Dekko Parsnip

Dekko Parsnip

Some movie-writing guy who occasionally writes for Daily Grindhouse and has lots of Kast movie nights where he shows random crap.

Favorite films

  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
  • Sonny Boy
  • Forbidden Zone
  • Magnolia

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  • The Destroying Angel

    ★★★★

  • Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader

    ★★★½

  • How to Plan a Movie Murder

    ★★★★

  • How to Bridge a Gorge

    ★★★★

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  • Please Don't Touch Me!

    Please Don't Touch Me!

    ★★★

    Incredibly wrong-headed yet sort of progressive in a couple ways, a '50s melodrama peppered with hypnotism, stuff from a mondo movie and more nightgowns than you've ever wanted. Difficult to "recommend," but a treasure of awkwardness for those who embrace it.

    Also, someone please get me the bizarre fruit lamp by the lead characters' bedside.

  • The Primevals

    The Primevals

    ★★

    It's so strange watching a movie essentially made in the video store era that wasn't released until now, so I have no real nostalgic connection to it. Essentially an adventure movie that would fit in on a kids' matinee, THE PRIMEVALS does contain some very cool David Allen stop-motion creatures, and includes a nifty climax with lots of combat.

    But, whoa, getting there is a chore. It's not dissimilar to the Band-produced ELIMINATORS, involving a couple of people who get…

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  • Death Drug

    Death Drug

    ★★★★½

    An amazing masterpiece of oddness that spits in the face of auteur theory.

  • mother!

    mother!

    ★★★★★

    I loved this movie so much that it made me want to see NOAH.

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