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Friday, September 22, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
THE OUTSIDER: THE FILMS OF ANTONIO MARGHERITI 2013 (TUBI)
A wonderful documentary about one of the most prolific directors of Italian cinema.
If you love Italian cimena as much as I do, the name Antonio Margherti needs no introduction. He directed such gems as "Assignment Outer Space", "Castle Of Blood", "Seven Deaths In The Cats Eye", "Yor: Hunter From The Future" and hundreds more.
During this one hour show we get to hear from some of the people who worked with him including Barbara Bouchet, Luigi Cozzi, Corinne Cleary and Richard Harrison.
Lots of great film clips are shown of his work and we eve hear from the director himself in interviews conducted befor he died in 2002. His work is top notch considering the low budgets he always had to work with and it can never be said that his films aren't entertaining.
I would recommend this for any sci-fi and horror film fan especially if you like the Italian way of making them.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
BALLAD OF MENDER MCCLURE 1956 (MILLCREEK)
A General Electric Theater presentation.
Seldom seen TV drama starring Vincent Price as Death who visits a lazy Ozark mountain dweller named Mender McClure (Thomas Gomez).
He gives McClure the power to heal certain people of their ills in exchange for McClure's soul. This is a very stange show and it's always great to see Price in anything, and here he chews up every scene he is in.
Ronald Reagan is your host and Don Medord directed. Again, this is very seldom seen and has very little in the way of information online. It's included on the 12 disc Sci-Fi TV set from Millcreek.
Worth seeking out for early TV fans and Vincent Price fans as well.
Monday, September 18, 2023
Sunday, September 17, 2023
MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLAND 1946 (TUBI)
I have wanted to see this since I was 9 or 10 and finally got the chance.
Back in the 70's I read Famous Monsters Of Filmland and in the back of each issue they had digest versions of movies on Reular 8 and Super 8 film. It was retitled "Captain Mephisto And The Transformation Machine. I always but this on the back burner for other things and therefore never got to see it.
Now fast forward to 2023 and I finally got to see the entire 15 chapter serial, and it was well worth the wait. The daughter of a famous scientist discovers he's being held on Mystery Island and seeks to get him out.
Claire Forrest (Linda Stirling) enlists the aid of government agent Lance Reardon (Richard Bailey) to help rescue her father William Forrest (Forrest Taylor).
They discover that he is being held by a gang of criminals led by a 200 year old pirate named Mephisto (Roy Barcroft) who uses a strange machine to become anyone he wants. Needless to say this is going to be a major problem for Claire and Lance.
This is simply great stuff. 15 chapters of non stop action and dozens of fistfights and a high body count as the enemies of Claire and Lance fall quickly.
Barcroft is perfect as the crazed pirate Mephisto and he was quoted as saying it was a role he enjoyed almost more than anything else he had ever done. Of course lovely Linda Stirling is ALWAYS a huge plus and she does a great job as Claire.
Easily one of the best serials I have ever seen. The chapters are 1. Secret Weapon 2. Satan's Web 3. The Murder Machine 4. The Lethal Chamber 5. Maphisto's Mantrap 6. Ocean Tomb 7. The Death Drop 8. Bombs Away 9. Fatal Flood 10. The Sable Shroud 11. Satan's Shadow 12. Cauldron Of Cremation 13. Bridge To Eternity 14. Power Dive To Doom 15. Fatal Transformation.
The rest of the cast includes Kenne Duncan, Jack Ingram, Forbes Murray and Harold Strang. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Saturday, September 16, 2023
SHARK EXORCIST 2016 (TUBI)
This is how far filmmaking has fallen.
I had to take a look at this thing simply because of the title, and I got exactly what I expected, which was NOTHING. But wait...let me tell you about this crap.
A demonic nun casts some kind of spell and brings forth a devil possessed shark. At least I think that's what happened. Then before you know it you have a reality tv host who seems possessed and to prove it we have the usual green vomit.
Oh we ain't even started yet folks. We then have Ali (Angela Kerecz) who is bitten by the shark but recovers. She is now possessed and attacks people with the razor shark teeth. A priest played by Bobby Kerecz performs and exorcism on Ali.
During this nonsense she bites another young woman helping the priest and it all starts all over again. However the movie ends before we have to suffer anymore. The best line in this absurd film is stated by the young woman who is helping the priest. During the exorcism she says "I think we're going to need a bigger cross."
This isn't just bottom of the barrel, this is the slime under it. NOTHING works in this film and you have a lot of scenes that make no sense whatsoever. The acting is bad, the music sucks and everything just sinks.
The only thing I can say is that there are a few very attractive women in bikinis in this film, but that's about it.As I said this is what horror film making has come to in the 21st century.
We have fallen a long way and like most everything else, I fear it will only get worse. Avoid this garbage at all costs and save yourself 72 minutes of agony.
Friday, September 15, 2023
TURIST OMER UZAY YOLU'NDA 1973 (BLUE MERMAID)
I usually like wild Turkish cinema, but this one was pretty lame.
Actually I needed a bottle of Wild Turkey to get thru this mess. It's known as the Turkish Star Trek and they steal the Star Trek opening and just about everything else from the show.
The Enterprise crew land on a planet where a professor and his daughter live. Before you know it one of the crew is killed and his body has been drained of salt.
Yep, you guessed it, this is a rip off of the episode entitled "Man Trap" but the monster is stupid looking and would really scare nobody. Add to this a silly subplot about the USS Enterprise picking up a man from Earth that is supposed to add comic relief.
He isn't funny and I kept hoping he'd get killed...but no such luck. Like most Turkish films it has plenty of babes but that is about it. Star Trek was huge in Turkey so I guess they felt they needed to rip it off, but damn they could have done a better job.
Capt. Kirk also fights an alien monster that was supposed to be a rip off of the lizard monster from another episode, but the costume looks like it was made by preschoolers.
This was 72 minutes of hell, but whatever. The babes are allright. Check it out if you wish.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
OLD 2021 (FREEVEE)
I found the concept very interesting.
A group of people on a secluded beach find that somehow they are aging rapidly and their lives will only last a single day.
There are many great little scenes in here but the one that really caught me by suprise was when two children were talking to a couple of adults and saying they were 6 and 11 but they look more like teenagers.
Why is that? because they are getting older very quickly. Also the pregnancy scenes is not easily forgotten. Very odd film indeed.
The movie does hit a good point with it's statement about how people are so consumed with age and looks thet they miss the good things in life. The ending is also bizarre as we find that all of this is caused by Big Pharma and their medical experiments.
Gee what a shocker that big pharma would kill people just to develope new medicines. There are a lot of bad things said about this movie, but once you get into it you might like it like I did.
The film stars nobody I ever heard of, but that is because it was released in 2021 and I don't follow new cinema very much. The movie will stick with you for several days and that means they did something right.
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