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.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Sunday, April 9, 2023
FIEND OF DOPE ISLAND 1960 (TUBI)
One of the most over the top films I have seen.
In the almost 20 years since I last saw this film, I had forgotten how crazy it really was.
I was shocked to see this on TUBI, but damn did it entertain me. Bruce Bennett stars as Charlie Davis, a whip cracking, hard drinking drug smuggler who lives on a small island and keeps the natives in line with violence and death.
Charlie has a new cargo coming to the island as the movie opens. The cargo just happens to be a young women he has paid to come and entertain him. She is named Glory LaVern (Tania Velia) and she soon learns that once on the island she will be "owned" like everyone else.
She befriends David (Robert Bray) who vows to protect her from the insane Charlie. After numerous attempts by Charlie to rape Glory, David takes her away and gets the other islanders to overcome their fear of Charlie and fight to regain their self respect.
Needless to say, this ends badly for Charlie as he become shark bait. This is one of the wildest films I have seen in a while. Bennett is usually a pretty low key actor and always does a damn fine job, and while he continues to tradition of good acting he is REALLY crazy and wild here. He is always craking the whip he carries on someone and gets into insane rages.
I have never seen him in a more psychotic role. Now as for Tania Velia, she is drop dead gorgeous and is even touted in the cradits as "The Yugoslavian Bombshell" and that she is indeed.
He film career was short, but she did have small roles in a few other films such as "Missile To The Moon" and "Queen Of Outer Space". They just don't make women like this anymore.
I think you'll enjoy this film if you give it a try. I'll Recommend it.
Saturday, April 8, 2023
PAGAN ISLAND 1961 (TUBI)
Here is a little oddity I hadn't seen for about 20 years.
Barry Mahon directed this film about a man who is rescued at sea by a small boat and then recounts a fantastic tale.
After the ship he was on explodes he gets on a raft and soon finds himself on an island that is inhabited by women only. The man, William Stanton (Eddie Drew) enjoys his new lifestyle but is told that he must leave the island because the God the women woship will be angry.
Of course, the woman Eddie falls for on the island is the sacrifice and he plans to help he escape and go with him. He helps he escape, but her leg gets caught in a giant clam and she drowns.
William finishes his tale and the men on the boat believe that he is just suffering from metal derangement after many days on a life raft at sea. As you can tell, this is nothing new or original, but it is not too bad of a film.
It does cram a lot in it's 67 minute running time and the performances aren't bad at all. If you're familiar with Mahon's work you'll know what to expect.
Friday, April 7, 2023
ROCKY 3 1982 (TUBI)
I revisited this 80's classic and found I still really enjoyed it.
There is never too much plot with these films, but it doesn't matter. In this outing Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) loses his title to a violent fighter named Clubber Lang (Mr. T).
He has thoughts again of getting out of the fight business, but just can't quite get the idea to settle into his head, so he goes and asks for the aid of former rival Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers).
Creed puts Rocky on the right track and soon they are ready for the epic rematch between Balboa and Lang.
Rocky is detrmined to get revenge for not only losing the title, but for the death of his manager mickey (Burgess Merideth) which he holds Lang accountable for.
The climactic fight is a show stopper and one of the best ever put on the screen. The rest of the cast includes all the regulars such as Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Tony Burton.
Other great moments in this film include Balboa wrestling man named Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan) and this is also very well done. I'm sure you've seen this gem, but if you haven't you should. Recommended.
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Jane Asher is 77, Roger Corman is 97, Roger Davis is 84, Dallas Page is 67, and Agnetha Faltskog is 73.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Monday, April 3, 2023
Sunday, April 2, 2023
PLEASE MURDER ME 1956 (TUBI)
This is a nifty little film noir.
One year before Perry Mason we have Raymond Burr starring as an attorney who defends a woman in the killing of her husband.
After she is acquitted he begins to realize that she actually killed him and used him to get out of trouble. The woman named Myra Leeds (Angela Landsbury) is very cold and calculating.
Before he was murdered, her husband, Joe (Dick Foran) the best friend of Burr's character Craig Carlson sent him a letter which explained his point of view.
Carlson now knows his client was guilty and cannot be tried twice for the same crime, so he sets in motion a plan to have her accused of another murder which she cannot get out of.
This is avery tight little film with a lot of twists and turns and a great ending. If you're a film noir fan you shouldn't pass this one up. The rest of ther cast includes John Dehner, Lamont Johnson, Robert Griffin, and Denver Pyle.
The print on TUBI is somewhat splicy, but still very good if you're not too picky.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
LEGACY OF SATAN 1972 (CODE RED)
A very odd movie indeed.
This film originally played on double bills with the Andy Milligan classic "Blood". There isn't much plot, but what is there is about a devil worshipping sect that has chosen a young woman named Maya (Lisa Christian) to be there new queen.
Her husband has other ideas and plans to stop this evil. The leader of the cult is Dr. Muldavo (John Francis) and he believes that a union between Maya and himself will unleash great satanic powers.
The ending has Muldavo being defeated by Maya's husband dressed in a court jesters outfit! However, there is an open ending that abruptly cuts off, but leaves the viewer knowing the evil still lives.
This was not too bad of a film. It was made in 1972 but not released until 1974. The director of this also made the groundbreaking adult film entitled "Deep Throat".
If you're in the mood for some mind bending junk, then this film is for you.
Friday, March 31, 2023
ROCKY 2 1979 (TUBI)
The sequel to "Rocky" is just as good as the original.
Sylvester Stallone returns a Rocky Balboa, the man who almost won the world boxing championship from undefeated Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers).
After the fight Balboa marries his sweetheart Adrian (Talia Shire) and settles down into a much softer and quiet life, but there is always a fire burning deep down inside him.
This is also fueled by Creed's constantly taunting him into a rematch because Creed feels embarrassed about the entire match. The movie. of course builds into the final climactic boxing match in which Rocky takes the title from Creed.
This was made back when I was working for UA and everyone knew this was going to be a huge hit, which it was. The movie is engrossing and fun and I bet there isn't one person looking at this that hasn't seen the movie.
One of the best. Recommended!!
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