Lady Terminator

why is describing a movie as dreamlike or using dream logic always some lynchian phantasmy surrealistic horror its nice to see a movie thats dreamlike but its the coolest dream ever

pd187

It's impossible to overstate how satisfying this is as an example of trash cinema. Justly revered as an all-time facemelter.

matt lynch

*man answers phone* "Hello?" LADY TERMINATOR walks into the room and riddles him with bullets. ME: This is cinema.

Justin Decloux

I've heard of poptimism, but just how many people have to die so that one moderately talented new wave singer can live??

Liz

H. Tjut Djalil's best movie and also *in my opinion* the pinnacle of Indonesian exploitation cinema. It takes most of its cues from the James Cameron classic, gives it a regional spin (with nods to South Asian folklore) and amps up the silliness by a factor of 4. Wildly…

Lou (doesn't rhyme with booh! 👻)

I've written extensively about why I love knock-off movies. The great ones are like great cover songs: they reveal what the essence of the original is, maybe by hyper-focusing on it, maybe by exaggerating it. Then there's the differences: they tell you about who the…

laird

"Listen, Jack and I've seen more dead bodies than you've eaten hot dogs, so shut up and eat!" A sexy anthropologist emerges from the ocean fully nude and with a steely look. Possessed by the evil and lustful spirit of an ancient South Sea Queen out for revenge, she…

TheDudeMinds

I too wish I could emerge from the sea in the nude with a perfect smokey eye

Liz

I always have a great time watching this weirdo Indonesian riff on The Terminator, but tonight I got to introduce it to first-timers Aiah and Adrian and that made it even more awesome.

Lou (doesn't rhyme with booh! 👻)