK

In honor of the imminent end of civilization I thought I'd go for some mondo-apocolypto...

I present "The Conqueror" Starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan! Yes, I own that little monster.

Edit to add:
By the way no horses were harmed in filming this. These horses were trained for this kind of thing.




[edit on 26-2-2009 by Deson]

Excellent choice on The Conqueror, Deson. Am I wrong in remembering this as the film that was shot on top of a toxic waste dump?

For my next entry, more post-apocalyptic trash. What do you get when you mix Escape from New York with The Warriors?

After a bit of a hiatus, here is my next submission... not a movie trailer, but truly absurd.

Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
Excellent choice on The Conqueror, Deson. Am I wrong in remembering this as the film that was shot on top of a toxic waste dump?

Not so much on top of a toxic waste dump but more like area contaminated by radioactive fallout from nuclear testing. To make things worse when they needed to re-shoot some scenes they trucked in more of the radioactive dirt into the studio!!

This may or may not be confirmed but I've heard that there seem to be a higher than normal incidence of cancer among the actors who were in that flick.

Edited to add info from Wikipedia concerning the flick and the radiation.
Wikipedia article


[edit on 16-3-2009 by Deson]

reply to post by Deson


Well, they obviously had nothing to worry about. I give you a real blast from the past in this excerpt on the 'truth' about nuclear fallout.