The Ghost Galleon (1974)
Two models, Cathy and Lorraina, are (for some not quite clear reason) sent out to sea on a boat for a publicity campaign of some stunt. They soon come along an old-time galleon in the midst of darkness and fog….
The Space Children (1958)
The children of some US rocket scientists come under the spell of a strange alien being that seems to want them to sabotage the nations defense! Another B thriller from director Jack Arnold (who directed the classic Creature from the…
Chato’s Land (1972)
Released in 1972, “Chato’s Land” is typically written off as lame Spaghetti Western with Charles Bronson but, actually, it’s a UK production shot in Spain, Mexico and Arizona. And, secondly, there’s more depth here than the one-dimensional racist-revenge plot might…
Black Samson (1974)
Rockne Tarkington is Samson, a supercool clubowner and guardian of the ghetto. Samson runs his topless bar with his ladyfreind as his main dancer. He also keeps the streets clean and keeps the bad element out. The bad element, the…
The Killer Shrews (1959)
The story is intriguing: a scientist experiments with rodents, who turn into giant mutants, running loose on a island of seven people, including his daughter. When their food supply runs out, the creatures turn cannibalistic. Ingrid Goude is good as…
Foxtrap (1986)
Action star Williamson was trying to give up his Jesse Crowder character and start a new character called Fox. He drives a car with a licence plate saying “DA FOX” ! Funny scene in the beginning where kids try to…
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
Wild and untamed youth of the 1950’s USA is the story in this movie about young Jill Winters, Norma Eberhardt, who leaves home and school for the big time in a life of petty crime. That lifestyle leads to her…
Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
Erotic-horror from French master Jean Rollin about two fugitive girls (Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent) who are on the run from the law and end up in a creepy castle where many young women are chained in the basement. The girl’s…
20,000 Eyes (1961)
Dan (Gene Nelson) is a fast-talking and conscience-impaired investment counselor. He always seems to have a scheme up his sleeves and this appears to finally coming home to roost when he plays fast and easy with a mobster’s money! The…
The Immoral Three (1975)
Three sexy women, raised separately as orphans, are summoned to a funeral, where they learn that they are in fact sisters and that the dead woman was their mother. The latter had been a secret agent the notorious Double…
The Devil Witch (1973)
Valentina is a photographer who, one night, has a run-in with a mysterious woman named Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga asks to borrow something from Valentina, promising to give it back the next morning. (I have no idea what the thing…
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
A demonstration that a lot can be achieved on a small budget by imaginative filmmakers. The intensity of this movie took me by surprise. I had expected something more plodding, along the lines of Hammer fare from the same period….
Scarecrows (1988)
SCARECROWS is one of those films that never seemed to get much recognition when it came out, yet it is one of the best horror movies ever made!! A group of bank-robbers must land their hijacked cargo plane in a…
Cannibals in the Streets (1980)
Maybe the fact that this particular cannibal movie wasn’t directed by one of the usual suspects (Lenzi, Deodato) is what makes it so tolerable. Saxon plays a soldier who goes back to some south Asian country to rescue his POW…
Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)
I have to admit, this movie was not as bad as I thought it would’ve been. Now, it’s no Dario Argento, but there is this underlying dark theme of witchcraft, occult, the black arts and the low budget quality is…
Coonskin (1975)
Coonskin is a very rare treat for blaxploitation film goers alike. First of all, if you can’t get past the title of the film, you probably won’t make it past the five minute mark on the movie. This is an…
Concrete Blondes (2013)
Screwball comedies have been around for decades. There are many good ones, and, it stands to reason, that there are as many (if not more) bad ones. I’m not particular fond of them; I don’t dislike them, but I do…
RUSH: Cinema Strangiato 2019
While growing up on B Movies in the 70s and 80s there was a Canadian band emerging and packing venues throughout Canada and the U.S. After four decades it appears the band is retiring, but there’s still a chance to…
Slip Sliding Away: The Loss Of An American Movie Audience
Business is down. No matter what NATO proclaims, the box office globally is on a downward slope. This week I spoke to a couple of operators, both large and small. They all told me that the box office was hovering…
Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Hard to find but worth the search! This movie was filmed in 1967 and could easily have been made by Dragnet’s own Jack Webb. The over-the-top hippiness of this movie is what makes it a classic. If you have ever…