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DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D.* – Midnights This Weekend at The Moolah (*Medical Deviate)
“The patient’s screaming is disturbing me. Perform removal of vocal chords!”
DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. screens Midnights this weekend (August 12th and 13th) at The Moolah Theater and Lounge (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108) as part of Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse film series.
DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. (“Medical Deviate” – aka: ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST), is a hybrid of the dumbshits-go-to-the-jungle-and are-eaten-by cannibals genre (think CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), with some living dead shenanigans thrown in. It’s similar to Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE, but twice as cheesy and three times as funny. The gore effects are completely over the top and hilarious; disembowelments, impalements, slit throats, eye gouging, machetes through the head, death by outboard motor – all the stuff to keep the Late Night Grindhouse crowd happy.
Ian McCulloch returns from ZOMBIE and his dialogue and delivery are really funny, with the good doctor spewing such lines as, “I could easily kill you now, but I’m determined to have your brain!!!” (didn’t Anthony Hopkins say that in HANNIBAL?) Anyone who likes ridiculous gory 80’s Italian exploitation potboilers should definitely check out DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. Along with McCulloch actor Dakar (Molotto) also appears from ZOMBIE only this time he has some more dialogue. Synonymous with these Italian films at the height of their popularity, the lead actress, in this case the lovely Alexandra Delli Colli (as Lori) takes off her clothes at every opportunity and Sherry Buchanan as Susan is also pleasant on the eye and has a pivotal shocking scene. But still it’s typical Italian schlock with bad dubbing, editing and script etc, as it moves from one scene to the next as the expedition’s party are picked off one by one by the local cannibals/zombies. One memorable moment comes early on with a man jumping out of a window and falling 20 stories to his doom, and when he hits the ground, the mannequin in his place loses an arm. Cut to dead guy on floor, and his arm is still attached! I saw DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. several times at the drive-in back in the early ‘80s and can’t wait to see it on the big screen once again! Join me, won’t you?
TICKETS ARE $7 AND YOU CAN BUY THEM ONLINE VIA MOOLAH’S WEBSITE.
THE PSYCHOTRONIC PRE-SHOW STARTS AROUND 11:30P WITH THE FILM STARTING AT MIDNIGHT.
The Moolah Theatre & Lounge serves alcohol until 2:30AM! Feel free to show up early and stay late to have some drinks and get friendly with the amazing Moolah staff.
A Facebook invite for Friday night’s event can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1823938141167474/
A Facebook invite for Saturday night’s event can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1662010500787073/
Destroy the Brain’s site can be found HERE
http://www.destroythebrain.com/
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