THE HAUNTED PALACE 1963
Hosted By Cinematic Catharsis & Realweegiemidget Reviews"…While, like a ghastly rapid river, Through the pale door, a hideous throng rush out forever and laugh – But smile no more" Although...
View ArticleRIDE THE HOT WIND 1971
Long before major Hollywood films dealt with the returning Vietnam Veterans and their sometimes difficult transition to civilian life the low budget biker films of this era often dealt with...
View ArticleLET'S GO TO THE MOVIES #1
It's Sat. March 19, 1977. Let's see what's playing in the Detroit, MI metro area.Lots of post-Oscar hype and re-releases for some major studio stuffRalph Bakshi's WIZARDS is still playing at multiple...
View ArticleWALK THE WALK 1970
One of the more fascinating personalities on the periphery of motion picture history was producer Kroger Babb (who billed himself as "America's Fearless Showman"). A husker showman in the vein of...
View ArticleRosalba Neri News # 32 THE FU MANCHU CYCLE 1965 - 1969 on Blu fom Indicator
Collecting the five Fu Manchu titles produced by Harry Alan Towers, Indicator has announced this release for 19 Oct. 2020. Directed by Don Sharpe, Jeremy Summers, and Jess Franco these feature...
View ArticleLet's Go To The Movies # 2 Fr. Aug. 10 1973
It Fri. night in Detroit, MI (and probably hot & humid as all hell) so let's go to a nice air-conditioned theatre or head over to a drive-in.The world premiere of DETROIT 9000 is downtown at the...
View ArticleFOLLOW ME 1969
"...into the bold, beautiful stoked whirl of today!" Following in the wake of Bruce Brown's ENDLESS SUMMER (1966) is this surfing "documentary" that follows three likable, good-looking, and always...
View ArticleRosalba Neri News #33 THE FRENCH SEX MURDERS and THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A on Blu-ray
As part of their Black Friday releases Vinegar Syndrome has announced their second Giallo box which will contain Ferdinando Merighi’s sleazy & gory THE FRENCH SEX MURDERS released in 1972. It will...
View ArticleFIGHTING MAD 1976
"When You Push Too far, Even A Peaceful Man Gets Fighting Mad" The third of three movies Jonathan Demme (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) directed for Roger Corman, this followed CAGED HEAT (1974) and CRAZY...
View ArticleTHEY CAME TO ROB LAS VEGAS 1968
“Nobody Touched Las Vegas Loot Until… They Came to Rob Las Vegas” An oozing coolness Gary Lockwood and a gang of European character actors hatch out a heist plan to knock-off a hi-tech armored truck in...
View ArticleForce Of Evil 1948
The Marie Windsor Blogathon Hosted By Toby Roan over at 50 Westerns From The 50's While undoubtedly a film-noir (and one of the best IMO) Abraham Polonsky's 1948 FORCE OF EVIL while containing the...
View ArticleRUN ANGEL RUN 1969
"He Squealed On His Gang...And The Word Was Out...WASTE HIM!" RUN ANGEL RUN from 1969 is notable for having several "firsts" attached to it. It was the first biker film that William Smith (THE LOSERS...
View ArticleTRUCK TURNER 1974
Black, Bold and Bloody Mean! "Anybody ask you what happened, tell 'em you've been hit by a truck...Mac "Truck" Turner!" In recent years blaxploitation has been parodied and riffed on so much that the...
View ArticleOUR MOTHER'S HOUSE 1967
The Home Sweet Home Blogathon Hosted By Reelweegiemidget Reviews& Taking Up Room"We know a secret...We won't tell. For if we tell, we'll go to hell"After spending years in the British film system...
View ArticleHOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE aka SAVAGE INTRUDER 1970
"A New High In Terror and Shock!"Made on the downside of the trend of casting actresses from Hollywood's golden age in horror and/or exploitative films that had started with Robert Aldrich's WHATEVER...
View ArticleTHE ANGRY RED PLANET 1959
Hosted By Taking Up Room"Cinemagic And You Take a Trip To The Angry Red Planet!""The hell with radiation... Let's go!"Made at the tail end of the 50's sci-fi boom and released by A.I.P., THE ANGRY RED...
View ArticleI DON'T WANT TO BE BORN aka THE DEVIL WITHIN HER 1975
Hosted by RealWeegieMidget Reviews"Conceived by the Devil, only she knows what her baby really is!""Pray for the Devil Within Her...before it preys on you!""You will have a baby - a monster, an evil...
View ArticleLA FRUSTA E IL CORPO (THE WHIP AND THE BODY aka WHAT) 1963
Hosted by Cinematic Catharsis and RealWeegieMidget Reviews It could be argued that Mario Bava reached his pinnacle as a director in 1963. There was the classic anthology I TRE VOLTI DELLA PAURA (BLACK...
View ArticleTHE FARMER 1977
"They Committed Murder, Rape, Arson and One Mistake...They left The Farmer Alive""He doesn't get mad. He gets even." After decades of being unavailable and morphing into one of the great holy grails of...
View ArticleLet's Go To The Movies # 3 Fri. 13 June 1975
Here's a (hopefully) nice early summer Fri. evening in Detroit. So lets see what's playing!There's a double feature of COMBAT COPS (aka THE GET-MAN aka THE ZEBRA KILLER) and last year's DETROIT...
View ArticleTHE TODD KILLINGS 1971
"Right out of today's headlines! The youth cult...the buried bodies...the shocking impact of what is happening now!" Released in the midst of that early 70's sub-genre of murderous teens (or hippies)...
View ArticleLet's Go To The Movies # 4 Fri. 12 Oct 1973
Crisp Midwest fall Oct. evening with only a couple of weeks 'till Halloween ! Lots of re-releases this week as the drive-in season winds down in Detroit, Michigan. The magnificent Tamera Dobson in...
View ArticleCHI L'HA VISTA MORIRE? aka WHO SAW HER DIE? 1972
Hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews & Pale WriterAlong with UNIVERSAL SOLDIER released in 1971, this was Lazenby's first role after his one-and-done tenure in the Bond series and unlike the role in...
View ArticleLet's Go To The Movies # 5 Fri. 28 June 1974
One week 'till the 4th of July and lots of cool stuff playing around town! Playing multiple drive-ins around Detroit (including the inspiration for this blog's title), it doesn't get much better than...
View ArticleFavorite Catalog Releases From 2021
This has been an unbelievable year for catalog releases and this list could very easily go into the dozens so here's a list of a just few of my favorites.I remember paying $20.00 for multi-gen bootleg...
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