CANNON MONTH 2: Guess What We Learned in School Today? (1970)
Made before Joe but distributed by Cannon thanks to that movie’s success, director John G. Avildsen’s film — he wrote the story as well, which was screenwritten by Eugene Price (Smash-Up on Interstate 5) — has a small town believing that sex education is part of a Communist plot. So, you know, 2022 fifty-two years early. […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Originally on the site on January 19, 2020, this folk horror film was brought to America by Cannon Releasing Corporation. In his BBC documentary series A History of Horror, Mark Gatiss referred to this film, along with Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man, as the prime example of a short-lived subgenre he called folk […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Jump (1971)
Chester Jump (Tom Ligon) dreams of being a racecar driver but for now, he’s fixing cars for Babe Duggers (Logan Ramsey; Mama Fratelli was his real-life wife). So until he gets there, he’s going on a rambling journey through Florida, picking up service industry women, challenging other men to races, fighting with his family and […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: Compulsus (2022)
Compulsus means “striking together; hostile;” that makes sense in this film, which finds a female poet named Wally (Lesley Smith) striking back at the male-on-female assaults in her neighborhood by turning the tables and making men live in fear, all while trying to start a new relationship with Lou (Kathleen Dorian). But is a normal […]
CANNON MONTH 2: South of Hell Mountain (1971)
William Sachs told Hidden Films — an incredible site devoted to obscure/rare movies not available for streaming — of this movie: “They fired the director (Louis Leahman). They didn’t know what to do with the footage. It was a meandering thing, there were so many things missing, nothing made sense. So I came up with a spine […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Beast in the Cellar (1970)
In addition to importing Joe Sarno films, Cannon started distributing the films of England’s Tigon, playing this on a double feature with the incredible The Blood On Satan’s Claw. Soldiers are being torn to shreds by a wild cat, but Joyce and Ellie Ballantyne (Flora Robson and Beryl Reid) know that it’s their brother Steven (Dafydd Havard), who […]
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