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.
Anthony Steffen stars as Django who is trying to find out who raped and killed his wife. He discovers a convicted killer knows who killed his wife so he frees him and the two go towards a revenge filled destiny.
This is a very violent film with lots of bloodshed and gun battles and some light comedy thrown in for good measure. Excellent widescreen presentation with great colors. If you like westerns you will enjoy this.
So begins one of the most ludicrous and fun Japanese monster movies I have ever seen. A spaceship brings a spore back from space and it grows into a giant monster called Guilala which is a combination of lizard and chicken.
The monster is pretty cool and the action never lets up once it begins. It's nice to see Criterion releasing this. This was Shochiku's first movie and it really made money and so the company made three more horror thrillers.
If you like off the wall Japanese horror and sci-fi you should check out the Eclipse 37 series from Criterion. Highly recommended!!
I first saw this on Bob Wilkins Creature Features in San Francisco way back in the early 80's and fell in love with it.
A young man played by Joe Spano takes a young woman played by Laurie Walters to an abandoned Spa and soon find themselves stalked by what could be cannibals. This is one bizarre film that really keeps a person guessing until the end, which pulls the old double switcheroo.
All of the leads play their roles well and you gotta love Edna MacAfee as the old woman who actually lives at the spa. Many have been too harsh on reviews of this film, but I am a big fan of it and really loved the ending when I first saw it. Highly Recommended independent horror.
A doctor invents a formula that makes a hideous witch beautiful so he may use her to gain revenge on the men who killed his daughter. Lilia del Valle stars as the Witch and after she takes the potion she is very beautiful.
Ramon Gay is the hero who actually falls in love with the witch, only to find what she really is. This is Spanish language with no subtitles, but you really don't need them. A fun and good film for an evening's entertainment. Rare and unusual.
Christian Bale returns a Bruce Wayne/Batman who must battle Bane, who has come to Gotham City to take over. Bane is easily the most powerful enemy Batman has ever had to face.
The action is fast paced and all of the cast do good jobs in their respective roles, and I have to admit Tom Hardy as Bane and Anne Hathaway as Selina/Catwoman steal the show. I always have liked Catwoman and hands down Hathaway bring a different kind of sexuality to the role.
No fan of the Batman series will want to miss this film. Recommended!!
In this very well made Universal effort Holmes and Watson are on a train bound for Edinburgh and trying to solve a murder and a the case of a stolen gem called "The Star Of Rhodesia.
Nigel Bruce is Watson and Dennis Hoey returns as Inspector Lastrade, Alan Mowbray is Duncan Bleet a very good friend of Watson's that is also involved in the case and Skelton Knaggs is a thief.
One of the best of the long series of films featuring Holmes and Watson. Recommended!!
A plane crashes and the survivors soon find themselves stalked by blob like aliens who turn their victims into blood sucking vampires.
This is an exceptional film in my opinion. Some of the acting is a little over the top, but the theme of mankind being one of the cruelest races in the universe and needing to be wiped out is tops.
This is one of four films from Shochiku studios in the 60's. Criterion has chosen to highlight these films in Eclipse Series 37. The print is prestine and is 2.24 to 1 aspect ration. If you like Japanese horror then this is a real treat for you. It has only been released on VHS here in the states many years ago and had several airings on TCM, but this is the best it has ever looked. Recommended!
Next week the survey continues....
Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball on Green Acres) is a psychic investigator looking into the murders of several beautiful young women in the Lousiana swamps. He and his party stumble onto a horror more than they ever bargained for.
It seems that a with coven is attempting to recruit a 13th member and they will stop at nothing to obtain her. This is an excellent movie produed by Moore and another actor, L.Q. Jones. The team later made the wonderful film entitled "Brotherhood Of Satan.
Highly Recommended thriller also starring Anthony Eisley, gorgeous Thordis Brandt, Sue Bernard, John Lodge, Shelby Grant and Robin Millan. The print from Sinister is an verl pleasing 2.35 to 1 aspect ratio.
