I did not know of the existence of this streaming service until a few weeks ago, but there is something to be said for a service that has movies like Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek, The Return of Superman (Turkish Superman) and Wrasslin′ She-Babes Vol 07 right there on the front page. They also have a section of movies you can watch for free (you do have to register) and they seem to be pretty representative of what the service looks like on the whole, so you could actually try the service out first before paying (and the service is much cheaper than most streaming services).

So, what’s on there? I can’t know if this is the same for everyone or whether it changes based on area and your history, but the first thing shown to me is Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Notice the indefinite article. There seems to be more than one gorilla in Brooklyn. Anyhow, that is a movie from the period where Lugosi was already consumed by his heroin addiction, so he would do any role offered to him.

As it happens, Plan 9 From Outer Space is also available here. Widely known as the worst movie of all time, but mostly because some critic said this in a book and clearly that critic hadn’t seen that many movies to make this claim. Sure, it’s bad on every level, but you will have fun watching it. You might have to watch Ed Wood to get it, but that is an actual great movie, so just do it.

There’s also two stone cold classics: Night of the Living Dead and The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. I don’t think there’s anything cultish about these two, because they are just great movies with great historical significance. At the same time, these were both also popular during the heyday of the Midnight Movie scene in the 70s, so they have a place on a service such as this.

There’s also the RedLetterMedia covered Killer Workout. A horrificly badly written movie. This is supposedly a horror flick, but the gallery on the website is full of women doing aerobics. Even in the movie itself, there’s a scene where the police is investigating a body found in the locker room, but that doesn’t stop the aerobics from continuing. There’s no question why it’s there, because there’s a lot of male gaze. Also, the quick cuts to 80s synth music takes away any potential horror in the movie. Otherwise, it’s just weirdly incompetent. There’s a scene where someone starts banging on the door of a woman alone at home. The man is yelling at her to open the door and let him in. At one point it cuts to outside and we find out that it’s actually a detective who, for some reason, just can’t say that and is making all this racket instead.

There’s Curious Alice (as in Alice in Wonderland), a PSA short from 1971, which is supposed to warn kids against many things such as eating prescription pills, but whoever made this was probably on drugs.

Then there’s a Swedish nudie called Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?. The original title was Som hon bäddar får han ligga which is roughly She Makes the Bed So He Can Lie Down. Apparently, this is miscategorized and isn’t actually free.

Pulgasari – North Korea’s Godzilla is exactly what it sounds like. It’s from 1985, so from the days of Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of Kim Jong Un. It looks pretty bad and the camerawork is not great, but I don’t actually mind this movie at all. It tries to include positive messages and a sense of community. However, it was actually directed by someone who, along with his wife, was kidnapped from South Korea in the 70s to make these movies. This was his last before being able to escape and immigrate to the US (where he made uninteresting bad movies). The thing about this movie is that there is a strong theme of rising up against unjust rule. Did they see the irony?

The weird thing is that Pulgasari actually starts very small. The movie is already pretty far into the story, and I was actually wondering when it would appear, when the monster is found among sewing tools where it’s eating a needle.

Spider Baby is a widely acknowledged cult classic. It has just been a long time since I saw it, so my memories are a bit hazy, but I do remember the basic premise: three siblings with an invented genetic disorder are degenerating mentally while their caregiver is trying to maintain some kind of order. The three are violent and conniving. When relatives try to claim their home, all hell breaks loose.

I also watched a comedy called Doin’ Time, but it was just bad. A poor attempt at capitalizing on the success of the early 80s comedies. There’s some fun things, but it relies way too much on laughing pretty tame sexual kinks.

There’s other movies as well, but these are the ones I feel I can talk about. There are some other interesting movies there, but I just haven’t had the time to see them yet.