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RIbspreader (2022)- Munsters Weird and Awesome Movies

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  Ribspreader-(2022) Director: Dick Dale The Players: Tommy Darwin, Marni Russo, Tess O’Flaherty, Fred Negro, Chantal Contouri Ribspreader is the brain child of Murder Citys answer to Herschell Gordon Lewis, Dick Dale. I first met Dick back in 2010 when he played at the Arthouse with his South Australian based band Kamikaze. 40 minutes of pure chaos, sleaze and blood, which is wot punk should be. I loved every bit of it. Later I discovered Dales love of cinema, and his film festival, Trasharama, Australias only traveling film festival. Fair to say, I knew a beautiful friendship would develop straightaway. Dale has been working on this film for around a decade, making it on his own dime and time, until he launched a crowd funding campaign to help him get the production over the line. While he managed to raise a 50k, which is a great achievement, thats small change when it comes to a full length film, and given Dales punk rock attitude, its not surprising his punk DIY ethos i...