Really Awful Movies

The Disco Exorcist

A “lizard in a leisure suit,” Rex Romanski (it’s Polish) is prowling the dance floor and snorting lines off lovely ladies’ asses. The Disco Exorcist is a grindhouse throwback with (disco) balls, double entendres like that one and nudity aplenty. Hero Rex meets up with Rita, a ginger who “dances like the devil,” — aproposContinue reading “The Disco Exorcist”

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

The humans holed up in a mall in Dawn of the Dead aren’t there for door-crasher specials, but to save humanity. George Romero’s vision from his indelible 1979 classic remains intact even as limbs slough off in this better- than-it-has-any-right-to-be 2004 remake. Canada’s sweetheart Sarah Polley (pace, Rachel McAdams) plays Ana, a suburbanite with aContinue reading “Dawn of the Dead (2004)”