Written by James M. Tate / 12/31/2022 / No comments / body count , cult , exploitation , jaws-clone , jennifer bishop , john davis chandler , revenge , richard jaekal , seventies , shark , thriller , william grefé
WILLIAN GREFÉ TURNS 'STANLEY' INTO 'MAKO: JAWS OF DEATH'
Year: 1976 Someone already pointed out that MAKO: THE JAWS OF DEATH is a hybrid of JAWS and a cult classic about a young man with a twisted...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2022 / No comments / adventure , barry dennen , carl anderson , drama , jesus , musical , religion , seventies , ted neeley
TED NEELEY AND CARL ANDERSON IN 'JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR'
Title: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Year: 1973 Grade: C— Musical turned Musical/Movie JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is about the man himself, Jesus Chri...
OLIVIA HUSSEY IN BOB CLARK'S CULT SLASHER 'BLACK CHRISTMAS'
Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS Year: 1974 Rating: **1/2 In the case of Bob Clark's 1974 cult-horror BLACK CHRISTMAS, Christmas comes b...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/23/2022 / No comments / brian kerwin , comedy , cooper huckabee , counter-culture , eighties , ken michelman , military academy , stephen furst
BRIAN KERWIN AND STEPHEN FURST ARE 'GETTING WASTED'
Title: GETTING WASTED aka SOFT EXPLOSTION Year: 1980 Rating: *** Plenty of wild-party-flicks came out in the wake of ANIMAL HOUSE, and GETTI...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/20/2022 / No comments / bert remsen , charles frank , charles siebert , creature , deborah winters , ensemble , howard hesseman , matthew labyorteaux , pat hingle , penelope windust , seventies , spiders , tom atkins
DEBORAH WINTERS IN 'TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY CARGO'
Title: TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY CARGO Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 The JAWS craze went beyond hungry fish as the TV-Movie TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY ...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/18/2022 / No comments / bob weir , cult , grateful dead , jerry garcia , music , phil lesh , pop culture , rhythm devils , seventies
SAM HUGHES: THE ANTAGONIST OF 'THE GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE'
Uptight Royalties-seeking fan SAM HUGHES from THE GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE in 1975 One of the best scenes in THE GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE has two fans...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/17/2022 / No comments / bart braverman , body count , cop , creature , cult , eighties , exploitation , henry silva , horror , jaws-clone , leslie brown , lewis teague , michael v. gazzo , perry lang , robert forster , robin riker , thriller
ROBERT FORSTER VS THE JAWS OF LEWIS TEAGUE'S 'ALLIGATOR'
Poster art for Lewis Teague's ALLIGATOR Year: 1980 Of the many JAWS-clones, ALLIGATOR is the most original, and, the second with an ori...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/16/2022 / No comments / anthony carbone , barry primus , corey allen , disaster , ensemble , jaws-clone , mia farrow , rick moses , robert forster , rock hudson , roger corman , seventies , suspense
ROCK HUDSON, MIA FARROW AND ROBERT FORSTER IN 'AVALANCHE'
Rock Hudson in Avalanche YEAR: 1978 Rates: ***1/2 Yes it's another of many 1970's JAWS clones, even though AVALANCHE is a wannabe I...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/15/2022 / No comments / action , cec verrell , cult , danelle hand , eighties , post-apocalyptic , roddy piper , rory calhoun , sandahl bergman , science-fiction , william smith
FORGOTTEN RIBBITING CULT OF 'HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN'
Cec Verrell in HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN Year: 1988 Rating: *** * Insanely gorgeous Cec Verrell doing a RAT PATROL imitation with a mounted gu...
ORIGINAL KILLER CULT CLASSIC OF JOE DANTE'S 'PIRANHA'
YEAR: 1978 "Joe Dante trusted me enough to listen and allow the freedom to write scenes in every show I ever did with him" JAWS...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/07/2022 / No comments / cop , cornel wilde , earl holliman , film noir or melodrama , helen walker , jazz score , jean wallace , lee van cleef , richard conte
CORNEL WILDE, JEAN WALLACE & RICHARD CONTE 'THE BIG COMBO'
Richard Conte & Cornel Wilde in THE BIG COMBO Year: 1955 Rates: **** Given a dollar for every time Richard Conte's big time gangster...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/06/2022 / No comments / action , cop , film noir or melodrama , forties , lawrence tierney , priscilla lane , richard fleischer , robert altman , thriller , wrong man
RICHARD FLEISCHER DIRECTS LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'BODYGUARD'
Title: BODYGUARD Year: 1948 Rating: ** Famously-capable director Richard Fleischer could turn out b-movie noirs and most were pretty good wh...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/05/2022 / 1 Comment / chris penn , exploitation , gangster , harvey keitel , kirk baltz , michael madsen , nineties , quentin tarantino , randy brooks , steve buscemi , tim roth
RUDIMENTARY RAMBLING FOR THE LEGENDARY 'RESERVOIR DOGS'
Lawrence Tierney in RESERVOIR DOGS Year: 1991 Rating: ***** If, before 1991, someone mentioned that a movie involving a group of hardened t...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/04/2022 / No comments / alleen roberts , angela stevens , cult , fifties , film noir or melodrama , forties , heist , lawrence tierney , marjorie riordan , max nosseck , thriller
LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'THE NEGLECTED NOIR OF 'THE HOODLUM'
Title: THE HOODLUM Shown: Lawrence Tierney, Angela Stevens Year: 1951 Rating: *** Pulpy programmer about a newly released convict, Vincen...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/03/2022 / No comments / claire trevor , elisha cook jr. , film noir or melodrama , forties , lawrence tierney , romance , thriller , walter zlezak
LAWRENCE TIERNEY FORTIES FILM NOIR MELODRAMA 'BORN TO KILL'
Year of Release: 1947 For better or worse, BORN TO KILL is the epitome of Film Noir. All to love and hate about the genre is here: the shad...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/02/2022 / No comments / action , blaxploitation , cop , crime , fred williamson , isaac hayes , italian-import , lino ventura , neo noir , paula kelly , seventies , team-up
ISAAC HAYES, FRED WILLIAMSON & LINO VENTURA IN 'TOUGH GUYS'
Title: TOUGH GUYS Year: 1974 Pictured: Paula Kelly Rating: **** The actual title is TOUGH GUYS and was then changed to THREE TOUGH GUYS af...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/23/2022 / No comments / cannon , clarence williams III , debra sandlund , eighties , francis fisher , isabella rossellini , lawrence tierney , neo noir , norman mailer , ryan o'neal , wings hauser
RYAN O'NEAL & LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE'
Ryan O'Neal and Lawrence Tierney in TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE Year: 1987 Rates: **1/2 Ryan O’Neal’s infamous “Oh Man Oh God” moment, w...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/21/2022 / No comments / alun armstrong , british , british neo noir , crime , dennis waterman , donald webster , john thaw , ken hutchison , michael ripper , peter vaughan , seventies , sweeney , TV
KEN HUTCHISON STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: STAY LUCKY EH' EPISODE
The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Uh? Year: 1975 Rates: **** Before playing Mr. Hill in SWEENEY 2, STRAW DOGS actors Ken Hutchison dons a fake blonde ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/20/2022 / No comments / british , british neo noir , buddy , cop , crime , dennis waterman , john thaw , ken hutchison , roddy mcmillan , seventies , sweeney
KEN HUTCHISON PLAYS THE ULTIMATE HEAVY FOR 'SWEENEY 2'
Title: SWEENEY 2 Shown: Ken Hutchison Year: 1978 Rates: ****1/2 Before the fourth and final season of the popular British crime television s...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/19/2022 / No comments / anna nygh , british , colin welland , denholm elliott , dennis waterman , exploitation , john thaw , ken hutchison , seventies , susan valentine , sweeney
KEN HUTCHISON CINEMA PRESENTS 'SWEENEY 2' W/ 'SWEENEY!'
King of the 70's Obscure Cinema Shotgun is Ken Hutchison The last few years provided Cult Film Freak new favorite actors including Tom ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/15/2022 / No comments / action , barry kelley , con man , crime , don porter , dorothy patrick , edmond o'brien , fifties , film noir or melodrama , hit-man , howard st. john , joanne dru , otto kruger , robert osterloh , thriller
EDMOND O'BRIEN HEATS ROBERT OSTERLOH IN '711 OCEAN DRIVE'
White Heat's Robert Osterloh & Edmond O'Brien in 711 OCEAN DRIVE Year: 1950 Rating: **** In one of the most all-out entertaining...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/13/2022 / No comments / audrey totter , cold war , dana andrews , fifties , film noir or melodrama , george sanders , märta torén , thriller
DANA ANDREWS & MÄRTA TORÉN COVER 'ASSIGNMENT: PARIS'
Assignment: Paris Year: 1952 Rates: ***1/2 George Sanders, the classy, underrated and underused British actor who all but stole Alfred Hitch...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/10/2022 / No comments / dana andrews , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jacques tourneur , kelly thordsen , marilee earle , mel torme , political , thriller , veda ann borg
JACQUES TOURNEUR DIRECTS DANA ANDREWS IN 'THE FEARMAKERS'
Title: The Fearmakers Year: 1958 Rating: **** THE FEARMAKERS is Dana Andrews ' peak as a dramatic lead, and, circa 1958, is one of the l...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/09/2022 / No comments / alfred werker , carla balenda , claude rains , dana andrews , fifties , ghost ship , mystery , onslow stevens , philip dorn , race against time , skip homeier , skip homeler , steve forrest , thriller , war , world war II
DANA ANDREWS IN THE WAR NOIR THRILLER OF 'SEALED CARGO'
Title: SEALED CARGO Stars: Dana Andrews, Claude Rains Year: 1951 Rating: **** Director Alfred Werker's darkly atmospheric potboiler SEA...