Director: Fred C. Brannon
Cast: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford, Stanley Waxman, Leonard Nimoy
Music Video Distribution & Cheezy Flicks / NTSC Region 1 / Not Rated / Black & White / 1.37:1 Full Screen / English / 167 Minutes
Today’s current term for the word “zombie” is defined as a deceased individual who is brought back to life by supernatural forces. You could also toss in some Romero key words in there like cannibalism and apocalyptic. Most of my generation only knows this type of zombie and doesn’t realize that George A. Romero only re-innovated the undead. There were two vastly different groups of zombies pre-1968: the voodoo zombie and the automaton. The voodoo zombie, similar to that of the Romero zombie, still resurrects from death but only for objective purposes; in other words, the zombie will do the dirty work for the resurrecting practitioner. You’re shit out of luck on this review because we will be discussing the automaton zombie like that from the Zombies from the Stratosphere.
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Published by Greg November 24th, 2007
in MOVIE REVIEWS (ALL) and Movie Reviews 60's.
While out in the desert seeking thrills and racing their cars, three sexy and tough go-go dancers meet a nice young couple just looking to run some time trials for their car. Varla (Tura Satana), the leader of the gang of go-go dancers, wants to emasculate the guy and show how big her balls are so she challenges him to a race. Of course she cheats a little and a fight ensues in which she kills him with her bare hands. Instead of leaving any witnesses, they drug and kidnap his girlfriend.
If Psycho is the grandfather of the slasher film, then Homicidal should be considered the crazy great-uncle of the genre. When William Castle, master showman and Hitchcock rival, saw the box office returns on Psycho he wasinspired to make a similar film. Castle handed the scripting duties to frequent collaborator Robb (House on Haunted Hill) White. Then, Castle devised a great advertising campaign.
The cases for the five-disc set are lovingly adorned with multiple international posters and lobby cards for the five films and further encased in a beautiful slip cover featuring a striking image of Bava on the spine. “Black Sunday” (1960), “Black Sabbath” (1963), “The Girl Who Knew Too Much” (1963), “Knives of the Avenger” (1966), and “Kill, Baby…Kill!” (1966) are all films that would be at the top of any Bava fan’s wish list and are a great example of the diverse genres Bava handled expertly…
“Two Thousand Maniacs” is the second film in director Herschell Gordon Lewis´s infamous “Blood Trilogy.” “Maniacs” was often bundled together with his earlier film “Blood Feast” and the 1965 release “Color Me Blood Red” at drive-ins and budget theaters across the country, although these films were narratively unconnected to each other.
Published by Shane November 12th, 2006
in MOVIE REVIEWS (ALL) and Movie Reviews 60's.
one by one become the victim of this whacked old koot who, during the kill scenes, wears various mannequin-like masks/wigs/outfits and adopts a fucking retarded voice while in “character” while all the figures around him in his museum come to life complete with animated gaping mouths and fucking beyond absurd “aaahhhh” voice effects.
