SHOCKING DARK 1989 (TUBI)

WOW!! What a movie!!

Bruno Mattei brings us this incredible tale of mutants and monsters.

This film finally received release in the US vis Blu-ray in 2018 because of rights issues and it's a shame we had to wait so long to see this film. It takes place in the future when Venice is so polluted as to be unlivable.

A evil corporation called The Tubular Corporation has a master plan to loot all of the art exibits in Venice and re-sell them for a huge profit. They have also created mutant monsters that live under the city and are now killing everyone.

The mutants are pretty cool looking and it soon becomes clesar that the small army of men and women sent in to destroy them is seriously outnumbered. Tubular has sent a representative with the soldeiers and he turns out to be a cyborg who tries to kill the last two survivors. And what a bizarre ending!!

The movie rips off both Aliens and The Terminator right down to some of the dialogue, which is why the film never got released here in the USA. It's one hell of a wild ride and total non-stop entertainment. It was also nice to see some familiar faces including Geretta Geretta who also appeared in Mattei's "Rats: Night Of Terror".

I had a heck of a time watching this fun little ripoff and if you haven't seen it, you probably should. Hard to believe it got held up for so many years, but thankfully it's here now for all to enjoy. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

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BAIT 1954 (MOVIES TV)

I've always wanted to see this movie, but it never played anywhere...until now.

I first read about this is the Psychotronic Encyclopedia Of Film back in the early 80's. Was it worth the wait? Yeppers.

Hugo Haas stars as Marko, a man most people in the town in which he lives think he's nuts. Marko found and then lost a gold mine in the mountains and has been searching for it ever since.

Along comes Ray Brighton (John Agar) who has agreed to spend the summer helping Marko look for the lost mine as long as he gets a 50 percent take, which Marko has agreed to.

At a small store on the way to the mine Ray meets Peggy (Cleo Moore) whom he instantly falls for, but she resists his advances. It seems Peggy had a child out of wedlock so she is poison to everyone and treated accordingly, except by Ray.

Ray and Marko finally find the mine and start collecting the gold from within, and here it wehere the trouble starts. Marko gets gold fever and wants it all, so he devises a plan to get rid of Ray.

He marries Peggy and brings her up to the cabin where both men are staying. Soon he starts playing them off on one another with the hopes of having a chance to kill Ray and take his share of the gold.

Ray and Peggy fall hard for each other and Marko finds that his plan isn't working well. This leads to a very bizarre climax, but what does one expect in a Haas film?

The film opens with Cedric Hardwick introducing himself as The Devil and showing us the film so we can see how he gets into a human mind and destroys it. I liked this film a lot and of course most of it has to do with the cast, especially Cleo Moore. She will always be one of my favorite screen females.

The rest of the cast include Bruno ve Sota and Emmett Lynn. Recommended if you can find it.

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THE BARON 1977 (PLATINUM)

This is a pretty straight foward gangster movie starring Calvin Lockhart.

Lockhart stars as Jason, a film maker who is trying to get the financing for a movie he is shooting.

He has nothing but trpouble getting the money so he turns to the Mafia for some cash and then must pay them back before trouble starts. A Mafia collector named Joey (Richard Lynch) is keeping tabs on Jason as well as a lot of his friends.

Soon things get out of control and Jason finds some of his friends being killed and he himself is soon fighting for his life.

It's a prtty straight forward movie with a great cast. Lynch is simply wonderful in his perverse role as Joey. Never have I seen a Mafia man in a film so twisted as this one.

The cast also includes Joan Blondell as Mama Lou, a washed up actress that keeps Jason around as her toy when she needs something and he needs some cash. Marlene Clarke, Vicki Baltimore and Beverly Johnson round out the rest of the performers.

Lockhart is always good in his films and this is no exception. He plays the character cool and collected until pushed too far, but even then he takes his revenge on the Mafias very low key.

If you like black action films you will probably like this one. It's not as well known as a lot of others in the genre, but it's just as entertaining.

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Teri Hatcher is 56, Mary Woronov is 77, Rick Baker is 70, and Belinda Belaski is 73.

THE RAT PATROL SEASON 2 1967/1968 (SHOUT FACTORY)

They are back once again.

Sgt. Sam Troy (Christopher George), Sgt. Jack Moffitt (Gary Raymond), Pvt. Mark T. Hitchcock (Lawrence Casey) and Pvt. Tully Pettigrew (Justin Tarr)plus German Capt.Hans Dietrich (Eric Braeden) return in a great second and final season.

Here is the rundown for the second season.

THE TRUCE AT ABURAH RAID 9/11/67...The Rat Patrol and Capt. Dietrich come to an uneasy truce in order to save a small girl who has fallen down a well during one of their battles in a small town.

THE DAVID AND GOLIATH RAID 9/18/67... After being ambushed, The Rat Patrol try and survive a long walk in the desert to find a watering hole.

TRIAL BY FIRE RAID 9/25/67... Troy must make some tough decisions involving civilians when stopping the Germans from re-supplying themselves.

THE DARERS GO FIRST RAID 10/2/67... The Patrol steals a tank in order to destroy a small German fort.

THE LOVE THINE ENEMY RAID 10/9/67... During a raid on a German cloumn, a young nurse is shot and the Patrol must try and save her.

THE DARKEST RAID 10/16/67... The Rat Patrol is assigned to steal a large cashe of diamonds from a German headquarters. A very tense episode.

THE DEATH DO US PART RAID 10/30/67... The Rat Patrol is captured during a raid and the Germans want them executed immediately.

THE DO-RE-MI RAID 11/6/67... Troy is captured and put in a prison camp and he quickly arranges a breakout along with other prisoners.

THE KINGDOM COME RAID 11/13/67... A truck carrying top secret anti aircraft shells is captured by the Germans and the Rat Patrol must get it back while also fighting a traitor.

THE HIDE AND GO SEEK RAID 11/20/67... A British General's son is kidnapped by the Germans and the Rat Patrol is called in to rescue him.

THE VIOLENT TRUCE RAID 11/27/67... The Rat Patrol becomes aware of a shipment of contaminated plasma and faces a dilemma...should they tell the German Soldiers who stole it?

THE LIFE FOR A LIFE RAID 12/4/67... The Rat Patrol is attacked by Arabs working for the Germans. Simple but very effective episode.

THE FIFTH WHEEL RAID 12/11/67... When a British Colonel is captured by Germans, the Rat Patrol is called in to find out if it is legitimate or not.

THE TWO IF BY SEA RAID 12/18/67... One of the Rat Patrol impersonate aFrench electricianto infiltrate a German Navel base.

THE STREET URCHIN RAID 12/25/67... A young boy finds some top secret pictures that Troy has hidden, and puts his life in danger.

THE PIPELINE TO DISASTER RAID 1/1/68... The Rat Patrol is assigned to destroy a top secret oil pipeline hidden in the desert.

THE BOOMERANG RAID 1/8/68... The Patrol meets with a submarine off the African coast and soon discover a traitor in their midst.

THE FATAL REUNION RAID 1/15/68... While on a mission Jack meets a young woman who once sheltered him during a Nazi invasion. He finds he still has very strong feelings for her.

THE DECOY RAID 1/22/68... The SS arrives in a small town in direct violation of a peace treaty and steal a typhoid vaccine.

THE TOUCH AND GO RAID 2/5/68... Dietrich captures the Rat Patrol and then reveals his true plan to them. A great and tense episode.

THE FIELD OF DEATH RAID 2/12/68... The Rat Patrol comes under attack by Arabs and discover lots of money on the dead bodies as well as pictures of Troy's brother.

THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY RAID 2/19/68... The Rat Patrol meets up with a group of freedom fighters that turn out to be no more than children.

THE HICKORY DICKORY DOCK RAID 2/26/68... On the eve of a dangerous mission Moffitt learns that his brother was killed in an air raid.

THE TUG OF WAR RAID 3/4/68... Troy is captured trying to make contact with the underground about a new bomb the Germans have invented.

THE NEVER SAY DIE RAID 3/11/68... Troy is again captured by the Germans and is expected to radio his base and deny that a reported German offensive will take place.

THE KILL AT KOORLEA RAID 3/8/68...The Rat Patrol is assigned a sniper to take out a saditic German commander. A very good and tense episode.

That wraps it up for the second and final season of this fine show which sadly didn't last long. The DVD presentation is excellent and if you like adventure shows this will more than fit the bill.

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RIP PAMELA TIFFIN 1942-2020

The beautiful actress of "The Fifth Cord" has passed away.

Tiffin started her career in 1960 and quickly rose to fame in such films as "State Fair", "The Pleasure Seekers", "The Hallelujah Trail" and much more.

Her most famous role, at least for me was in the 1971 film "The Fifth Cord" which co-starreed Franco Neri.

She retired from screen acting in 1989 and she passed away on 12/4/2020 at the age of 78.

LADY AND THE MONSTER 1944 (RABBIT)

The first filmed version of the story entitled "Donovan's Brain".

Erich Von Stroheim stars as Dr. Franz Mueller who sends his assistant out after a plane crash. He has the bodies taken tohis lab where he finds that one of the dead men in W.H. Donovan, a very powerful billionaire.

Mueller forces his assistant, Dr. Patrick Corey (Richard Arlen) to help him extract the still living brain for further experiments. The brain never dies, but it only gets stronger and stronger, eventually taking over Corey's mind.

Mueller's other assistant is Janice Farrell (Vers Ralston) who happens to be in love with Corey, and this makes Mueller jealous. The brain makes Corey do a wide variety of things as it seeks vengeance on those that wronged it when it was in a human skull.

The acting is pretty damned good and Arlen handles the dual role very well. Ralston was given the lead because she was dating Republic Pictures studio head Herbert Yates at the time. She married Yates in 1952.

The filmis well done, but nothing we haven't all seen before. The rest of the cast includes Mary Nash and Sidney Blackmer. It hasn't been seen much and it was worth it to watch and see what they did with the original story.

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CAVE OF THE LIVING DEAD 1964 (TUBI)

Fun little German thriller.

After six murders of young women, a police inspector named Frank Dorin (Adrian Hoven) is called in to investigate. He doesn't get a lot of help but does find out that the entire village is in a grip of fear.

Every time a killing takes place, the power goes out in the entire town. Frank seeks the help of a scientist named Von Adelsberg (Wolfgang Preiss) and at the castle is where he meets the lovely Maria (Erika Remberg) who just happens to be the scientists daughter.

As the investigation proceeds, Frank discovers huge caves beneath the small town and the sinister secrets they carry. The vampires are pretty cool looking females and Frank seems to be very outnumbered.

This is a unique film in that is takes the vampire legend in several new directions including the power outage angle. Very odd indeed. Hoven does a great job as the inspector and it's always good to see Remberg in anything.

This is also known as "Night Of The Vampires" but Richard Gordon retitled it and put it on a double feature with "Tomb Of Torture".

It's not too bad of a film and I think horror fans would generally like it. The stark black and white photography lends a great atmosphere to the film. It used to play on the USA network as part of "Commander USA's Groovy Movies" but I never got a chance to see it until a few days ago.

I enjoyed it and hope you will too if you haven't seen it.

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Lucy Liu is 52, Cathy Lee Crosby is 76, and Arch Hall, Jr. is 77.

RIP ABBY DALTON 1932-2020

One of my faves from the Roger Corman films has died.

The beautiful Dalton started her career in 1957 appearing in several films for director Roger Corman. These included ROCK ALL NIGHT, TEENAGE DOLL and SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT plus CARNIVAL ROCK.

Her stunning beauty was also on display in films like COLE YOUNGER GUNFIGHTER, GIRLS ON THE LOOSE and STAKEOUT ON DOPE STREET. After appearing in a long line of TV shows she got a starring role in the series HENNESEY as LT. Martha Hennesey and then moved on to THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW.

A beautiful and talented wom,an who I had a crush on in my younger years. She will be missede by her fans, but at least we have her film and TV appearances to remind us of her.

She passed away on Nov. 23rd, 2020 at the age of 88.

DEAD BY DAWN 1998 (TUBI)

Another Shannon Tweed classic!

Tim and Wendy Marsh (Bill Ferrell and Shannon Tweed) seem to have a great relationship with their friends Don and Kim White (Ted Prior and Jodie Fisher).

However, they have a somewhat strained marriage because of high bills and taking care of their children. Don is always trying to tell Tim to take chances and life life to the fullest.

He lets Tim drive his nice car and slowly convinces him to do more bizarre things like sleep with his wife Kim, who likes to "play" and Don says. Tim finds Kim making the moves on him and they plan a onwe night stand.

The next morning Kim is found murdered and thus opens a door to double crosses and more double crosses. The police arrest Tim and he is charged with murder. Only then does the viewer discover that Don and Wendy planned the entire thing in order to get Tim out of the way of their relationship and collect 2 million in a life insurance policy that Don had on his wife.

The movies ends on a very bleak note for Tim, and we see Don and Wendy having a good time on a beach. Hoewever, there is a female detective who isn't satisfied with the results, but the movie ends before anything else happens.

Jodie Fisher gives a great performance as KIm, but I swear NOBODY can top Shannmon Tweed!! She is gorgeous as ever and any male viewer would wonder why Tim would ever cheat on such a stunningly beautiful wife.

The one real odd thing I noticed is that they talk about their children, but you never see them for the entire movie!! Oh well, if you like erotic, twisted thrillers, you might like this one.

Even if you don't...watch it for the gorgeous Shannon Tweed.

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