Kyra Schon, the little girl who violently killed her mother in Night Of The Living Dead, she turned 53 on Oct. 4th.
For lovers of movies from the silent era to modern day with an emphasis on horror, sci-fi, exploitation, WIP, westerns and anything of the fantastic and bizarre. THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO BOB WILKINS, GEORGE ROMERO, ALAN FREED, ROGER CORMAN, HELGA LINE, CAROLINE MUNRO, JOHN FREDRIKSEN, JOHN ZACHERLE, CLEO MOORE , ROSALBA NERI, ERIKA BLANC, FEMI BENUSSI, SHIRLEY CORRIGAN, ROSANNA YANNI, MIRTA MILLER, KARIN DOR, BARBARA BOUCHET, MAMIE VAN DOREN, BARBARA STEELE and, of course, CASEY KASEM.
Monday, October 4, 2010
AMERICAN TOP 40 THE 80'S
This weekends show takes us to 10-11-1986 when Chicago said it was "Hard To Say I'm Sorry", Boston sang of "Amanda", Lionel Ritchie was "Dancing On The Ceiling", and Cyndi Lauper showed her "True Colors." Check it out this weekend.
AMERICAN TOP 40 THE 70'S
This weekends show takes us back to 10-9-1971 when Cher sang of "Gypsies, Tramps and Theives", Al Green was "Tired Of Being Alone", Tommy Roe warned of "Stagger Lee", and The Stampeders loved a "Sweet City Woman." Great memories this Saturday.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (VCI)
This little shocker made it's television debut on October 24th, 1984 and horror fans never forgot it. It still delivers the shocks all these years later. In a small town a mentally disabled man is accused of battery of a young girl and a group of 4 men lead by Charles Durning take the law into their own hands and kill the man only to find out he was innocent seconds after they kill him.
Soon the men are being stalked by a mysterious killer, and that is where all the terror lies.
Modern day slop they call movies at the theater could take lessons from this film in how to build terror and suspense.
The ending is a shocker and a little touching at the same time. Kudos to VCI for finally brining this well deserved classic to DVD. I had not seen this for 26 years and was pleased to find it has lost none of it's punch.
Charles Durning as a psycho postal worker...imagine that, and he never takes off his uniform thru the entire film!!!!
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
Soon the men are being stalked by a mysterious killer, and that is where all the terror lies.
Modern day slop they call movies at the theater could take lessons from this film in how to build terror and suspense.
The ending is a shocker and a little touching at the same time. Kudos to VCI for finally brining this well deserved classic to DVD. I had not seen this for 26 years and was pleased to find it has lost none of it's punch.
Charles Durning as a psycho postal worker...imagine that, and he never takes off his uniform thru the entire film!!!!
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.....
Those who had birthdays on Oct. 2nd included Tiffany who turned 39, Don McLean turned 65 and on Oct. 3rd Ashlee Simpson turned 26, Pamela Hensley turned 58, Alan O' Day turned 70 and Chubby Checker turned 69.
JAWS (UNIVERSAL)
The most classic and well known monster movies that takes place in the water. One of the highest grossing movies ever made and it is no wonder. Roy Schieder stars as the sheriff of a small coastal town that is suddenly the feeding ground of a 25 foot great white shark.
This movie scared the hell out of millions of moviegoers and it is one of the reasons I hate the water.
Steven Spielberg does and exceptional job bringing the monster shark to life, and it is a very scary looking thing. If you have never seen this, or if it has been a while, check it out and feel the scares all over again.
This movie scared the hell out of millions of moviegoers and it is one of the reasons I hate the water.
Steven Spielberg does and exceptional job bringing the monster shark to life, and it is a very scary looking thing. If you have never seen this, or if it has been a while, check it out and feel the scares all over again.
PANIC IN YEAR ZERO (MGM)
Ray Milland directed and stars in this very well made film about a family heading on vacation in the mountains and then having to fight for survival after LA is nuked, along with several other major cities in the USA.
Milland plays the role tough and straight and seems natural in the role. Frankie Avalon is his son who must learn to use a gun quickly in order to survive. Jean hagan is the wife who cannot except what has happened.
The plot is simple and the movie is excellent. I highly recommend this film if you haven't seen it already.
Milland plays the role tough and straight and seems natural in the role. Frankie Avalon is his son who must learn to use a gun quickly in order to survive. Jean hagan is the wife who cannot except what has happened.
The plot is simple and the movie is excellent. I highly recommend this film if you haven't seen it already.
MIGHTY GORGA (SOMETHING WEIRD)
Every once in a while a truly bad movie comes by and is so bad it actually becomes greatness. Such is the case with Mighty Gorga. Anthony Eisley and Megan Timothy go in the jungle and search for a huge gorilla they have both heard about..and that is basically the plot in a nutshell, but the good stuff comes in the fact that most of Miss Timothy's flubbed lines are left in the movie as well as some obvious mistakes as to travel and some of the most insane dialogue ever uttered.
But the pride and joy comes from the Mighty Gorga himself!! It is actually only half a costume which is why you never see it from the waist down and the face is actually a never changing expression of hard plastic!! About 2/3 of the way thru the film our gorilla fights the single most unconvincing dionsaur in movie history, a plastic toy model that does not move!!!
Movies simply do not come any better than this! Nothing works in the script and all of the actors try their best but it just cannot work.
If you get a chance, see this one of a kind movie
But the pride and joy comes from the Mighty Gorga himself!! It is actually only half a costume which is why you never see it from the waist down and the face is actually a never changing expression of hard plastic!! About 2/3 of the way thru the film our gorilla fights the single most unconvincing dionsaur in movie history, a plastic toy model that does not move!!!
Movies simply do not come any better than this! Nothing works in the script and all of the actors try their best but it just cannot work.
If you get a chance, see this one of a kind movie
Friday, October 1, 2010
TERMINAL ISLAND (CODE RED)
One of the final releases from Code Red, this excellent WIP film stars Tom Selleck, Phyllis Davis, Don Marshall, Marta Kristen and others in this tale about an island where murderers are sentanced to live forever. there is no supervision and no escape, much like the John carpenter film Escape From New York, but on a much smaller budget.
Director Stephanie Rothman makes the story interesting with little nudity but lots of violence and bloodshed.. Barbara Leigh is also in the cast and it was a shame when marta Kristen's character got knocked off.
I highly recommend this piece of drive in fodder.
Director Stephanie Rothman makes the story interesting with little nudity but lots of violence and bloodshed.. Barbara Leigh is also in the cast and it was a shame when marta Kristen's character got knocked off.
I highly recommend this piece of drive in fodder.
SCORPIONS REVENGE (ASIA PULP CINEMA)
A young and very attractive Japanese woman is wrongly sent to prison in the death of her husband and during the first 30 minutes of the film must endure lesbians, attempted rape and torture, then she escapes to find the people who killed her husband.
There are some interesting twists and turns in this cool little film. If you lip WIP films, then I would recommend this for you.
There are some interesting twists and turns in this cool little film. If you lip WIP films, then I would recommend this for you.
TODAY'S PIC .......
The poster for the 1950's sci-fi film Fire Maidens From Outer Space. Am I the only human who likes this film??
This is my 400th post here!!
This is my 400th post here!!
RIP
it is with great sadness I have to tell you that Stephen J. Cannell, the producer of many, many hit tv shows of the 1980's including Greatest American Hero, Silk Stalkings, 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy, The A Team, Tenspeed & Brownshoe and others passed away at the age of 69 from melanoma.
I first met Mr. Cannell on a flight to Los Angeles in 1984 and we talked the entire time about movies and scripting them and many other topics. He was an inspiration to listen to. He never cared much for the Emmy's he won, but he did care about the friendships he made on his shows, and he was a very well liked man.
He married his high school sweetheart and remaind married to her until her died, which is very rare these days. They were married for 46 years.
We have lost a giant. RIP my friend. I will never forget our talk. What a terrible way to start October.
ELVIRA'S MOVIE MACABRE
On Oct. 1st the show features the movie The Terror and lots of good old jokes and fun stuff from Elvira. Check your local listings.
K. GORDON MURRAY
Turner Classic Movies will be presenting the world premier of Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray on Dec. 10th at 12 midnight mountain time. You won't want to miss this!!! All Mexican movie lovers must watch!!
MORE BIRTHDAY WISHES TO.......
Monica Belluci who turned 46, Marilyn McCoo who turned 67 and Angie Dickinson who turned 79 all on Sept. 30th.
Birthdays for Oct. 1 include Cindy Margolis who turned 45, Stella Stevens who turned 74, and Tom Bosley who turned 83.
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