Episode 269: Bruceploitation Month: 'Sting' (2024)/'Enter the Clones of Bruce' (2024)

Adventures in Movies!

Decades ago, Anne Rice showed us that placing vampires in the southern United States usually leads to great storytelling. While it is all rumors, there may be a new horror movie using the same formula. With names like Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan attached it sounds interesting.

Killer clowns have been a thing for a very long time. You would figure that two guys who love horror movies would dig. At the very least, they would have seen the Terrifier movies. As it turns out, one of us has not seen either of them (unless you count the anthology shown on The Last Drive-In). The other saw the first one and did not really like it.

Believe it or not, neither of us are excited about the next installment. Does the Christmas theme at least have us intrigued? What is Art the Clown? Is it a bad thing when the only way to describe a horror movie is by its kills? We may not care for the franchise, but we have some things to say about it.

There was a time when sci-fi horror movies would pack drive-throughs around the country. Sting sounds like a throwback to that time. The story is about a young girl that finds a tiny space spider. As it grows in size, its appetite grows with it. What’s a pre-teen girl to do?

Is it possible for one character to ruin an otherwise fun little horror movie? What if everyone else is quirky and fun? There is a lot of good to say about Sting, but the stuff that is bad really stands out. Still, there is excellent production and some great scare shots.

It is impossible to overstate the impact of Bruce Lee. We have fond memories of him from when we were kids. Playing with nunchucks, watching Game of Death over and over, and even as stated in this week’s feature presentation Enter the Clones of Bruce, not believing he was a real person.

The documentary about Bruceploitation is a fantastic one that focuses on one of the strangest sub-genres of film that exists. In between stories of stand-ins from around the world and directors willing to sink to unbelievable lows is a story about a man that was admired by the entire world. Enter the Clones is a fantastic look at guerilla filmmaking that also remembers an absolute legend.

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