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Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
(8/10):If Surf II was a so-so satire than this is great satire!
Deathrow Gameshow is a gleeful parody of how we as a society are obsessed with watching people die, like it's fun or something. Generally, the obsession comes from either a morbid curiosity or in the case of horror fans,it's more of a rush,a form of dopamine that comes with the excitement. This movie takes our obsession with watching death & makes it like a game of Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune and glorifies it in such a carefree and gleefully dark way.
It's about a man named Chuck who runs a Game Show called Live or Die in which the contestants are pulled from Death Row and given an opportunity to play in a game show in front of a live studio audience to win their life.
He is getting many protests and one day a protestor bumped into him during an attempt on his life as he had a mob boss on the show and he ended up dying and he has people who want him dead because of it.
So now it's just him and this protestor trying to figure out a way out of this mess that they are in and the rest is just jokes.
The movie is incredibly cheesy and captures eighties game shows in their aesthetic down pretty well.
The humour is dark but still very cartoony with many exaggerated characters with big personalities.
The opening song is just great, it's so cheesy and it sets the tone for the movie very well.
I also found the humour actually landed a lot more often and it even made me laugh out loud at least a few times.
Overall, I had fun with it and it is a solid recommendation that I would give as it is low key, hilarious.
Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
(8/10):If Surf II was a so-so satire than this is great satire!
Deathrow Gameshow is a gleeful parody of how we as a society are obsessed with watching people die, like it's fun or something. Generally, the obsession comes from either a morbid curiosity or in the case of horror fans,it's more of a rush,a form of dopamine that comes with the excitement. This movie takes our obsession with watching death & makes it like a game of Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune and glorifies it in such a carefree and gleefully dark way.
It's about a man named Chuck who runs a Game Show called Live or Die in which the contestants are pulled from Death Row and given an opportunity to play in a game show in front of a live studio audience to win their life.
He is getting many protests and one day a protestor bumped into him during an attempt on his life as he had a mob boss on the show and he ended up dying and he has people who want him dead because of it.
So now it's just him and this protestor trying to figure out a way out of this mess that they are in and the rest is just jokes.
The movie is incredibly cheesy and captures eighties game shows in their aesthetic down pretty well.
The humour is dark but still very cartoony with many exaggerated characters with big personalities.
The opening song is just great, it's so cheesy and it sets the tone for the movie very well.
I also found the humour actually landed a lot more often and it even made me laugh out loud at least a few times.
Overall, I had fun with it and it is a solid recommendation that I would give as it is low key, hilarious.