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Battle Of Los Angeles & More!

Hey folks!

Just an update and a small addition to the Junkyard today in the form of two films from legendary B-movie studio Full Moon Pictures.

Junkyard Additions:

The Gingerdead Man
The Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion Of The Crust

The update is regarding an upcoming film by The Asylum: Battle Of Los Angeles!

Of course there is a big-budget hollywood movie with a similar name releasing soon, but this one looks to be a fun b-movie that shouldn’t be missed! It is scheduled to air on SyFy this Saturday at 9pm Eastern. It will hit DVD and Blu-Ray on March 22, so this one is not a long way off!

The Crew plan on reviewing this one as soon as we can!

[Junk #1] AvH: Alien Vs hunter – “Did you just see that thing that fell from the sky?”

Here we go everyone, the first movie to be pulled out of the junkyard is AvH: Alien vs. Hunter. Jeanne & I watched this one together on a quiet January night and it was quite an interesting feature.

This Asylum-produced movie was made apparently in response to the big budget, but poorly received Alien Vs Predator: Requiem by Fox.

The movie centers on a group of survivors attempting to escape the carnage of the Alien and Hunter, after two objects crash land in a small mountain town.
For the first half of the movie, the plot sticks pretty close to that of AvP:R, but after the cast go on the run for help the movie stand out on its own. Many comparisons will obviously be drawn to AvP:R,  but this Direct-to-DVD “Mockbuster” surprisingly has more character development than the big-budget film. You actually get a sense that a few of the characters are more than bodies to pad the creature’s kill count. William Katt stars in the film as Lee Custler, a journalist who is down on his luck, and is one of the reasons I was excited to see this flick. I loved Katt in House (1986) another film that may show up in the Junkyard someday, since it sadly has never gotten the attention it deserves as a B-style campy horror film. A few shocks and twists may take you by surprise, but otherwise the movie is a pretty straightforward affair.
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