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Monday, September 8, 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025
HERCULES 1983 (MGM)
Well, it may not be the greatest film ever made, but it does have three things going for it.
It has Luigi Cozzi directing. It's Italian and it's filled with beautiful women. Other than that, it's the most bizarre Hercules film I have ever seen.
Hercules (Lou Ferrigno) fights many mechanical monsters in order to defeat the evil King Minos (William Berger) who is intent on taking over the entire world.
There are some incredible scenes in the movie, but the one I will nerve forget is when Hercules kills a bear that just killed his father and throws it into outer space!!
The other scene that had me going WTH is when Hercules and the female sorceress Circe (Mirella D'Angelo) create the seven continents!! Wow did my history teacher lie...lol.
I do admit I was entertained by the movie, which is all it's meant to do. The rest of the cast includes Brad Harris, Rosanna Podesta, Sybil Danning (drop dead Gorgeous), Bobby Rhodes and Delia Boccardo.
If you've seen older peplum movies this may quite a shock for you, as it was for me.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Dario Argento is 85, Angie Everhart is 56, Thordis Brandt is 85 , and Luigi Cozzi is 78.
Saturday, September 6, 2025
IMPULSE 1974 (GRINDHOUSE) BLU-RAY
Odd and bizarre movie from William Grefe finally got a wonderful 2 disc release and I finally got a chance to see it.
William Shatner stars as Matt Stone, a conman who lives off of wealthy women. In the opening scenes we see him brutally kill his current lover and dispose of her body.
We also see a black and white clip of Stone as a small boy who kills a man assulting his mother. Yes indeed, with a set up like this the viewer knows they are in for a twisted treat.
Stone then tries to get money out of a woman named Julia Marstow (Ruth Roman) and falls for her friend Ann Moy (the gorgeous Jennifer Bishop). Ann's daughter Tina (Kim Nicholas) sees Matt commit a murder and nobody believes her.
Shatner is totally over the top with his role as a killer and conman. He does an excellent job and I have never seen him in a role quite like this.
This film has many great set pieces and Grefe does his usual excellent job of bringing it to the screen. The car wash scene is one of the best. The rest of the cast for this shocker include Harold Sakata, James Dobson, Marcia Knight and William Kerwin.
This is a highly recommended feature that I think every horror fan should see and it has finally been brought to Blu-ray. I haven't given too much away as I think everyone who sees it should feel like I did when I saw it. Check it out.
Friday, September 5, 2025
LAW AND ORDER 1930 (KINO) BLU-RAY
Interesting and engaging Edward L. Cahn directed western from the pre-code days.
This is an interesting version of the tale of the OK Corral and the characters involved in it. Walter Huston stars as Frame "Saint" Johnson, a famous gunfighter who cleaned up Kansas.
He and several of his friends head west and come to settle in Tombstone, Arizona. When they arrive they see nothing but lawlessness and killings.
The town sets Johnson up as the new deputy Sheriff and things soon change. However, a small group of violent gunmen want Johnson and his friends dead.
This sets up the famous "Gunfight At The OK Corral" conclusion of the movie. The film is based on a story by W.R. Burnett, and while it changes the names of the characters, you know that Johnson is actually Wyatt Earp. The Johnsons are the Earps and the Northrup clan is actually the Clantons.
These changes aside, this is a very well made western which works on every level. It's not you typical 30's gunslinger movie and it is brought to brilliant life by director Edward Cahn.
The Blu-ray presentation is very, very nice for a movie that is 93 years old. If you're a fan of early westerns, this is one for you.
The rest of the cast includes Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton, Andy Devine, Russell Simpson and Hank Bell.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
REEL WILD CINEMA 1996-1997 (YOU TUBE)
An interesting, short lived TV show on the USA Network back in the mid 1990's.
Sandra Bernhard was the hostess of this program developed by Mike Vraney, Jim Maslon and Martin Sokol.
Each week Bernhard would introduce various clips from some of the oddest movies ever made as well as have a guest such as H.G. Lewis, Russ Tamblyn, David Friedman, Fred Olen Ray, Mamie Van Doren, Fred Williamson, Tura Satana, Roger Corman and many more.
I believe this was aired every Sunday night around 10pm my time. I was working for Turner Productions at this time in my life and it was always nice to unwind watching this stuff.
As you can probably tell it was tied to Vraney's "Something Weird" video company and it was kind of an hour long advertisment for the company. Great stuff indeed!!
I stumbled on this on You Tube and quickly watched everything I could find. It'll never be on DVD, I am sure since there are so many film clips, but you can see it on You Tube, and I highly recommend you do so.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
ACTION USA 1989 (MVD REWIND) BLU-RAY
Pretty good action film with a stand out cast.
The movie opens with the murder of a young man who has supposedly stolen diamonds from some mobsters.
His beautiful girlfriend Carmen (Barri Murphy) is now in danger and two FBI agents are assigned to protect her. Both agents, Osborne (Gregory Scott Cummins) and McKinnon (William Hubbard Knight) have trouble keeping Carmen out of danger.
The top mob boss, Frankie Navarro (Cameron Mitchell) wants everyone dead and the diamonds back in his possession. There are plenty of car chases, explosions, beautiful women, and gunfights to keep your attention.
Navarro gets fed up with his men led by Hitch (Hoke Howell) and so he sends for a top killer named Drago (Ross Hagen).
This movie was far better than I thought it was going to be, and I had to watch it simply for the cast. Murphy makes a very fetching female lead, and it's a shame she pretty much disappeared from the movie scene.
If you like action movies, then this is for you. I'm glad to see MVD put this one out.
The rest of the cast includes William Smith, Gary Beal, Velvett Klepper, Alan Stewart and Malcolm King.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
RIP RANDY BOONE 1942-2025
The actor/musician has passed away.
Randy Boone will always be known as Randy Benton on the TV series "The Virginian", but did a lot more TV before and after that.
His other TV appearances include "The Twilight Zone", "Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "The Fugitive", "Emergency", and "Kolchak" The Night Stalker".
His movie roles included such films as "Dr. Minx", "Terminal island", and "Country Boy".
Randy Boone passed away on August 28, 2025 at the age of 83.
ARREST BULLDOG DRUMMOND 1938 (ALPHA)
This is one of the 8 Drummond films produced by Paramount, and all have a very interesting backstory to them.
John Howard stars a Bulldog Drummond. In this outing he must stop a madman who has stolen an atomic generator that has the capability of causing explosions from a half a mile.
This entry really goes into the science fiction realm and it works very well. It also helps that the lead villian is Rolf played by the wonderful George Zucco.
The beautiful Heather Angel is Phyllis, the woman Drummond is supposed to be getting married to, but he is too busy chasing down evil doers.
The production history for this and the other seven films are somewhat unknown, but after they were made Paramount sold them to Congress Films for re-release in the mid 50's. Paramount hated these movies and didn't even bother to renew the copyright to any of them. That is why there are many sub-standard prints floating around.
The rest of the cast for this fun little film includes E.E. Clive, Reginald Denny, H.B. Warner, Jean Fenwick and Zeffie Tilbury.
Monday, September 1, 2025
SEVEN MAGNIFICENT GLADIATORS 1983 (TUBI)
I remember this one from the old HBO days. I loved the movie and I recorded it on VHS tape.
In all these years my love for this movie hasn't waned at all. It's a sword and sandal version of The Magnificent Seven, and it works very well because of the cast.
Lou Ferrigno stars as Han, a man destined to fight evil all over the world. He is recruited by a small village that has had all of their men killed by an evil ruler named Nicerote (Dan Vadis).
Han assembles his small army and soon the battle is on. The army includes Scipio (Brad Harris) and Julia (Sybil Danning) and they are just as fierce as Han.
There is a lot of action in this movie and the plot, as I already described, is very simple. It's always nice seeing Danning in a leather warrior outfit sweating and kicking ass.
Director Bruno Mattei got a great cast together and it was good to see the likes of Harris and Vadis in this film. Hell, all fans of these kinds of movies grew up with these two action stars.
This has still not been released on and physical media except VHS back in the late 80's. However, it's streaming and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you see this little gem.
I gotta admit the final battle between Han and Nicerote is a classic.
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