La Furia de los Karatecas (1982)
Before we get into this movie — Santo’s last film — let’s discuss some lucha libre history. His career was winding down, particularly after facing off with death itself. In 1981, El Signo, Negro Navarro and El Texano began teaming as a young rudos trio named Los Misioneros de la Muerte (The Missionaries of Death) in […]
Santo en el Hotel de la Muerte (1963)
Federico Curiel had no idea how to make a Santo film. Instead of putting the Man in the Silver Mask front and center, he was a side character as normal people became the heroes. Nobody wanted that. However, this one does have a great poster and some atmosphere. The real stars of the movie are […]
Santo Contra los Zombis (1961)
Predating Night of the Living Dead by seven years, Santo was already battling zombies before it was cool, then played out. That’s because the police can’t deal with the shambling walking dead, so they turn to the man in the silver mask to drop elbows on them. There’s one harrowing scene where the zombies set an […]
Among Them (2020)
This Tarantino-esque crime thriller brew (the first, non-horror half of From Dusk Till Dawn) with a shot of whiskey comes from the husband and wife writing team of Kevin James Barry (who directs) and Evalena Marie (who stars). The noirish boilermaker bubbles with a bank robbery gone wrong as the two robbers take their unwanted […]
Santo vs. the She Wolves (1976)
This movie is astounding. It starts with a hairy old woman named Luba, queen of the werewolves, asking a young blonde woman to stab her and take her place as the new leader of the lycanthropes. As the wolves howl around her, we’re taken to an arena where Santo battles his foes. After the match, […]
Doglegs (2015)
I’ve been getting videotapes from Japan since the 1980’s. Before the internet, it wasn’t always so easy. You had to have a connection or you’d spend tons of money. And you’d never be sure what you’d get. One of my friends used to rent tapes from the Japanese grocery store and you had to try […]
Drive-In Friday: A-List Apocalypse
Oh, how we go on and on about the apocalypse on this site. Especially the films shot in Australia, Italy, and the Philippines. We love it so much that we waxed nostalgic — twice — about Michael Sopkiw’s and Sergio Martino’s 2019: After the Fall of New York (Sam and R.D reviews). We even went […]
Goldface, the Fantastic Superman (1967)
Bitto Albertini may be better known for Black Emanuelle and his two bonkers mondo efforts, Safari Rally and Naked and Cruel or his giallo Human Cobras or his other two Emanuelle films — Black Emanuelle 2 and Yellow Emanuelle. You may also know him for his sequel to Starcrash (Escape from Galaxy 3) or his Shanghai Joe sequel (Return of Shanghai Joe) or his […]
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