Schlock

Rating:
Summary: Astonishingly Unfunny
Review: "Schlock" represents John Landis' directorial debut. After this clunker he is fortunate indeed that he ever got another chance. The premise is that a race of beings (the Schlocks) were preserved in time and have now come back to commit the horrible "banana murders", killing hundreds of people but horrifying nobody. What actually is seen is one guy (Landis, in fact) in an average ape costume (Rick Baker has done better) "terrorizing" a small California town by doing things like taking down crepe paper decorations at a high school dance, pouring a drink on a theatre patron's head, and eating a cake with his hands (twice). Schlock also gets mistaken for a dog by a very stupid blind girl (in an utterly pointless subplot), and demonstrates a working knowledge of automobile demolition in another utterly pointless scene. Needless to say, there are "2001" and "King Kong" references, and the conclusion is amazingly formulaic. You will no doubt be swayed by the "hilarity" of Detective Sergeant Wino in disguise as an ape. Oh, my ribs.

Seriously, I firmly grasp that this is trying to be a parody, and I really tried to cut Landis some slack for being young, but there really is no excuse for this tripe. I did not laugh once, and found the humor to be not only terribly derivative, but also very repetitive. I love comedies, and I love camp, but I hate "Schlock." I think it tries too hard to be funny with virtually no material. Unless you are legally required to watch this film (and if so, I would sue for cruel and unusual punishment), please do yourself a favor and skip it.


Rating:
Summary: Nicely wrapped trash -can't live without it!
Review: An impressive debut for then-21 John Landis, who wrote, produced, directed and even starred in the title role of a prehistoric gorilla, "Schlock" has grown in the years to cult classics. However, it was rather successful in the first place, winning a major prize in the Trieste SF film festival and earning good money for producer Jack Harris, who bought it from Landis at a very low price and went on to distribute it in theaters. Some 30 years later, "Schlock" finally gets DVD treatment with an extra-packed edition that features a feature-lenght commentary from director-star Landis and make up Rick Baker (who at the time had only made "The Octaman" but would later do the transformations in Landis' "An American Werewolf in London"), the original theatrical trailer, a bunch of TV commercials and even a few radio commercials. Although the film's no masterpiece, it is chock-full of funny bits and also features a surprising homage-parody to Landis' beloved "2001: A Space Odyssey". Be sure to check out celebrity cameos: in the movie theater scene you can spot Forrest J. Ackerman, but look out for makeup veteran John Chambers and directors Andrew Marton and Laszlo Benedek.

Rating:
Summary: Schlock Meets John Landis!
Review: From go to whoa, this movie is a belly laugh and thought provoking Horror. Each viewing makes for better understanding about movies, satire, and good ol' fashioned humour. If you're a serious person, don't watch this movie. If you're a sensible film buff; don't miss it! "Love means never having to say you're sorry"....

Rating:
Summary: Schlocktastic!
Review: I had never seen this movie before I bought it on DVD. Being a big fan of both Landis and the wonderful Baker "monster maker", I just had to see this "schlock classic," and it does not disappoint! The movie itself is fairly entertaining with many movie references for the film buff and some genuinely insane moments: the title character, The Schlockthropolus, is great fun. The BEST feature of this disc, however, is the feature length commentary by John Landis and Rick Baker. For cult film fans this commentary is a must, providing fun insight and inspiration to future filmmakers and schlock fans everywhere. Great fun, the four stars are for the pure enjoyment of this DVD. A lost classic and another gem from Anchor Bay.

Rating:
Summary: Schlocktastic!
Review: I had never seen this movie before I bought it on DVD. Being a big fan of both Landis and the wonderful Baker "monster maker", I just had to see this "schlock classic," and it does not disappoint! The movie itself is fairly entertaining with many movie references for the film buff and some genuinely insane moments: the title character, The Schlockthropolus, is great fun. The BEST feature of this disc, however, is the feature length commentary by John Landis and Rick Baker. For cult film fans this commentary is a must, providing fun insight and inspiration to future filmmakers and schlock fans everywhere. Great fun, the four stars are for the pure enjoyment of this DVD. A lost classic and another gem from Anchor Bay.

Rating:
Summary: Schlocktastic!
Review: I had never seen this movie before I bought it on DVD. Being a big fan of both Landis and the wonderful Baker "monster maker", I just had to see this "schlock classic," and it does not disappoint! The movie itself is fairly entertaining with many movie references for the film buff and some genuinely insane moments: the title character, The Schlockthropolus, is great fun. The BEST feature of this disc, however, is the feature length commentary by John Landis and Rick Baker. For cult film fans this commentary is a must, providing fun insight and inspiration to future filmmakers and schlock fans everywhere. Great fun, the four stars are for the pure enjoyment of this DVD. A lost classic and another gem from Anchor Bay.

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Summary: Schlock schucks!
Review: This has undoubedly entered my memory as the absolute worst film of all time. The acting, the premise, the unfolding story etc, all make it incredibly dumb, idiotic and insipid. So much in fact, that I would actually recommend you to see it, just so you have an idea exactly how BAD a movie can be.... truly.

I would rather sit through a marathon of Pokemon than this schlock!

Rating:
Summary: BALD STEVE COULD NOT BE MORE RIGHT.
Review: This is a true masterpiece of its time. The importance of this film could not be measured by anything I could possibly say. It introduced us to monkey loving like we've never seen before. Simply put, my life has not been the same. Neither will yours.

Rating:
Summary: Everyone must love Schlock!
Review: This is the directorial debut of John Landis and also practice for Make-Up Artist and Creature Creator Rick Baker as they were both very early in their careers for this venture; as well as well before An American Werewolf in London. The film revolves around basically a sasquatch type apeman (played by Landis)who falls in love with a woman and all the campy hijinks he gets into in the town. If you like other Landis movies this thing rules! Plus tons of camp as in Kentucky Fried Movie... GO SCHLOCK!

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Summary: Horribly brilliant ....
Review: What can I say about this movie? You have to see it to believe it! After seeing it a couple of times you still will be asking yourself if this is the worst movie you have ever seen or is this a touch of genius, a masterpiece of bad taste. The storyline is horrible, the monster himself is absolutely ridiculous, the quality of acting in the picture is fantasticly poor...The jury is out: this movie is so bad it's brilliant!