The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
What “The Night of the Hunter” was for Charles Laughton–the sole directorial effort from a great film star–“The Beach Girls and the Monster” was for ’40s matinée idol Jon Hall. But whereas Laughton’s film is one of the eternal glories…
Darktown Strutters (1975)
DARKTOWN STRUTTERS is pure soul-crazed 70s entertainment at its maximum! I strongly urge all archivists of blaxploitation cinema to go out and hunt down this one-of-a-kind rarity, a blaxplo-comedy-musical that knows no bounds when it comes to absolute weirdness. Everything…
Blonde Sinner (1956)
Found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, a young woman lives out her last days under the watchful eyes of a small group of prison wardens. From its edgy opening sequence as the camera furtively tracks Dors’ determined and…
The Babysitter (1969)
The Babysitter: A hen-pecked prosecuting attorney begins an affair with his blonde bombshell of a babysitter–the aptly named Candy. Candy, by the way, says things like: “Wow, man–I totally dig you–you really turn me on!” and “Ciao, baby!” Unfortunately, a…
Bucktown (1975)
Enjoy Bucktown for what it is: a Western stuffed into a Blaxsploitation flick. Think about it, man comes to a small town to bury his brother, he gets people who want to drive him out, he brings in his own…
Don’t Knock the Rock (1956)
This film is very much of it’s time. Sam Katzman produced a number of films featuring record stars and this is one of the better ones. The star is Alan Dale, who was one of the leading pop singers of…
Angel Unchained (1970)
The title of this biker flick seems to suggest that the character of Angel (Stroud) will at some point cut loose and split open some heads, but that never really happens. It refers more to the fact that he breaks…
Stranger Things And a Hunger For True Cinema
I am lucky to have been born at a time that has allowed me to appreciate all sorts of movies. I have managed to see the birth of the movies with the screening of Edwin S. Porter’s “The Great Train…
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
For some reason in the 1970’s it seemed to be a requirement for every former cast member of “The Wild Bunch” to appear in a low-budget satanic-themed horror movie. You had Ernest Borgnine in the ridiculous “Devil’s Rain”, Warren Oates…
Angels From Hell (1968)
Tom Stern plays a Viet-Nam veteran who comes home with the dream of forming the most powerful biker gang around. His “wild bunch” consists of such immortals as Smiley, Nutty Norman, Tiny Tim, and Angry Annie. Turns out most of…
Velvet Smooth (1976)
For a low-budget 70’s martial arts film, I thought it was pretty entertaining. The soundtrack is really a hoot, as are the sets and costumes. I especially enjoyed the scene where King and Velvet are on the sofa and you…
Up from the Depths (1979)
of course this film is not Oscar worthy, it’s meant to be seen while under the influence of miller highlife and columbian gold! this kind of movie is that made going to the drive-in so much damn fun back in…
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
Actress Lynda Carter, a.k.a. TVs’ ‘Wonder Woman’, makes her film debut alongside the legendary Marjoe Gortner in this sleazy and pleasing trash flick. She plays Bobbie Jo Baker, a carhop who hooks up with Gortners’ easygoing charmer Lyle Wheeler. She…
Battle of the Amazons (1973)
An extremely bad movie about warrior women which still manages to entertain from the sheer absurdity of it all. That, and a couple of the fight scenes are pretty good too, especially the huge, long-expected battle at the end which…
Wanda, the Wicked Warden (1977)
You have Jess Franco directing and Lina Romay starring, is there a more sure guarantee of a high sleaze content? You just can’t ask for much more. However, this movie doesn’t approach the pure, unadulterated, in your face sleaze of…
Humongous (1982)
This Canadian slasher is definitely one of the better slashers of the 1980s and is unjustifiably panned by everyone. When HUMONGOUS was released the biggest criticism against it was how predictable or derivative it was and it was dismissed as…
Robin-B-Hood (2006)
This action comedy flick starring Jackie Chan and Louis Koo as burglars Thongs and Octopus, whose job is to kidnap a baby. Later on, the baby develops strong paternal feelings to the two crooks, leading them to play the role…
Crazy Mama (1975)
Cloris Leachman was spinning off from a supporting role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to headlining her own series “Phyllis” in 1975, the same year this goofy road movie was released. Leachman stars as Melba Stokes, who runs a…
The Dallas Connection (1994)
The Dallas Connection is one of the later films from Andy Sidaris. Well, strictly speaking, this one was actually directed by his son Drew and produced by Andy. But you would be doing better than me if you noticed any…
Creature (1985)
If a film that gets trashed for ripping off ‘Alien’ (some around that period unfairly got lumped in that rip-off category, than really just riding on the back of it success), I always see this one being mentioned and to…