Written by James M. Tate / 4/30/2022 / No comments / christina applegate , eighties , exploitation , fritz weaver , gretchen corbett , horror , jaws-clone , john mccurry , nancy priddy , norman lloyd , snake
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE IN THE SNAKY JAWS-CLONE 'JAWS OF SATAN'

Christina Applegate in JAWS OF SATAN Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Strange when you know a movie by one name, adorning the posters, video cases...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/29/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , cara williams , charles bronson , clint walker , creature , cult , exploitation , jack warden , jaws-clone , martin kove , seventies , stuart whitman , western , will sampson
CHARLES BRONSON IN THE JAWS-CLONE OF 'THE WHITE BUFFALO'

Title: THE WHITE BUFFALO Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 Within THE WHITE BUFFALO is a different kind of Western that Charles Bronson and director...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/28/2022 / No comments / body count , creature , eighties , exploitation , horror , jaws-clone , lisa langlois , robert lansing , roger corman , terri treas
LISA LANGLOIS IN THE ROGER CORMAN JAWS-CLONE 'THE NEST'

"Working on that film was amongst the worst experiences of my career" Lisa Langlois YEAR: 1988 The same year Roger Corman's ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/27/2022 / No comments / body count , creature , eighties , exploitation , horror , jaws-clone , suspense , thriller
TRACKING THE JAWS-CLONE OF NEW WORLD PICTURES 'SLUGS'

Tammy Reger as Pam in SLUGS Year: 1988 Roger Corman's New World Pictures sans Roger Corman made a surprisingly decent Jaws-Clone, takin...
OBSCURE EXPLOITATION OF 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'BLOOD TIDE'

Lydia Corndell in BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2 Long-neglected and newly-restored BLOODTIDE is a hybrid of several horror/thriller typ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/26/2022 / No comments / beach , body count , burt young , darrell fetty , eighties , horror , jaws-clone , john saxon , lena pousette , marianna hill , otis young , thriller
BEWARE OF 'BLOOD BEACH' W/ DARRELL FETTY & LENA POUSETTE

Title: BLOOD BEACH Year: 1980 BLOOD BEACH is an inspired, intentionally campy Jaws-clone that intentionally never reaches the water, and wi...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/22/2022 / No comments / ann turkel , anthony pena , barbara peeters , body count , cindy weintraub , denis galick , doug mcclure , eighties , exploitation , greg travis , horror , jaws-clone , lynn theel , roger corman , vic morrow
DENISE GALICK IN THE JAWS-CLONE 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP'

Dense Galick in Humanoids from the Deep 1980 ***1/2 Not only did Roger Corman produce a JAWS-clone (directed by Barbara Peeters) where sexy...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/21/2022 / No comments / adventure , bo hopkins , claude akins , exploitation , horror , italian-import , john huston , ovidio g. assonitis , seventies , shelley winters , sherry buchanan , stelvio cipriani
BO HOPKINS IN THE ITALIAN-IMPORT TERROR OF 'TENTACLES'

Year of Release: 1977 aka Tentacoli The haunting techno keyboard riff by one of Quentin Tarantino's long list of sampled bits of soundtr...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/18/2022 / No comments / action , adam roarke , biker , chuck bail , exploitation , gary kent , larry bishop , max julien , modern western , penny marshall , richard rush , sixties
RICHARD RUSH DIRECTS ADAM ROARKE IN 'THE SAVAGE SEVEN'

Title: THE SAVAGE SEVEN Director: Richard Rush Year: 1968 Score: ***1/2 Perhaps the reason most 1970's Westerns played like violently ma...
ANN CURTHOYS & NINA THOMAS IN 'THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN'

Title: THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 Another episode with an obvious inspiration drawn from Peter Falk's COLUMBO.....
Written by James M. Tate / 4/15/2022 / No comments / action , aubrey morris , british , british neo noir , dennis waterman , gangster , getaway driver , john thaw , nicola pagett , seventies , sweeney
NICOLA PAGETT & BILLY MURRAY ON 'THE SWEEENEY: STOPPO DRIVER'

Billy Murray & John Thaw in The Sweeney: STOPPO DRIVER Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 Another action-packed opener that winds up in a den of ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/14/2022 / No comments / brian glover , brian wilde , british , british neo noir , cop , crime , dennis waterman , john thaw , seventies , sweeney
JOHN THAW IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE' WITH JOHN FLANAGAN

John Thaw and John Flanagan in THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE Year: 1975 Rating: *** THE SWEENEY season one's third episode THIN ICE can be calle...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/13/2022 / No comments / action , british , british neo noir , cop , crime , dennis waterman , john thaw , seventies , sweeney , t.p. mckenna , terence plummer
CLASSIC CRIME CINEMA AMBIANCE FOR 'THE SWEENEY: NIGHT OUT'

The Sweeney: NIGHT OUT Year: 1975 Rating: **** One of the best episodes of the first SWEENEY season stays mostly indoors, and in one small, ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/12/2022 / No comments / british , british neo noir , cop , crime , dennis waterman , heist , john thaw , katy fahy , seventies , sweeney
DENNIS WATERMAN GETS ROMANTIC ON 'THE SWEENEY: DRAG ACT'

Title: THE SWEENEY: DRAG ACT Year: 1978 Rating: *** Early on in THE SWEENEY, Dennis Waterman's Sgt. Carter, the young, more vulnerable p...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/11/2022 / No comments / action , british , dennis waterman , gangster , john thaw , julian glover , lynn dearth , seventies , sweeney , tony selby
JOHN THAW VS TONY SELBY FROM 'THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN'

Title: THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 From HIGH SIERRA before to CARLITO'S WAY after, the device of a famously-...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/10/2022 / No comments / action , british , crime , dennis waterman , diana dors , john thaw , michael tarn , sweeney
FINAL SEASON KICKOFF 'THE SWEENEY: MESSENGER OF THE GODS'

John Thaw and Michael Tarn in The Sweeney: Messenger of the Gods Year: 1978 Rates: **** Although THE SWEENEY final season's kickoff epis...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/09/2022 / No comments / barry stanton , british , british neo noir , colin welland , dennis waterman , gangster , garfield morgan , heist , john cording , john thaw , keith buckley , nazi , seventies , sweeney
COLIN WELLAND & DENNIS WATERMAN MAKE 'THE SWEENEY: FACES'

Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: Faces YEAR: 1975 Rating: **** Starting with a bombastic heist sweeping an entire London street, THE SWEENEY ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/08/2022 / No comments / british , british neo noir , david ellison , dennis waterman , gambling , garfield morgan , george harris , geraldine james , heist , john thaw , rural , sweeney
GERALDINE JAMES & GEORGE HARRIS STEAL 'THE SWEENEY: PAY OFF'

Geraldine James and George Harris in THE SWEENEY: Pay Off Year: 1976 Rating: ****1/2 THE SWEENEY episode PAY OFF combines two of the British...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/07/2022 / No comments / alan lake , brian blessed , british , cop , crime , dennis waterman , gangster , heist , ian hendry , jill townsend , john thaw , neo noir , seventies , sweeney
IAN HENDRY & JILL TOWNSEND CHRISTEN 'THE SWEENEY: RINGER'

Title: RINGER Season 1 Episode 1 Year: 1974 Rating: ****1/2 The rudimentary episode of THE SWEENEY is one of the best, and like all great su...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/06/2022 / No comments / action , british , british tv , cop , crime , dennis waterman , gangster , john thaw , michael elphick , neo noir , prison , seventies , sweeney
SHERIDAN FITZGERALD STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: ONE OF YOUR OWN'

Sheridan Fitzgerald in One Of Your Own 1978 Rates: ***1/2 THE SWEENEY would sometimes go outside the crowded and bickering New Scotland Yard...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/05/2022 / No comments / action , british , british tv , caroline blakiston , comedy , cop , crime , dennis waterman , edward hardwicke , exploitation , john thaw , paul freeman , seventies
LUCASFILM ACTORS GUEST ON 'THE SWEENEY: HEARTS AND MINDS'

John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney: Hearts & Minds Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 A final season SWEENEY episode HEARTS AND MINDS h...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/04/2022 / No comments / action , british , british tv , cop , crime , del henney , dennis waterman , john thaw , mystery , seventies , sheila gish , sweeney
JOHN THAW COLUMBOS DEL HENNEY ON 'THE SWEENEY: JIGSAW'

Dennis Waterman and John Thaw on THE SWEENEY: JIGSAW Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 The first of many STRAW DOGS alumni (ranging from TP McKenna ...
ANNA NYGH LIGHTS UP THE FINAL 'THE SWEENEY: JACK OR KNAVE'

Anna Nygh in Jack Or Knave Year: 1978 Rating: *** The final episode of THE SWEENEY has no finality as the show's never been serialized.....
Written by James M. Tate / 4/03/2022 / No comments / action , british , british tv , dennis waterman , di trevis , edward peel , george sewell , heist , john thaw , judy buxton , neo noir , seventies , sweeney
DI DREVIS STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: BAIT' WITH GEORGE SEWELL

Di Trevis and George Sewell on THE SWEENEY: BAIT Year: 1978 Rating: **** One of the best episodes of the otherwise comparably subpar fourth/...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/02/2022 / No comments / boxing , british , cop , crime , david lodge , dennis waterman , john thaw , lesley-anne down , neo noir , paul jones , seventies , shane briant , sweeney , thriller , TV
NEO NOIR 'THE SWEENEY' EPISODE OF 'CHALK AND CHEESE'

Paul Jones on The Sweeney Year: 1974 Rates: ***** Beginning with a rubbed water-glass rim creating a crystalline sound, there's a mislea...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/01/2022 / No comments / action , british , cop , crime , dennis waterman , heist , helen gill , james booth , john rhys-davies , john thaw , series , sweeney
JAMES BOOTH AND HELEN GILL FROM 'THE SWEENEY: POPPY'

Helen Gill in Poppy Year: 1975 Rating: ****1/2 Britain's THE SWEENEY is both a regular cop series and a revolving villain anthology wher...
All Time Popular
-
Robyn Hilton enters into an eclectic exploitation comedy career in Wonder Women circa 1973 As mentioned a few posts ago, ROBYN HILTON, b...
-
year: 1978 cast: Allen Garfield, Leif Garrett, Kathleen Lloyd, Tony Alva, Pam Kenneally rating: ***1/2 Although promoted as a Leif Garr...