WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Sweet Savior (1971)
The man named Matt Cavanaugh who wrote this doesn’t exist. It’s really Willie Gilbert, the author and playwright. After he left Cleveland for New York City, he discovered that his physician, Jack Weinstock, shared his dream of becoming a writer. They wrote for nightclub performers, Broadway reviews on early TV shows like Howdy Doody and Tom Corbett, […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Swamp Girl (1971)
If you like your regional independent cinema soaked through with Spanish moss, country music royalty and wild plot swerves that hit you harder than a cottonmouth in a pirogue, then Donald A. Davis’s Swamp Girl is for you. Shot on location in Georgia with the official blessing of the Okefenokee Swamp Park, this oddity is […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Something Creeping in the Dark (1971)
Qualcosa Striscia nel Buio may mean Something Crawls in the Dark, but the inexact translation of the original title is what it was played in the U.S. as. A group of travelers heads out into a foreboding evening — it’s a cold, dark night — when they realize that a washed-out bridge means they’re all finding […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
Shot in Hollywood, Florida, this tale of Stanley (Wayne Crawford, under the name Scott Lawrence; he also wrote Valley Girl, Barracuda and Jake Speed) and Paul (Abe Zwick in his lone acting role) begins after they escape from Baltimore and go on the lam. Paul begins to dress in drag and act as Stanley’s Aunt Martha while falling […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Slaughter Hotel (1971)
La bestia uccide a sangue freddo (The Beast Kills In Cold Blood) was made by a director — Fernando Di Leo (Blood And Diamonds) — who claimed that he “didn’t have Dario Argento’s talent of believing in the absurd” and claimed that as he written the script himself “…I knew it would not be a […]
Sybil Danning’s Adventure Video: The Dawn of Victory (1971)
Known in Germany as Höllenkommando Kreta and in Greece as I haravgi tis nikis, this begins in 1943. We find ourselves on the rugged, occupied island of Crete. The Allied forces stationed in the Middle East dispatch a high-stakes commando mission to dismantle the massive German military airport, tightening the Axis grip on the region. […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Siv, Anne & Sven (1971)
WARNING: Because of the explicit nature of this film, no one under 18 will be admitted. If you would be shocked at the total sexual frankness, please do NOT attend. Also known by its U.S. export title Love in the Third Position, this is a fascinating entry in the filmography of adult cinema maestro Joe […]
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried (1971)
The ultimate virile warrior — the German version of Hercules — Siegfried (Raimund Harmstorf), alongside his clumsy manservant Hansel, has grand ambitions. They take him to Castle Burgundy with hopes of marrying the comely Kriemhild (Sybil Danning). However, Castle Burgundy’s ruler, King Gunther, has a complicated problem. Gunther wants to marry the fierce Warrior Queen […]
Sybil Danning’s Adventure Video: Torpedo Attack! (1971)
Released in Greece as Ypovryhion: Papanikolis, this movie is set against the backdrop of the Greco-Italian War. Starting in October 1940, the film follows the legendary Greek submarine Papanikolis and its historic patrols. Commanded by the experienced and patriotic Captain Miltos Iatridis, alongside First Officer Vasilis Aslanoglou and a dedicated crew, the vessel is ordered […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Shiver of the Vampires (1971)
Also known as Sex and Vampires, Strange Things Happen at Night, Terror of the Vampires, Thrill of the Vampire and Vampire Thrills, this is the third time that Jean Rollin would bring a vampire movie to the screen. Look, if you’re obsessed, you’re obsessed. Isle (Sandra Julien, Je Suis Frigide… Pourquoi?) and Antoine (Jean-Marie Durand) have just […]
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