the reviews are coming in

Sowpenistoear is always compulsive viewing. He is a true master.
I grew up with the "Church spire saga" books, and whilst I felt that the Movie adaptation was in good hands with Sowpenistoear, I did wonder he they were gonna handle the finale of the first book, with the Vicar reversed that whole car into that woman's anus when it came to the production...

I mean.. the CGI will have to be bang on to get the added spikes and Bodecea swords that the books describe on the car's hubcaps.
(To really convey the discomfort as the car reverses in...its pivotal to the scene.)

Actuall, Sowpenistoear has slightly changed the ending to update it a little to what movie viewers are used to these days. So he decide not to use a car... but a Mack truck.

Ahhhh Ive yet to see that. It sounds excellent though.
Hopefully they kept the close up insert shots of those hubcab swords mashing away... They brought great visual rhythm to the scene.
The Mack truck usage sounds like a nod to Sowpenistoear's early influence
Dennis ReverseonababysheadinamarkIIIcortina.

ReverseonababysheadinmarkIIIcortina would have probably used a different DOP, forgoing John SmallamountofC4inherbotty entirely.

He was great, but why did ReverseonababysheadinmarkIIIcortina have to die in one of his own movies?

Well that was just a show of integrity.

His rotting body going on to be in all 6 sequels is what really impressed me.

Legend has it that he was one of the rejected "Mother" body choices in Psycho. He lost out to the corpse of David Knobstuckintothemainssupplyandfriedtilcrispy.

But that one sucked. Director Luke Tonguefriedwhilstillinmouth totally burned that one away due to too much kerosine. His lame idea that burning people alive might be considered as 'scary'... lame-o.

Well he was a noted Kerosene enthusiast.
That was only gonna end one way.

I liked his "Pensioner shredder" though.
One of the better releases in 1981 from Burntcorsperapistmeltinginacidbath entertainment..

True but I do think the sequel by Terence Nippleripper totally outshone Knobstuckintothemainssupplyandfriedtilcrispy's part 1. Maybe that was due to the excellent running chain saw swallowing contest.

Aye...Chainsaw swallowing is tough to beat...
Nippleripper was a genius for recognising its potential at a point where it was definitely no fashionable in the industry.

Equally bold was taking on a young Derek Genitallymutilateshimsselfwithgardeningimplementsbeforedippinghistogderinthepirhanatank as Eddie, the nerdy accountant who would meet his end at the hands of the woman he once loved.

Played by the sweet and lovely Angie Lovetosowmylabiatogether... who could ever forget her.

Yes the very icon for Sexy Black Widow type figures of movielore.

Her minor part in 'The church spire sage chapter IV: The vagening' was a sure early sign of the utterly enthralling greatness that was to follow in 'Pensioner shredder 2. The Zimmerframe brutality'.

Even back then you could see in her interaction with Anthony Acidscarredtrousersnakesetonfirewiththermite that the sense of loneliness was conveyed with the seemingly paradoxical desire to be apart from her surroundings and the ones she loved was totally convincing, compelling and truely communicative of the modern day challenges of solitude and the scene where the whole table went up her arse before it exploded hot shrapnel through her ovaries and out of her eyes was a classic too.

She should have gotten an Oscar for that. Not even Jennifer Insertredhotknittingneedlesthroughmybellybutton could have matched such a performance.

I dunno man.... when you consider Jennifer Insertredhotknittingneedlesthroughmybellybutton's performance in Kickeminthehappysacktiltheirbilliardballsemergethroughtheireyeholes' "Furertestiessmashen The revenge of Anne Frank"...

I blame the writer for that one, that Ahnold Zrohtzlasyerwizanattitood... that artsy-fartsy Austrian b'stard.

Always spent too much time in the Cellar, that one.

He must have really tried hard to write a good script though...

(Every time he'd emerge for the cellar/workstudy, he'd look knackered, coming out all panting and sweaty and stuff.)

You'd say he'd have plenty of experimentation time in that basement anyway to come up with something orginal.

Yep. Why so many of his experiments should have needed so much Vasaline is beyond me though...

Watch 'Furertestiessmashen The revenge of Anne Frank' and you'll know... That movie needs all the help one can get.

The legendary scene where she flattens Hitler's testicle with a steak mallet left every male eye in attendance in a very watery state..
They used a red plum for that scene. It was very effective.

Dave Newwillhelmrecordedbytapingthescreamsoftorturedrealdeadperson
is worthy of mention for his excellent sound effects work on that moments.

He combined a walnut being cracked, with the sound of a real testicle being reversed over in a car to achieve an organic yet very impactful sound that would have the viewer truley cringing in empathy.

You gotta hand it to the guy, he was brilliant. Loving the essence of the true sounds with a light touch of added hyperrealism using the walnut.