Deadly China Doll (1973)
This is an early Angela Mao flick that might be the first that wasn’t made by Golden Harvest. The quality of this movie is several notches below that of ones made by Golden Harvest. First it’s obviously made in the…
Popcorn (1991)
Maggie, a film student at University, continuously wakes up with one bad dream after another involving some bearded wacko, which she records about on a tape, so to come up with some sort of screenplay. Her film teacher and fellow…
Night of the Lepus (1972)
The film begins with stock footage of rabbit invasions in Australia and elsewhere–then the scene switches to Arizona where a rancher has a huge epidemic of bunnies devouring his land. He asks his friend, DeForrest Kelley if he knows of…
At the Earth’s Core (1976)
Of all the E.R.Burroughs screen adaptations that Doug McClure starred in the 70s, this is the stagiest of all. It’s so stagy, you can taste the dust of the sets and feel the heath of the lamps above. The thing…
Donovan’s Brain (1953)
Donovan’s Brain is one of the better known and highly respected science fiction films of the fifties, and it’s plain to see why. The scant special-effects requirements, serious tone, high-profile cast, and human-interest driven plot would have put it in…
Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)
Science fiction has long held an honorable place in the entertainment industry. Gulliver’s Travels was written as a satire on Society in Swift’s period, but its theme is essentially science fiction. The books of Jules Verne are noteworthy for featuring…
Dancing With The Dragon: Hollywood’s Crush On China
We have been more than aware of the fact that Hollywood longs for complete and total access to the Chinese market, and it is also well known that the Chinese aspire to acquire a large part of the US Movie…
White Lightning Road (1967)
With WHITE LIGHTNIN’ ROAD, writer-director-producer-photographer-editor-actor Ron Ormond created the ultimate low-budget, 1960’s Southern drive-in car racing film. Ormond’s mid-60s output is quite impressive (see my reviews of GIRL FROM TOBACCO ROW, FORTY ACRE FEUD, and PLEASE DON’T TOUCH ME), working…
The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
Count Yorga (Robert Quarry) is living in a small town outside of San Francisco, where he becomes involved with an Orphanage, primarily as a source of victims. A tragic event leads persons from the orphanage to contact the local police,…
Eyeball (1975)
A group of American tourists is visiting Spain. A red-cloaked killer is with them (or following them). The killings are nasty and the victims always have one of their eye balls removed. Right in the beginning of the film there’s…
Satan’s Cheerleaders (1977)
A group of buxom, nubile, well-curved cheerleaders are off to a competing town to cheer at a rival football game, but when the vehicle driven by the charmingly naive Ms. Johnson breaks down along the way, Billy the janitor picks…
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Frankenstein vs Baragon is one of the most under rated of the Toho Series. It is a highly entertaining film and one of only two Toho Films to star actor Nick Adams. Adams adds something special to the Toho Films…
Delirium (1979)
At the end of the day, movie producers are just people with an eye for business. There is very little that separates a great producer from a great sales manager. Both are looking to make money and both will examine…
Get Crazy (1983)
“Get Crazy” is as ’80s as a Flock Of Seagulls haircut or a Ms. Pac Man machine, but when people talk about the decade, for some strange reason it’s off everyone’s radar screen. No one mentions it when you talk…
Savage Streets (1984)
Linda Blair was at the height of her 80’s trash exploitation fame when she starred in this delectably down and dirty grindhouse sleaze howler as Brenda, an over-aged high school “bad girl” senior who’s the leader of the tough all-girl…
Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
The film begins in Paris , 1973 during peace talks to end the Vietnam War.Later on, Riverside , California, five years later , a mild-mannered teacher named Booker (Chuck Norris) keeps his previous life as leader of a Vietnam commando…
Nightwing (1979)
This adaptation of the Martin Cruz Smith novel (scripted by Steve Shagan, Bud Shrake, and Smith himself) is actually pretty faithful to the source material. Ultimately, it’s not quite as satisfying as Smiths’ story, where the characters were given more…
Super Dude (1974)
Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude, is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey.This was the last film directed by Hathaway. The film falls in the…
They Call Her One Eye (1973)
THRILLER is a very well done rape/revenge film in the same vein as LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT or I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE. The storyline is different but the results are the same… Girl is raped as a child…
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974)
James Iglehart (Randy Black in “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls”) is front and centre for this amiable, goofy Filipino martial arts action flick. Iglehart plays Cal Jefferson, American prizefighter honeymooning in Asia with his new bride (Shirley Washington). While…