REPOST: NO FALSE METAL MOVIES WEEK: Trick or Treat (1986)
From the Publisher’s Desk with R.D Francis: We’re sadden to hear that Pete Way, the bassist for UFO, passed away this morning, August 14, at the age of 69. His death was the result of “life threatening injuries” he received in an accident earlier this summer. Pete WayAugust 7, 1951 – August 14, 2020 In […]
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
Released in the U.S. as Playgirl After Dark, this was Jayne Mansfield’s first film away from 20th Century Fox after her star started to dim. The studio loaned her out for this British drama, directed by Terence Young (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, The Klansman). While billed as “an exposé of ‘sexy, sordid Soho, England’s greatest […]
The Wayward Bus (1957)
Jayne Mansfield and Joan Collins in the same movie? My dreams do come true. Joan is Alice Chicoy, the owner of a restaurant that likes her booze. Her husband Johnny (Rick Jason, The Witch Who Came from the Sea) owns a bus that is falling to pieces. She’s unhappy with life, so she determines that she needs […]
Primitive Love (1964)
Luigi Scattini’s directing career is all over the place, hitting all the various genres of the 60’s and 70’s. There’s comedy — War Italian Style, which unites silent film legend Buston Keaton with the Italian comedian duo of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia (more on them in a bit). There’s mondo — Sweden Heaven and Hell, […]
Drive-In Friday: Rock, Rock, Rock Night
It’s time to forget all your troubles and indulge yourself in some musical films that just want to entertain you. Each of these movies are borderline insane and make little to no sense, which is just how we like them. Feel free to sing, dance and honk your horns whenever you want. MOVIE 1: Streets […]
The Fat Spy (1966)
If Jayne Mansfield lived long enough, she most assuredly would have been in Italian western, giallos, slashers and any other films that would have had her. She even made this film, a Eurospy takeoff, not long before her sad demise. Some young people are on a scavenger hunt which brings them to an island close […]
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