Category: Movie Discussions
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Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Although I can find no evidence of this, I remember a horrible VHS cover box for Mill of the Stone Woman (1960.) It was light brown with a fuzzy photo of a woman on the front. I can’t tell you how many times I picked up that box to read about it and never had…
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Grizzly II (2020)
Yesterday, I ended my review of Grizzly (1976) by writing that for two years it was the highest-grossing independent movie ever. The film’s distributor, Edward L. Montaro, took the money and ran. Literally. He never paid any of the SAG actors residuals and fled the country. He also kept the profits without paying the director,…
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The Comeback (1978)
What do I know? My persistent thought about The Comeback (1978) was that, for a supposedly popular pop singer, the character of Nick Cooper, as played by Jack Jones, didn’t seem like a very dynamic musical performer. I learned only afterwards that Jones’s primary career was as a Grammy Award-winning singer. Then again, I’m the…
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Grizzly (1976)
Hoping to enjoy Grizzly (1976) more than I ever have, which hasn’t been much, I recently loaded the Blu-ray into the machine and leaned back in my recliner to watch it. For a little more than half the film, I had two thoughts. First, it was better than I remembered. Second, it’s not as much…
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Horror Castle (1963)
With its plot happening within the span of a couple days, much of Horror Castle, aka The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963), plays like one of those movies that’s supposed to unfold in real time. Counterintuitively, when you think that should make a film more suspenseful, it really just drags it out. If not for its…
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Challenge the Devil (1963)
The second film Christopher Lee made during his three months in Italy beginning In May of 1963 was originally titled, Faust ’63. Written and directed by Giuseppe Veggezzi, it was unfortunately completed just as its production company, I Filmes della Mangusta, faced financial ruin. It supposedly had only one public showing under the title Katarsis.…
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The Whip & the Body (1963)
In an instance of the age-old style vs substance argument, I find myself struggling with my thoughts about The Whip & the Body (1963.) Please be patient with me as I work through it. Let’s start by saying that I unwrapped my never-seen VCI DVD copy of the film and popped it in my player…
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Sherlock Holmes & the Deadly Necklace
One thing I am not is a Sherlock Holmes aficionado. A couple friends who are, and who have read the books and seen the movies, tell me that Sherlock Holmes & the Deadly Necklace (1962) is an “OK” film. Please consider my opinions in this context because… I absolutely loved it and it’s easily the…
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Exorcismo (1975)
Now comes Paul Naschy’s take on The Exorcist. He claimed the screenplay for Exorcismo (1975) was written before The Exorcist was released in 1973; however, some similarities between the two are so strong that it’s hard to deny the influence. If we don’t hold Naschy responsible, then it must be Profilmes, the production company desperately…
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Devil’s Possessed (1974)
Devil’s Possessed (1974) is Naschy November’s first historical drama, although it’s light on historical fact. As the first of this style of film, it isn’t perfect, but instead hints at better things to come. Another collaboration with director Leon Klimovsky, I’m not saying it’s bad. I’m simply saying I’ve seen subsequent movies and they’re better.…
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