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Nov 28, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
Norma (1970)
From the golden days of drive-in sleaze and adult movie houses, comes this forgotten flick featuring all the "taboos": lesbianism, sadomasochism, nymphomania, cross dressing, orgies... yet, somehow manages to ineptly stay safe and boring enough to be considered tame by today's standards. Let's press play...
Legacy of Satan (1974)
The director of Deep Throat, Gerard Damiano, tries his hand at the satansploitation genre. Let's see how it goes...
Nov 26, 2017
The Body Beneath (1970)
Director Andy Milligan (The Ghastly Ones, Guru the Mad Monk, The Naked Witch) delivers a tale about a vampire family. Let's have a look...
With These Hands... (1972)
This British sexed up soap opera is actually directed by Don Chaffey, the man behind Jason and the Argonauts. While no stop-motion monster battles are to be found here, I'm still interested to see what Chaffey does with material that couldn't be more different.
The script is via Hazel Adair, best known as co-creator of the soaps Compact and the long-running Crossroads, tries her hand at a film noir/soap opera which deals with the taboo topic of homosexuality, still illegal in UK cinema.
Nov 24, 2017
Calendar Girls (1971)
Let's take a look at each seducer's story... and by "story" I mean weak premise to show nudity. Enjoy.
Magdalena, Possessed by the Devil (1974)
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Nov 23, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
Escape from Brothel (1992)
One of the best surprises I've had in a long time. I was looking for a martial arts flick and more-or-less randomly landed on this wonderfully odd, over-the-time, and genuinely absorbing Hong Kong action movie. Brimming with violence, nudity, and bad taste, the film also includes a touching romantic story and numerous comedic moments. A welcome breath of fresh air that I was not expecting. Let's dive in...
Nov 13, 2017
The Perverse Countess (1974)
In the French film, La comtesse perverse, Jesús Franco tries his hand at The Most Dangerous Game trope. Let's press play and see how he does...
Nov 10, 2017
Dracula: The Dirty Old Man (1969)
When an already terrible movie has to redub the entire film from scratch (because the original sound was so poor and didn't line up), it starts to transcend the "terrible" and enter into the murky waters of "train wreck". Add the fact that the film is beyond tasteless, mean spirited, and tacky to the fullest extent of the word, and you now have left the realm of "train wreck" and entered the realm of "dumpster fire".
So, if you're in the mood for something akin to burning garbage, then this may be for you. It's inept, poorly executed, and without any redeeming quality... other than its shameless bad taste which it revels in. When I saw it for the first time, I was slack jawed amazed..... when I saw it the fifth time, I realized that I obviously have very bad taste in films, because here I go again.
But, hey - tasteless incompetence can be fun when it's done wrong.... horribly, horribly wrong. And I love every minute of it. This is a 45+ year old dumpster fire that still smells like shit. Take a whiff and see for yourself, if you dare.
Nov 8, 2017
Nov 7, 2017
Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) has long been among my favorite horror comedies, so I just had to check out Mark Blankfield's sequel of sorts.
The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960)/ The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
These two Italian B&W vampire movies couldn't be more alike. Both involve a troupe of lovely showgirls stranded in a castle with a mysterious vampire lurking about.
I'd love to know the backstory to these two films, as to how such carbon copies came to exist. The actors, the directors, the writers, and the production companies are all different; yet, somehow, two identical films came to be in 1960. Enjoy.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
The Pit and the Pendulum is loosely based on Poe's story, with a few of his other works blended in. It's directed by Stuart Gordon, the guy behind such classics as Castle Freak (1995), Robot Jox (1989), From Beyond (1986) and Re-Animator (1985) - so, you know you're not in for a faithful Merchant-Ivory adaptation. Let's press play...
Nov 6, 2017
Nov 5, 2017
Nov 1, 2017
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (1969)
I'd heard this movie was one of the lost classics of British horror films, so I decided to give the film (called simply Girly in the States) a try. Considering it was directed by famed British horror veteran, Freddie Francis, I felt it had to be seen sooner or later. So, here goes.
Alice Goodbody (1974)
Among the tidal wave of adult oriented comedies comes Gosh! Or How To Succeed In Hollywood Without Really Acting (1974) AKA Alice Goodbody. It's a comedic take on making it in showbiz with plenty o' adult content. Let's have a look at this oft forgotten comedy, shall we?
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
I saw Blood and Black Lace back in the 1980s on VHS. It was my first introduction into the giallo, Italian horror genre, and quite frankly, it blew my mind. The colors are so vivid, every scene is framed beautifully, the styles, the music, the mood.... this is art even a lowbrow fella like me could appreciate.
Stormswept (1995)
I've seen a lot of bad movies in my forty-plus years of moviegoing - so, it takes a lot for me to be blown away by a film's badness. Stormswept is just such a film.... if it can even be called a film. It's recorded on a substance called "film" but that's where the similarities end. There's no plot, no direction, nothing. It seems like it wants to be a thriller or a horror movie at times, but it just can't muster enough energy to do it. Instead, it just meanders pointlessly through time.
The only reason ever to watch Stormswept is for boobs, of which Melissa Moore, Kathleen Kinmont and Lorissa McComas provide their fair share. But it's all pretty tame and nothing too special.
But then there's this one scene....
The Astro-Zombies (1968)
When I heard that Wayne Rogers of M*A*S*H* co-wrote this screenplay, I simply had to take a look. Let's press play...
À Gauche en Sortant de L'ascenseur (1988)
The French comedy (written and based on a play by Gérard Lauzier) stars Pierre Richard as Yann, an artist and bumbling loser. He's successful, living in a lavish sky-rise apartment, but he's got terrible luck (think Dudley Moore in "10"), which plays directly into the central misunderstanding.
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