Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
Given a title like this, it’s a cinch no one will take this road movie seriously except for a few of us who hate seeing a decent family being harrassed by some mindless hot rodders intent on making dangerous moves…
The Bride and the Beast (1958)
Laura Carson (Charlotte Austin) has just married big game hunter Dan Fuller (Lance Fuller.) On her wedding night she finds herself strangely attracted to Spanky, a gorilla gone bad that Dan keeps locked up in a basement cage. Before you…
Women Without Men (1956)
In their quest to nab a spy for the Soviet Bloc named “Nick Randall” (Jim Davis), the American State Department decides to follow his girlfriend, “Angela Booth” (Beverly Michaels) to a secret rendezvous the two had planned a few months…
City Across the River (1949)
hile the noir cycle sensed, in its oblique way, most of the tremors affecting America in the post-war years, one subject that remains conspicuous in its absence is juvenile delinquency. Though alienated youth cropped up now and again in…
Black Caesar (1973)
In 1953, the delinquent teenager Tommy is raised in Harlem in a period of a racist American society. When he grows up, he becomes a hitman (Fred Williamson) working for the Italian mafia. When he steals accounting ledgers from the…
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…