CANNON MONTH 2: Scratch Harry (1968)
Referred to as an “amphetamine fantasy,” this film has the Harry of the title, played by Harry Walker Staff, hiding out in his mansion as the mob wants him dead over a drug debt. The only person he has around is not even a person, but a Greek chorus by way of John Lennon-glasses wearing […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: The Octagon (1980)
I can’t even explain to you the sheer madness that this movie unleashed on my elementary school. The notion of Chuck Norris fighting ninjas blew minds at a level that I believe is no longer possible. The Octagon was distributed by American Cinema Productions, the four-wall exploitation masters who also put Chuck’s Good Guys Wear Black and […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Wicked Die Slow (1968)
Of all the early Cannon movies, I would never have expected that a roughie American version of an Italian western would be one of the ones released on blu ray — Ronin Flix — but life is always so surprising. The Kid (Gary Allen, one of the movie’s writers) and his Mexican sidekick Amarillo (Jeff […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Deep Inside (1968)
Cannon was making money on Joe Sarno’s films, getting them into theaters as Sarno divided his time making movies in the United States and in Sweden, Germany and Denmark. His early films are stark black and white affairs and life is never easy for anyone within them. Also, the phrase Deep Inside is the greatest adult […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: A Force of One (1979)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Originally on the site on XXX, A Force of One has been rereleased by Kino Lorber with a new 2K scan, two commentaries (film historians Brandon Bentley and Mike Leeder, as well as director Paul Aaron), a making-of doc, four TV commercials, five radio ads and the trailer. Gene Siskel said that it was “just […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Seven Days Too Long (1968)
“And the heat goes on with Linda and Chuck, Lisa and Walter, Robin and John.” That tagline and who is in this movie — thanks to the always astounding Grindhouse Cinema Database — is nearly all I could find about this movie. Its director, William K. Hennigar, also made another movie Cannon released in their […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Originally posted on January 30, 2022, this Chuck Norris movie is now being released n blu ray by Kino Lorber. It has a new 2K remaster, audio commentary by Mike Leeder and Arne Venema, a feature on the making of the movie, an interview with director Ted Post, TV and radio commercials and the […]
Introspectum Motel (2021)
Phillipe (Marcel Dorian, who also directed and wrote this movie with Amanda Webster and Ian Armer) and his companion, Camille (Gabriella Brinza) have just arrived at a motel on a business trip. But Camille is not truly his, a fact that both will pay for. That’s because Paul (Joseph Steyne), who works in the hotel, […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Love Rebellion (1967)
The thing about so much of early erotic films — particularly the work of Joe Sarno, who directed and wrote this — is how so many of the stories end in sheer despair. Is that the square-up reel hanging like the Sword of Damocles hung by a thread over the lovemaking so that we feel […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Take Her By Surprise (1967)
Also known as Violent Love, this is the first movie ever produced by Cannon. Directed by Rudi Dorn and an uncredited John Gaisford, this movie finds drug dealer Walter Dorland (Paul Negri) fighting with his wife Margaret (Joan Armstrong) over her threatening to turn him itnto the police, so he visits a hypnotist named Korba (Peter […]
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