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Written by James M. Tate / 3/21/2026 / No comments / art hindle , carol bagdasarian , chuck norris , eighties , ernie hudson , karate , karen carlson , kim lankford , lee van cleef , tadashi yamashita

CHUCK NORRIS, ART HINDLE & LEE VAN CLEEF IN 'THE OCTAGON'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lqA4BnZIWwZenTBH_Z0XrFhvZuDbOqgvVIZRPG4TJEyCEX070SgGEt5pm5rTk0RhFJqixTJjWKO7zHdoRHhet4BeOdXXzVw7FrQhINeMjaEL9M0KqiaRn1x9fHbnjhuTkN6ycfQ5ks0qnwctoMGc4bbPj1ykbk9WlxG6pS2YeNdlCf09MYIxDoHCkqi4/s1500/When%20are%20you%20gonna%20stop%20sniffing%20around%20and%20make%20some%20serious%20moves.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lqA4BnZIWwZenTBH_Z0XrFhvZuDbOqgvVIZRPG4TJEyCEX070SgGEt5pm5rTk0RhFJqixTJjWKO7zHdoRHhet4BeOdXXzVw7FrQhINeMjaEL9M0KqiaRn1x9fHbnjhuTkN6ycfQ5ks0qnwctoMGc4bbPj1ykbk9WlxG6pS2YeNdlCf09MYIxDoHCkqi4/s16000/When%20are%20you%20gonna%20stop%20sniffing%20around%20and%20make%20some%20serious%20moves.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: THE OCTAGON Year: 1980 Rating: ***</td></tr></tbody></table>Over an hour into the 1980 Chuck Norris action vehicle THE OCTAGON, Spaghetti Western legend Lee Van Cleef turns to the iconic karate fighter and says, "When are you gonna stop sniffing around and make some serious moves?" Which is fitting since most of the picture's a location-hopping investigation into what foreshadows the series COBRA KAI by decades (and the movie it's based on by four years): a dangerous group of martial artists, deemed ninjas, are teaching people how to become lethal fighters, and in this case, outright terrorists...

art hindle, carol bagdasarian, chuck norris, eighties, ernie hudson, karate, karen carlson, kim lankford, lee van cleef, tadashi yamashita

CHUCK NORRIS, ART HINDLE & LEE VAN CLEEF IN 'THE OCTAGON'

Title: THE OCTAGON Year: 1980 Rating: *** Over an hour into the 1980 Chuck Norris action vehicle THE OCTAGON, Spaghetti Western legend Lee V...

OLIVIA HUSSEY IN BOB CLARK'S CULT SLASHER 'BLACK CHRISTMAS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPa0lifL_UgIrZByL3A8x5whRCrO6QaJMgMBUiluwlTI2ZgGW119wchu2plL7BGlFs7A6E1VUunAslBtN4o-9EMzmzPpmGzuMAH3fib7eX3wSl01l_oLvPExECIGPBGEAEwmveoiA6-B8p-f_7hzlIlAI-7B1qscmmCvLuS_5lH9eXeVOFirjRgiUrHA/s1417/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPa0lifL_UgIrZByL3A8x5whRCrO6QaJMgMBUiluwlTI2ZgGW119wchu2plL7BGlFs7A6E1VUunAslBtN4o-9EMzmzPpmGzuMAH3fib7eX3wSl01l_oLvPExECIGPBGEAEwmveoiA6-B8p-f_7hzlIlAI-7B1qscmmCvLuS_5lH9eXeVOFirjRgiUrHA/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS Year: 1974 Rating: **1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>In the case of Bob Clark's 1974 cult-horror BLACK CHRISTMAS, Christmas comes before HALLOWEEN since John Carpenter's 1978 slasher took some inspiration from not only a killer stalking a group of pretty young ladies (college instead of high school), but the camera sporadically becomes his shaky, formidable perspective... But not for long enough as most of the would-be victims remain alive for too long: except poor Lynne Griffin's curiously foreboding shy girl, seeming perfect for the sole survivor — described by a loose, foul-mouthed Margot Kidder (more befitting a sex comedy than horror) as a professional virgin — but lovely-lithe Olivia Hussey's our final girl...

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...

OLIVER REED & ART HINGLE IN DAVID CRONENBERG'S 'THE BROOD'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVR03Pp4vh7MYeuSZMlL2f6KKVTVKPY6DXJprtvtPRCJACw9AGnql98XZzUV3n9bJnQEx7PaCmk5NPWVbKXtTpugG5qFRx1rvpLIz-6ucll7VVqqcWPsWBbc1UHnWo-8Cag4d3lSTXTLztP3L4k6Tpuj31L2XBVpLjLSrsrnAQeDZyOojTuU5zKyFJw/s531/ollie+brood.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="531" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVR03Pp4vh7MYeuSZMlL2f6KKVTVKPY6DXJprtvtPRCJACw9AGnql98XZzUV3n9bJnQEx7PaCmk5NPWVbKXtTpugG5qFRx1rvpLIz-6ucll7VVqqcWPsWBbc1UHnWo-8Cag4d3lSTXTLztP3L4k6Tpuj31L2XBVpLjLSrsrnAQeDZyOojTuU5zKyFJw/w400-h253/ollie+brood.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1979 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>The term “watch your temper” has never been so 
relevant and palpable than in THE BROOD, where Oliver Reed’s Dr. Hal 
Raglan, a psychiatrist in complete control of his mentally childlike 
subjects, has a favorite patient with serious issues: Enter Nola Caverth, played by THE COLLECTOR actress 
Samantha Eggar, intensely listening to the doctor’s advice… But who's 
really in charge?Well neither British actors are the 
main stars despite top billing: The investigative buried lead is third-billed INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS patient-x Art 
Hindle as Nola’s separated husband and father of a vulnerable little girl, 
Candace, played sublimely by Cindy Hinds, aesthetic precursor to Heather O’Rourke from POLTERGEIST...As dad pieces clues together, various characters are stalked by what look like 
psychotic school kids combined with the pint-sized literal little devil 
from DON'T LOOK NOW and/or a taller yet equally aggressive TRILOGY OF 
TERROR's Zuni Fetish Doll: shifting the aura from an intriguing psychological thriller to a genuinely frightening horror flick...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitHqIhWhg3n-cKjUJijkAoPTRphYL563DbffhZzRELJ3BKBllfpelhB5j4vs80J8jV4azc0mNPwceEPRhmfL3BoVGFmAnWGXUCI77tyeAe83PkxaZkWw066uWE00ngYwzNLg-a52ZoRWErbzX1uFaaY4Lhbn7WwLLtT-ry1dmjrXSDW6xiTmBpHEnfQ/s1263/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-09%20at%206.12.54%20PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1263" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitHqIhWhg3n-cKjUJijkAoPTRphYL563DbffhZzRELJ3BKBllfpelhB5j4vs80J8jV4azc0mNPwceEPRhmfL3BoVGFmAnWGXUCI77tyeAe83PkxaZkWw066uWE00ngYwzNLg-a52ZoRWErbzX1uFaaY4Lhbn7WwLLtT-ry1dmjrXSDW6xiTmBpHEnfQ/w400-h210/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-09%20at%206.12.54%20PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art Hindle in THE BROOD</td></tr></tbody></table>With distorted, nightmarish faces and the power to 
kill anyone connected to Nola’s bitter dream-state, the origin and 
purpose of the evil tykes should be kept secret. But anyone familiar 
with THE BROOD already knows what's up. Let’s just say, catharsis has 
rarely been as creepy, vicious and grotesque.. Horror auteur David Cronenberg keeps the story moving with a dark, ominous pace even 
though much of the film occurs in the daylighDespite too much 
scientific dialogue between bloodshed, not always enhancing the 
storyline, with Oliver Reed spouting exposition, it's 
forgivable. But humans aside, those killer mutants 
really steal the show: Too bad they didn’t have a larger playground to 
wield their lunacy as the best scenes include their body count hunting spree: first with Nola's parents, and then the perfect woman/school teacher (Susan Hogan). And the very, very end, involving a bizarre form of 
childbirth, should send men right back into the waiting room, chain 
smoking cigarettes while anticipating the outcome.

art hindle, cindy hinds, david cronenberg, horror, nuala fitzgerald, oliver reed, samantha eggar, seventies, susan hogan

OLIVER REED & ART HINGLE IN DAVID CRONENBERG'S 'THE BROOD'

Year: 1979 Rating: **** The term “watch your temper” has never been so relevant and palpable than in THE BROOD, where Oliver Reed’s Dr. Hal...

SEVENTIES REMAKE OF 'INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS'

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Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of the 1956 cult film INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is full of dark locations, eerie zoom angles, an ominous soundtrack, and leaves plenty to be desired and admired: which is entirely (and obviously) on purpose... 
 
The main characters aka our central heroes who... in a film about mankind stealthily taken over by aliens through the result of cloning pods, which, unlike the original, we actually witness and experience in grotesque goopy glory... are narcissistic and aloof in the human world, and hardly the kind of characters to really feel for or even, initially, sympathize with before the slow, calculated takeover (already in progress)... 
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