The Seventh Curse (1986)
The Killer Snakes (1975)
Now this is what I like, a very very well made Shaw Brothers movie, that pulls all the stops out in this sub-genre of snake horror/thriller movies. This is by far the best deadly snake movie I have ever seen. The plot, "A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes. He can talk to them and they understand him, and eventually he finds that he can get them to do his bidding. He decides to use his newfound friends to take his revenge on everyone who ever did him wrong." The young man is not a hero at all, in fact, he's probably worse than the people he takes revenge on. Very well made horror movie, with some great nudity to say the least, and plenty of sex and violence. When there is no snake attacks going on, which are great, there is usually a naked girl or two, so there is no way you can go wrong with this one. Yes, this is extreme Asian cinema, and I love it. The whole movie is sleazy as hell, but done with a huge amount of quality film-making. I highly recommend this movie to fans of Asian cinema especially, and to all horror fans. It's a dandy to say the least.
Raw Force (1982)
"Raw Force" is like an ultra-sleazy and perverted version of Love Boat, with additional Kung Fu fights, demented cannibalistic monks, white slaves trade, energetic zombies and a whole lot of lousy acting performances. No wonder this movie was included in the recently released "Grindhouse Experience 20 movie box-set". It's got everything exploitation fanatics are looking for, blend in a totally incoherent and seemingly improvised script! The production values are extremely poor and the technical aspects are pathetic, but the amounts of gratuitous violence & sex can hardly be described. The film opens at a tropically sunny location called Warriors Island, where a troop of sneering monks raise the dead for no apparent reason other than to turn them into Kung Fu fighters. The monks also buy sexy slaves from a sleazy
Massacre Mafia Style (1978)
The main man behind it all was Duke Mitchell, who film geeks may know from movies like Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla (1952), which he co-starred in with his then comedy partner Sammy Petrillo. Mitchell and Petrillo were actually an act that was a direct rip-off of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis. Mitchell was the suave Dean Martin clone and Sammy Petrillo was the boy-monkey Lewis wannabe. They were later sued as a result. In the late 1970s, Mitchell produced, wrote and directed two mafia genre films, Massacre Mafia Style and Gone With The Pope which was never completed before Mitchell's death in 1981, but thanks to the folks at Grindhouse Releasing, the film hopefully will be seeing the light of day on DVD in the near future.
Ebola Syndrome (1996)
I've always loved movies with Anthony Wong in them. Especially his cat 3 epics. Such as this obviously and the excellent untold story. In this Wong plays a lowly restaurant worker named Kai. Who's practically a slave. He gets all the lousy jobs. Wong like to have sex with his bosses wives though. This obviously doesn't go down very well when they find out so he moves job. In one instance when Kai is discovered practically raping the bosses wife, boss man is angry. He threatens to castrate Kai, things get out of hand and Kai ends up slaughtering his boss and his wife. Though not his daughter. Next we meet Kai 10 yeras later. Cutting up REAL frogs in grotesque detail. He is still the same low life restaurant worker, but he's moved. Anyway long story short Kai catches the ebola syndrome and becomes a carrier. I'm sure you can imagine what follows so I won't ruin it for you here. I'll just say that their are some scenes of extreme gore, although it never really feels disturbing as the scenes leading up to these events are always comedic. This is a fun film and definitely more of a gross out comedy than straight up horror. Whatever it is its great
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (1991)
In the movie, a deadly half-man, half-machine called Mikadroid was developed by scientists in Tokyo during World War II. However, it was buried under rubble in an American bombing attack. Now 45 years later, a disco club has been built over the area and its patrons are completely oblivious to the fact that a soulless killing-machine buried beneath them won’t remain dormant for long.
At the end of the second world war the Japanese buried one of their projects to make a super armored soldier. Almost fifty years later it wakes up and begins to kill. Steam punk-esquire scifi action film is a pretty good little time killer. Its very pulpy and grind house like in that its just trying to tell a rip roaring little tale made before computer generated effects (ooo models). I have to be honest since this film was highly touted by the publisher of Asian Cult Cinema in his books on the subject. Back when he was still running Video Search of Miami this was high on my must see list, but for whatever reason I never ordered it. Now that its out in an official US release I've picked it up and found that too many years of waiting for a GREAT film have taken its toll. Its a good one but not a great one. Worth a look as a rental.
Running Hot / Hot Target (DVD)
First up, RUNNING HOT (1984)! Acclaimed actor Eric Stoltz (Mask, Pulp Fiction) stars in this volatile tale of star-crossed lovers in a last ditch escape from the law. A stripper (Monica Carrico) watches the trial of a younger man (Stoltz) accused of murdering his father. As she falls in love with his tragic image, she writes love letters to him in prison. When the object of her obsession shows up at her doorstep, having made a bloody escape, she joins him in a perilous, passionate run for their lives from a sadistic cop (Stuart Margolin, TV's Rockford Files).
In the tradition of Badlands and True Romance this thrilling 1984 film is a rare gem directed by award winning director Mark Griffiths, and from the producer of the popular TV show The O.C... Now see the cult classic from a brand new 16x9 master in HD from the original camera negatives first time anywhere!
Next up, HOT TARGET (1985)! At first glance, Christine Webber (Simone Griffeth, Death Race 2000) would seem to be a woman who has everything. A wife of a successful NZ businessman, she is beautiful, sophisticated, stylish - the perfect wife and mother. But scratch the surface and see that Christine is also a Woman trapped by the very "perfection" of her life.
Watch this film in wqidescreen on DVD, from a brand new master from the original IP, first time anywhere!
Invasion of the Neptune Men / Prince of Space (DVD)
In another case of galactic conquest, clunky metallic aliens from the planet Neptune invade Earth – or at least, a quaint field in rural Japan – only to have their efforts thwarted by caffeinated superhero Space Chief (venerable action hero Sonny Chiba, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and The Streetfighter), who travels from one head-scratching situation to another in his space car, when not befriending a group of geeky boys.
PRINCE OF SPACE (1959)
When aliens from the barren rock planet Krankor attack Earth, only the curiously costumed Prince of Space “(Wally the shoeshine boy in disguise) and his trusty exhaust-spewing rocketship can save the world – or at least Japan – from total conquest by the evil Phantom and his beak-nosed minions. Since conventional space weapons cannot harm the spry Prince of Space, the Phantom engages in a kidnapping scheme involving a cadre of international scientists.
Sexualist, The / Wendy's Palace (DVD)
THE SEXUALIST (1973)
A tongue-in-cheek examination of sex films as a beautiful starlet learns the ins and outs of show business, the HARD way! Featuring the incomparable beauties, Tina Russell and Jennifer Welles.
Director: Kemal Horulu
89 minutes / Color / AR: 1.85:1
WENDY'S PALACE (1971)
A sordid tale of a small town girl who comes to the big city seeking fame and fortune only to be lured into the world’s oldest profession, and loving it!
Director: Kemal Horulu
72 minutes / Color / AR: 1.85:1
Features Include:
• Dual Layer DVD-9 | Region Free | 16:9 Anamorphic | 1.85:1 AR | MONO
• 2k scan from 35mm original camera negatives
• Original trailers for both films
• Outtakes for THE SEXUALIST
4 Film Favorites: Dracula (DVD)
4 film favorites include:
• Horror Of Dracula
• Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
• Taste The Blood Of Dracula
• Dracula A.D. 1972
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry / Race With the Devil (Blu-ray)
Two lovers and a mechanic rob a grocery store and flee the police with hopes of making the professional racing circuit. They are chased by the cops, who deploy everything from a 426 Hemi to a helicopter to stop them.
RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975)
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Penitentiary (1979 / Leon Issac Kennedy / Special Edition DVD)
"One of the toughest prison films ever made. Makes Rocky look like patty -cake, patty-cake."
