{"id":70789,"date":"2021-03-23T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T16:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70789"},"modified":"2021-04-17T08:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T15:25:57","slug":"schlock-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70789","title":{"rendered":"Schlock (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;These banana murders are really strange.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster-666x1024.png 666w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Poster.png 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA twenty million year old &#8220;missing link&#8221; primate known as the Schlockthropus (John Landis) goes on a killing spree and explores a town, leaving a trail of banana peels behind him. Will his new relationship with a beautiful blind girl (Eliza Garrett) put a stop to his murderous ways?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Landis Films<\/li>\n<li>Primates<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L9zsxKRgV8k\">fun snippet for Trailers From Hell<\/a>, writer-director-star John Landis says that he and 20-year-old makeup artist Rick Baker &#8220;made this movie in twelve days for $60,000. It&#8217;s bad &#8212; and appropriately named!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xsKIgR2PBE8\">In another interview clip<\/a>, he acknowledges that this low-budget satire of low-budget monster flicks is based on films like <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4910\"><em>Trog<\/em> (1970)<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;because that was so stupid!&#8221; &#8212; and says once again, with some embarrassment, &#8220;<em>Schlock&#8217;s<\/em> a terrible movie, but there&#8217;s some funny things in it, and it&#8217;s charming.&#8221; He goes on to talk about what a formative learning experience it was for him on numerous levels, which makes sense (he was only 21 at the time). On its own, however, <em>Schlock<\/em> doesn&#8217;t stand up as anything other than a well-intentioned but utterly silly spoof, and isn&#8217;t must-see viewing for modern film fanatics. (Landis himself admits to not having seen it in decades.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun fact:<\/strong> I grew up across the street from the woman (Eliza Garrett) who plays Mindy the blind girl (though she was ten years older and a mom by this point; my younger sister played occasionally with her son Keaton). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Garrett-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Garrett-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Garrett-1.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Garrett-1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Garrett-1-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Garrett-1-489x270.png 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rick Baker&#8217;s make-up<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Makeup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Makeup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Makeup.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Makeup-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Makeup-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schlock-Makeup-489x270.png 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a Landis fan. Listed as a Sleeper, a Cult Movie, and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067716\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/schlock\/review\/2000116674\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s308schlock.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/schlock-1973.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;These banana murders are really strange.&#8221; Synopsis: A twenty million year old &#8220;missing link&#8221; primate known as the Schlockthropus (John Landis) goes on a killing spree and explores a town, leaving a trail of banana peels behind him. Will his new relationship with a beautiful blind girl (Eliza Garrett) put a stop to his murderous ways? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: John Landis Films Primates Satires and Spoofs Serial Killers Review: In a fun snippet for Trailers From Hell, writer-director-star&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70789\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70789"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71513,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70789\/revisions\/71513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}