Schoolgirls in Chains (1973)
“Schoolgirls in Chains” is a “Psycho” inspired – make that VERY “Psycho” inspired – sordid melodrama about two brothers, Frank (Gary Kent), a brooding creep, and John (John Parker), a simple minded man-child. They’re dominated by their overbearing mother (Greta…
Christmas and The Movies: A Tradition Suppressed
No matter what you think of this city for the balance of the year, New York at Christmas has a deep magic to it. Being a movie fan the luster shines brighter because I can experience first hand the experience…
Autopsy (1975)
Armando Crispino’s `Autopsy’ is an authentic GialloÂ…but slightly more complex and diverse than your ordinary experiences in this field of horror. The constant mix of mystery, suicides and twisted characters makes this film one of the most ambitious Italian flicks…
The Dead Are Alive (1972)
Jason Porter (Alex Cord) is an alcoholic photographer working on an archaeological dig in an Etruscan tomb from the 5th century bc, he has a history of mental illness and violence which seen him locked up in a New York…
Pigs (1973)
Produced & directed by legendary character actor Marc Lawrence – known for his many gangster roles – the somewhat obscure curiosity “Daddy’s Deadly Darling” (a.k.a. “Pigs” and “The 13th Pig”) is nothing if not interesting. It’s actually kind of appealing…
Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
Sonny Stein, shark conservationist and reclusive oddball is seduced by the wife of a wealthy entrepreneur and tricked into giving up his finned friends for scientific research and sideshow entertainment. But when Sonny discovers the ruse, he uses his mystical…
Fight for Survival (1977)
Polly Shang-Kwan is Chi Po Chun, a woman who is determined to study kungfu at Shaolin temple. She will not settle for any other teaching. I’m not sure why. Two rookie monks who haven’t started their kungfu training yet (still…
Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Daleks-Invasion-Earth:2150 AD, is an enormous improval on the preceeding film. It is more exciting and enjoyable and there is an impending sense of fear throughout the movie wich was evident in the Television series around this time. Peter Cushing gets…
Hannie Caulder (1971)
Raquel Welch stars as the title character in this lively, oddball Western that alternates between a serious tone and a comedic one. Ms. Welch, who looks MIGHTY fine throughout, has her life forever altered by the villainous Clemens brothers. They…
Horror of the Zombies (1974)
This film was my first introduction to the severely underrated Blind Dead mythos. Despite their age, they stand as some of the most hauntingly eerie and frightening horror films of all time. The film centers (for its first half) around…
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Amicus horror anthology film (the last of seven) starring Peter Cushing as the owner of an antique shop who sells items to different rotten people. Each of the film’s stories are tied to these people. The first story features David…
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Instead of Goliath saving Babylon from evil rulers – it is Hercules that saves the people from an evil, nasty, wicked sorceress. Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963) and this film are about the same, compatible with the strongman…
Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972)
Paul Naschy, the werewolf sensation of Spain, gets to strut his stuff and expand as an actor in this Leon Klimovsky film. Sure, we’re use to seeing Paul play Waldemar by now but he gets to branch out and show…
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
‘The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue’ is possibly the most underrated zombie movie ever made. It’s certainly one of the most interesting as it’s an Italian/Spanish co-production, but curiously set in England, and it predates both ‘Dawn Of The Dead’…
Chinese Godfather (1974)
THE CHINESE GODFATHER Is a typical kung fu vehicle from Hong Kong, neither better nor worse than a hundred others you could mention. It has a fairly involving storyline which keeps you watching despite the predictability of it all, although…
Cheering Section (1977)
As any aficionado of 70’s cheerleader movies can tell you, the “genre” can really be broken up into two parts–the earlier cheerleader movies. that followed the original “The Cheerleaders”, which were pretty much pure softcore sex romps aimed at dirty…
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave (1976)
An oriental Kung Fu expert named Wong Han (played by Bruce K.L. Lea) travels to America at the invite of his long-time friend and former Kung Fu school training partner only to learn his friend is now dead, apparently the…
Brutal Boxer (1972)
Also starring the Infamous Chen Sing, veteran kung fu action star of many 70’s martial arts classics from Hong Kong. Most Definitely one of the BLOODIEST kung fu films of the genre. It most certainly lives up the the title….
The Uncanny (1977)
Wilbur Gray visits Frank Richards so he can get his book published. This book Gray has written are about cats. Cats watching everyone and controlling everything. He mentions the stories in the book are all true, and gives three examples….
Alice in Acidland (1969)
The recent revival of Grindhouse-cinema (courtesy of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez) thankfully brought some lost and presumed missing horror and exploitation gems of the late 60’s and 70’s back in to the spotlights, but inevitably it also helped bringing…