THE MUTILATOR

     Howl like a werewolf , like I do , to the B-Movie gods. Or to the Old Ones , the Deep Ones or Satan if he's your bag of tricks 'cos I finally saw THE MUTILATOR! I've always heard about it but just never got around to getting it 'cos it cost over $25.00 on amazon. Which it is definitely not worth , but if you are as indepth and seriously crazy about horror movies , especially 80's slashers than you sorta have to see THE MUTILATOR. And after seeing it it got me thinking what makes a good horror movie. THE MUTILATOR is not as good as FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 4 , or HALLOWEEN , or NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET but it is still good , better than %80 of other 80's slashers and for sure better than todays wannabe slashers but not as good as THE HILLS HAVE EYES remake , or SEVERANCE , or BLADE 2. And then I though how THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: Kravens Last Hunt which is at heart a horror story and is a AWESOME story , so well thought out and executed. Why can't slashers be this deep and memorable as Kravens Last Hunt?
     THE MUTILATOR  was made in 1985 , smack dab in the middle of the 80's so it has that decades charm and the gore efx and great and it does have a lonely windswept atmosphere to it and the music is pretty good. Plus the killer is a little different than usual and if you could find it for $10.00 , maybe even $15.00 , it would be worth it to add to your slasher collection. /arty

Skoffin/Arsinal show this friday July 12 2013

    In a dark and violent not too distant future , (this friday) Thrash Metal rules the wasteland. A burnt out world populated by roaving gangs of Speed Metal mutants , Thrashaholic Metalheadz , and zombies in a neverending battle for babes , beer , and Heavy Metal. Amidst these crazed and murderous clans of scumbags emerges the Skoffin/Arsinal alliance of dirtweed Headbangers and they have set their sights on the Metal ravaged streets of San Antonio. Friday , July 12th 2013 these long haired Mexican wasteoids will do operation: Clean Sweep exterminating everything within a 100 yard radius of the 1011 clubhouse on Ave B off of Broadway.

    But they won't be inflicting savage Thrash violence entirely alone. Local Thrash demons Kulprett Kommand ,  Infernal Death , and austins Firestarter 82 will join in to partake in the rapin' and pillaging of local natives. So thanx in advance to Jaime of Hogwild for booking this show of titanic violence and force and every San Antonio Metalhead should go to this show and support are out of state Metal bros in Arsinal and Skoffin. These bastards are traveling a long way , all the way from Cali to play for us and I am going and will buy as much merch as I can afford to help these Metal Warriors get on down the road. Babes , beers, and weed aint free and you can't eat Metal for all the good it does mind and soul. And thanx to Arsinal and Skoffin for coming to San Antonio and to Thrash it up and drink a few beers with us! I'm bringing issues of my zine Mondo Sleazo to give to you guys as well , so hope it's alot of fun  
but I am not drinking 'cos I just got off probation for drunk driving and scared shitless of getting in trouble again but I do aim to have a good time! @rty/Mondo Sleazo

typical Arsinal/Skoffin mutant fan

THE UNDERGROUND UNLEASHED!

   Jeezus CHRIST!!! Not only am I into comic books and horror/sci-fi/exploitation movies but all kinds of Heavy Metal!! Death , doom , thrash , grindcore , and some black metal. Dammit to hell I'm kind of a hoarder I guess. Oh yeah and books and sasquatch......asian porn too. Go ahead , judge 'cos of course YOU don't watch asian porn. Usually I get my Metal from amazon , sometimes through labels like Razorback Records , and smalll distros like Reality Impaired and Necrotic Recs , but I have a friend on facebook who does his own distro called The Underground Unleashed. His name is Chris Castillo and he's a cool dude and I have ordered from him twice now. He's a fellow Texan but transplanted to Lansing , Michigan and I now trust Chris and just got my order from him today , a scant few hours ago as a matter of facr. Thanx Chris! He does these cool bundle packages of the cd , shirt , and button or patch or something and I got the the female fronted DEMONA - Metal Through Time cd. I listened to a couple of songs and it's pretty good. I chuckled a bit at first 'cos of Tanzas vocals but realized that english is her second language and she sounds even better in her native tongue , which is Spanish I believe. The music is pure Heavy Metal Thrash with a good sound and while her vocals could be stronger they give DEMONA a unique sound. Like if I heard them on the radio and I didn't know it was them I would be able to recognize them because of her vocals. Hopefully they will become stronger but I hope she doesn't change them too much or get too guttural. So check out Chris's facebook pg and the Underground Unleashed pg he has , send him a friend request and check out his distro list , and check back on it

My man Chris!

because he updates it frequently 'cos he's always getting new stuff , and even then if you don't see something you want hit Chris up and he could probably find something you want. So once again thanx Chris and I will be ordering again very soon.
  
@rty/mondosleazo

heres a pic of Tanzas Metal warrior soul

DEMON DOGS!! LORDS OF LIGHT!!

    You gotta remember this awesome cartoon? You do , don't you? It came out in 1980 and ran for 2 seasons. Almost 34 yrs ago. I saw the dvd set on amazon and I want to get it but I have a vhs tape of THUNDARR that I recorded on ep mode so I almost got 6 hrs of THUNDARR! IIIIEEEEE! They even came out with toys in the early 2000's and have shirts as well! Where was all this shit when I was 10 yrs old and really needed these things? I will buy a THUNDARR shirt and I would get a toy but it's just not the same. It'll still be cool but even though I have somehow held onto being a child a little bit you will never get that joy of wonder and being completely enveloped by a cartoon , toys , or games like you did when we were kids.


    And here are some questions about THUNDARR that have plagued deep in the middle of the nite when I am alone contemplating secrets of the universe;

1)DID THEY MAKE THE THUNDARR CARTOON DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN MOVIE?

2) WHY DIDN'T THEY MAKE THUNDARR TOYS BACK IN THE 80'S WHEN THE CARTOON WAS AIRING?

3) WAS A MOVIE ABOUT THUNDARR EVER TOYED WITH?

4) WHY DIDN'T MARVEL PICK IT UP AS A COMIC?

5) IF YOU COULD HAVE THUNDARR CROSS OVER WITH ANY OTHER CHARACTER WHO WOULD YOU PICK? i CHOOSE TARZAN OR WOLVERINE!

 6) DID THEY MAKE A ORIGIN EPISODE ABOUT THUNDARR?

7) ANY OF YOU READING THIS HAVE THE DVD SET?

8) WHAT BAND WOULD THUNDARR BE INTO? IRON MAIDEN , JUDAS PRIEST , OR BLACK SABBATH? OR WOULD HE BE A BLUE OYSTER CULT GUY? I THINK SABBS , THE CARTOON WAS KINDA DOOMY.

9) I CONTEMPLATE WITH MY LEFT HAND! THAT'S ALL THE GOOD Q'S I COULD COME UP WITH.

    I looked THUNDARR up on wikipedia and found some answers to these question. He was inspired by STAR WARS , THOR and KAMANDI and I think THUNDARR predates HE-MAN and I collected HE-MAN toys but the cartoon sucked , THUNDARR was way better! THUNDARR came out before the CONAN movie I think? And Jack Kirby worked on some of the designs for THUNDARR and THUNDARR was created by Steve Gerber , the man who created HOWARD THE DUCK and good 'ol Steve was a damn good writer. He dies in 2008 , so mega thanx to Steve Gerber for being such a creative kinda guy , writing great stories and contributing to some of my cherished moments and memories as a child!
    Looking at THUNDARR now it's still entertaining and everything about the show still holds up. The animation , music , voice actors are all great for a saturday morning cartoon. I would have liked to have seen THUNDARR decapitate a wizard , mutant , reptoid , or wolfguy. That woulda freaked me out when I was 8! Now , I get more enjoyment out of THUNDARR then the majority of movies coming out these days! THUNDARR was a cool dude and he says some kind of funny shit that probably went over my head when I was 10. Man , felt good to get this out and I hope you remember THUNDARR as fondly as I do. What was your fave cartoon in the early 80's? And if you remember SECTAURS and CRYSTAR , I will blog about them too! Okay , later , hope you read my blogs and leave a comment and the zombie issue of MONDO SLEAZO is coming soon. @rty