Night of the Sharks – US poster
I’ll be discussing Night of the Sharks very soon in a new shark-themed regular article… I’m not kidding. For now, enjoy this poster, which features a sweaty Treat Williams, diamonds, an underwater plane and, of course, a motherfuckin’ shark. Movie: Night of the Sharks Director: Tonino Ricci Country of movie: Italy Year of movie: 1988...
My cat can eat a whole watermelon!
Last night, I re-watched one of my favourite comedies of all time – Rubin and Ed (1991). Sadly, this little seen film, directed by Trent Harris and starring Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman, has never received the kudos it deserves. In fact, an interview Glover gave on Letterman, in character as Rubin, has probably been...
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973)
Without a doubt, Hammer’s most consistent and successful franchise was their series of Frankenstein movies. Of their seven Frankenstein films – beginning with The Curse of Frankenstein in 1958 and finishing in 1973 with the focus of this article – only a single entry is bad. Unfortunately, that one bad film, The Evil of Frankenstein...
Bellas de Noche (1975)
Mexican cinema is full of little treasures. Mexploitation is great and a lot of people are aware of it, but the genre has an offspring that fewer people know about and that many wish to keep that way. Cine de ficheras, also known as sexicomedias, is a genre that sprouted in Mexico around 1976 and...
Fun and Fury (1992)
FUN AND FURY Hong Kong, 1992, Frankie Chan I enjoy going on Kungtriadsociety‘s YouTube page to watch the various, often seemingly randomly, selected clips from HK movies. The page features some classic action scenes from some of the greats, as well as a whole bunch of other stuff. It is a real treat to...
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005)
One of my favourite distributors is Third Window Films. I have them to thank for introducing me to Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007) and the films of Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions and Memories of Matsuko, to name a few). I recently picked up their collection of films by Satoshi Miki – a director who...
Jaws 2 – Polish poster
Damn you Polish movie posters. I love you all so much. It’s hard to pick a favourite, but the Polish poster for Jaws 2 (1978) is definitely somewhere in my top five. Movie: Jaws 2 Director: Jeannot Szwarc Country of movie: USA Year of movie: 1978 Country of poster: USA Year of poster: 1980 Poster...
Amazingly bad English speaking actors in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
You know you’re in for a bloody good laugh when an English speaking actor appears in a Godzilla film. Here’s my personal favourite moment of horrible gaijin acting from Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) – enjoy!
Strays (1991)
Some time ago, I was thinking about Inferno – my favourite film by Dario Argento – and the fact that the only scene that lets that movie down is Daria Nicolodi’s death. Nicolodi meets her end by the claws of several cats. The scene, unlike the rest of the film, is poorly executed to comical...
Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab – The Lions & The Cucumber from Vampyros Lesbos
‘Vampyros Lesbos’ was my introduction to cult movie phenom, Jess Franco. As a youngster, I was fed a steady supply of odd cinema by SBS television’s Des Mangan. Each week he would introduce a film from the odd side of the tracks to Australian movie geeks and we lapped them up. In a ‘rationalisation’, SBS,...
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976)
I think many fans of exploitation will agree that one of the best things about the genre is its ever-changing nature. When exploitation meets a culture, the result is always something new. In Brazil, exploitation met comedy and what came out was a low-budget hybrid genre known as Pornochanchada. In the 70s, theaters were full...
Death Hunt (1981)
DEATH HUNT USA, 1981, Peter Hunt Charles Bronson (RIP) is my favourite action star of all time. His stone face and dry delivery made for one of the most badass everyman action heroes going around. Whether it be war classics, westerns or sleazy 1980’s crime vehicles, Bronson was badass through and through. Even in...
