FVI WEEK: Stunt Rock (1978)
“It’s super human, super music, super magic and super amazing! You’ll be compelled over the edge of sight and sound and under the spell of mind-boggling action and music! Pushed to the danger zone! It’s a death wish at 120 decibels! Stunt Rock! The ultimate rush!” If there was ever a movie that can’t live […]
FVI WEEK: Massage Parlor Murders! (1973)
I think more movies should have exclamation marks in their titles. I also believe that more movies should have Brother Theodore in them, so hey — Message Parlor Murders! is two for two. Detective Rizotti and O’Mara are hunting the killer of numerous massage parlor workers — one of them, Rosie, often gave Rizotti the rub […]
FVI WEEK: Family Killer (1973)
NOTE: I have this in my notes as an early Cannon movie, but some lists online have it being distributed by Film Ventures International. I can’t even find a poster! Anyone have any ideas on this? Directed and written by Vittorio Schiraldi (who also wrote Watch Me When I Kill), this was based on a […]
FVI WEEK: Father Jack-Leg (1972)
Also known as Tedeum, Sting of the West and Con Men, this was directed by Enzo G. Castellari, who also wrote the script along with Tito Carpi, Giovanni Simonelli and José Gutiérrez Maesso. Stinky Manure (Lionel Stander) and his family of criminals have inherited a gold mine but they don’t trust anyone, so they send their son […]
FVI WEEK: The Phantom Empire (1988)
The Phantom Empire is a very meta film. Its title refers to the 1935 Gene Autry movie serial — which was kind of remade as part of the show Cliffhangers! — as well as having Robby the Robot in its cast, Jeffrey Combs’ character Andrew Paris saying that he went to Miskatonic University (the same school […]
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