"Hunting is the national sport...and people are the prey!"
"Turkey Shoot is a 1982 Australian dystopian futurist exploitation film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith notable for its extreme violence and sadistic prison sequences. The cast is a mix of international actors and Australian soap opera stars and television personalities." (Wikipedia)
Watched Turkey Shoot (aka Escape 2000, Blood Camp Thatcher) yesterday, highly entertaining stuff! Starring Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan, Lynda Stoner, Noel Ferrier and Roger Ward.
Director Trenchard-Smith (BMX-Bandits, Dead-End Drive In) is one of my heroes.
Exploding arrows, funny "future" cars, circus freak, shower scene, brutal violence... The best man hunt flick i´ve seen since Avenging Force. This is exploitation magic!
[ 29. February 2012, 09:26: Message edited by: aTomiK ]
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Excellent Turkey Shoot coming to blu-ray/dvd next month from Severin Films.
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
I like Trenchard-Smith a whole lot too, aTomiK. He's an exploitation legend. From the stuff in Mark Hartley's documentary on Ozploitation, he seems like a really cool guy, someone who doesn't have any pretensions and just wants to make entertaining stuff.
[ 24. August 2015, 06:26: Message edited by: Crash ]
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
I need to get this. Always love the aussie futuristic films like this, Mad Max and Dead end Drive-in.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
great film,to think he went from this (turkey shoot) to directing - bmx bandits a year later,just slightly different in tone!
there's a few of trenchard smith's films from the 80s i've never seen -stunt rock,siege of firebase gloria,the go kids aka frog dreaming aka the quest,jenny kissed me and the 1989 horror - out of the body which if i remember right was released by medusa home video here in the uk and had the usual really cool artwork which most medusa releases would have.
never heard much on this one before - the go kids aka the quest aka frog dreaming starring henry thomas from 1986 and directed by brian trenchard smith.
watched turkey shoot bmx bandits dead end drive in and both day of the panther and strike of the panther,i agree he's a good director who made some really fun flicks!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Arrow/Severin etc. should release more Trenchard-Smith stuff!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Don´t know if the Kino Lorber staff visits Rewind but they will release The Siege of Firebase Gloria december 8th
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Thanx for the headsup atomik,! I have a copy on vhs I need to get on eBay asap. Have you seen the Siege of Firebase Gloria
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Young Warrior. So would you recommend the Quest even though you have not seen it due to the director. I have quite a few copies of that one and have not seen it.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB: Young Warrior. So would you recommend the Quest even though you have not seen it due to the director. I have quite a few copies of that one and have not seen it.
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