Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Catacombs of Coincidence - Part 1

First came:


Then:


And now, the dramatic conclusion begins.

Miscellany

The Destroyer From Jail (1991)
STARS?

So this is where Capcom lifted S.T.A.R.S. from.

(Laughs).

Mad Motor (1989)
Billboard of Robocop 2 is impossible to miss. 
Sequel wasn't released until 1990.

A keen eye is needed to appreciate this one.

The Ringmaster aka Finale (2018)

Søren Juul Petersen's Danish torture porn horror is based on the novel All the Things She Wished She Didn't Understand by Steen Langstrup.

About 1h 15m deep:

Channels include BlisterBitch, <DirtyQwerty>, Cr33p and LargeLard.
Oh, and NotSoLaLaLand, whose link is interesting to say the least.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077533/ returns Faces of Death (1978)

Happy accident?

Probably.

End credits state 8 cockroaches were unfortunately harmed during shooting.

And we needed to know that because?

Cruel Jaws, aka Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws and The Beast is a notorious 1995 Italian English-language piss take from Bruno Mattei (under the pseudonym of William Snyder), which used unauthorized footage from the Jaws series, The Last Shark and Deep Blood.

Ten years later...

Family Guy - The Family, The Son, & the Holy Fonz (S4 E18)
Peter watches a clip of Jaws 5: Fire Island.
Ingrid Bergman died on her birthday (29 August), aged 67 and mobster Joe "Crazy Joe" Gallo was shot and killed celebrating his 43rd birthday on 7 April 1972.

But has anybody died the same age as the number of their home address?

Robert Shaw died aged 51 on 28 August 1978.
Cinema legend was born on 9 August 1927 at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire.

Dennis the Menace (UK) vs (US)


Both debuted in 1951 and there's no evidence that either creator was aware of each other's work.

Art the Clown¹ vs Shang Tsung's Bang Bang² fatality - Mortal Kombat (2011)


¹Before Terrifier, sadistic bastard debuted in All Hallows Eve (2013).

²Originated from the family friendly Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008).

Finalizer - Super Transformation (1985) vs BBC Mirror Globe - 1969-74


Err, yeah.

The Fly (1986) vs Dan O'Bannon sketch (1977) 


Shit gets worse.

The Taking of Deborah Morgan (2014) - Deborah vs Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) - Spitter


Creed III (2023) - Adonis vs Damian vs The Final Round (1988)


Dead Space (2008) - Leaper vs In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - Wall of Monsters painting


Hmmm.

Léon: The Professional (1994) vs The Walking Dead - issue 1 (September 1989) 


Altogether now.

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

The Savage Sword of Conan issue 211 (July 1993) - Alfredo Alcala vs Fatal Fury 2 (1992) - Tung Fu Rue special


The principle is there for all to see.

Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (October 1974) vs Ezra Cobb (Roberts Blossom) - Deranged (February 1974) 


Both were inspired by the gruesome crimes of grave robber and suspected serial killer Ed Gein, who after his arrest in November 1957, was declared legally insane and spent the rest of his life at Mendota Mental Health Institute, dying from respiratory failure due to lung cancer in July 1984.

Anyway, dinner is served.


Was Tobe Hooper a bit naughty?

We'll never know.

Primarily active in the 1980s, the late Bob Wakelin is a national treasure among gamers.

The Horse Soldiers (1959) - 1998 VHS vs Cabal (1989) - home computers


Well shit.

Final part to follow.

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