WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Return of Bruce (1977)
Also known as Bruce’s Revenge, Return of Fists of Fury , and Ninja vs. Bruce Lee, this was made under the title Zhong lie Jing Wu Men. It’s superstars — that’s what they said — Bruce Le as Bruce Wong, who comes to Manila to visit his uncle, who has apparently forgotten and just left home. So he wanders […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Redneck (1973)
When you pair the steely gaze of Franco Nero with the unhinged, lip-smacking energy of Telly Savalas, you expect a certain level of Euro-crime carnage. Redneck, known in its native Italy as Senza ragione, delivers that in spades, though it’s a strange, disjointed beast that feels like two different movies glued together by a madman […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Yeti Giant of the 20th Century (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Yeti Giant of the 20th Century was on USA Up All Night on December 8, 1989. Somewhere deep in the middle of the Canadian mountains, Professor Wassermann (played by John Stacy and voiced by Gregory Snegoff, who was Scott Bernard on Robotech and Golgo 13 in the translated American version of his cartoon) is looking […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Red, White and Black (1970)
Also known as Soul Soldier, Black Cavalry and Buffalo Soldier, this John “Bud” Cardos-directed movie is about Eli Brown (Robert DoQui), who escapes all the trouble his sex life gets him into by joining the 10th Cavalry at Fort Davis, which is led by Col. Grierson (Cesar Romero, who we all know from Gilbert Gottfried liked having oranges […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Amityville Clownhouse (2017)
Week 2 (June 28 – July 4) – Dawna Lee Heising: Our beautiful QWEEN Yes, in 2017, more than one Amityville movie came out. There was Amityvllle Prison, Amityville: The Awakening, Amityville: The Final Chapter and this movie, which was originally called Amityville: Evil Never Dies and Amityville Toybox. It’s a sequel to 2016’s The Amityville Legacy, a movie that features a […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Real Bruce Lee (1977)
Directed by Jim Markovic (Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor, the American editor for Zombie Holocaust AKA Dr. Butcher, MD) and written by Larry Dolgin and Dick Randall (yes, the maniac who brought us Pieces, The French Sex Murders and The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield), this starts by telling us that Bruce Lee is dead. Then, we watch […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)
Andy Milligan was a maniac who made movies filled with maniacs. By all reports, he was in the same constant bad mood as nearly every one of his characters, just as willing as them to start screaming no matter what, no matter when. This may have been because he inherited the same bipolar disorder or […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Toxic Zombies (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Toxic Zombies was on USA Up All Night on November 17, 1989. Writer, director, producer, editor and star Charles McCrann made this low-budget — but hey, it played USA Network — movie where drug crops are sprayed with chemicals and turn growers into zombies. That’s a novel idea, and this movie started a subgenre of […]
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