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 / andrea martin , art hindle , bob clark , body count , exploitation , holiday , horror , john saxon , keir dullea , lynne griffin , margot kidder , olivia hussey , seventies , slasher , thriller
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 / 12/17/2022 / No comments / bart braverman , body count , cop , creature , cult , eighties , exploitation , henry silva , horror , jaws-clone , leslie brown , lewis teague , 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 / 12/11/2022 / No comments / antonio margheriti , exploitation , frank pesce , heist , james francsiscus , jaws-clone , karen black , karen black interviews , lee majors , margaux hemingway , marisa berenson , neo noir , piranha , seventies
LEE MAJORS, MARGAUX HEMINGWAY & KAREN BLACK IN 'KILLER FISH'

The Naked Sun poster aka KILLER FISH Year: 1979 This infamous low-budget Brazilian import isn't so bad: Centering on a group of diamond...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/08/2022 / No comments / adventure , bernie casey , cornel wilde , creature feature , horror , jennifer salt , scott glenn , seventies , thriller , tv movie
CORNEL WILDE, SCOTT GLENN AND JENNIFER SALT IN 'GARGOYLES'

Title: GARGOYLES Year: 1973 Rating: **** Cornel Wilde plays a writer obsessed with debunking Gothic mythologies, and answers a call to hear ...
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'

CORNEL WILDE IN THE BIG COMBO YEAR: 1955 RATING: **** Given a dollar for every time Richard Conte's big time gangster says he makes more...
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 / exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , indie , jayne mansfield , john carradine , kathleen crowley , lawrence tierney , mystery , thriller
LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'FEMALE JUNGLE' WITH JAYNE MANSFIELD

Title: FEMALE JUNGLE Year: 1955 Shown: Jayne Mansfield, Lawrence Tierney Rates: ***1/2 Iconic tough guy Lawrence Tierney, ten years after h...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2022 / No comments / body count , dewey robinson , film noir or melodrama , horror , lawrence tierney , mark robson , richard dix , russell wade , thriller , val lewton
LAWRENCE TIERNEY FOUGHT DIX ON LEWTON'S 'THE GHOST SHIP'

Title: THE GHOST SHIP Year: 1943 Rating: ***1/2 A dark, atmospheric Val Lewton production using RKO's fog-shrouded KING KONG ship (liter...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/26/2022 / No comments / adventure , anne jeffreys , chase , cold war , film noir or melodrama , forties , james flavin , jason robarts sr. , lawrence tierney , myrna dell , mystery , romance , wrong man
LAWRENCE TIERNEY & ANNE JEFFREYS RETURN FOR 'STEP BY STEP'

Lawrence Tierney and Anne Jeffreys in STEP BY STEP Year: 1946 Rating: **** Lawrence Tierney with Anne Jeffreys, the gangster and moll from D...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2022 / No comments / anne jeffreys , biopic , constance worth , dewey robinson , eduardo ciannelli , elisha cook jr. , film noir or melodrama , forties , heist , lawrence tierney , lou lubin , marc lawrence , max nosseck
LAWRENCE TIERNEY DEAD AS 'DILLINGER' WITH ANNE JEFFREYS

Anne Jeffreys and Lawrence Tierney in DILLINGER Year: 1945 Rating: ****1/2 In the 1930's through to the 1960's and 1970's, befo...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/24/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , film noir or melodrama , forties , george coulouris , lawrence tierney , max nosseck , piranha , romance , rudolph anders , wrong man
LAWRENCE TIERNEY PLAYS THE WRONG MAN IN 'KILL OR BE KILLED'

Title: KILL OR BE KILLED Year: 1950 Rates: ***1/2 The epitome of a programmer with a beginning, middle and end, and plenty in-between w...
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 / 11/18/2022 / No comments / beverly garland , edmond o'brien , fifties , film noir or melodrama , hugh o'brian , jazz-score , laurette luez , luther adler , mystery , neville brand , race against time , thriller , virginia lee
EDMOND O'BRIEN RACES THROUGH THE CLASSIC FILM NOIR 'D.O.A.'

Title: D.O.A. Year: 1959 Director: Rudolph Maté Stars: Edmond O'Brien Rating: **** For one of the most literally deadly-serious film noi...