Of the many Smokey and the [Insert Noun Here] movies that followed Burt Reynolds’ Bandit box-office bonanza, Smokey & the Judge is arguably the most obscure. Oddly, it’s the only one that stars a music group with a Billboard hit: Hot, the R&B trio of Gwen Owens, Cathy Carson and Juanita Curiel. Yeah, I hadn’t … Continue reading Smokey & the Judge (1980)→
Let’s just get this out of the way: The most memorable thing about Lucifer’s Women is that four years later, Al Adamson hacked it into Doctor Dracula. The runner-up: It’s edited by David Webb Peoples, future screenwriter of Blade Runner and 12 Monkeys. Now we return to Lucifer’s Women, already in progress: Professor Wainwright (Larry … Continue reading Lucifer’s Women (1974)→
Q: What do you get when you combine $200,000 of computer gear with a $20 budget? A: Bill Rebane’s Twister’s Revenge! That’s a terrible “joke.” Yet it’s better and more logical than those offered by the movie. I can prove it. Kelly: “They can’t nail us for this. It’s not even our tank! Besides, I … Continue reading Twister’s Revenge! (1988)→
When people talk trailers, someone inevitably scoffs, “They show all the good parts.” As if that’s a bad thing? It certainly isn’t in the world that exists underneath mainstream motion pictures. From blaxploitation to sexploitation with a whole heap o’ horror in between, Film Trauma’s Only the Good Parts dishes out a feature’s worth of … Continue reading Only the Good Parts (2015)→
As the elderly ruler of a fictional Middle Eastern country, Amir (Reed Hadley, Zorro’s Fighting Legion), has a grand plan to beat his fast-approaching death — and, more importantly, the means to fund it: After his passing, he is to be wrapped in tin foil, be shipped to the United States and undergo secret surgery … Continue reading Brain of Blood (1971)→