WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Effects (1980)
Pittsburgh is more than just my hometown. If you believe a source as vaunted as Joe Bob Briggs, we’re also the birthplace of modern horror, thanks to George Romero and friends creating Night of the Living Dead right here (well, actually Evans City, 45 minutes north of the city). Horror may have laid dormant for […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Dynamite Brothers (1974)
You know how Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups old commercials used to go? Well, the makers of this movie got a real smart idea. They took the two big trends of the early 70s — blacksploitation and martial arts — and made one movie with both of them. Stud Brown (Timothy Brown, a former NFL player who […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Duel (1971)
Directed by Chang Cheh and written by Chiu Kang-Chien, this is about Tang Ren-jie (Ti Lung) and his older brother, Tang Ren-lin (Ku Feng), who are the adopted son and henchman of triad leader Shen Tian-hung (Yeung Chi-hing). Shen wants to retire, but before that, he uses Tang Ren-jie (Ti Lung) and The Rambler (David […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Drum (1976)
Director Burt Kennedy was mainly known for Westerns like Support Your Local Sheriff!, Hannie Culder and Dirty Dingus Magee, as well as Suburban Commando and All the Kind Strangers. He was supposed to direct this, but walked off the set because he was embarrassed by the script, which was written by Norman Wexler (Saturday Night Fever, Joe) and based on the […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death (1979)
Dr. Henry Jekyll (James Mathers, who also wrote this movie; he was a playwright and actor whose career was filled with minor roles on TV and on stage) is the grandson of the one from the book and lives in San Francisco. This movie feels like it could take place in the 1800s or 1979, […]
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