CHATO'S LAND (1972). Charles Bronson stars in this Michael Winner western (First time the two worked together, I believe) as a Native American forced to shoot an harassing Sheriff in self defense then being tracked by a Lynch mob, consisting of bitter ex-Civil War vets and foul tempered locals. In fact, it's almost a small mob after one guy. Very much in the Peckinpah western mode with violent very asocial characters that help their demise almost as CB does. ***

Spoorloos, 1988, 8/10

Director: George Sluizer



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Pin..., 1988. 7/10

Director: Sandor Stern

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Wanted to watch 1970's gritty crime films. I love the look of them especially NYC. The streets are dirty and the stores and buildings have a certain charm for me. So here is what I came up with.


Across 110th Street, 1972. 7/10


Director: Barry Shear


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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, 1974. 8/10

Director: Joseph Sargent

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The Panic in Needle Park , 1971. 7/10

Director: Jerry Schatzberg

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Trancers 3
 

I just looked back at this one, and it is also more amazing than I remember it. Jack Deth really had his work cut out for him, and he might very well have met his match several times if it weren't for his great help showing up at the right time to save him. His at the time new ally, Shark, is even more bad- ass than I remembered him, and really handled the store robbers and the trancers like a boss. The corrupt scientist who made his own army of trancers with his serrum is really something else, and his trancers were a lot more powerful and unpredictable than most of the others. The action, fx, and staged combat is also amazing with its picture quality not looking like just a B-movie at all. Fans of the Trancers and Dollman franchises should love this one for sure. ::cool::

DEATHTRAP (1982). Black comedy about Playwright Michael Caine who is in a slump receiving an excellent script from Student Christopher Reeve and the steps He takes to procure it. Some really good scenes, but a couple involving a Psychic neighbor puts a big Hammerlock on the film. **1/2

I liked this a lot. Saw it a couple times. It's a fun mystery.

Pumpkinhead, 1988. 8/10


Director: Stan Winston


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ZOMBI 2, I MEAN ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS!?
 

I have recently been going through my Italian horror collection starting with Dario Argento and the three mothers trilogy (thoughts on Inferno anyone?) and also watching Fulci's films; starting with Zombie Flesh Eaters (Zombi 2) the first zombie film I saw before the original Dawn of the Dead and so has a special place in my heart (before the flick tries to eat it) as my "first" ;)

Evil Dead II - A great mix of goofy and scary. A fun ride that still holds up, or at least for me.

Deathrow Gameshow 6-7/10

Crazy “horror”/comedy.

Haven't seen Inferno or The Mother of Tears yet, but the cinematography looks good. I saw Suspiria, which is probably his best. Saw Opera not that long ago, not really impressed. For Fulci, Zombi 2 is cool, and Beyond is wild.

One of the best for sure!

TNT JACKSON (1974). Campy actioneer of one Foxy Mama (PLAYBOY'S Jean Bell) going to Hong Kong searching for her brother with all kinds of crazy things happening. OK for what it is with an early performance by Stan Shaw (BOYS IN COMPANY C, THE GREAT SANTINI, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES) and one tough scene of Jean fighting a whole room full of thugs in her undies! **1/2

Blacula
Scream Blacula Scream

Really like BLACULA. Haven't seen SCREAM since 1973. For my Birthday party, I wanted to check SBS, but the majority of the guests wanted to see TORA TORA TORA.

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This Brian DePalma film has SO MANY things going for it...a wonderful score by Pino Donaggio, impressive camera work (especially the Museum scene), many actors I like such as Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon (became a director in later years, especially for DEXTER), Dennis Franz (hard to believe He was ever that trim or had so much hair) and Angie Dickinson, who is way sexy in here, Body Double or no.
The big problem is there are SO MANY references to PSYCHO...an unhappy Woman taking a desperate and foolish step for happiness, a battle of wills between Men and Women, if You will, Showers playing significant part in the story, an abrasive Authority figure, Amateur detecting (although Nancy and Keith are Einstein compared to Vera Miles and John Gavin) and a tidy wrap-up at the end to explain the why's. Also, the spilt screen was outdated by SISTERS (1973), so why use it again?
Despite my quibbles, DTK is a good film, but You will probably like it more if You haven't seen PSYCHO. ***

Tunnels 1/10

One of those movies where the name and cover is great..

I liked Dressed to Kill a lot. I think it had some pretty scary scenes. Thinking particularly where the lightening flashes revealing the killer behind. Can't remember now if that was a window shot? I think it was in the psychiatrist's office? ::big grin:: The first time I saw it, I was so young, I didn't think it was silly. But seeing it a few years ago, it has some wackiness, probably by any period standards. So, was that a body double or the real Angie?

I don't mind the similarities to Psycho actually. It seemed and felt different to me.

IT'S ALIVE III : ISLAND OF THE ALIVE 1987

Monstrous babies are sent to live on a deserted island. 5 years later, they have a reason to make their way back to the mainland.

The movie was a laughable but fun. Loved Michael Moriarty in it.

From what I've read, the only real Angie is when she gets up from the bed after her tryst, the shower was a PENTHOUSE model and if You look closely in the long shots of the shower door, You can see it's not Angie. She had shown all in BIG BAD MAMA, about 5-6 years before DTK, but maybe she didn't want to do it for DePalma. Have read she was annoyed at him for "Spilling the Beans" as it were.

JACKSON COUNTY JAIL (1976). After problems at her Hollywood job and catching her Tom catting husband (Howard Hesseman::shocked::!), Yvette Mimiuex decides to start fresh in New York City. Sadly, instead of flying, she decides to drive cross country and once she gets into a Southern state (naturally), is when the trouble starts.
Yvette is pretty good here, especially in the pivotal jail scene where she really is fighting back and some nice appearances by Robert Carradine and Mary Woronov. Also, close to 20 years before winning an Oscar for pursuing THE FUGITIVE, Tommy Lee Jones is a fugitive! ***

Maniac Cop - I have fond memories of this one. Based on those memories, I expected a higher bodycount, but still fun. And seeing Richard Roundtree and Bruce Campbell is always fun.

Also left wondering about the voice of the guy playing the mayor. Is that his real voice or was he asked to put on a caricature of a NY accent?

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Dracula A.D. 1972

52 PICK UP (1986). Mean spirited and foolish drama of Big Shot Roy Scheider, who despite being very successful and married to Ann-Margret::love::::love::, decides for whatever reason to play footsie with Kelley Preston (attractive, but I think she improved as she aged) and ends up dealing with a trio of lowlifes. Some good performances, especially by scary Clarence Williams 111 ( TALES FROM THE HOOD and Linc from TV's THE MOD SQUAD) and Vanity isn't bad either, but just drags and when I start watching the timer to see how much longer there is to go, not a good sign. **

Wow, never even heard of 52 Pick Up before. ::big grin::

Dead Ringers, 1988. 8/10


Director: David Cronenberg


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Found it totally boring.

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Have heard how bad this is for years, but actually found this quite enjoyable albeit silly and also noticed that 1979's LOVE AT FIRST BITE has a lot of the same plot twists. Dracula (played by a slumming David Niven) has fallen on hard times financially and has to give tours in his castle. A group of PLAYBOY models visits and Drac hopes some blood from them can revive his long dead wife. It does indeed, but one of the models is black and as a result, Vampira comes back as lovely Teresa Graves (from LAUGH-IN and GET CHRISTIE LOVE!). Can the Count return her to her normal appearance?
Am sure a lot of people would see racism in that, but to Me, it seems like Drac just wants the appearance he's accustomed to, similar to LAFB when George Hamilton is disappointed in how the woman who looks like his former love is a total party animal.
Aside from Teresa, many lovelies like Linda Hayden (TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA, MADHOUSE), Veronica Carlson (DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED, one of her last roles), Jennie Linden (Hammer's NIGHTMARE), Andrea Allan and Catherine Shirriff . Captures the flavor of early 70's London and even includes a trip to a PLAYBOY club with photos of past Playmates Janice Pennington (1971, later on THE PRICE IS RIGHT) and Marilyn Cole. ***

Frightmare, 1974. 8/10


Director: Pete Walker


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Deep Red, 1975. 8/10

Director: Dario Argento


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BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980). This STAR WARS/THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN hybrid is quite goofy with a lot of scenes that You probably saw in SW/STAR TREK (and some parts had Me convinced the creators of RED DWARF liked this), but is a lot of fun. Villanous John Saxon (NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, ENTER THE DRAGON) threatens to destroy a peaceful planet, so a young lad (Richard Thomas from THE WALTON'S::shocked::) sets out to find some professional fighters to help aid the inhabitants. This has a great cast; George Peppard (THE A TEAM), Darlene Fluegel (TOUGH GUYS), Robert Vaughn (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE MAN FROM UNCLE), Sam Jaffee (GUNGA DIN, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL), Jeff Corey (LADY IN A CAGE), Marta Kristen::love:: (TERMINAL ISLAND, TV's LOST IN SPACE) and Sybil Danning::love::::love::, whose costume defies the laws of gravity and nature.
Some early work for James Cameron, Gale Ann Hurd, James Horner and Bill Paxton, who aided on carpentry/painting. ***

Loved it back when I saw it on TV as a kid. All the alien helpers are very different looking with different ships. Very cool.

That's the other James Cameron movie I need to check out. I recently saw Galaxy of Terror.

The Animal Trilogy



The Bird with the Crystal Plumage , 1970. 9/10


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The Cat o' Nine Tails, 1971. 7/10

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Four Flies on Grey Velvet, 1971. 8/10


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The Black Cat, 1981. 7/10


Director: Lucio Fulci

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Death Walks on High Heels, 1971. 7,5/10

Director: Luciano Ercoli


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Death Smiles on a Murderer, 1973. 7/10

Director: Joe D'Amato (as Aristide Massaccesi)

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Macabre, 1980. 8/10


Director: Lamberto Bava


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From a Whisper to a Scream, 1987. 7,5/10


Director: Jeff Burr


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MAUSOLEUM (!983). After her Mother's funeral, a Young girl enters the family tomb ("Nomed"-get it?::confused::) and is afflicted by the family curse which doesn't rear its head until she is thirty and then all sorts of odd things happen.
While the premise of this isn't bad, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Many pointless scenes and a ending that leaves us scratching our heads. Bobbee Bresee is our Scream Queen and like many actresses in that category, a lot of nudity is shown, but her acting leaves a lot to be desired. Also, an appearance by LaWanda Page (Aunt Esther from SANFORD AND SON) who is funny, but the role is very typical of scared Black servant, which went out of vogue after Mantan Moreland.
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when Bobbie's husband (played by Marjoe Gortner from EARTHQUAKE and BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW) is killed by her transforming into a demon and doing the job with slobbering biting boobies-Honest! *1/2

Sold! Can't believe i havent come across this before. ::cool::

MOLLY AND LAWLESS JOHN (1972). OK western that has potential, but is too glacial to leave an impact. An unhappy/unappreciated wife (Vera Miles from PSYCHO) of the Town Sheriff (John Anderson, also from PSYCHO) falls for the sweet talk of a prisoner (Sam Elliot from FROGS), helps him escape and rides off to what she hopes will be a happier life.
As said, decent premise, but Molly (Vera) is a serious dingbat at times and Sam's character is a first rate Shitheel (although Sam was serious eye candy at the time...my wife likes MALJ quite a bit, especially for the shirtless bits). Also in the cast are Clu Gulagher (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) and lovely Cynthia Myers (PLAYBOY, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) in her last film. **1/2

Those are all amazing! They are even better than a lot of the more known serial killer films out there! The Black Cat from 1934 with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and Dario Argento's take on The Black Cat in Two Evil Eyes would make two more good additions to that list.

PAPER MOON (1973). Decent road movie of a small time Con Man (Ryan O'Neill) driving a little girl (His real life daughter Tatum, who won an Oscar for her role) -who may be his daughter- across the Midwest to relatives. Along the way, she joins him in the scams and proves to be equal if not better than Him.
Not as groundbreaking as back then, but wonderful B/W cinema photography by Lazlo Kovacs and a good supporting cast including Madeline Kahn, Randy Quaid, John Hillman and Art Ellison, who was the Minister in CARNIVAL OF SOULS. ***