Another day of horror movie repeats and bad Sci-Fi SyFy originals - you'd be better off watching clips of Dark Shadows on YouTube, although... let's just say AMC has a particularly interesting movie early this morning.

4:15 AM [American Movie Classics]
Pinata: Survival Island
A pinata kills college students on an island. Yes, you heard me.

A pinata.

9:15 AM [American Movie Classics]
Dracula (1979)
There are basically two types of Dracula movies: ones in which he's the villain (Hammer horror, Bela Lugosi), and ones in which he's the hero. In this case, Frank Langella plays the count as a romantic, who is basically the only decent guy around for miles. So what if he sucks blood? At least he's able to show his love towards his brides. With Sir Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing and Donald Pleasence as Dr. Seward.

I have to admire this band's ingenuity in using TGP's footage to make their own music video for their song.

When Japan does sociopolitical commentary, they do so with style...

You can look at Tokyo Gore Police in one of two ways.

1 - It's a clever satire on what would happen if the National Police Agency was allowed free rein with no oversight, press coverage, or citizen's actions group. Naturally, lack of monitoring leads to corruption and our heroine must ultimately be the one to remedy this matter, as well as avenge her own activist father's death.
2 - It's a kick-ass movie in which our heroine mows down mutants before mutating herself, leading to an incredibly gory battle in which the main villain propels himself with his own rapidly gushing blood.

Kou Nakagawa - Tokyo Gore Police Main Theme
Mad3 - Jack The Violence
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
Radio Active - Dead
The Fratellis - All Along The Watchtower