NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: Too Hot to Handle (1977)
Don Schain is probably best known for directing his wife Cheri Caffaro in the Ginger trilogy of Ginger, The Abductors and Girls Are For Loving. This is her last film before disappearing from the public eye. As for her one-time husband, he would go on to line produce H.O.T.S. and High School Musical. Written with Jan-Michael Sherman […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: Cannonball (1976)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was on the site on August 25, 2019. Cannonball is why I watch movies. It stars a cast of people that honestly, only someone like me would care about, and it’s made by people just as colorful, a crew of folks that would go on to dominate the film industry after emerging […]
Night Gallery season 2 episode 11: Pickman’s Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry
Finally, an episode of Night Gallery you can savor, as “Pickman’s Model” is one of the better stories that the show would present. Sure, you have to deal with a middling story in the, well, middle, and the Jack Laird blackout segment is predictable flotsam and jetsam, but when you have an opening this strong, that’s […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: God Told Me To (1976)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This movie has been on the site twice before — on March 20, 2018 and July 19, 2022 — but hey, you should watch it again. According to Larry Cohen, God is one of the most violent characters in literature. Take that insight, toss in some Chariots of the Gods, a little police procedural and a gradually […]
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