CANNON MONTH 2: Face-Off (1971)
Also titled Winter Comes Early — the name of the band in the movie — this George McCowan (Frogs, The Shape of Things to Come)-written and George Robertson-written film — based on writing by Neil Young’s sportswriter dad Scott — has Art Hindle as Billy Duke, a hockey player who becomes an overnight sensation playing with the Toronto Maple […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Who Killed Mary What’s ‘Er Name? (1971)
Ah man, another impossible to find early Cannon movie. Also known as Death of a Hooker, this is the tale of diabetic ex-boxer Mickey Isador (Red Buttons, not playing a comedy here) who feels that the NYPD didn’t do enough to investigate the murder of his sex worker neighbor Mary. To solve the case, he teams […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Maid in Sweden (1971)
Dan Wolman also made Baby Love and Nana for Cannon. Here, the Israeli filmmaker is in Sweden, making a movie about a young girl named Inga who leaves her small town for the big lights and big city of Stockholm. There, she’s shocked to find her sister Greta (Monica Ekman) is living in sin with her […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: Malibu Horror Story (2021)
In this film from director and writer Scott Slone, a paranormal team has followed the trail of four dead young men who followed a night of partying and taking way too many mushrooms by going into a sacred cave in Malibu — filled with Native American legend — and not coming out alive. Malibu Horror […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Cauldron of Blood (1970)
Originally filmed — in Spain — as El Coleccionista de cadáveres (The Corpse Collector), this was directed by Santos Alcocer, who some credit as Edward Mann. They’re definitely two different people — Alcocer also made Only a Coffin and wrote several other movies while Mann directed Hallucination Generation. He also wrote Island of Terror, The Freakmaker and Seizure, while directing Hot […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: Final Summer (2022)
Late summer 1991 finds the final day of summer camp at Camp Silverlake and an opportunity for the urban legend of the camp to come to life and take revenge on the counselors of the camp. Sure, we’ve seen it before, but what as time, distance and a lawsuit that keeps Friday the 13th movies […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: Living With Chucky (2022)
You may have grown up afraid of Chucky but you didn’t live the life of Kyra Elise Gardner, the director and writer (with Jason Strickland) of this documentary, as she’s the daughter of special effects master Tony Gardner, and in her house were the half-built parts of Chucky and Tiffany from the movie Seed of […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Crucible of Horror (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 19, 1971, Cannon Releasing Corporation brought this British movie to America. It was first on the site on November 1, 2019. Walter Eastwood (Michael Gough, Alfred from the Batman movies) has been physically and mentally abusing is wife (Yvonne Mitchell from 1984) and daughter, as well as raising a son to be […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: The Third Saturday In October V (2022)
The Third Saturday in October is a movie, sure, but it’s also a reference to the rivalry between the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama and the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee, schools that are located around three hundred miles apart. Alabama leads the series 58–37–8 as of this year. So in case […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS: The Third Saturday in October (2022)
I went all in on The Third Saturday in October V, loving the way that it had the look and feel of 90s direct to video slasher sequels, so I was beyond excited for the first installment which referenced slashers like Death Screams and Another Son of Sam, I got pretty excited. Sadly, the final effort doesn’t match the […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.