Spagvemberfest 2023 and Arrow Video Savage Guns box set: Wrath of the Wind (1970)
The plan? Wealthy landowner Don Antonio (Fernando Rey) wanted Marcos (Terence Hill) and Jacobo (Mario Pardo) to put a stop to the revolutionaries that threaten his profits. Marcos will kill anyone for money and easily does his job before he figures out that he did wrong. What helps is that he gets interested in a […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Bloodtide (1982)
When you see the names Brian Trenchard-Smith and Nico Mastorakis listed as producers, you know that you’re probably getting into something good. Also known as Demon Island, this film was directed by Richard Jeffries, who is probably better known for the films that he’s written like Scarecrows and Cold Creek Manor. He’s only directed one other film, the […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Battle of the Worlds (1961)
Known in Italy as l Pianeta degli uomini spenti (The Planet of Extinct Men), this was directed by Anthony Dawson, who is better known everywhere other than America as Antonio Margheriti. Dr. Fred Steele (Umberto Orsini, The Antichrist) and Eve Barnett (Maya Brent in her only acting role) are looking forward to leaving the island that […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Attack of the Monsters (1969)
Attack of the Monsters is really Gamera vs. Guiron. That’s the name it was given by American International Television. That’s so weird to me as there are a bunch of other Gamera movies and you’d think that this series would have some popularity, you know? At this stage in the Gamera series, the special effects are […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: The Atomic Brain (1963)
Also known as Monstrosity, this is one of the first movies where decay is given as the reason for the diminished intelligence of zombies. It also features plenty of people better known for other things, like narrator Bradford Dillman, Commerical pitchman Frank Gerstle and Marjorie Eaton, who played the original Emperor in The Empire Strikes Back before the special […]
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