CRUCIBLE OF HORROR 1970 (MILL CREEK)

This is an interesting film about an abused woman and her daughter plotting to kill their abusive husband/father played wonderfully by Michael Gough.
The movie steals the plot of the 1955 film Diabolique and does well as far as it goes, but the film does stall in some places and is slow moving, but when they finally "kill" him and the body keeps turning up in odd places it does give a few small shivers.
The end is a little convoluted and makes not too much sense, but it still works. I recommend this for the very cold performance of Gough. This is actually a great film for fall viewing!!

BIG DOLL HOUSE 1971 (SHOUT FACTORY)

This is it.....The first and most popular WIP film that set the stage for all the others to come. Jack Hill directed this top notch genre entry which stars Pam Grier in her first role as well as Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Sid Haig and Pat Woodell.
Woodell is a political prisoner whose boyfriend, whom we never see is leading a revolution and Woodell escapse from the prison with the sadistic matron in tow. Lots of gun fights and gorgeous bodies on display make this a winner.
Filmed in the Philippines on a very low budget, this film was such a huge success that Roger Corman immediately set out to make Big Bird Cage and then Women In Cages.
Torture, sex, drug use, and light comedy enhance this very well made film. Highly Recommended!! Also on this disc is a 48 minute documentary entitled From Manila With Love and features interviews with Corman, Judy Brown, Anitra Ford, Jack Hill and many, many others. A huge thanks to Shout Factory to making all three films available.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.....

Paul Peterson is 66.
I have to mention that is he were still alive Santo, the worlds greates Mexican wrestler would be 94.

RAMBLINGS....

Just to let you know I will be posting more movie reviews here in the next few days, but I have been swamped and haven't had a lot of time, but I will be posting for such films as Big Doll House, Manos The Hands of Fate, Crucible of Horror and much more later this week.
Thanks to all those who have written to me about this.

BIRTHDAY WISHES TO....

Scott Baio is 51, Catherine Oxenburg is 50, Joan Jett is 53, and Debby Boones is 55.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.....

Bill Murray is 61, Stephen King is 64, Larry Hagman is 80, and Rebecca Balding is 56.

WOMEN IN CAGES 1971 (SHOUT FACTORY)

Classic Roger Corman New World Pictures wip film starring Pam Grier as the sadistic prison matron who tortures her prisoners in a place called "The Playpen" which is full of medieval torture devices.
Gorgeous Judy Brown, Roberta Collins and Jennifer Gan are three women stuck in this banana republic hell of a prison.
The ending is a downer in some respects, but the film itself is top notch for a wip film. The switch of Grier as the sadistic matron is nice to see and she does an excellent job with it. Gerry DeLeon directed and does a great job. I love this film and Shout Factory should be commended for making this available on DVD. This is part of the Women In Cages collection from Shout.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO....

Asia Argento is 36, Sophia Loren is 77, and Brinke Stevens is 57.

RIP NORMA EBERHARDT

Actress Norma Eberhardt died on September 16th from a stroke. Genre fans will remember her from Return of Dracula and other films such as Live Fast Die Young.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO....

David McCallum is 78, Adam West is 83, Randolph Mantooth is 66, Victoria Silvstedt is 38, and David Hess is 69.

BIRTHDAY WISHES TO...

Frankie Avalon is 72, and Veronica Carlson is 67.

BIG BIRD CAGE 1975 (SHOUT FACTORY)

This is part of the three film set from the Roger Corman Cult Classics Collection from Shout Factory and what a treat it is. New World Pictures released this gem in 1975 and it stars Pam Grier as a woman set to a prison in a banana republic. She is actually a freedom fighter who is going to liberate the women and her plan is slowly put into motion.
Gorgeous Anitra Ford is a prisoner there as well as Carol Speed and Vic Diaz is the gay prison guard. We mustn't forget Sid Haig as Django who is Pam's lover when not helping her cause. After a lot of the usual torture and humiliation the women revolt and burn the prison to the ground in a series of explosions and flying bullets.
Vic Diaz meets a death you gotta see to believe and it is sad when Haig and Grier are killed, as they were very likeable characters. Ford manages to escape all the way and promises to be back to help the oppressed people.
Filmed in the Philippines in 1975, this is an excellent of the WIP genre. There are plenty of gorgeous women to view and lots of action  and even some comedy moments that are unexpected, but welcome.
Ford was a Price Is Right model and the only reason I ever watched the show when I was young, and man does she look good here.
Highly recommended set of three movies on two discs. I will be reviewing the others here shortly.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO....

Cassandra Peterson is 60, Pat Crowley is 78, and Ib Melchior is 94.

RAMBLINGS.....

Some of you probably won't like this, but it's my blog so i don't care. The picture below is simply put, the most terrifying monster America has ever known...and to borrow a line from George Romero's Day Of The Dead....it's the darkest day of horror the world has ever known........This country is in serious trouble and this loser does nothing....nothing...there it is off my chest.

AMERICAN TOP 40 THE 80'S

This weekends broadcast is from 9/19/1981 when Al Jarreau said We're In This Love Together, Rick James loved his Superfreak, Pablo Cruise had Cool Love, ELO warned Hold On Tight and Journey asked Who's Crying Now plus much more.
Listen this weekend to AT 40 the 80's on WQSR from Baltimore, Maryland at 8pm eastern time on Sunday, or at 8 pm eastern on Monday night on WMXY 98.9 in Youngstown, Ohio.