NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: Blackout (1978)
As a storm tears through Manhattan, four convicts narrowly escape the crash of their prison transport. Bomber Christie (Robert Carradine), sex criminal Eddy (Terry Haig), murderer Marcus (Victor B. Tyler) and arsonist Chico (Don Granbery) are free to take over a building, steal some money, find a getaway car and oh yeah, assault Annie (Belinda […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: The Evil (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on September 19, 2021. Psychiatrist C.J. Arnold (Richard Crenna) has bought an abandoned Civil War mansion that was built over hot sulfur pits, which seems like it may instantly be an issue beyond the fact that, you know, the house is totally haunted. But sure, why not turn […]
Night Gallery season 2 episode 12: Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven
This episode brings back more Lovecraft and a Basil Copper story as well in an episode that stays mainly on the side of horror and less of the poor attempts at humor that often ruin this show. After having Jack Laird bring a Lovecraft story to a previous episode*, host Rod Serling wrote “Cool Air,” […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Safe Word (2023)
There’s a fine line between a dominant person and someone who takes advantage of their submissives. I mean, yes, there’s always the element of taking advantage of someone within BDSM, but the idea of consent remains paramount so that the headspace to roleplay can be successfully explored. But when someone takes advantage of that trust, […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: Deathsport (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was on the site on September 10, 2019 but has new info added from my interview with Allan Arkush. Deathsport unites everything I love about late 1970’s junk film all in one place. It’s set after a nuclear war. It has David Carradine in it. Claudia Jennings, too. Throw in Richard Lynch, motorcycles, lucite […]
Hypnotica (2022)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I watched this at Another Hole In the Head film festival and now it’s available on digital platforms. Director and writer A.T. Sharma has created a film in which a young therapist (Tim Torre) tries everything he can to save his patient (Adam Johnson, who is really great in this) including hypnotism. The […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Surprise (2023)
David Gamble (Will Coleman) has it all. A gorgeous wife named Jenna (NuNu Thurman). A successful business with his college best friend Greg (Lemastor Spratling, who in addition to being a director, actor, model, producer writer, he’s also the CEO of Fair Game Credit Repair). It’d all be great if he didn’t wonder why his wife seems […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: The Green Room (1978)
Based on three Henry James stories — “The Altar of the Dead,” “The Beast in the Jungle” and “The Way It Came” — this was Francois Truffaut’s seventeenth film and the third in which he’d also act. He plays Julien Davenne, a newspaper editor who specializes at obituaries and who keeps a special room in […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: A Hero Ain’t Nothing but a Sandwich (1977)
The last theatrical film of Ralph Nelson (Charly, Lillies of the Field), the screenplay for this film came from the author of the book that it’s based on, Alice Childress. It’s all about teenager Benjie (Larry B. Scott), who goes from marijuana to heroin and nearly dropping not just out of school, but life itself. Can […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: Magnum Cop (1978)
Poliziotto senza paura also known as Fearless, Fatal Charm, Fearless Fuzz and A Matter of Honour is directed by Stelvio Massi (Convoy Busters, Highway Racer), who wrote the screenplay with Gino Capone from a story by Fulvio Gicca Palli. In the lead role of Walter Spada is poliziotteschi star Maurizio Merli, who was encouraged by Massi to act like […]
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