Films

V.N.W.L. #4

Delirium (1979, also known as Psycho Puppet)
Death Trap (1976, also known as Eaten Alive, Starlight Slaughter, Horror Hotel)
Don’t Go in the House (1980, alternately titled Dont Go into the House!)
Don’t Go in the Woods (1981, aka Don’t Go in the Woods… Alone!)

Delerium is a long winded uneventful thriller/cop drama. Death Trap/Eaten Alive, a Tobe Hooper film that stars Robert Englund, is a strangely atmospheric and quite bizarre film that’s worth a watch. Don’t Go in the House is about a psycho firebug killing for revenge, creepy at times with some strange dream/ hallucination sequences. Don’t Go in the Woods is basically a paint by numbers slasher…comedy? its so difficult to tell how self aware it is, kind of enjoyable.

Food

Drasko’s Hot Chicken

This was really good. Their Signature “sando”. Nashville Hot Chicken style, really crunchy deep fried coating, dipped or covered some how in a cayenne hot sauce, salty vinegary, mild heat (I chose medium). Well cooked chicken, not dry at all. Vinegary coleslaw, nice crunchy pickles. Only issue is its pricey. Also the bun should have been toasted. Will eat it again.

Films

V.N.W.L. #3

The Burning (1981)
Cannibal Ferox (also known as Make Them Die Slowly)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Contamination (1980)

The Burning stars Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld), that’s about it. Cannibal Ferox and Cannibal Holocaust are pretty standard “Cannibal…” type films, though Holocaust is far more bizarre and extreme. Contamination is slow and pretty boring and there is not enough of the weird-ass alien or action.

Films

V.N.W.L. #2

The Beyond (1981, original title: E Tu Vivrai Nel Terrore ‒ L’Aldilà, also known as Seven Doors of Death)
The Bogey Man (1980, also known as The Boogeyman)
Blood Feast (1963)
Bloody Moon (1981, original title: Die Säge des Todes)

The Beyond is Lucio Fulci, enough said. The Bogey Man is a supernatural slasher with a few strange ideas. Blood Feast, “the first splatter film”, is a dodgy weird old classic. Bloody Moon is slow and uneventful.

Films

V.N.W.L. #1

Absurd (1981, aka: Rosso Sangue, Anthropophagus 2, Zombie 6: Monster Hunter, Horrible, The Grim Reaper 2)
Antropophagus (1980, aka: Antropophagus: The Beast, The Grim Reaper)
Axe (1974)
A Bay of Blood (1971, aka: Ecologia del delitto/ Ecology of Crime, Reazione a catena/ Chain Reaction, Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Blood Bath)

All Italian films except Axe (US). Antropophagus definitely has the best music/soundtrack. A Bay of Blood is obviously the best of these four films over all, a Mario Bava classic. Absurd is a fairly standard slasher, Axe is similar.

Food

Banh Mi – Baguette Me Not

I usually go to Bun MI in Subiaco because its cheap and really good. Their Crispy Pork Belly Banh Mi is really crispy, and the greens and pickles they add are a really good mix. The Chili is hot and the pate is noticeable.

Today I tried Baguette Me Not down the road. Twice the price, the meat is as you can see below a awesome big portion, well cooked. Didn’t think I could detect any pate or pickles and the greens weren’t anything special. It was good, don’t get me wrong. Except, they add Kewpie Japanese mayo for some reason. Just bizarre and possibly why other flavours were obscured. I will go and try them again, but now I know I will definitely ask for no mayo!

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Drinks

Martini

This is really damn good gin (The West Winds Sabre). Really nice, aromatic, big juniper, citrus peel, botanical, smooth yet dry drinking with bright flavours. Dolin is classic dry white vermouth, very fruity, but not extremely dry.
The orange bitters are OK, a little less depth than Angostura, but it added a nice dimension.
All combined, for a martini, this would have worked better with a less characterful gin, or a dryer simpler vermouth.

Drinks, Food

More drinks from Japan (and some rice crackers)

More cider softdrink. These are all pretty good. The Japanese/Korean idea of cider here is like common lemonade softdrink – its a thing that doesn’t taste like apples, its fizzy, its clear. They all taste relatively the same, though. The white peach and mango ones (Tomomasu Inryo brand) were a lot better than the plain (Mitsuya, Asahi brand), nice fruity flavors.

The Kirin milk coffee was interesting, it was kind of funky, “farmy”?, surprisingly rich, it had cream as an ingredient. Nice coffee flavour.
The milk tea (also Kirin brand) was nice and sweet with a good black tea flavour.

The prawn and wasabi rice crackers were ok, real big prawn stink but not too much wasabi heat.

Drinks

Bright Tank Farmhouse?

Bright Tank Brewing Co website

Local brewery made a Farmhouse ale? …it tastes pretty legit.

Bright Tank – Le’Myrtle Farmhouse ale, 7.5%ABV 375ml can.
This actually tastes farmhouse, this seems def made with bugs, which is really fucking cool. Wish there was more info on how this was made. It has Lemon Myrtle I guess, also says it has Citra hops. The hopping for the end result is “balanced” enough at least. It definitely has a lemony taste, but the yeast/bugs is the big thing here as far as character, and as above, not enough info on that. Has a slight viscosity, maybe thats a brett/pedio thing? This is good, could go a little lower on the malt bill and lower on the ABV, bigger on the myrtle and create some breathing room for the yeast/bugs. Its good tho, and seriously happy a local is doing the farmhouse.

Drinks

Is Cherry Soju really a Good Day?

Well its 13.5% and its soju, so probably not…

Muhak Good Day Soju, Cherry Flavour, 13.5%, 360ml bottle.
Well, it contains Enzyme, so that’s gotta be good!
Its…not actually bad. The “cherry” really takes the edge of the soju. Its still there, but its not too bad at all. A lot milder than any similar drink with vodka. A damn lot milder than the similar (shochu) 9% Suntory Strong Zero. Considering the ABV and its only 360ml its actually dangerously drinkable. Seems to be a lot of other flavors out there (and brands) so will def be trying more.