FVI WEEK: Cave Dwellers (1982)
As part of the films that the zombie shell corporation that was once FVI released on video by sandwiching the actual film between new credits and changing the title, Ator 2: The Blade Master became Cave Dwellers. For the credits for this film, the bottom half of the screen is cut off and a black background […]
FVI WEEK: The Last Shark (1981)
Appearing under a variety of titles, like Great White, The Last Jaws, Jaws Returns and L’ultimo Squalo, this movie made $18 million in its first month of U.S. release. Universal Pictures had been trying to block Film Ventures International from even releasing the film in America, but the request was denied in U.S. District Court. However, […]
FVI WEEK: Marooned (1969)
Marooned first went into production in 1965 with Frank Capra directing from a screenplay by Walter Newman. They couldn’t get the budget they needed to make the movie, which by the time John Sturges directed this in 1969 ended up being $8 million. You know how everyone talks about the moon launch being faked? This […]
FVI WEEK: Quando le Donne Avevano la Coda (1970)
When Women Had Tails was directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (Autostop rosso sangue), who wrote it with Marcello Coscia and Lina Wertmüller. Yes, 1970s art house film director Lina Wertmüller. The first woman to ever be nominated for a Best Director Oscar. It’s the story of seven cavemen who were sent on a boat — […]
FVI WEEK: They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
Directed by Elliott Hong and written by David B. Randolph and Tim Clawson, They Call Me Bruce? begins with a young Bruce watching his grandfather die and being unable to save him. He tells the boy that there is a beautiful woman in America who will take care of him. Then we see that Bruce (Johnny […]
FVI WEEK: The House On Sorority Row (1983)
This film was inspired by the 1955 French film Les Diaboliques and was originally titled Screamer and Seven Sisters by its writer and director Mark Rosman. It also has the alternate title House of Evil, but none of those are as evocative and interesting as The House On Sorority Road. Vincent Perronio, who often works with John Waters, […]
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