Halloween season continues with a “colorfully international” type of horror film for you to enjoy! As you know, I love exploitation films, especially those from the bygone era of grindhouse – sleazy exploitation films that grind out on low-rent movie… Read More ›
70’s films
Raquel, Raquel! 60’s Sex Symbol And “C-C-C-Catfight Seinfeld Star” Raquel Welch!
Enter the world of sex symbols…a world of movie trailers that boldly proclaim: “Introducing Raquel Welch, the amazing star discovery of this, or any year!” Celebrating the 60’s Sex Kitten Raquel Welch! Yep, let’s go back to an era when… Read More ›
Taxi Drivers! Subway Hijackings! Seven Ups! Gritty New York Classic Action!
Toredano the Garage Man: “Look at my hands.” (He shows puffy, gnarled fingers to the Cops) “I’ve been here before, so do what you gotta do. I didn’t talk then, and I won’t talk now.” Welcome To Times Square –… Read More ›
Hillbilly Exploitation! “See How They Love!” In Flaming Hillbilly Color! Early Sexploitation Madness!
ARE YOU “LOVE STARVED AND EAGER TO LEARN…?” Talk about a “come on”…the poster for the film “Forbidden Flesh” isn’t exactly subtle…and check out the line at the bottom of the poster: “AS SEEN FROM A HAYLOFT IN THE HILLS!”… Read More ›
The Brilliant “Killer Joe”! McConaughey’s “Hat Trick”! Plus Friedkin’s Wang Chung!
Time to share an instant film noir classic – and cheer Matthew McConaughey’s summer of amazing acting – and celebrate the Director who has given us so many great movies! Killer Joe First of all, I LOVE THIS POSTER! “A… Read More ›
Psycho Go-Go Dancers, Delinquent Schoolgirls and Candy Snatchers! More 70’s Grindhouse!
Comfortable? Well, grab your masks and let’s have some fun! It’s time to go back in time – to the golden era of grindhouse – when movies were down ‘n dirty – The movies trailers pandered to the utmost purient… Read More ›
A Fistful of Yen, Sniffing Glue and Calling Me Shirley, Too! Classic Comedy Movies!
If you know the phrase “fat, drunk & stupid”, then you know one of the funniest movies of the 70’s…or perhaps this one: “looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue”… And if you ever thought there… Read More ›
The Mack! Shaft! Sweet Sweetback! Jim Kelly! Blacula! Blaxploitation Lives!
Celebrating a great era in exploitation film making – “BLAXPLOITATION!” “Blaxploitation” is a now somewhat overlooked style of film making from the early 70’s that were an ethnic sub-cuture of exploitation film, focused on the black community. Meet Blaxploitation Legend… Read More ›
The “Phantom” Is Gone! An Appreciation of William Finley…
William Finley Has Died… Very sad news to post. William Finley, the star of Brian DePalma’s brilliant 1974 movie “Phantom Of The Paradise”, has died. Here is a bio I found online: “The lanky 6’4″ William Finley played the side… Read More ›
Iconic-ly Cool Movie Double Bills – McQueen, Marvin and Newman!
Look at this guy – and look how cool he is! Or this guy: And then there is this guy: PAUL NEWMAN. STEVE MCQUEEN. LEE MARVIN. THESE GUYS ARE COOL. It’s time to celebrate three of the coolest guys who… Read More ›