Claire Wilbur and her hubby are bored with swinging with tourists in their island villa. So she invites Lynn (I Drink Your Blood) Lowry over and seduces the telephone repairman while she watches. Claire then has Lynn and her husband over for dinner. They have a dress-up party, get high, and break off into same-sex pairs for a night of forbidden ( Read more... )

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was director Roger Corman’s first film for a major studio. I know people give him a lot of shit for his low budget movies, but this really shows what he was capable of when given a decent script, a healthy budget, and some fine actors. While far from perfect, there are several engrossing scenes and Corman’s almost ( Read more... )

Michael Winner made Scream for Help in between Death Wish 2 and Death Wish 3. If that doesn’t clue you in to how awesome it is, I don’t know what will. Okay, you need more convincing. The score was by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, which at some points sounds exactly like Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page’s score from Death Wish 2 and Death Wish 3. ( ( Read more... )

An artist is having weird dreams about a monster. She tells her boyfriend about it, but he doesn't believe her (or care). They plan a trip with another couple to a remote island to get away from it all. Of course, the house just so happens to be the one from her dreams. Before long, people start dying one by one ( Read more... )

The year after Russ Meyer’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls was a smash hit for 20th Century Fox, he made The Seven Minutes. It was not a hit and wound up being his last movie for a major studio. It’s easy to see why it was not embraced by audiences as it’s an interminable bore ( Read more... )

Sugar Cookies is an early Troma movie produced and co-written by Lloyd Kaufman. It was made in collaboration with Theodore Gershuny, who also did the awful Silent Night, Bloody Night the year before. What’s striking about the film is that it’s a huge leap in quality from Silent Night, Bloody Night. The cinematography is gorgeous and the plot is ( Read more... )

Most of the cast of Support Your Local Sheriff! returned two years for this spotty reunion. It’s not a sequel as everyone is playing different characters. It’s not a remake, but it does have some plot similarities to the first flick. It’s also not nearly as much fun as Sheriff!, but you can’t really fault the cast for wanting to pal around once ( Read more... )

With a different lead, Support Your Local Sheriff! could’ve been a breezy and harmless little western comedy. James Garner’s amiable unflappable charm makes all the difference. His undeniable charisma and easygoing appeal turns what could’ve been a light and forgettable comedy into a minor classic of the genre ( Read more... )

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John Richardson and Peter Cushing go to Palestine and paint the town red. During their revelry, Richardson winds up getting shanghaied and taken to the beautiful Ursula Andress who claims to be an immortal goddess. She also believes that he is the reincarnation of her lost love and sends him on a dangerous quest to prove his worth ( Read more... )