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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), an adaptation of a manga about a kid ninja who infiltrates an evil clan to take out some bad guys. A whole lot of cartoonish antics follow, along with sword fights, musical numbers, and animated sequences. This is the sort of movie that seems to have been written by a ten-year-old. Looks fun; let’s check it out.
After that is Death Becomes Her, a fantasy-comedy about an aging actress (Goldie Hawn) who decides to take an immortality potion as part of a plan to murder her rival (Meryl Streep) and take back her ex-fiance (Bruce Willis). Unfortunately, the potion doesn’t quite work as planned, and things spiral out of control from there. Hilarity ensues. Director is Robert Zemeckis, the guy behind Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Forrest Gump (1994). As with those, this film was lauded for its groundbreaking special effects, which often cross into a comedic version of body horror.
BONUS: we will also watch the 80s action spoof Kung Fury (2015), which was a Youtube sensation back in 2015.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Watari the Ninja Boy: https://letterboxd.com/film/watari-the-ninja-boy/
- Death Becomes Her: https://letterboxd.com/film/death-becomes-her/
- Kung Fury: https://letterboxd.com/film/kung-fury/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Watari the Ninja Boy: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
- Death Becomes Her: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16708
CWs for Watari the Ninja Boy:
- Slapstick violence.
- Cutting of flesh.
- Stabbing.
- Child endangerment.
CWs for Death Becomes Her:
- Stalking.
- Domestic violence.
- Abused becomes the abuser.
- Alcoholism.
- Someone is drugged.
- Cutting of flesh.
- Hand damage.
- Dislocations.
- Throat mutilation.
- Decapitation.
- Choking.
- Someone is burned alive.
- Body horror.
- Amputation.
- Squashed head.
- Unconsciousness.
- Broken bones.
- Finger mutilation.
- Someone falls down stairs.
- Death by falling.
- Eye mutilation.
- Blood and gore.
- Death of parent.
- Cheating.
- Audio gore.
- Needles.
- Mental institution scene.
- Hospital scene.
- Self-harm.
- Violent mentally-ill person.
- Dissociation.
- Misophonia.
- Body dysmorphia.
- Body dysphoria.
- Claustrophobia.
- Eating disorder.
- Screaming.
- Someone is watched without their knowledge.
- Fat jokes.
- Fat shaming.
- Age gap.
- Nudity.
- Objectification of female characters.
- References to sex.
- Fat suits.
- Discussion of existentialism.
- Honking horns.
- Car crash.
- Blood and gore.
- Gun violence.
Links to movies:
- Watari the Ninja Boy: https://tankie.tube/w/pskUTpRHBwMz39hv4vBMX6
- Death Becomes Her: https://tankie.tube/w/snMmpr2au3ZAYuWtfS9L4U
- Kung Fury: https://youtu.be/bS5P_LAqiVg
