SARTANA WEEK: Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay (1970)
Deadly playing cards. A Confucius quoting casino owner. And every man and woman out for themselves. Yep, it’s time for another Sartana movie. Sartana (the returning Gianni Garko) sees several gold prospectors get killed, then kills their killers. Soon, he meets Abigail Benson (Daniela Giordano, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key), […]
Trog (1970)
Trog makes me sad. Beyond the fact that it feels a lot like King Kong or Son of Kong—a doomed monster from our past that just can’t survive in today’s horrible modern world—it’s also depressing at times to watch Joan Crawford act her heart out in a film where no one else can come close to her […]
In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)
“…And then a sudden violent shock that left a deep impression on the mind and damagen (sic) it permanently…” “What has been remains imbedden in the brain nestled in the folds of the flesh. Distorted, it conditions and subconsciously impels…(Freud)” Those words start this movie off, with a crime being shown in the past and […]
I Drink Your Blood (1970)
“Let all the spirits hear. I am the first born Son of Satan. He commands my thoughts. I speak his words. The Book of the Dead! Sons and daughters of Satan. Put aside your worldly things and come to me. Let it be known, sons and daughters, that Satan was an acid head. Drink from […]
BAVA WEEK: Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Bava believed this was one of his worst films. It wasn’t released in the U.S. until 2001. And yet, I found plenty to like about this murder-filled affair. It also taught me an important lesson: if you invent a new chemical process, don’t go to a rich industrialist’s vacation island. George Stark is one of […]
BAVA WEEK: Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Do you need to love, trust and care about the hero of the movie? Mario Bava is here with Hatchet for the Honeymoon in an attempt to craft a story where the hero is the absolute worst person in the entire film. Meet John Harrington. He’s 30, runs a bridal dress factory, lives in a gorgeous villa […]
Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)
Minou (Dagmar Lassander, The House by the Cemetery) loves her husband, Peter. But Peter is cold and only really seems to care about work. All she does all day is pine for her husband and take care of a turtle. Yep. You just read that correctly. One night, a mysterious stranger attacks her, cuts open her clothes and then […]
FUCKED UP FUTURES: Gas-s-s-s (1970)
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It would be the last movie that Roger Corman would direct for AIP. And it would be the last film he’d helm for nearly twenty years, too. Why? Turns out Corman was unhappy to the cuts made to the film (AIP and Corman […]
Bizarre (1970)
What happens when you combine British portmanteau films, William S. Burroughs cut-up techniques, 1970’s philosophy, British men’s magazines like Mayfair and throw in a mummy? You get a sheer burst of pure insanity like Bizarre. Also known as Secrets of Sex, the film starts with the story of a king who found his wife’s lover and trapped him […]
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