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Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives
''Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives'' is a 2010 American rape and revenge exploitation film written and directed by Israel Luna. The film follows a trio of trans women who exact revenge on the men who brutally assault them and murder two of their friends. The film is split into five chapters, one of which is a missing reel. The film engendered controversy when it was programmed at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) condemned the film for what it called a negative portrayal of transgender people. Plot After performing at a local club, trans women Rachel Slurr and Emma Grashun plan to party with Nacho and Chuey. When the guys tell them that they have a third friend, the girls convince their reluctant friend Bubbles Cliquot to join them. The girls drive to a warehouse where they are joined by Nacho and Chuey, along with their partner Boner. Bubbles tells her friends that Boner had recently drugged and raped her during a hook-up wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Luna (filmmaker)
Israel Luna is an American filmmaker, best known for his movies ''Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives'', '' Kicking Zombie Ass for Jesus'', and ''Fright Flick''. He currently resides in San Francisco, California. Early life Luna first became interested in film at the age of five while watching a movie at a dual-screen drive-in theater near his tiny hometown of Wellington, Texas, located in the Texas Panhandle. During the family outing he was supposed to be watching the movie Superman, but he says his eyes were "glued to the next screen over" which was playing The Exorcist. He was fascinated at how images on a screen could make people scared, laugh or cry. He dreamed of making movies ever since. Career As a young adult, he moved to Dallas and began pursuing a film-making career. He produced a couple of segments of a gay-themed soap opera called Boobs, Boys and High Heels for the local public access television network, DCTV. After achieving some notoriety with the soap opera and gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindhouse (film)
''Grindhouse'' is a 2007 American film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, dark humor, non-linear storylines, cameos, ensembl .... Presented as a double feature, it combines Rodriguez's ''Planet Terror'', a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Tarantino's ''Death Proof'', an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. The former stars Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez (actor), Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, and Marley Shelton; the latter stars Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Zoë Bell. ''Grindhouse'' pays homage to exploitation films of the 1970s, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
