Scars of Dracula – German poster
It was quite an easy choice deciding on a Christopher Lee themed poster to feature today. This much maligned film that ushered Lee's Dracula into the 70s is my favourite of Hammer's series, and Germany's gruesome poster does its vicious streak justice.
Tentacles – Japanese poster
Is it any real surprise that the best poster for a movie called Tentacles would come from Japan?
Tokusatsu TV Shows of the 70s: Tetsujin Tiger Seven & Spectreman
Out from the ashes I rise again, clawing myself out of the rubble. What will I do first? See my loved ones? Lay with a female of my own species? No. I will watch some tokusatsu TV shows from the 70s.
Worst Dracula ever
The highlight of Hot Vampire is Jim Parker's portrayal of Count Dracula. Parker is undoubtedly the worst Dracula ever shot on celluloid. He grins and stumbles his way through the film like a nervous high schooler with a camera shoved in his face.
Vampire Doll (1970)
Vampire Doll is brilliant stuff, and it's made all the more fascinating with the handful of cues it appropriates from western horror. But don't expect a traditional, bloodsucking tale. This is a kind of gloomy and spooky cinema unique to Japan.
Wise words from a man of science
I thoroughly enjoyed the bizarre hodgepodge of horror and softcore delivered by The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio. Below is a rather fantastic bit of inane scripting where a man of science gives some truly thought-provoking words of wisdom while a police detective looks at the camera nervously...
Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
Mako is one of the few post-Jaws efforts to stand as an entertaining shark film. At the centre of its success is its manic leading man. Richard Jaeckel ignores the film's low budget and dull aesthetics and, for some reason, gives this role everything he has.
John-Michael Howson embarrasses himself in Alvin Rides Again
This week's clip is one that perhaps only fellow Aussies will get a kick out of, because it features none other than John-Michael Howson — a familiar hammy face from Australian television. Howson camps it up something terrible and creates what is probably the movie's cringiest moment.
Deathcheaters (1976)
Stuntmen. Saboteurs. Hellraisers! With a tagline like that who in their right mind wouldn’t want a Deathcheaters DVD for a Christmas present? That’s exactly what I thought when I gave this to my ladyfriend for Christmas and subsequently forced her to watch it that night.
