I bought this movie because I found it on dvd for $1 and thought that it would be a SOV horror slasher. It defied my expectations from the very start by beginning with a long stock-video montage establishing that Blood of the Beast is set in a decimated post-WWIII world where men have gone sterile and cloning is the main way to reproduce. From the montage, we move to several sets of mostly-college-aged characters individually discovering that the first generation…

A bank clerk's daring twin brother helps retrieve the priceless jewels that were stolen from him, while also fending off both criminal gangs and the police. Genuinely a lot of fun; the dual-role doubling effect was very impressive for its time, the car chase up a neverending switchback had me on the edge of my seat, and I liked the recurring joke of Piel pretending not to notice the 20 criminals tailing him at any given moment. Having said that:…

This felt like randomly striking gold. I know this sounds like a gay porn parody of Twin Peaks (which, yes, would have been fun in its own way), but Twin Cheeks is something truly unique. It uses Twin Peaks mostly as a frame for the off-kilter aesthetic, and there was no porn (there is nudity and some passes as sex, but in an untitillating way that fit into the world of the film). Instead, the closest way I can describe…