SUSAN GEORGE AND FIONA LEWIS IN 'TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK'

<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/AVvXsEhsXoq2hcJw2-pWxJv5RhRxvML7zIoNDYa0a2Z4JeH_5iAp8PyZ5RHwlxIU3mRgHcvHIbyv8FMxZeUMkfYV30eSZIgz-rHoGO9a9I6c0CB9lgqcz4dodxzOAqTZnOStwR2_ckcEdbFm6LtENC-kc-wYZf51FbMtC_PSh6T43aoZwgmsSMe2o0-HMknqQe0O/s1443/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-15%20at%205.17.43%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXoq2hcJw2-pWxJv5RhRxvML7zIoNDYa0a2Z4JeH_5iAp8PyZ5RHwlxIU3mRgHcvHIbyv8FMxZeUMkfYV30eSZIgz-rHoGO9a9I6c0CB9lgqcz4dodxzOAqTZnOStwR2_ckcEdbFm6LtENC-kc-wYZf51FbMtC_PSh6T43aoZwgmsSMe2o0-HMknqQe0O/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-15%20at%205.17.43%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jennifer Ashley's climactic scene image for TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK Year: 1977 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>If the sexually-driven/dream-vacationing ménage à trois of the 1980's SUMMER LOVERS were a 1970's JAWS-clone then you'd have the extremely bizarre Mexican exploitation TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK where, in familiar form, one character complains that the beaches should have been closed...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But by that time it's almost over, before which two Mexican playboys... one a vulnerable blond millionaire with a yacht and the other a shallow dark-haired womanizing shark hunter... have two consecutive affairs with two different sexy British babes played by Fiona Lewis and Susan George respectively; and the first vanishes, mysteriously to the boys, but the audience had seen her eaten by not only a shark (Chrissie Watkins anyone?) but THE shark...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, andrés garcía, exploitation, fiona george, jaws-clone, jennifer ashley, mexico, priscilla barnes, romance, seventies, shark, susan george

SUSAN GEORGE AND FIONA LEWIS IN 'TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK'

Jennifer Ashley's climactic scene image for TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK Year: 1977 Rating: **1/2 If the sexually-driven/dream-vacationing mé...

WILLIAN GREFÉ TURNS 'STANLEY' INTO 'MAKO: JAWS OF DEATH'

<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/AVvXsEi5X04ATd4fd5Cm6HamRQ3a12DCJCJQt0sX34zGYC8rK2CI31Na9xMvbX61IWJC0hlGN7o5PH6Zb1lgU_yRxV0hSUCNlWlM1HZKl2F9sNuMOikRK6Gcaa8T1zRo7R8ke9pppgKnbuGc8AFwoPMEOuby9B5_BBe4YjEht-xNuDUSruwKyU7pLyw7VZ8OvA/s1366/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-29%20at%202.47.17%20PM.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1366" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5X04ATd4fd5Cm6HamRQ3a12DCJCJQt0sX34zGYC8rK2CI31Na9xMvbX61IWJC0hlGN7o5PH6Zb1lgU_yRxV0hSUCNlWlM1HZKl2F9sNuMOikRK6Gcaa8T1zRo7R8ke9pppgKnbuGc8AFwoPMEOuby9B5_BBe4YjEht-xNuDUSruwKyU7pLyw7VZ8OvA/w400-h286/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-29%20at%202.47.17%20PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1976</u></td></tr></tbody></table>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 connection to rats, WILLARD. But this film's director William Grefé's <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/07/snakes.html">STANLEY</a>, about a slightly older fella hooked on snakes, already borrowed from the WILLARD template, making JAWS OF DEATH a clone of a clone of a clone...<br> <br> As Richard Jaekel, no stranger to creepy roles despite or even accentuated by his blond-haired, man-next-door look, goes back and forth from the seaside town to the sea itself, where the opening credits of a diver swimming smoothly beside a killer shark proves the introductory scrawl, about how the underwater crew <i>risked their lives in making this motion picture</i>, wasn't just for show: the first two minutes alone defines exploitation cinema at its finest, and riskiest...<br>

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...

ROBERT FORSTER VS THE JAWS OF LEWIS TEAGUE'S 'ALLIGATOR'

<table align="center" 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/AVvXsEjLhjZZEXaCTvBzXASbNLH3AyED7yAnSo5-wsY_nggShpWZdsKSGeGqFoSD2e-xkjy0ctqHyg6mViP_qea7pZFQGUivg7V6v5SRzbRT4neC9zIJfl-MU_EQ2jGjMTsZVHYk2e7T1GpHCDqnw0q6085GYdiH7NzcQuvglTcrA178s3zDty_vgAeacmeyoQ/s1924/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%208.49.16%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1924" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhjZZEXaCTvBzXASbNLH3AyED7yAnSo5-wsY_nggShpWZdsKSGeGqFoSD2e-xkjy0ctqHyg6mViP_qea7pZFQGUivg7V6v5SRzbRT4neC9zIJfl-MU_EQ2jGjMTsZVHYk2e7T1GpHCDqnw0q6085GYdiH7NzcQuvglTcrA178s3zDty_vgAeacmeyoQ/w400-h289/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%208.49.16%20PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Poster art for Lewis Teague's ALLIGATOR Year: 1980</u></td></tr></tbody></table>Of the many JAWS-clones, ALLIGATOR is the most original, and, the second with an original screenplay by John Sayles after PIRANHA, there's an extremely memorable opening with a baby alligator getting flushed down a toilet...<br> <br> Well little "Ramon" grows up, and really, really big since a corporation's testing a growth-serum on dogs, and a pet store owner tosses the enlarged, steroid-filled corpses into the Los Angeles sewer that the gator feeds and grows on: The audience learning all this a step before Robert Forster's cop with a past, David, a kind of old school detective type snooping around and ultimately believing what seems farfetched if impossible. Like JAWS, the mayor cares only about money, and there are enough edgy obstacles to make this creature-feature play like a legitimate thriller... <br>

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...

ROCK HUDSON, MIA FARROW AND ROBERT FORSTER IN 'AVALANCHE'

<table align="center" 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/AVvXsEhQPmIrMQngAqyqXtq3ExnHtdsRqOOT5ImDvKHD2V5fe7pJsGLTDAHlP6f74WF9eU22ZSe8jaoKSW6Fs21wy6sArOWgS6OaBdKYsUjrqxkciHQjiLGsm1v5YXPMhj2QLO3m5jP29gwJyj4Ulvv91pMBHizPQ8sM0aT27gTJqXzCplwSZrpn4hoTYO8fPA/s2035/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%205.40.42%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="2035" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPmIrMQngAqyqXtq3ExnHtdsRqOOT5ImDvKHD2V5fe7pJsGLTDAHlP6f74WF9eU22ZSe8jaoKSW6Fs21wy6sArOWgS6OaBdKYsUjrqxkciHQjiLGsm1v5YXPMhj2QLO3m5jP29gwJyj4Ulvv91pMBHizPQ8sM0aT27gTJqXzCplwSZrpn4hoTYO8fPA/w400-h274/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%205.40.42%20AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rock Hudson in Avalanche YEAR: 1978 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table>Yes it's another of many 1970's JAWS clones, even though AVALANCHE is a wannabe Irwin Allen disaster flick with the disastrous situation named after exactly that. Rock Hudson stars as both the JAWS Murray Hamilton greedy mayor and Roy Scheider's central, intrepid Sheriff...<br> <br> First he wants to keep his expensive resort open while putting his tourists in jeopardy after ignoring repeated advice from Robert Forster's Nick Thorne, basically the Richard Dreyfuss science-minded harbinger (more a non-preachy conservationist like Sam Elliott in FROGS) warning the millionaire industrialist not to mess with nature. Then Hudson becomes the suddenly guilt-free chief-rescuer once Forster's character is all but forgotten later on...  <br>

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...

ORIGINAL KILLER CULT CLASSIC OF JOE DANTE'S 'PIRANHA'

<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/AVvXsEjlCCGa8ol3jXftUhAsvT_Wi5kQPXUByRgDqFWejE5Zzx8DAfgalt64F_Uo6EKnnVAOoksZZhypGkSAmvIbFxz2XYO8A2w3k7Gnxgcedr6cnjtdxGJKa5b_Wth7mFPgh-dR51ITVTdXgm4Y0UvgK8wF-dYVQc9bJtXBQg5VEn-CnwyKnnLbbmiUj1DaBA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-07-17+at+1.10.58+PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1600" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCCGa8ol3jXftUhAsvT_Wi5kQPXUByRgDqFWejE5Zzx8DAfgalt64F_Uo6EKnnVAOoksZZhypGkSAmvIbFxz2XYO8A2w3k7Gnxgcedr6cnjtdxGJKa5b_Wth7mFPgh-dR51ITVTdXgm4Y0UvgK8wF-dYVQc9bJtXBQg5VEn-CnwyKnnLbbmiUj1DaBA/w400-h215/Screen+Shot+2018-07-17+at+1.10.58+PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>YEAR: 1978</u></td></tr></tbody></table>"Joe Dante trusted me enough to listen and allow the freedom to write scenes in every show I ever did with him" <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/AVvXsEhRAJDDQuIsG2vMN72ZMGPHUoEAYjttjzW2emWR94lo9MShmyJDS9ruG33QPEs_JabHgtVr2ynVaou4LKUJKsmakvzEeLWtDJuWUD5Vd4PTO2ltQs8C4ePl2fxGoFNnYDeslW9VrWoMh896/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-05-18+at+8.12.39+PM.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAJDDQuIsG2vMN72ZMGPHUoEAYjttjzW2emWR94lo9MShmyJDS9ruG33QPEs_JabHgtVr2ynVaou4LKUJKsmakvzEeLWtDJuWUD5Vd4PTO2ltQs8C4ePl2fxGoFNnYDeslW9VrWoMh896/s400/Screen+Shot+2017-05-18+at+8.12.39+PM.jpg" width="120"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>JAWS-like image</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">said the director's regular troupe member, Belinda Balaski, who we'll continue with later as now, from the origin is, at that time, a future arthouse/indie director, John Sayles, starting out a scriptwriter with terrific pulpy creature-features. Two for Joe Dante: PIRANHA, which you're reading about now, and years later THE HOWLING, very loosely based on a sparse, uncomplicated novel, and the screenplay's far more creative and edgy. And for director Lewis Teague, Sayles wrote ALLIGATOR, one of those "title says it all" flicks but with some depth and, best yet, an actor like Robert Forster who can legitimize anything... </span><br> <br> <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/AVvXsEjmt7eftGVpVzS_rufguYUKGRmGsu3H1e8cl2YtmDALEyQMtckXFugZ7Ze0lQ9wYw93BNHuDQN12TZ2X-mmVwBrxnYBOXyH79ZdVpBdZxlOtDuoYQ_nkhCRYRfY01Zn0kZxdnxQLnGsl5XF/s1600/18519827_316957655400084_7360665445922273565_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmt7eftGVpVzS_rufguYUKGRmGsu3H1e8cl2YtmDALEyQMtckXFugZ7Ze0lQ9wYw93BNHuDQN12TZ2X-mmVwBrxnYBOXyH79ZdVpBdZxlOtDuoYQ_nkhCRYRfY01Zn0kZxdnxQLnGsl5XF/s400/18519827_316957655400084_7360665445922273565_n.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><u>Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">And anyone familiar with COMPULSION knows that Bradford Dillman, who had won the Cannes Festival Best Actor award back in 1959, was no slouch either... </span><br> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br></span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">As a bearded alcoholic divorced-dad living in a rural cabin, he makes an otherwise limited character interesting and humorous. Which, of course, has a lot to do with the script... </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">But Dillman's chemistry with 70's scream queen Heather Menzies, who shrieked brilliantly at the end of SSSSSSS a few years earlier, makes a really good movie great: And there's no mystery as to homage since </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Joe Dante says, right up front on the DVD commentary, that PIRANHA is an intentional JAWS clone. But it's no carbon copy of the Steven Spielberg shark classic, taking place on a rural river instead of the ocean... the latter where the deadly Gov't-Created-for-Vietnam fanged-fish are ultimately headed. Plus there's a car chase/race against time: popular back then. But it's no shock that in PIRANHA, the real action takes place in the water...</span><br>

belinda balaski, bradford dillman, creature, heather menzies, horror, interview, jaws-clone, joe dante, piranha, richard deacon, roger corman, seventies, suspense

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...

CHARLES BRONSON IN 'THE WHITE BUFFALO' WITH WILL SAMPSON

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhDEp-7q5mieJAo_9JfotTR67RskoLSDfVI7jFJRXDRV6htxgRXmHQ_RzwjS5FPK7tGv0BRoDkUoPZ0Nnl24NdFSJNTjQQEWaK65Y0SiEmezt6-mVhwqnDblr0OW7TZE6Bv1EqLZRnUQ9_neLOu-XSwnLXthJPGiH-ZMfNDF53bpG-P7F5_e5OrNY0GVY-C/s1128/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-26%20at%205.39.33%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEp-7q5mieJAo_9JfotTR67RskoLSDfVI7jFJRXDRV6htxgRXmHQ_RzwjS5FPK7tGv0BRoDkUoPZ0Nnl24NdFSJNTjQQEWaK65Y0SiEmezt6-mVhwqnDblr0OW7TZE6Bv1EqLZRnUQ9_neLOu-XSwnLXthJPGiH-ZMfNDF53bpG-P7F5_e5OrNY0GVY-C/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-26%20at%205.39.33%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson in THE WHITE BUFFALO Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Within THE WHITE BUFFALO is a different kind of Western that Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson not only wanted to make, but did... at least halfway through: One where Clint Walker has the kind of vengeful spite to kill main character/real life legend Bill Hickock because of the past he's both dodging and facing... thrust towards the gigantic titular beast that, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/jaws-clone">like JAWS</a>, a trio of contrary men band together to expire...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In particular Native American Will Sampson who, like the other gentle giant actor Walker, have never been so formidable, also portraying a fictionally-set true legend, Crazy Horse, with his own revenge towards the buffalo that killed his child... giving an overboard performance more than a touch of camp. And the always capable Jack Warden is a one-eyed trapper... the <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/06/triad-jaws.html">Robert Shaw</a> here and, though full of tough dialogue, is rather underused... </p><p><span></span></p>

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 WHITE BUFFALO' WITH WILL SAMPSON

Charles Bronson in THE WHITE BUFFALO Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 Within THE WHITE BUFFALO is a different kind of Western that Charles Bronson ...

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE IN THE SNAKY JAWS-CLONE 'JAWS OF SATAN'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhPSF6SXzmm3ZN7jJLS7ReYuHd46t6YOklBCN7VBBOHn0A6hUPnfBb5UX1rass4UvqJ3-hn5TvAaqsHgV6sX2AmperWza2bA0lo_6S1wtK1u5CBWDUqD6wRAkLr3D2y4xa6Tx1rjfaB3WuNYfF2O0g4QvwsJzZ_K4ePcyql1FZW2hvZ0lUq_cw22diMCw/s1439/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-30%20at%2010.20.03%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSF6SXzmm3ZN7jJLS7ReYuHd46t6YOklBCN7VBBOHn0A6hUPnfBb5UX1rass4UvqJ3-hn5TvAaqsHgV6sX2AmperWza2bA0lo_6S1wtK1u5CBWDUqD6wRAkLr3D2y4xa6Tx1rjfaB3WuNYfF2O0g4QvwsJzZ_K4ePcyql1FZW2hvZ0lUq_cw22diMCw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-30%20at%2010.20.03%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Christina Applegate in JAWS OF SATAN Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Strange when you know a movie by one name, adorning the posters, video cases and disc covers, but another title displays on the actual opening credits... usually fitting a lot more. One example is THE SILENT FLUTE verses CIRCLE OF IRON: the first centers on what the film is about while the other sounds a lot cooler. But in this particular case, banking on the Steven Spielberg shark blockbuster, morphing KING COBRA into JAWS OF SATAN, is actually a better fit...<br> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p> The titular serpent <i>is</i> The Devil seeking Gothic revenge on a priest. Yet we mostly center on Gretchen Corbett’s Dr. Maggie Sheridan, investigating a series of snake bites taking place in a small town where Fritz Weaver’s Father Tom Farrow, ironically aided (with great chemistry) by new age spiritualist Diana Douglas, resides...</p><span></span>

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...

LISA LANGLOIS IN THE ROGER CORMAN JAWS-CLONE 'THE NEST'

<p></p><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/AVvXsEjtNDOrobXmXYcF008dElRGTJCEun5Bli9_53K2E08Apxp3LEKWKTyv56ssZ7ajSqxXTYJfl9xz6NBmTBauBvKyV8WvXGrJ7zhBufmj2pqQ87PqXTt5o7fqko9ubCKMTHnCows9W3lTCdm8zzkQg51jAsyHLm3-O1JTVEOAZIBOw1u3uQA94I7rm6e-JSdj/s1600/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNDOrobXmXYcF008dElRGTJCEun5Bli9_53K2E08Apxp3LEKWKTyv56ssZ7ajSqxXTYJfl9xz6NBmTBauBvKyV8WvXGrJ7zhBufmj2pqQ87PqXTt5o7fqko9ubCKMTHnCows9W3lTCdm8zzkQg51jAsyHLm3-O1JTVEOAZIBOw1u3uQA94I7rm6e-JSdj/s16000/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f1a60812ac19e66"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">Lisa Langlois</span></span> in THE NEST Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The same year Roger Corman's former New World Pictures put out the slug infestation Jaws-Clone <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/11/slugs.html">SLUGS</a>, his new company New Horizons, led by daughter Julie Corman, made a killer cockroach flick titled THE NEST...<br> <br> Which is almost as effective, and with a higher grade of actors including legendary Robert Lansing as a real estate developer who, a cross between the greedy JAWS mayor and a similar land-developer in another Steven Spielberg thriller, POLTERGEIST, is covering up not an Indian burial ground but some kind of waste that harbors mutant cockroaches doing tons of local damage...<br> </p><p></p>

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'

Lisa Langlois in THE NEST Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2 The same year Roger Corman's former New World Pictures put out the slug infestatio...

TRACKING THE JAWS-CLONE OF NEW WORLD PICTURES 'SLUGS'

<p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhc4YUqBKKdFLTPfC0eRQZq6G2B5gyMxKMnuYUFiB22c1iH0ZGTQ3yGEBEMs4Hum7FaWR3uZVPKmEchT_UfT6HPdX9lgyiL7T-pzADlc6554zZdElxCSsiH3yyyuufySWt8PuH9AA2Oa4wvx3P7RmoSoD0Serk4JXcBskhcge2gI07eMOsjF3J4x5alS1Ez/s1479/12.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4YUqBKKdFLTPfC0eRQZq6G2B5gyMxKMnuYUFiB22c1iH0ZGTQ3yGEBEMs4Hum7FaWR3uZVPKmEchT_UfT6HPdX9lgyiL7T-pzADlc6554zZdElxCSsiH3yyyuufySWt8PuH9AA2Oa4wvx3P7RmoSoD0Serk4JXcBskhcge2gI07eMOsjF3J4x5alS1Ez/s16000/12.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: SLUGS Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Roger Corman's New World Pictures sans Roger Corman made a surprisingly decent Jaws-Clone, taking its time for the body count deaths with pretty good actors spouting pretty good dialogue between gross-out sequences that outshine the suspenseful horror aspect, overall more catered to the drive-in exploitation crowd...<br> <br> Beginning with a bikini-clad blonde on a boat with her boyfriend, the JAWS connection is contrived right up front since SLUGS aren't known for being water/lake creatures... but soon we're at a small town that, within its cozy confides, has a nice guy health inspector who, along with his pretty wife and working class buddy, investigates what could be killing (and skinning bare) various townspeople...<br> </p><p></p><p></p>

body count, creature, eighties, exploitation, horror, jaws-clone, suspense, thriller

TRACKING THE JAWS-CLONE OF NEW WORLD PICTURES 'SLUGS'

Title: SLUGS Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2 Roger Corman's New World Pictures sans Roger Corman made a surprisingly decent Jaws-Clone, takin...

BEWARE OF 'BLOOD BEACH' W/ DARRELL FETTY & LENA POUSETTE

<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/AVvXsEjWna3M7Gm9xHU9gqvQ2GV5-rpflEaJlTw48ChBzbp_mqwCGU2FXQb322eaFm8ZJxqjo6q9Pdyr_D1aVwxbGMSSzyhsD8UdX8tYAfRWCY6DsusZeGWIJiRjcEE-GLcUC8wX0oK0gXXnNd6JVZn2hBymIcQzZOkGwlhB4avsrS88SD7Kmp5D3SWQInQtWQ/s1000/blood-beach-570bc59f9ddff.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1000" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWna3M7Gm9xHU9gqvQ2GV5-rpflEaJlTw48ChBzbp_mqwCGU2FXQb322eaFm8ZJxqjo6q9Pdyr_D1aVwxbGMSSzyhsD8UdX8tYAfRWCY6DsusZeGWIJiRjcEE-GLcUC8wX0oK0gXXnNd6JVZn2hBymIcQzZOkGwlhB4avsrS88SD7Kmp5D3SWQInQtWQ/w400-h251/blood-beach-570bc59f9ddff.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BLOOD BEACH Year: 1980 </u></td></tr></tbody></table>BLOOD BEACH is an inspired, intentionally campy Jaws-clone that intentionally never reaches the water, and with a few payoffs, including each death scene, ranging from BIG WEDNESDAY party dude Darrell Fetty as a deputy/musician  to a few doomed locals sucked into the sand...<br> <br> And then investigated by some great actors not only wasted, but marring the horror element including old school drably dressed Burt Young, Otis Young (no relation... Otis is the tall black dude from THE LAST DETAIL who looks nothing like Rocky Balboa's sloppy brother-in-law) and John Saxon in an investigation phase that, sadly, not only takes over the fun but practically smothers it... Basically, too much discussion on what already happened and not enough things happening makes for a rather dull beach... <br>

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...

DENISE GALIK IN THE JAWS-CLONE 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjMbW30QiG2MHTGW8fJQpUWTruYLG6ZfsyFLMXBwzBdiPqKPt_y9oduWTziHmRZfdBhLvENCPcL2mg2AKX_cKqloR0R2-GSTQlBeUb1TA7S4Jo4ZiCjx8hSOTpKsluOtMFXM2KE-MV79vm9Rte-3U6P0d70oNsAEL9xkVjz1QUCkRjYDZerDYdxdkdNjdPt/s1719/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-28%20at%2010.58.10%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1719" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbW30QiG2MHTGW8fJQpUWTruYLG6ZfsyFLMXBwzBdiPqKPt_y9oduWTziHmRZfdBhLvENCPcL2mg2AKX_cKqloR0R2-GSTQlBeUb1TA7S4Jo4ZiCjx8hSOTpKsluOtMFXM2KE-MV79vm9Rte-3U6P0d70oNsAEL9xkVjz1QUCkRjYDZerDYdxdkdNjdPt/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-28%20at%2010.58.10%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Breck Costin and Dense Galik in Humanoids from the Deep 1980  ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Not only did Roger Corman produce a JAWS-clone (directed by Barbara Peeters) where sexy young women are raped by mutated fish-humans, but there's a scientific excuse that's all Darwin's doing: And as bad as HUMANOIDS OF THE DEEP seems as an exploitation horror, it actually fails only when going too far and showing too much... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not of the lady victims, but the creatures who, resembling ALIEN superglued with seaweed, pilage a local seaside town that, like the JAWS mayor wants business flourishing during shark attacks, goes one step further as Vic Morrow, in order to provide bigger fish for his in-coming cannery, has unintentionally created these monstrosities... </p><p><span></span></p>

ann turkel, anthony pena, barbara peeters, cindy weintraub, d, denise galik, doug mcclure, eighties, exploitation, greg travis, horror, jaws-clone, linda shayne, lynn theel, roger corman, vic morrow

DENISE GALIK IN THE JAWS-CLONE 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP'

Breck Costin and Dense Galik in Humanoids from the Deep 1980  ***1/2 Not only did Roger Corman produce a JAWS-clone (directed by Barbara Pee...

OBSCURE CULT EXPLOITATION OF 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'DEMON ISLAND'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjGdV4fDu85Aa6OB47b1kJ1yRZ_KBYZX4xQqOwmzqzUlnO80TiibkJDmqAEBmprTmuNZu_LgKTLkpzAdFLOd9jBv2yrAZ8GoDtDfCeLWP9IBVTDxYnjeaqbT0a-lc9ciRXGrNuitSzFSfdgKHgVzqGCPu3GaxAQk_KujvE1FmgXl9p3FckGLOfC27EisO3p/s1862/Screen%20Shot%202024-10-27%20at%201.27.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdV4fDu85Aa6OB47b1kJ1yRZ_KBYZX4xQqOwmzqzUlnO80TiibkJDmqAEBmprTmuNZu_LgKTLkpzAdFLOd9jBv2yrAZ8GoDtDfCeLWP9IBVTDxYnjeaqbT0a-lc9ciRXGrNuitSzFSfdgKHgVzqGCPu3GaxAQk_KujvE1FmgXl9p3FckGLOfC27EisO3p/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-10-27%20at%201.27.49%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Martin Kove and James Earl Jones in BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Long-neglected and newly-restored BLOODTIDE is a hybrid of several horror/thriller types, from deadly sea creature to underwater treasure hunting to creepy village full of spooked locals (led by Jose Ferrer) with dark secrets...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One involves a cover-up, but only because American couple Martin Kove and Mary-Louise Weller entered the Greek island in the first place, seeking his sister (and plot-McGuffin) Deborah Shelton, an oddball/artistic brunette beauty contrasting the blondes also including Lydia Cornell, girlfriend of James Earl Jones...</p><p><span></span></p>

creature, deborah shelton, eighties, ensemble, exploitation, gothic, horror, island, james earl jones, jaws-clone, jose ferrer, lila kedrova, lydia cornell, martin kove, mary-louise weller, treasure

OBSCURE CULT EXPLOITATION OF 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'DEMON ISLAND'

Martin Kove and James Earl Jones in BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2 Long-neglected and newly-restored BLOODTIDE is a hybrid of several h...

UNEARTHING 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'DEMON ISLAND' AKA 'BLOOD TIDE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/a/AVvXsEjR4Tpkq7cNZWo0xblVmc5aArgvtAE1taOi5My4R-JVlLqsu3S0DZ4GB8OSitBmCxYOeS3R2kELEbvlIh53odp4NHNhryclIpy0-gsrFN_NWnd3LleWnroAIsIR5F_ClQ-UOeIwa1TMmTfevyWFbnPSRED_6qZc9Be8wp8U7doEP4leV1hmfPVCIvdTiQ=s960" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="934" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR4Tpkq7cNZWo0xblVmc5aArgvtAE1taOi5My4R-JVlLqsu3S0DZ4GB8OSitBmCxYOeS3R2kELEbvlIh53odp4NHNhryclIpy0-gsrFN_NWnd3LleWnroAIsIR5F_ClQ-UOeIwa1TMmTfevyWFbnPSRED_6qZc9Be8wp8U7doEP4leV1hmfPVCIvdTiQ=w389-h400" width="389"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>New marrieds Martin Kove and Mary-Louise Weller visit a Greek island to find <i>his</i> missing sister who turns out alive but "isn't quite there..."</p><p>And the mystery is what happened to her before, during and... basically the entire movie is <i>the after</i>... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As James Earl Jones eventually helps out: a kind of Robert Shaw hybrid from both JAWS and especially THE DEEP, advising the handsome couple to dive while he's interested in hidden treasure... </p><p>Meanwhile, the town locals, led by a grimacing Jose Ferrer, have something to hide as young women begin to vanish/die... </p><p>In particular Frye’s girlfriend Barbara, played by bubbly-blonde Lydia Cornell, victim of a JAWS-like attack (much <i>too close for comfort</i>) by a mysterious underwater predator. </p><p>And another girl... a preteen virgin... could be next. And if this review reads more like a patchwork of ideas, that’s what BLOODTIDE (actually BLOOD TIDE) is... yet it’s not completely awful, Although Horror fans will be disappointed as the creature's hardly seen... But according ANIMAL HOUSE starlet Mary-Louise Weller: “It wasn't scripted to be about any monsters, but since it was actually blocked currency from numerous countries... Mexico, UK, Greece, USA... they used the movie as a way to move cash around. It was just amazing that it even cut together at all.”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/a/AVvXsEh6Jupd2XJwVrN4R5kHk0XvxD2pmIXXI7ealRXMuXzHpZIjZz5do64o-FJsiu--E-YgQCmeqTsWIfwxcFHj78Aed-wljTlOI0sMByjwNU0nhMel9CoQRJ7scLtst_DI500Jm5qtxhperkBjgHccLj7CevWg7pU0r6lxWGO1rXZtFLWtPwvS7r8VU0hkqw=s1181" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6Jupd2XJwVrN4R5kHk0XvxD2pmIXXI7ealRXMuXzHpZIjZz5do64o-FJsiu--E-YgQCmeqTsWIfwxcFHj78Aed-wljTlOI0sMByjwNU0nhMel9CoQRJ7scLtst_DI500Jm5qtxhperkBjgHccLj7CevWg7pU0r6lxWGO1rXZtFLWtPwvS7r8VU0hkqw=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Martin Kove and Mary-Louise Weller in BLOODTIDE with James Earl Jones & Lydia Cornell</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEiX1QvJO2Xxfkttw3OF26zOhKuvpSwdSJD8fqlIXrSLO73KoMacEFPpTgs7tT2cjO4CMmYK2-mh0qymGIGeGSPux1pQpg8gZmdK9c0zMpf5xLl1VM5-Jrr6SKSPGfMQgetYz0_LWtx1uH0f/s840/135517446_1153906368371871_9144435897815874566_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1QvJO2Xxfkttw3OF26zOhKuvpSwdSJD8fqlIXrSLO73KoMacEFPpTgs7tT2cjO4CMmYK2-mh0qymGIGeGSPux1pQpg8gZmdK9c0zMpf5xLl1VM5-Jrr6SKSPGfMQgetYz0_LWtx1uH0f/s16000/135517446_1153906368371871_9144435897815874566_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Martin Kove and Mary-Louise Weller in BLOODTIDE</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table>

action, beach, deborah shelton, eighties, exploitation, horror, james earl jones, jaws-clone, jose ferrer, lydia cornell, martin kove, mary-louise weller, thriller

UNEARTHING 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'DEMON ISLAND' AKA 'BLOOD TIDE'

Title: BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2 New marrieds Martin Kove and Mary-Louise Weller visit a Greek island to find his missing sister ...

COMPLETE INTERVIEW W/ ECLECTIC ACTRESS HEATHER MENZIES

<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/AVvXsEhY9fXh4XRW58Lw5h6q80RFFlavOf0M0-gi-ue1UKmx5h_cMyeCt2lNUVWlsCl35uD6vgywkai9jWJEL-j6dvD89WquB0foIcCZmBUC-Laz2H3JkmUARg_B1g9Rb0uiNjyc5o0bqpSossss/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-12-28+at+3.20.05+PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="530" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9fXh4XRW58Lw5h6q80RFFlavOf0M0-gi-ue1UKmx5h_cMyeCt2lNUVWlsCl35uD6vgywkai9jWJEL-j6dvD89WquB0foIcCZmBUC-Laz2H3JkmUARg_B1g9Rb0uiNjyc5o0bqpSossss/s400/Screen+Shot+2017-12-28+at+3.20.05+PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Heather on VEGAS</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Heather Menzies was a child actress turned scream-queen. She played Louisa in THE SOUND OF MUSIC before starring in two horror cult classics: SSSSSSS, about deadly vipers, and PIRANHA, about killer fish...<br> <div align="center" class="copy" style="color: #29221a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b><span class="titlehighlights" style="color: #4f4232; font-size: 16px;"><u><br>THE SOUND OF MUSIC</u></span></b></div> <div class="copy" style="color: #29221a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>How was the audition process?</b><br> I auditioned for the role along with everyone else. I didn't know any of the songs from the movie so I sang "Wouldn't it be Lovely" from MY FAIR LADY. I think (director) Robert Wise had the kind of kids he wanted pictured in his mind and just kept looking until he found them. I was given the scene where we lie to our Father about where we have been. We tell him that we’re berry picking, not looking for Maria. I did all of the kid's lines at the audition.</div>

eighties, heather menzies, interview, jaws-clone, musical, seventies, sixties

COMPLETE INTERVIEW W/ ECLECTIC ACTRESS HEATHER MENZIES

Heather on VEGAS Heather Menzies was a child actress turned scream-queen. She played Louisa in THE SOUND OF MUSIC before starring in two...