It is a bird? It is a plane? No, it’s CutreCon!: the festival of the best bad cinema returns to Madrid

In today leaves we wanted to highlight the greatest hits that are coming these days in this important appointment for the most bizarre works of series B, a contest organized by those responsible for the humor website cinecutre.com. Attention to the program that we compile, because sewers are coming (some of them free!).

WEDNESDAY 25: SUPERHEROES “ESPAÑOLA”

Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail

Transfer to the big screen of the mythical comic book character created by Víctor Mora, in this masterpiece of national shoddiness Captain Thunder, his inseparable friends Crispin and Goliath and a Viking princess named Sigrid de Thule will have to face an evil feudal lord and their black “devils”, who have terrified the population of lower Aragon during the II Crusade. The session will be attended by the director Antonio Hernández and the composer Luis Ivars, some truly brave men who premiered this gem in 2011 with catastrophic results.

Supersonic Man

A superhero with powers similar to Superman but a somewhat more modest suit comes to Earth to fight evil. Only his superpowers, which include flight, bulletproof skin, and the ability to turn guns into bananas, can save humanity. Directed by the artisan fan of the genre Juan Piquer (JP Simon to friends when he wanted to hide his Iberian origin), its imaginative and handmade effects, in addition to the catchy tacky music and exaggerated performances (with Cameron Mitchell, a regular at CutreCon) they have converted Supersonic Man in a referent of good bad cinema. The film will be screened for the first time in cinema in its remastered version in high definition.

THURSDAY 26: THE TUNA AND THE TROMA ATTACK AGAIN

black prickly pear

Maribel Verdú, Jorge Sanz, Silke, Eusebio Poncela, Fele Martínez… Great interpreters of Spanish cinema wanted to march with the arrival of the new century, and they demonstrated it with this unclassifiable work released in 2001. A murderous psychopath infiltrates the tuna university of Salamanca and chooses its victims through the internet. With the night and wild revelry as an accomplice, Tuno Negro commits his crimes with a simple guideline: those who are the worst students in each class will die. The last one will not pass the course, nor will he have the option of repeating… The session will be attended by co-director Pedro Barbero, who signed the film together with Vicente J. Martín.

Take that Troma: the toxic avenger + tromeo and juliet

The American producer and distributor Troma Entertainment, bastion of the most shameless and grotesque low-budget cinema, stars in this double session where two of its flagship films will be screened. the toxic avenger (1984), one of the great milestones of underground cinema, which put Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Hertz on the map and became the icon of the company. The second title is tromeo and juliet (1996), where Troma went one step further in his irreverence, daring to cover Shakespeare in his particular style.

FRIDAY THE 27TH: THE BASTARD BATMAN

Short film session at Bastardo Hotel

CutreCon couldn’t have been a better match with a place as fascinatingly inhospitable as the Bastardo Hotel. A session of short films with the screening of Zombie Girlsby filmmaker Juan Carlos Gallardo, who triumphed last year with his unclassifiable Damn I’ve Changed Again, along with a short surprise. Free entry until full capacity is reached, although perhaps daring with this unpredictable pass may not be free…

Batman. The movie

After the resounding success of the first season of the series that adapted the legendary DC Comics character for television, it was decided to make this film in a hurry and release it before the second batch of episodes. The plot is not important: the important thing is to maintain the almost parodic tone and turn it into a comedy with Robin’s impossible phrases, hilarious riddles and absurd Batman gadgets like, of course, the famous shark repellent, from a scene that is already most shameless movie history. Pure innocent enjoyment, with an Adam West who managed to strike the perfect balance between a mythical figure and a camp actor.

SATURDAY 28: CHILDREN, LIONS, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE THE CHAMPION

children’s morning

Return to CutreWith the children’s morning session endorsed by Cacaman (festival’s official entertainer), with two films that will delight young and old alike: The Legend of Hercules (1997), a true milestone in German animation, since it is impossible to draw it worse. will follow Magical: The Envoy of the Gods (1990), where a superhero arrived from space will solve all kinds of wrongs by rushing by car (or flying, when he feels like it) and beating up villains. All of it dotted with cheap morality and music from festivals. Both films will be screened in Spanish.

Feline Session

Get ready to vomit furballs and meow wildly with two of the most ridiculous and trashy feline superheroes of all time. lion-man (1975), the man raised by lions and with impossible hair, who with his deadly claws will leave many paint marks on the faces of his enemies. Y cougar man (1980), the superhero with the powers of a cougar, such as flying, seeing through walls, or becoming incorporeal. Two mind-blowing movies that transcend their technical ineptitude and become pure fun. Lion Man will also be screened in a remastered version in 4K Ultra-HD.

SUNDAY 29: END OF MARATHON PARTY

The charm of Kajiuton

After the overwhelming success of 2022, it returns to the CutreCon festival in the Kaijuton format, with a new installment focused on tokusatsu superheroes, Ultraman style (Shin-chan’s mythical idol). Kaijuton Ni: Tokuton is a hilarious compilation of Japanese audiovisual weirdness. Includes Z series short films such as Maboroshi Panty V from the production company Giga, as well as episodes of unknown television series, trailers, spots, video clips and various surprises. Three hours of superheroic fun with tacky costumes, trampled models and absurd monsters that could only be conceived in the land of the rising sun.

final marathon

CutreCon 12 will say goodbye with the most empowering marathon, the “Superwomathon”. An intense four-piece session with the most particular of the worst best superheroine cinema. The films that make up the program are: kekko kamen (“Naked Mask”, 1991), Lady Street Fighter (1980), They Call Me Macho Woman (1989) and lady avengers (2022).

You can check the CutreCon 2022 complete program here.