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...

RITA HAYWORTH IS 'MISS SADIE THOMPSON' W/ CHARLES BRONSON

<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/AVvXsEjFD5BktEAxeDUQwVq9yhynsIpVn6fV9fmD-qu_vqwWoiOSjeW0_pNLB9uJFKsnq0ilvq8xYHovFPq3P_5almcqbKUmW06aWqBBH2nUOG-ySchQoD0WI_CxsE7IzwpHXYqiVfXDwg349ncU/s1831/1.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1831" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFD5BktEAxeDUQwVq9yhynsIpVn6fV9fmD-qu_vqwWoiOSjeW0_pNLB9uJFKsnq0ilvq8xYHovFPq3P_5almcqbKUmW06aWqBBH2nUOG-ySchQoD0WI_CxsE7IzwpHXYqiVfXDwg349ncU/w400-h286/1.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson and Henry Slate Year: 1953 Rates: ***</u>1/2</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This adaptation of Somerset Maugham's sordid tale about an alluring woman who gets progressively judged and berated and then lusted upon by a Christian missionary is less about moral hypocrisy and more about Evolution since, from the moment Rita Hayworth lands on a Samoan island full of Marines, the biggest and toughest jarhead in Aldo Ray has her number, and won't let go... None of his underlings, not even a more muscular Charles Bronson, harmonica-playing Henry Slate or goofball Rudy Bond has a chance... and most of MISS SADIE THOMPSON seems like PR for the noticeably-aged Rita Hayworth to still be a relevant sex symbol... for young male audiences...<br></p><p></p><p>And she <i>does </i>look pretty great despite overacting the 'good time girl' routine, singing her lines while speaking her songs. But that older, experienced countenance neatly blends into a free-spirited yet enigmatic character that bible-belting Jose Ferrer realizes <i>could have</i> been a prostitute, forcing our marooned goddess in bright red (symbolically contrasting with the grainy-dull browns and greens for what was originally 3D) into a sudden guilty change of conscience. And this 11th hour melancholy-Hayworth, although turning in a far more subtle, natural performance, is but a means to an extremely rushed ending: Instead of building a hate/trust/lust relationship between leads Hayworth and Ferrer, the latter gradually frowns then sermonizes and then explodes, leading back to that rushed romance with Ray, an infatuation as equally empty and hollow — but on HER terms. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

aldo ray, charles bronson, drama, fifties, jose ferrer, melodrama, military, religion, rita hayworth, romance, rudy bond

RITA HAYWORTH IS 'MISS SADIE THOMPSON' W/ CHARLES BRONSON

Charles Bronson and Henry Slate Year: 1953 Rates: *** 1/2 This adaptation of Somerset Maugham's sordid tale about an alluring woman who ...

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 ...

SUE LYON CONTROLS THE DRIVE-IN KILLER CAR IN 'CRASH!'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZBNN0WGNuMF1m0Sr-0mhKsZwhmG7SOx4LWH-BBejJz80WI_R50OQEVFTdMuwVdGex1NOZYbCawPEulC-EzPLRMKUNYeth-XBUqEizAY0ewz3nnlVF8KUt-W1l8RmmIVLol6RU4rRlxQW/s1600/69883890_776901432739035_2064989622735208448_o.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZBNN0WGNuMF1m0Sr-0mhKsZwhmG7SOx4LWH-BBejJz80WI_R50OQEVFTdMuwVdGex1NOZYbCawPEulC-EzPLRMKUNYeth-XBUqEizAY0ewz3nnlVF8KUt-W1l8RmmIVLol6RU4rRlxQW/s1600/69883890_776901432739035_2064989622735208448_o.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sue Lyon in the drive-in exploitation of CRASH! Year: 1978</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Anyone familiar with THE CAR, about a hotrod that runs on the power of demonic overdrive, will learn CHRISTINE wasn’t entirely new: And we can now add the violently guilty pleasure of CRASH! starring LOLITA ingénue Sue Lyon as a rich man’s trophy wife, that proceeded both...<br> <br>Lyon's crippled, sinister husband Marc Denne, played by José Ferrer), is a collector of occult artifacts, bound to a wheelchair because of a car accident when Lyon’s Kim Deane was behind the wheel: And you can say he holds a major grudge, enough to where he provides her an ancient statue/artifact for a short road trip. Then, when she’s driving down a rural highway, a killer dog attacks: The car crashes and something awful happens.<br>

charles band, exploitation, horror, john carradine, john ericson, jose ferrer, killer car, leslie parrish, seventies, sue lyon

SUE LYON CONTROLS THE DRIVE-IN KILLER CAR IN 'CRASH!'

Sue Lyon in the drive-in exploitation of CRASH! Year: 1978 Anyone familiar with THE CAR, about a hotrod that runs on the power of demon...

REVIVING WOODY ALLEN'S 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY'

<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/AVvXsEgoHXK2gWdzw-G6HFEjTkfsZ6gXpRFqW6pDFGe1Wmjy3t5wJhW1lNccWwvdkUAGuyBstXNFDxU-XLemBx87VgN44QfSAck2qfQDGBe2WwFGLblhtyP4sML0gF52v27au89oHxAYovmao-MH9qf_65qXUveQqG5tqPhAHqTKy8VBzeSsKwO91VfKfC_WSjCL/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-12-20+at+2.41.05+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1600" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHXK2gWdzw-G6HFEjTkfsZ6gXpRFqW6pDFGe1Wmjy3t5wJhW1lNccWwvdkUAGuyBstXNFDxU-XLemBx87VgN44QfSAck2qfQDGBe2WwFGLblhtyP4sML0gF52v27au89oHxAYovmao-MH9qf_65qXUveQqG5tqPhAHqTKy8VBzeSsKwO91VfKfC_WSjCL/w400-h321/Screen+Shot+2018-12-20+at+2.41.05+PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Year: 1982 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table>Upon release, Woody Allen's multi homage (from Shakespeare to Bergman) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY was a case of The Emperor's New Clothes: For critics who adored Allen's work, Allen could do practically no wrong... until this underrated and underappreciated, and unfairly maligned gem...<br> <br> An intentionally breezy and quirky, fun and jovial countryside-romp through creature-filled nature and bright daydream sunlight that, after recommended multiple viewings, alters from The Emperor being naked to those new clothes clashing with his otherwise signature wardrobe. And there <i>are</i> similar traits of SLEEPER, using a futuristic contraption to fly and here, set during the 1900's, Woody's stock broker/inventor Andrew hits the skies again on a bicycle helicopter, after crashing with a pair of makeshift wings...<br>

adaptation, comedy, eighties, ensemble, gordon willis, jose ferrer, julie hagerty, kate mcgregor-stewart, mary steenburgen, mia farrow, nature, supernatural, time period, tony roberts, woody allen

REVIVING WOODY ALLEN'S 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY'

 Year: 1982 Rates: **** Upon release, Woody Allen's multi homage (from Shakespeare to Bergman) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY was a...

RITA HAYWORTH & ALDO RAY IN 'MISS SADIE THOMPSON'

<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/AVvXsEgiBt58NUNOlBcsTVTWp1-wpNo_P0zPYpNLS4Qmco9rQQk1blplkFQNqcvoHe5P4XVmBBQ9hP8jFx6K5qKiBlO20y9Uk7bOLSxXqN2fmS3YAs4Ykst7imnj8U95LEVw3kFCMtKla1CTx4Sf/s1600/14639637_215651372197380_277614793308736147_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBt58NUNOlBcsTVTWp1-wpNo_P0zPYpNLS4Qmco9rQQk1blplkFQNqcvoHe5P4XVmBBQ9hP8jFx6K5qKiBlO20y9Uk7bOLSxXqN2fmS3YAs4Ykst7imnj8U95LEVw3kFCMtKla1CTx4Sf/s400/14639637_215651372197380_277614793308736147_n.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson looks over Rita Hayworth YEAR: 1954</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> While almost too old for this kind of sexually-driven role, she's actually the perfect age given the world-weary experience </blockquote> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Whether he hypnotizes Gene Tierney right up front or rapes Peter O'Toole off-screen, from WHIRLPOOL to LAWRENCE ARABIA to playing the scholarly buzzkill in Woody Allen's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY while frowning-around in pretty much everything in-between, Jose Ferrer is known for his creepy characters driven by lust, greed, and in this case, what Hollywood considers worse than both, hypocritical Christianity...</span><br>

aldo ray, charles bronson, fifties, jose ferrer, musical, rita hayworth, romance

RITA HAYWORTH & ALDO RAY IN 'MISS SADIE THOMPSON'

Charles Bronson looks over Rita Hayworth YEAR: 1954 While almost too old for this kind of sexually-driven role, she's actually the ...