Spagvemberfest 2023: Shango (1970)
Anthony Steffen, born Antonio Luiz de Teffé von Hoonholtz and also known as Antonio Luigi de Teff, was born at the Brazilian embassy in Rome in what is known as the Pamphilj Palace. His noble family came from Prussia, with his great-grandfather being the Great Baron of Teffé and his father Manoel being a Formula […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: Hustling (1975)
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MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: How Awful About Allan (1970)
Along with What’s the Matter With Helen?, this movie is one of the two collaborations between writer Henry Farrell and director Curtis Harrington. It was the ABC Movie of the Week on September 22, 1970 and has stood the test of time as one of the better TV movies. And there’s some stiff competition for that. […]
BRING YOUR BEST DANCE MOVES TO THE DIA LATE MOVIE!
This Saturday at 11 PM EST, Bill and I will be watching Renato Polselli’s The Vampire and the Ballerina. You can join us on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages. You can watch this movie on YouTube. Every week, we watch movies, discuss them, look at the ads for them and have a drink that goes […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: The Hanged Man (1974)
James Devlin (Steve Forrest, Mommie Dearest) survives his own hanging and decides to become a hero, defending Carrie Gault (Sharon Acker) from Lew Halleck (Cameron Mitchell). There are some fun supernatural elements in this, as this is nearly the TV version of High Plains Drifter and was intended to be a series that would follow […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)
Based on the book The Fastest Gun in the Pulpit by Jack Ehrlich, this ABC TV movie has Ernie Parsons (Marjoe Gortner) escaping the noose and taking the identity of a murderer holy man. He heads off to take over that man’s church, a job he really knows nothing about, but it’ll keep him alive […]
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