At the Earth’s Core (1976)
This engaging adaptation is a special version of the Edgar Rice Burroughs adventure yarn . There are rip-roaring action, spirit of adventure, derring-do, thrills, and results to be quite entertaining. It’s a brief fun with average special effects , passable…
The Black Klansman (1966)
This is a weird one by all accounts. Shortly after the so-called civil rights movement succeeded in forcing through legislation ostensibly to desegregate the country – in practice the Deep South – there is a backlash in Hicksville, USA which…
The Black Klansman (1966)
This is a weird one by all accounts. Shortly after the so-called civil rights movement succeeded in forcing through legislation ostensibly to desegregate the country – in practice the Deep South – there is a backlash in Hicksville, USA which…
Leadership Or The Absence There Of
Trueman Rembusch, the man behind the Syndicate Theater circuit was a more than interesting fellow. He wanted to be heard by the studios, and he wanted to be loudly heard. In order to achieve this he made sure that he…
Maya (1989)
This Italian horror film delivers a typically stylish atmosphere and thrilling scenes to make it a pleasant experience for every friend of Italian horror films. Director Avallone tells a chilling story about an old Maya curse that breaks loose. Several…
The Venetian Affair (1966)
Based on a Helen McInnes novel, none of which made successful films, it sports an interesting, if not great cast: Robert Vaughn, Ed Asner, Boris Karloff, Elke Sommer, and Karl Boehm. The most interesting things about it are Karloff and…
Ruby (1977)
he title of this film and Piper Laurie’s presence clearly derive from CARRIE (1976) though I was misled into thinking that Ruby was the possessed child rather than the mother. While I’m not sure the EXORCIST trappings were really…
Sonny and Jed (1972)
This film starts in spectacular fashion as a gang of rebels gun down the entire congregation of a church, young and old, including the priest. The barbaric nature of this opening continues throughout “A Town Called Hell”. The majority of…
Dark Intruder (1965)
Leslie Nielsen is energetic, to say the least, as Bret Kingsford, ostensibly a playboy to everyone he knows in late 19th century San Francisco. But there is more to him than meets the eye. He is an expert on the…
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
In one of his very best vehicles, Chuck Norris plays Texas Ranger J.J. McQuade, a solitary man with his own way of doing things. In this tale he must do battle with a nefarious arms dealer, Rawley Wilkes (David Carradine)….
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Dean Stockwell (sporting a ‘fro and looking like a sinister disco king) visits Miskatonic University in hopes of “borrowing” the original Necronomicon. It seems that Dean is the grandson of a powerful wizard, and the illegitimate son of a woman…
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
What can I say. “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf” features a largely unknown cast (which might explain why the acting in this movie is so weak) in a rather cheesy movie that doesn’t really seem to know whether it wants…
Daddy-O (1958)
Truck driver, singer and high trouser enthusiast Daddy-o is a real hip cat. He hangs out at a pizza parlour where he acts moody, sings deep songs like rock candy and dances aggressively with women while repeatedly pointing out to…
Brutal Boxer (1972)
The Thai Guy the previous review asked about was World Boxing Champion 1960 Hon San Fung (champion in Asia, I presume). And he was hired to play the role eventually given to Mars, cuz he hurted badly the poor Mars…
Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
The second outing concerns about Shaft , the African-American independent eye-private . This time confronts sinister mobsters , battling black (again Bumpy, Moses Gunn) and white (Mascolo , Joe Santos) gangs . Fiercy Shaft finds a dead friend , a…
J.D.’s Revenge (1976)
Glynn Turman plays Isaac “Ike” Hendricks, an amiable law student in New Orleans. One night, in the company of his girl and his friends, he decides to undergo hypnosis, just for the hell of it. However, this enables a restless…
Savage! (1973)
The story of a CIA(or some kind of military special forces adviser) played by James Iglehart as Savage set in some south east Asian country(read:Vietnam) who first helps the dictatorship and then realizes his mistake and turns on his former…
Ghost Town (1988)
“Ghost Town” follows Langley, a policeman who arrives in a remote ghost town in search of a missing woman (Catherine Hickland). The town seems to still have some residents lurking about, however—ones from its nineteenth-century past. This offbeat horror-Western pastiche…
Building Outside of Hollywood
This morning I woke up (beats the alternative), was immediately sat upon by my two dogs, and made coffee in my handy dandy Keurig. As I sat down, I powered on my laptop, and tried to find out what I…
Jump (1971)
A word of warning to people who are considering watching this movie. Despite the reissue title (“Fury on Wheels”) and the video box art showing off speeding and crashing cars, there’s actually very little vehicular work on display in the…