WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY PART 2 1966 (SINISTER CINEMA)

Another fantastic film.

This picks up where part one left off.

Brunhilde (Karin Dor) has discovered which treason has made her the wife of King Gunther (Rolf Henniger) and she has been revenged so she takes her own life as she cannot remain Gunther's wife.

There is a ton of action and adventure in this follow up movie and it mves very quickly. Herbert Lom is pretty good as Etzel, a mighty warrior who plays a part in the revenge of Kriemhild (Maria Marlow) when she seeks revenge for the death of her child.

It's a beautifully shot and very well acted fantasy adventure that I cannot recommend enough. If you watch part one you have to see this as well, and the two disc set is a MUST.

Filmmakers today could learn a thing or two from a spectacular film like this. Watch this and you won't be disappointed. The rest of the cast includes Terence Hill, Skip Martin, Fred Williams and Christian Rode.

I could give a more in depth look at the film, but I simply don't want to spoil it for first time viewers.

RIP WINGS HAUSER 1947-2025

One of the best actors to ever be in movies and a personal favorite of mine has passed away.

In his 52 year acting career, Hauser appeared in over 100 tv shows and movies combined. He appeared in episodes of "Baretta", "Emergency", "Movin' On" and "Cannon".

His movie roles are very memorable and his genre credits are unforgettable. Some of his fims inclluded "Vice Squad", "The Carpenter", "L.A. Bounty", "Mutant", "Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal Of Time", "Watchers 3" and "Victim Of Desire".

When Hauser was good he was good, but when he was excellent there was no better.

Wings Hauser passed away on March 15, 2025 at the age of 77.

RIP NADIA CASSINI 1949-2025

The American born actress has died.

Cassini was born in Woodstock, New York but she made her fame in Italy. She starred in many Italian sex comedies and is best known here in the USA for her role of Queen Corelia in the 1979 Luigi Cozzi epic "Starcrash".

Cassini passed away on March 25. 2025 at the age of 76 from a long illness.

RIMFIRE 1949 (KIT PARKER FILMS)

Now THIS is a fun little "B" western!!

Robert Lippert and Ron Ormond produced this film which is very well acted and directed by B. Reeves Eason.

The story opens during a stagecoach robbery in which a man named Tom Harvey (James Millican) saves everyone by shooting one of the masked raiders and making the others run off.

One of the men on the stage is The Abilene Kid (Reed Hadley). The Kid is framed by gangsters and is found guilty in court of fraud. He is hanged, but not before he warns the town that he is innocent and they are the guilty ones.

Soon, everyone in the town including the men who set him up are dying and everyone thinks the Kid's ghost has returned, seeking vengeance.

Harvey has been made a deputy and he, along with the Sheriff (Victor Kilian) attempt to solve the murders. The ending is a great twist that I didn't see coming. I won't spoil it here.

The rest of the stellar cast includes Mary Beth Hughes (looking oh so sexy), Henry Hull, Fuzzy Knight, Chris Pin Martin, George Cleveland, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Marjorie Stapp (her film debut) and the always lovely Margia Dean.

If you like "B" westerns this is a MUST see in my opinion. One of the best.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Kathy Ireland is 62, and Steve Borden is 66.

BLACK WIDOW 2007 (TUBI)

I have read a lot of negative things about this movie, but I didn't find it as bad as others say it is.

It's not original by any means, however I found it very entertaining. The first scene where a man is shot and killed in his home by a mystery person is well done and sets the stage for the rest of the movie.

Dan Keegan (Randall Batinkoff) is a very rich businessman who meets a beautiful woman named Olivia Whitfield (Elizabeth Berkley) at a social gathering and the two immediately hit it off.

Dan's best friend , Melanie Dempsy ( Alicia Coppola) is a bit jealous, but she has some concerns about Olivia, which she looks into at her jon with a newspaper. She enlists the aid of Finn Driver (Adriana DeMeo) and they begin their own investigation.

Meanwhile the relationship between Olivia and Dan heats up. What the two women uncover is a tangled web of lust, money laundering and murder. I won't give away too much here, but it turns out to be almost more that Melanie and Finn can handle.

This is a fast paced film that I enjoyed more than most I guess. Elizabeth Berkley is stunning as the blonde temptress who turns out to be way more than anyone in the film suspects.

Despite what people say I would recommend this movie for fans of the genre or perhaps fans of Berkley, which I am.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Ursula Andress is 89, and A.J. Mendez is 38.

NO STOPPING THE STOVER 2016 (TUBI)

This is a very good documentary I stumbled on by accident.

This is a look at the life and career of the one and only George Stover. Stover has been a mainstay in Baltimore lensed movies for the last 40 or so years.

I first discovered Stover when he was in the Don Dohler made films such as "Alien Factor", "Night Beast" and many others. This covers his career up to 2016 anyway, and from what I have been able to find out, he is still going strong.

There are a lot of interesting people they talk to in this including Fred Olen Ray, Jeff Herberger, Leanna Chamish and Richard Dyszel. It's small little things like this I really like to find on streaming.

This is also on DVD from Alpha, so you can check it out either way. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Vanessa Williams is 62, Leslie Parrish is 90, and Peggy Dow is 97.

WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY PART 1 1966 (SINISTER CINEMA)

A fantastic fantasy adventure!!

Uwe Beyer stars as Siegfried, a man who owns a magic sword. With sword in hand he sets out to defeat a huge dragon, which he does.

Then he bathes in the blood of the dead monster and becomes invincible. No part of his body may be peirced by a sword except one tiny spot on his back where a leaf landed when he was bathing in blood.

The dragon was guaring the treasure of Nibelungen. Siegfried finds a ring in the treasure that will awaken the beautiful Icelandic Queen Brunhilde (Karin Dor) from her eternal slumber.

He sails to Iceland and awakens her and she falls in love with him. However, Siegfried sails back to Burgundy and falls in love with the sister of the King. Her name is Kriemhild (Maria Marlow). He marries her and Brunhilde is forced to marry Konig Gunther (Rolf Henniger).

There was a lot of trickery and dishonesty between Gunther and Siegfried in getting Brunhilde to marry him, and this later comes at a terrible cost to both men.

This is a GREAT movie and easily one of the best of it's kind I have seen. There is a part 2 as well, and it will be on here very soon. Director Harald Reinal handles everything and gets some simply beautiful scenery in the film.

The rest of the cast includes Samson Burke, Terence Hill, Dieter Eppler and Skip Martin.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Kurt Russell is 74, Gary Sinise is 70, and Laurene Landon is 68.

THE EXECUTIONER 1970 (TUBI)

Very well done spy movie.

Sam Wanamaker directed this fast paced film starring George Peppard as John Shay, a British Intelligence Agent who suspects that a fellow agent, Adam Booth (Keith Mitchell) is a double agent.

Shay will stop at nothing to prove his point and it gets him into trouble when his bosses tell him to ignore the issue. Shay, of course, refuses.

It doesn't help that Shay is still in love with a beautiful woman named Sarah Booth, who happens to be married to Adam. Even after being put on suspension, Shay still tries and prove that Adam is working for the Russians.

All of this culminates in Shay killing Booth and then disposing of the body. However, this is where the plot takes a very bizarre turn. Shay discovers that he was very wrong about Booth and has been used as a pawn by the Communists.

The movie has a very depressing ending and we see the toll this has taken on Shay. The rest of the cast includes beautiful Joan Collins as Sarah and Judy Geeson as well as Charles Gray, Oscar Homolka, Nigel Patrick, George Baker, Alexander Scourby, Peter Bull and Peter Dyneley.

If you get a chance and are a fan of this genre, you gotta see this one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Alexandra Daddario is 39, Brooke Burns is 47, Erik Estrada is 76, Nancy Wilson is 71.

RIP PIETRO GENUARDI 1962-2025

The Italian actor has died.

In his almost 40 year career, Genuardi appeared in some classic horror genre credits including "Paganini Horror", "Killer Crocodile", and "Cemetary Man".

Pietro Genuardi died on March 14, 2025 at the young age of 62.

VOODOO MOON 2006 (LIONSGATE)

Not too bad of a movie, but it could have been so much better.

This made for TV movie stars Eric Mabius as Cole, a man with strange powers. He and his beautiful sister Heather (Charisma Carpenter) are joined by a few other people in order to fight evil.

Rick Young is Daniel, a man who is the personification of Satan and must be destroyed.

There are some interesting things in this movie and it starts out very well, but slows down a lot about two thirds into the movie. I watched this because of the cast and I stuck with it, but as I said, I expected so much more.

The rest of the cast includes John Amos, Jeffrey Combs (in a great role), Dee Wallace, Geoffrey Lewis, Kim Hawthorne and the gorgeous Jayne Heitmeyer.

It's an ok time waster, but I can't really recommend it.