Commandos (1968)
“Commandos” was released in 1968 and has been in circulation on public domain home video (and now DVD) in the United States and abroad since the early 1980s. A great widescreen print has now surfaced on DVD, one from the…
Dirty Heroes (1967)
Possibly the best that I’ve watched of the “Euro-Cult” variations on Hollywood’s war-themed spectaculars of the 1960s (ditto with respect to the films of director De Martino); that said, its overall quality is only comparable to second-tier legitimate efforts like,…
The Angry Hills (1959)
The Angry Hills casts Robert Mitchum as an American foreign correspondent embedded to use today’s terminology with the British troops who are evacuating Greece after the German invasions blitzkrieg catches them flat footed in the summer of 1941. The Germans…
A Professional Gun (1968)
An Mexican outlaw, with the help of a hired Polish gunslinger go out to make an massive rebellious army to take back what they believe is an poorly treated Mexico that is run by crooked and rich upper-class folk. So…
Inferno (1980)
An American college student in Rome and his sister in New York investigate a series of killings in both locations where their resident addresses are the domain of two covens of witches. As I understand by the definition H. P….
The Doll Squad (1973)
Ted V Mikels is a kitsch director whose best work rises above practical efforts at criticism. He produced the films most highly regarded amongst a coterie of fans over just few years: ‘The Astro Zombies’ (1969), ‘The Corpse Grinders’ (1972),…
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later (1975)
A very funny Western about some roguish adventurers who attempt to rob a fortune of a rescue . Italian-Spanish co-production full of action , exaggerated characters, shootouts and lots of humor . This Spaghetti Western concerns about robbing a valuable…
The Legion of Decency
“The recent story and photos of Jane Russell in ‘The Outlaw’ bring back memories of what it was like for a Catholic boy to attempt to see a movie in the 1960s. “There was an organization called the Legion of…
Honey Britches (1971)
Another almost unknown ’70s “B” cl-ass-sick from Florida.Shot in Dade City for about $5.37.John Carradine has been cut into the film for narration and has nothing to do with the plot at all,a lot like ‘the Smoker’ in “Blood Freak”.It’s…
Hideous! (1997)
When sewage workers serendipitously discover a discarded and deformed fetus, several collectors of medical oddities vie for possession of it. Subsequently, the fetus, along with others in a collection, come back to life and begin wreaking havoc. The plot offers…
The Night Fighters (1960)
The IRA in Northern Ireland during the last world war was in a strange boat. Since, as is said in the Near East, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” there was naturally a certain positive attitude towards Nazi…
The Deadly Spawn (1983)
I saw this movie in the mid ’80s, renting it for a high-school slumber-party I dubbed `Dusk to Dawn’ (a marathon of B-movie horror flicks). My jaw dropped – this was intense stuff! I recently watched it again and was…
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Kansas Pacific” is another building of a railroad picture that turns out to be quite good. It was produced by Allied Artists on a larger than normal budget for an “A-minus” or “B-plus western. It was shot in color and…
“Prom Night” (1980)
“Prom Night” emerged at the beginning of a decade, which also marked a decade for the rise and fall of slasher films as we know them. Along with “Terror Train” and “The Fog”, “Prom Night” is one of Jamie Lee…
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
By the time 1981 had rolled around, the horror genre had gained much momentum with holiday-themed slasher flicks such as “Halloween” and “Friday The 13th.” Never ones to shy away from a good cash-cow, Paramount (the same company to bring…
From Hell to Victory (1979)
Although “From Hell to Victory” is definitely the stronger of Lenzi’s two back-to-back epics, the storyline is completely convoluted and a complete rip-off of the previous film. In August, 1939, six friends meet in Paris and vow to reunite every…
The Great Silence (1968)
Twenty five years before Clint Eastwood made his departure from the western genre with his violent, cynical epic “Unforgiven”, Sergio Corbucci had already treated us with one of the most dark and unforgiving tales of vengeance violence and that has…
Barquero (1970)
Lee Van Cleef had already become an international star late in his career, following his success in the Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns, when he starred in “Barquero”, made in 1970. The film is clearly influenced by the Spaghetti tradition, most…
Ringo; Face of Revenge (1967)
Ravioli/Chorizo Western with a prolific Italian director and two main actors from Spaghetti . Entertaining Spaghetti Western with shootouts , action ,violence and amusement . The story is similar to previous classic ¨The treasure of the Sierra Madre¨ but realized…
Gun Crazy (1950)
Bart Tare (John Dall) had a fascination with guns from an early age, even getting sent to a reform school at the age of 14 for yet another gun related incident. Back home now as an adult, after a stint…