WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Hell’s Bloody Devils (1970)
It just makes sense that the Third Reich would regroup in Las Vegas, I guess. FBI agent Mark Adams (John Gabriel) poses as a member of a Sin City organized crime gang to get into the world of war criminal Count von Delberg (Kent Taylor) and stop him from his plan to counterfeit U.S. dollars. […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Hells Angels On Wheels (1967)
Directed by Richard Rush (The Stunt Man) and written by R. Wright Campbell, this is the tale of Poet (Jack Nicholson), a gas station attendant with a short fuse and a soul-crushing job. When a run-in with the notorious Hells Angels leaves his bike damaged, Poet doesn’t cower. Instead, he demands restitution. This display of […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Hellcats (1968)
The Hellcats bury Big Daddy, who was killed by their mob contact, Mr. Adrian (Robert F. Slatzer, who directed this as well as Bigfoot), when he learned that the crook was also a snitch for Detective Dave Chapman. All of these relationships are symbolized at the start of the film — the biker gang is […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Hazing (1977)
Also known as The Campus Corpse, Here Come the Delts and The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse, this was directed by Douglas Curtis (The Sleeping Car) and written by David Ketchum (Agent 13 from Get Smart) and Bruce Shelly. Craig Lewis (Jeff East) pledges a fraternity along with Barney (Charles Martin Smith), a super-smart […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Haunted Palace (1963)
Despite being marketed as Edgar Allan Poe’s The Haunted Palace, the story in this is really H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It gets its title from a poem by Poe that would become part of The Fall of the House of Usher. Everyone in Arkham believes that Joseph Curwen (Vincent Price) is some […]
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