This news item has nothing to do with the horror genre. Who cares? It's Friday; we could all use a good laugh, and I doubt you'll see anything funnier today than this trailer for the American release of the 1980's Turkish Rambo rip-off Rampage.
Turkey is a country that's cinema once loved very much to blatantly rip-off popular Hollywood entertainment in the cheapest, most shameless, and ridiculous manner possible. Jaws, The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, The Exorcist, Star Trek, E.T., Spider-Man, Batman, and even Captain America have all gotten the absurdist Turkish movie treatment. These knock-offs are generally hard to find even in bootleg format and don't even think about getting any sort of translation.
Another popular Hollywood creation that Turkish-ized is Rambo. Or should I say Rampage? And thanks to the great people at Dark Maze, good ol' Turkish Rambo is on his way to the USA,...
Turkey is a country that's cinema once loved very much to blatantly rip-off popular Hollywood entertainment in the cheapest, most shameless, and ridiculous manner possible. Jaws, The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, The Exorcist, Star Trek, E.T., Spider-Man, Batman, and even Captain America have all gotten the absurdist Turkish movie treatment. These knock-offs are generally hard to find even in bootleg format and don't even think about getting any sort of translation.
Another popular Hollywood creation that Turkish-ized is Rambo. Or should I say Rampage? And thanks to the great people at Dark Maze, good ol' Turkish Rambo is on his way to the USA,...
- 3/27/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
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