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366,120 | 3,109,237 | 38,514 | 5 | Considering it's Beaudine and Monogram - it's not that bad | While The Face of Marble will never be confused with a great horror film , it is a decent little movie from the infamously cheap Monogram Pictures and director William Beaudine . John Carradine plays a doctor intent on discovering the secret to bringing the dead back to life . In most scenes , he rises above the materi... |
366,676 | 3,109,237 | 52,077 | 5 | I'm muzzled by army brass ! | Watching Plan 9 from Outer Space is like watching an instructional video on how to make a bad movie . It's all here ? poor acting , dime store special effects , ridiculously flimsy sets , absolutely no continuity , bad editing , and an incoherent plot . But the most offensive part in my mind is the dialogue . It's comp... |
366,272 | 3,109,237 | 751,469 | 5 | What happened to The Hoard ? | Daughter of Pomira is one of those Xena episodes that I don't really enjoy . Episodes that center on a sentiment , family , or lesson type plot tend to be among my least favorite . Basically , the more an episode is based in reality , the less I tend to go for it . Give me the far out mythical stuff or give the comed... |
365,981 | 3,109,237 | 66,561 | 5 | Akita ! | I may be the only person alive who has seen both One Million Years B . C . and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth that actually prefers the sequel to the original . Not that either is something I would recommend very highly , but at least there's a sense of goofiness about When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth that's not present ... |
366,853 | 3,109,237 | 325,703 | 5 | A little better than the first | - In this episode , Lara Croft is out for more than just another archaeological find . She's looking for The Cradle of Life - the place where all life on earth is rumored to have begun . It is also rumored that The Cradle of Life is the resting place of Pandora's Box . She's in a race with an evil genius who wants to u... |
366,368 | 3,109,237 | 36,706 | 5 | An average Chan - and I'm being generous calling it that | I've been a Charlie Chan fan as long as I remember . Some of my earliest memories involve watching Chan late at night on television . But Charlie Chan in the Secret Service doesn't work for me the way most Chan films do . Sure , it has its moments ( like introducing Birmingham Brown ) , but there are too many problems ... |
366,390 | 3,109,237 | 48,182 | 5 | A Near Miss | - I'm really not quite sure why House of Bamboo doesn't work better than it does . It's got a good cast headed by Robert Ryan and Robert Stack . It's got a very accomplished director in Samuel Fuller . As far as technical aspects go , I have no complaints . It's a beautifully shot film . It's got some wonderful locatio... |
366,405 | 3,109,237 | 61,557 | 5 | I always think of bees when I'm looking for relaxation | Vicki Robbins ( Suzanna Leigh ) is a singer in bad need of a rest . Her doctor contacts his friend , Ralph Hargrove ( Guy Doleman ) , with a farm on a remote island that promises to provide Vicki the relaxation she desperately needs . When Vicki arrives , she discovers that Mr . Hargrove raises bees . So when Mr . Harg... |
366,294 | 3,109,237 | 53,800 | 5 | What does it say about a movie when Joan Collins is one of the best things its got going for it . | Esther and the King may appear unusual if you take a look at the usual things I write about . But because Mario Bava was so heavily involved with the film , I just had to give it a go . While the visuals may not be as vivid and exaggerated as some of the films he had more control over , you can see his influences if yo... |
366,330 | 3,109,237 | 52,104 | 5 | Hiya , dolls . Glad to hear you're on our side . | When a mysterious ray destroys a space station and sends a spaceship hurtling off course , a group of astronauts finds themselves on a strange , seemingly deserted planet . Seemingly deserted , that is , until the inhabitants of Venus make themselves known to the astronauts and take them prisoner . The first thing the ... |
366,805 | 3,109,237 | 46,213 | 5 | Anymore guff out of you and I'll turn you over my knee and spank you . | The plot of Project Moon Base is fairly simple ? Colonel Briteis is selected to pilot a rocket on a lunar orbit in preparation of an upcoming lunar landing . It's simple enough until it is discovered that an enemy agent is on board with intentions of sabotaging the mission . So whether their superiors like it or not , ... |
366,630 | 3,109,237 | 95,088 | 5 | It's the same joke over and over and over . . . . . | - Elvira moves to a small town to claim her inheritance - an old , rundown house . Although most of the townspeople don't approve , the kids in town are only too happy to help her fix-up her house . Elvira finds what she believes to be a cookbook in the house . Her uncle offers to buy it from her , but she won't sell .... |
366,709 | 3,109,237 | 31,148 | 5 | Beware of spider who invites fly into his place for tea . | On the eve of war in France , Charlie Chan is visiting with old friends in Paris . When a leading industrialist is murdered , Chan agrees to help out the local police to solve the murder . Chan will have to sift through a web of international intrigue to find a killer . Charlie Chan in City in Darkness was one of the v... |
366,859 | 3,109,237 | 188,082 | 5 | Fairly standard stuff | A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen . One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money . People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them . Into this backdrop , Inspector Dario Mauri ( Luc Merenda ) arrives from Milan to help clean-up Naples . His mission ? find the d... |
366,538 | 3,109,237 | 61,453 | 5 | With better dubbing , this might be a good film | - Two female detectives are hired to find a missing woman . They soon discover that their missing woman is only one of many models and dancers who have vanished . The trail leads to an artist who paints and sculpts women at the time of their deaths . His work is eerily reminiscent of the woman they're looking for . - T... |
366,439 | 3,109,237 | 52,187 | 5 | Better than its reputation would suggest | - A small group of people become shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island . When one member of their group is attacked by a hideous looking female , the others realize they are not alone . Following the sound of a drum , the groups stumbles upon a Nazi encampment where all sorts of experiments are performed on severa... |
366,303 | 3,109,237 | 61,931 | 5 | Not as good as I remembered | My wife got me this for Christmas and as I was babysitting three year old , I put it in . I doubt I had seen Mad Monster Party ? since 1970 . I remember it being a favorite of mine at the time . And it was a hit with the three year old I was babysitting . But , it's lost some of the magic it once held for me . I found ... |
366,837 | 3,109,237 | 91,080 | 5 | I've seen enough horror movies to know any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly . | - What an original idea for a movie ! A group of kids goes into the woods near Crystal Lake . One by one , they're butchered by an undead madman named Jason . Roll credits . That's pretty much the entire movie . Wake me when it's over . - Actually , this Friday sequel is a little better than most . While the plot ideas... |
366,907 | 3,109,237 | 42,039 | 5 | Too unbelievable for me to enjoy completely | I didn't think it was possible for Otto Preminger and Gene Tierney to make something this un-extraordinary . Preminger does a decent job with the direction , the acting ( other than Richard Conte who comes across as a stiff ) is fine , and the movie looks good . So what went wrong ? The plot has so many points that str... |
366,020 | 3,109,237 | 82,379 | 5 | Not the way I remembered it | I saw The Final Terror in the theater in 1983 . For 22 years , I've had fond memories of the movie and have considered it one of the better slasher films of the 80s . I re-watched it the other day and realized that time has not been kind to this movie . It's not the way I remembered it . I remembered a fairly innovativ... |
366,096 | 3,109,237 | 86,058 | 5 | The truth is just a lie that hasn't been found out . | Sam Peckinpah is one of my favorite directors . I'll always see him as a visionary maverick responsible for crafting some of the most enjoyable movies I've ever seen . His The Wild Bunch and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia are among my favorite films . His last film , The Osterman Weekend , is something of a mixed ... |
366,756 | 3,109,237 | 54,020 | 5 | Well , that's a novelty - - you're refusing anything with alcohol in it ! | Dr . Paul Talbot is a scientist who learns of a drug that is supposed to not only retard the effects of aging , but reverse the process as well . With his wife , June , he sets out to make his fortune . In Africa , he finds the leathery old woman who told him about the drug and watches as she is turned into a beautiful... |
366,078 | 3,109,237 | 86,034 | 5 | Pay attention , 007 ! | I'm a James Bond fan from way back . Some of my fondest memories of growing-up are James Bond movies on the ABC Sunday Night Movie . If Bond was going to be on , I couldn't wait . So it pains me to give a James Bond movie anything but a stellar rating as I've done with Octopussy . I saw it in the theater in 1983 and wa... |
366,471 | 3,109,237 | 68,971 | 5 | Something of a letdown | During an experiment with a hallucinogenic drug , model Valentina ( Nieves Navarro aka Susan Scott ) sees a woman being brutally murdered by a man wearing a spiked iron glove . But when no body is found , she can't seem to get anyone to believe her story . She begins to see the killer everywhere she goes . She's sure h... |
366,039 | 3,109,237 | 275,668 | 5 | Heavily " influenced " by Hercules in the Haunted World | - Hercules ( Reg Park ) sets out on a quest to save his son's soul from the evil Earth Goddess Gia . He must battle all sorts of monsters , get past numerous obstacles , and resist temptations if he is to save his son . What Hercules doesn't know is that while he is away , Gia sends Antaius ( her rotten son ) to impers... |
366,593 | 3,109,237 | 67,069 | 5 | I am the last gladiator in the New Rome . | - Evel Knievel purports to be a biography of the life of the real Evel Knievel . The movie presents stories and episodes from different periods throughout his life . We see Evel as a young boy in Butte , Montana . We see him grow to become a local hoodlum . We see him meet , date , kidnap , and marry his wife . We see ... |
366,713 | 3,109,237 | 72,747 | 5 | Fred Williamson & Pam Grier - Together ! | Duke Johnson ( Fred Williamson ) comes to Bucktown to bury his brother and settle his business . A few locals talk Duke into staying on and re-opening his brother's bar . The locals , however , don't tell Duke how his brother really died or about the racists that run Bucktown . Duke enlists some out-of-town friends to ... |
366,068 | 3,109,237 | 374,664 | 5 | Okay , but needs more | While every attempt was made to pack this nine minute documentary on the movie Wrong Turn with a lot of different and varied information , it's just too short to be very effective . This type of " behind the scenes " documentary works best with at least a thirty minute run time . Otherwise , too many interesting and in... |
366,704 | 3,109,237 | 86,135 | 5 | If you ask me , we're just heading around in circles . | One thing you'll notice if you watch only a handful of 1980s Italian genre films is the way they rip-off ? err ? I mean borrow from whatever the popular fad was at the time in American movies . Movies like Conan the Barbarian , Escape from New York , Dawn of the Dead , and The Road Warrior inspired countless Italian im... |
366,056 | 3,109,237 | 42,179 | 5 | Wee Willie Davis vs . Tor Johnson | In Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion , Bud and Lou head to Algieria to find a wrestler named Abdullah who left them high and dry and owing a mobster quite a bit of money . Once there , the boys get mixed up with Sheik Hamud El Khalid ( Douglas Dumbrille ) and draw his ire at a slave auction . In their attempt t... |
366,509 | 3,109,237 | 70,787 | 5 | An odd mix of blaxploitation , martial arts , and espionage / spy thriller | Jefferson Bolt ( Fred Williamson ) is a courier hired to take $1 million from Hong Kong to Mexico City via Los Angeles . Upon arriving in Los Angeles , however , Bolt quickly realizes he's been double-crossed . After a friend is killed and Bolt learns the money he's been hired to carry may be counterfeit , Bolt heads b... |
366,909 | 3,109,237 | 68,282 | 6 | Pam goes to prison - again ! | If you're a fan of either early Pam Grier or 70s Women-in-Prison ( WIP ) flicks , I'm sure this plot synopsis will sound eerily familiar : Two women are taken to an all-women's prison in the middle of the jungle in some unnamed Banana Republic . There the women are forced to endure physical torture , unwanted sexual si... |
366,172 | 3,109,237 | 102,975 | 6 | You haven't heard Shakespeare until you've heard it in the original Klingon . | In light of an upcoming peace conference between the Klingons and the Federation , Captain Kirk puts aside his personal feelings and welcomes a Klingon delegation to dine on the Enterprise . But soon after the Klingons return to their ship they are attacked and the Klingon Ambassador is assassinated by someone believed... |
365,962 | 3,109,237 | 47,860 | 6 | Solid - but not what i was expecting | My rating of Battle Cry has more to do with my disappointment with the plot than the actually quality of the movie . I knew nothing of the movie before I watched it , but with a name like Battle Cry , I was expecting a war movie along the lines of Battleground ( with which it is paired in the double feature DVD I bough... |
366,517 | 3,109,237 | 52,587 | 6 | It was foolish . It was insane . It was fantastic . | Submarines and ships begin disappearing at an alarming rate near the Arctic Circle . The crew of the Tiger Shark , an atomic submarine , is sent to investigate . They discover a mysterious craft they name the Cyclops because of its one " eye " . When the submarine's torpedoes prove worthless against the Cyclops ' defen... |
366,434 | 3,109,237 | 73,778 | 6 | Get your hands off me , you fat pig dyke ! | For whatever reason , Quentin Tarantino feels that Switchblade Sisters is Jack Hill's best film . And while I found a lot to enjoy in the movie , it doesn't come close in my mind to equaling some of Hill's other films like Spider Baby or the movies he made with Pam Grier . Not that any of Hill's films are set in realit... |
366,234 | 3,109,237 | 45,609 | 6 | I love you , Doug , and I must kill you ! | Talk about déjà vu . I feel like I've seen this movie several times recently . It may be older than either Missile to the Moon , Queen of Outer Space , or Fire Maidens from Outer Space , but I saw those first . So for me , watching Cat-Women of the Moon is like watching what is essentially the same movie for the fourth... |
366,882 | 3,109,237 | 63,210 | 6 | Some nice shots of a mid-60s Miami | If you take a look at what I wrote about Tony Rome a couple of years ago , you can apply a lot of it to Lady in Cement . Once again , this is a movie that I probably enjoy more than I should . That's because for the most part , it entertains me . Plot details hardly matter as the whole thing is little more than a vehic... |
366,377 | 3,109,237 | 47,795 | 6 | A favorite as a child | Abbott and Costello get mixed-up with tomb robbers , a dead archaeologist , and a cult of mummy worshipers in this , their last of the Meet the Universal monster films . Growing-up , I thought A & C was the height of comedy gold . I couldn't wait for this movie to appear on the local television listings . Not being 7 a... |
366,726 | 3,109,237 | 35,318 | 6 | Not the best Holmes ' film , but still worth a watch | I haven't seen all of Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes films , but of the ones I have been able to check-out , Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is easily my least favorite . But the problems I have with the film have nothing to do with the modern day setting that so many seem to complain about . In fact , The Scarlet ... |
366,558 | 3,109,237 | 78,313 | 6 | Lee Van Cleef & Karen Black - What a Pair ! ! ! | - A retired safecracker ( Lee Van Cleef ) is lured out of retirement by the son of one of his buddies who is in trouble . The job - steal a load of diamonds from a warehouse safe . Things go terribly wrong . Van Cleef is wounded and everyone else is dead . Now , Van Cleef must elude the man who set-up the job , the man... |
366,085 | 3,109,237 | 533,118 | 6 | Yet another two-parter | The Plot to Kill a City is actually another two-part episode ( how many does that make so far ? ) . Buck goes undercover as a criminal named Raphael Argus to infiltrate a group known as the Legion of Death . Fortunately for Buck , none of the other members have actually met Raphael Argus ? they only know him by reput... |
365,986 | 3,109,237 | 271,027 | 6 | I don't sell shrimp chips . | Liu Jian ( Jet Li ) is a Chinese policeman sent to France to help with the apprehension of big-time Chinese drug lord . But Jian is quickly double-crossed and finds himself on the run having been accused of murder . The one person who may be able to help him is a drug-addicted prostitute whose child is being held hosta... |
366,505 | 3,109,237 | 54,393 | 6 | Much better than its reputation would suggest | Tom Stewart ( Richard Carlson ) is getting married in a week . The only problem is that his old flame , Vi Mason ( Juli Reding ) , doesn't want their relationship to end . She confronts Tom in an abandoned lighthouse and threatens to use a stack of love letters as blackmail if he goes through with his wedding . But , a... |
366,712 | 3,109,237 | 416,236 | 6 | Not quite the movie my son was hoping for | A family moves into the now empty house owned by an old , eccentric great aunt who has gone to live in a nearby sanitarium . While exploring the house , one of the boys finds a book that opens a world of magical creatures . Unfortunately for his family , though , an ogre named Mulgarath wants the book and the power it ... |
366,489 | 3,109,237 | 50,530 | 6 | I'm going to TRANSFORM him , and unleash the savage instincts that lie hidden within | Tony Rivers ( Michael Landon ) is a troubled teen . His quick temper has way of getting him in trouble . At the insistence of teachers and his girlfriend , he agrees to see a psychiatrist . Unfortunately for Tony , his doctor isn't interested in helping him as much as he is in using Tony as part of his experiments . He... |
366,333 | 3,109,237 | 52,611 | 6 | Something is amiss off the English coast . | Something is amiss off the English coast . A fisherman is killed by what appears to be radiation burns . Soon thereafter , thousands upon thousands of fish wash up and die on the same beach . What's behind the mystery ? All of Britain is soon to know when a giant prehistoric creature goes on a rampage through the stree... |
365,980 | 3,109,237 | 61,387 | 6 | These guys are supposed to be Chinese ? | It'll never be on my " favorites " list , but Battle Beneath the Planet is not a half bad way to waste away an hour and a half or so . The movie is beyond silly , but that's what makes it fun and entertaining . The plot involves a Chinese General named Chan Lu ( Martin Benson ) who has a plan to destroy the United Stat... |
366,811 | 3,109,237 | 26,199 | 6 | Spider does not spin web for single fly . | Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai to help an old friend with opium smugglers . But when his friend ( One thing you learn if you've seen enough of the Chan films ? it sucks to be one of Chan's old friends . You've got the lifespan of a fruit fly ! ) is murdered , Charlie realizes just how dangerous his quarry is . With t... |
366,827 | 3,109,237 | 75,834 | 6 | A tragic life - A tragic death | Based on a true story from 1930 , The Pyjama Girl Case is a difficult movie to categorize . It is more often than not considered an Italian Giallo , but is it really a Giallo ? Even though I've included it on my Top 50 Giallo list , The Pyjama Girl Case differs so much from the model that I'm not sure this label is acc... |
366,741 | 3,109,237 | 63,370 | 6 | If nothing else , it's interesting from a historical perspective | Mario Bava is generally credited with creating the Giallo with his 1963 movies The Girl Who Knew Too Much and Blood and Black Lace . While a few more examples were made in the 1960s , the Giallo really took-off after Dario Argento released The Bird with the Crystal Plumage in 1970 . I mention these two dates because I ... |
366,887 | 3,109,237 | 87,759 | 6 | You've got to grit your teeth and dance , even when a friend dies . | For those Lucio Fulci fans who only know him for his films like Zombi 2 or The New York Ripper , I can easily see how Murder Rock could come as something of a shock and disappointment . It has more in common with his film One on Top of the Other than it does the throat-gashing , chest-ripping , eye-gouging films Fulci ... |
366,421 | 3,109,237 | 32,788 | 6 | I'll bet if you walk in your sleep , you need a bicycle . | Lloyd Nolan is Michael Shayne , a private eye hired to keep an eye on a young woman with a penchant for gambling . Shayne intends to save her from herself but ends up as the prime suspect of a murder . Shayne will have to act fast and untangle a web of gambling , drugged horses , a jilted lover , an overly zealous myst... |
366,591 | 3,109,237 | 77,914 | 6 | Not your typical Hollywood vampire movie | - Martin is not your ordinary vampire movie . Instead of hypnotism , Martin ( John Amplas ) uses a hypodermic needle to gain the cooperation of his victims . Instead of fangs , Martin uses a razor blade to cut open a wrist to get the blood he needs . Martin can go out in the sun , does not fear crosses or other religio... |
366,316 | 3,109,237 | 32,819 | 6 | I'll never go on a case like this again without a gat . | On his way to a police convention in New York , Charlie Chan runs into an old friend from Scotland Yard , Hugh Drake . Drake , now employed by military intelligence , is hot on the heels of a saboteur named Paul Narvo . Drake asks Chan to pay him a visit while he's in New York to talk over his case . Chan makes the vis... |
366,162 | 3,109,237 | 929,558 | 6 | Thanks , Urko | I guess I'll begin this with the now standard episode number disclaimer . What IMDb lists as Episode 13 is actually Episode 7 . I'm not sure why the episodes originally aired out of order , but the series ' story arc makes more sense if you follow the episode order of the DVD set . Anyway , in " River of Flames " , a h... |
366,487 | 3,109,237 | 929,556 | 6 | This is Episode 5 - not 3 | Once again , the episode number listed on IMDb does not agree with the numbers on the DVD . And since the DVD set presents the episode in the correct order , I'm going with it and calling " Lagoon of Peril " Episode 5 ? not Episode 3 as stated on IMDb . Regardless of the number , " Lagoon of Peril " finds Ape City is i... |
366,229 | 3,109,237 | 929,562 | 6 | A new friend | In " Trail to the Unknown " , it's finally time for Bill , Jeff , and Judy to move the humanoids to a more secure location . First by raft and then across the burning desert , the plan is to get as far away from Urko as possible . But along the way , our heroes run into an unexpected surprise - they meet another astron... |
366,874 | 3,109,237 | 929,563 | 6 | I'm Going Humanoid Over You | In " Tunnel of Fear " , Jeff and Bill put their lives on the line as they sneak back into Ape City to find Cornelius and Zira . They hope the pair of simian scientists will help them locate an isolated spot to move the humanoids to so they won't be such sitting ducks for Urko's army . Cornelius gives them a map showing... |
366,481 | 3,109,237 | 929,560 | 6 | A lot of fuss over a book | The problem with the episode numbering gets a bit ridiculous with " Terror on Ice Mountain " . IMDb lists it as Episode 12 when , in fact , it should be Episode 6 . Anyway , in this episode , Cornelius has found 2 , 000 year-old book written by humans about a trip to the zoo where apes are kept in cages . Fearing what ... |
366,876 | 3,109,237 | 929,561 | 6 | Oosa , Oosa , Oosa | I need to begin this by pointing out that the order of the episodes listed on IMDb does not match the order they appear on the DVD . IMDb lists them in the order they originally aired on television - even though the episodes aired out of order . Otherwise , the whole Return to the Planet of the Apes story arc gets all ... |
366,153 | 3,109,237 | 68,566 | 6 | An average Italian crime film | Antonio Mancuso ( Antonio Sabato ) is a small time hood with dreams of moving up in the family . His ambitions lead him to do a job for one of the big bosses in Italy , Don Vincenzo ( Telly Savalas ) . The two strike up a friendship that quickly turns into something of a father / son relationship . They love each other... |
366,093 | 3,109,237 | 539,177 | 6 | 70s television in all its glory | Season 3 of Charlie's Angels gets off to a bang as the Angels head to Vegas for a double episode with guest star Dean Martin . Watching Deano walk through a casino with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other isn't much of a stretch . Martin is a casino owner who has seen a number of unfortunate events around ... |
366,897 | 3,109,237 | 54,651 | 6 | Terry-Thomas - Babe Magnet | There's something about the innocence of these early-to-mid 60s comedies that I find enjoyable . These movies aren't as jaded as today's so called comedies , relying on comedy , writing , and the talent of the actors . I'm sure that there are situations in Bachelor Flat that someone in 1962 might have found scandalous ... |
366,759 | 3,109,237 | 32,412 | 6 | Enjoyable Technicolor Sci-Fi | Dr . Alexander Thorkel , a scientist working in the Amazon jungle , has discovered the secrets of miniaturization . He invites a group of scientists to assist him , but quickly dismisses them once he gets what he wants from them . Thinking they are spying on him , Dr . Thorkel turns his radium experiment on the group r... |
366,749 | 3,109,237 | 61,075 | 6 | Drop dead ! | Ten Little Indians may not be the best or most faithful Agatha Christie adaptation , but I've always enjoy it . The problem with Ten Little Indians is that it suffers from one of the same flaws that plague most films based on a Christie work ? plot holes . The viewer is required to accept some of the most astounding co... |
366,614 | 3,109,237 | 70,355 | 6 | What happened to Dirty Harry ? | - Having been busted down to surveillance duty , Dirty Harry is itching to get back into the real action . A series of murders force his superiors to bring him back . Soon , Harry has his own ideas about the murders - it looks like they're being committed by a policeman . - This Dirty Harry sequel lacks the punch of th... |
366,313 | 3,109,237 | 95,330 | 6 | It's an ugly , dangerous business , Watson . | This version of The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third I've seen in the past week or so . It's also a first time viewing for me . My initial reaction ? I'm somewhat disappointed based on many of the reviews I've read on IMDb . While I enjoyed it much more than the 1978 abomination , I much preferred the 1983 versio... |
366,223 | 3,109,237 | 83,767 | 6 | Just call me Billie , everyone does . | Stephen King and George Romero combined their talents to create the 1982 horror / comedy anthology Creepshow . They do an excellent job of giving the whole movie 50s / 60s pulp magazine feel to it . Short stories , vibrant colors , and a nice wrap around sequence contribute to this feeling . Like those pulp magazines ,... |
366,367 | 3,109,237 | 66,521 | 6 | It's good , but I expected a little more | For what it is , Vendetta for the Saint is a reasonably entertaining movie with a decent plot that kept me interested throughout . If you're a fan of the television show The Saint , you should enjoy this movie , because Vendetta for the Saint isn't really a movie at all . It's actually a double length two-parter that's... |
366,364 | 3,109,237 | 63,330 | 6 | The " dolls " certainly are creepy little buggers | I feel very fortunate to have seen the original Spanish version of Munecos infernales instead of the cut , poorly dubbed American film known as The Curse of the Doll People . If you go into Munecos infernales expecting great cinema , you'll probably come away disappointed . But , if you lower those expectations a bit a... |
366,551 | 3,109,237 | 65,555 | 6 | Somebody buy Telly some clothes | - Violent City is a real mixed bag . I'll start with the good . The ending is fabulous . The way our hero , hit-man Jeff Heston ( Charles Bronson ) , gets his ultimate revenge is nothing short of sweet . His revenge comes out of nowhere and is startling when you realize what's happening . Bronson is another real bonus ... |
366,750 | 3,109,237 | 67,727 | 6 | A great 2nd act | Finally ! I've been looking for this movie for years . I can remember seeing See No Evil when I was much younger and it scaring the pants off me . It's not that the movie is hard to find or out-of-print or anything , but I've never known the name . I recently purchased the DVD as a blind buy and , to my surprise , it's... |
365,910 | 3,109,237 | 67,713 | 6 | He is evil . He is the embodiment of all that is evil . He is the very Devil himself . | When Paul Carlson ( Christopher Matthews ) goes missing , his brother Simon ( Dennis Waterman ) and friend Sarah Framsen ( Jenny Hanley ) trace his footsteps to try to find him . Their journey leads them to a small village full of inhospitable locals who will only tell the pair that Paul was last seen heading toward a ... |
365,928 | 3,109,237 | 74,342 | 6 | If I were you I'd still shoot | I found Death Rage to be a fun little Euro-crime movie that's much better than it's reputation would suggest ( or at least better than many of the reviews I've read ) . Yul Brynner plays Peter Marciani , an aging hit-man hired to go to Italy to kill a mob boss . At first he refuses until he learns that his intended tar... |
366,733 | 3,109,237 | 544,483 | 6 | My second experience with Combat ! | In this episode of Combat ! , Lt . Gil Hanley ( Rick Jason ) finds himself trapped under rubble in a church . Atop the rubble sits an unexploded bomb . It's up to a burned out British bomb disposal expert with a hatred for Americans to save the day - and Lt . Hanley . The only thing I've got to compare " Any Second Now... |
366,051 | 3,109,237 | 55,022 | 6 | Bava and the Vikings | Two very young Viking brothers are separated during a battle that claims the life of their father . One brother , Eron , is brought up to one day take his father's place as the leader of the Viking people . The other brother , Erik , is brought up by his adopted mother Queen Alice to one day rule England . But when Ero... |
366,296 | 3,109,237 | 69,904 | 6 | Twice the Landau = Twice the Fun | As far as episodes of Columbo go , Double Shock is neither the best I've seen , nor is it the worst . It rests firmly in the middle . On the positive side , this episode presents a nice change-of-pace from the norm . In every other Columbo I've seen , not only do you know how the murder was committed , but you know bey... |
366,165 | 3,109,237 | 53,072 | 6 | I'm still waiting for the evening gown portion of the show | Fans of serious science fiction need not bother . In fact , to call Missile to the Moon a " science fiction " movie is something of a misstatement . " Fiction " ? sure . " Science " ? not on your life . Any resemblance Missile to the Moon may have with actual science is purely coincidental and , most likely , unintenti... |
366,023 | 3,109,237 | 449,092 | 6 | This should have been The Ring Two | This is the movie that The Ring Two should have been . It's the story of a group of young people playing a dangerous game with the videotape from The Ring . Each takes a turn watching the tape knowing that another member of the group will bail them out before their seven days are over . But no one appears willing to he... |
366,900 | 3,109,237 | 65,624 | 6 | They . . . always . . . move ! | Bill ( William Kerwin ) is a tormented artist working on a painting from a dream he's had . But can Bill ever actually finish his masterpiece if he keeps killing all his models ? Whatever else I might think or write about Playgirl Killer , one thing is certain ? it features one of the absolute funniest bits of dialogue... |
366,729 | 3,109,237 | 69,956 | 6 | For a " cannibal " film , it's surprisingly touching and sad | It's amazing that the relatively tame Man from Deep River spawned the whole Italian cannibal sub-genre . I use the word " tame " because in comparison to other similar films it's just that ? tame . Sure , there are a few scenes of over-the-top cannibal violence and real animal deaths , but they are not the focus of the... |
366,247 | 3,109,237 | 223,783 | 6 | Meiko Kaji impresses again | When one of the local girls starts dating a " half-breed " , the local guy gang ( The Eagles ) doesn't think much of it . The Eagles start of campaign of terror directed at mixed race couples and individuals they deem to be not of " pure " Japanese heritage . It's up to the leader of the local girl gang and a " half br... |
366,629 | 3,109,237 | 74,258 | 6 | It had a lot of potential . | - A family finds a nice , big , old house at a reasonable rate to rent for the Summer . The only catch is that they must take care of the old lady who lives upstairs . The house is great and the " catch " seems simple enough so the family soon moves in . It's not long , however , until strange things start happening . ... |
366,858 | 3,109,237 | 69,966 | 6 | Funky music , gunfights , and plenty of fake looking blood | Unlike many of the other movies of its ilk , Detroit 9000 has a much more serious tone . It's more akin to something like Across 110th Street than it is to Foxy Brown . As serious as it may be , there's still a lot of fun to be had ? funky music , gunfights , and plenty of fake looking blood . For the most part , it's ... |
366,173 | 3,109,237 | 29,984 | 6 | Toler's first Chan | In Charlie Chan in Honolulu , Chan is called out to a freighter with six passengers making its way to Hawaii . A mysterious man has been murdered and $300 , 000 is missing . Chan must work his way through the clues , red herrings , odd characters , and other assorted obstacles to find a solution . In typical Chan fashi... |
366,002 | 3,109,237 | 57,082 | 6 | A nice , early Spainish horror / thriller | A married man has a torrid affair with the previous owner of the house he has bought for his family . He tries to end the affair , but the woman will have none of that . She sets the house on fire killing his wife and child . Burned beyond recognition , the man vows revenge against his former lover . Overall , Pyro is ... |
365,950 | 3,109,237 | 62,477 | 6 | Nice cast , but flawed movie | - The plot in Waterhole # 3 seems lifted straight from one of Leone's Spaghetti Westerns - a group of people search for stolen Army gold . Finding the gold doesn't prove to be too difficult . But hanging onto it certainly does . - Other than one major flaw , Waterhole # 3 is a reasonably entertaining comedy / Western t... |
366,654 | 3,109,237 | 70,039 | 6 | Head-in-a-Box | Centuries ago , Aleric du Marnac ( Paul Naschy ) and his female companion were put to death for a variety of crimes including consorting with Satan . The pair vowed to get their revenge on the descendants of those responsible for their deaths . du Marnac was beheaded and his body and head were buried separately . Switc... |
366,407 | 3,109,237 | 70,122 | 6 | Tag team monster action | The plot of a movie like Godzilla vs . Megalon hardly matters . The movie follows the same basic premise that most of these Toho monster mashes follow ? A monster , for whatever reason , poses a threat to humanity . Godzilla is summoned from Monster Island to provide assistance in defeating the monster . The End . That... |
366,544 | 3,109,237 | 70,140 | 6 | The best movie about Amazons I've seen this week | I can't believe I've watched two Italian Amazon movies in one week . How much cheese can one person stand ? Compared with Battle of the Amazons , however , War Goddess comes out the clear winner . I actually enjoyed the movie much more than I probably should have . War Goddess tells the story of the Amazons selecting a... |
366,300 | 3,109,237 | 33,760 | 6 | A fine performance from Lugosi | If you haven't seen Invisible Ghost , I won't bother going into much of the plot . Most of it is silly and doesn't make much sense . Basically , the story involves a man who is driven to commit murder by seeing his supposedly dead wife . That's really all you need to know . And , it's not much of a spoiler as you disco... |
366,115 | 3,109,237 | 64,747 | 6 | With Lee and Price , it could have been better | The Oblong Box is an average horror film - not great , but certainly not the worst . The story is fairly interesting and the cast ( while not necessarily the acting ) is top notch . Horror icons Vincent Price and Christopher Lee star . The story involves a man who is kept locked in his room . He has been horribly disfi... |
366,014 | 3,109,237 | 45,191 | 6 | Are there really fans of Lizabeth Scott out there ? | I've now watched three of the Hammer noirs that were recently released on DVD and while each is okay , there's nothing very memorable about any of them . That's precisely how I feel about Stolen Face ? it's a decent watch , but it's nothing I would go out of my way to see again . While Paul Henreid gives a nice perform... |
366,714 | 3,109,237 | 26,000 | 6 | A nice start for the Stooges at Columbia | Woman Haters is far from the best of the Three Stooges , but it is a nice start to the Columbia shorts and does offer a unique and interesting thing or two . The plot sees the boys joining the Woman Haters Club ? a club that prohibits its members from carrying on with women . But no sooner than they become members , La... |
366,278 | 3,109,237 | 52,850 | 6 | My goodness but Mamie sure could fill-up an outfit ! | Already on probation for a series of petty crimes , Silver Morgan ( Mamie Van Doren ) is facing time in juvenile detention after being accused by a witness of pushing her boyfriend off a cliff . Fortunately for Silver , Mother Veronica offers to take her in at Girls Town ? a Catholic home for troubled young women . Sil... |
366,114 | 3,109,237 | 87,288 | 6 | Warner makes a good monster | Frankenstein ( 1984 ) is yet another of the seemingly endless versions of the Frankenstein story . This one was apparently made for British television . The director , James Ormerod , has put together a nice little movie given the obvious limitations to his budget . I won't go into the basic story as most already know ... |
366,168 | 3,109,237 | 52,844 | 6 | These are some of the most clean-cut , white-bread kids imaginable . | It looks like bad news for the kids of the local hot rod club . They're about to be thrown out of the building they've used as their clubhouse . And with no place to go , that will mean an end to their club . Just when things look their bleakest , an aunt of one of the club's members offers the kids the use of a house ... |
366,860 | 3,109,237 | 39,853 | 6 | The least of the series | What started with a bang in The Thin Man sadly ends in something of a whimper in Song of the Thin Man . By 1947 , William Powell and Myrna Loy had become a little too long in the tooth to portray the dashing , urbane mystery solving couple . Both still do a good job , but I always picture Nick and Nora a little younger... |
366,560 | 3,109,237 | 699,412 | 6 | Nice introduction to the series | The Case of the Cunningham Heritage is a nice introduction to the 1954 series creatively titled Sherlock Holmes . Ronald Howard plays Holmes and Howard Marion-Crawford is Watson . Both are more than adequate in their roles and present a nice change of pace for viewers more familiar with either the Rathbone films or t... |
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