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Quality Ratings: A: Top notch picture and sound, clean as a whistle. B: Strong image, some loss. C: Somewhat fuzzy picture; watchable and adequate for collectors. D: Many generations from source, hard to see; for fanatics only. Click on logo for terms and ordering info! ABBY (1974), Bill Girdler's soul-take on THE EXORCIST (AIP was sued by Warner and won), with Carol Speed, William Marshall, Juanita Moore, Austin Stoker, Charles Kissinger, demon voice by Bob Holt. (1:29, C) BAD RONALD (1974), creepy, childhood-fave TV movie wherein a reclusive teenager (Scott Jacoby) accidentally kills a taunting girl and hides in a secret room in his old house, even after a new family moves in; with Kim Hunter, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, John Fiedler, Cindy Eilbacher, Roger Aaron Brown; directed by Buzz Kulik (SHAMUS); with vintage commercials, horror trailers, and drive-in intermissions for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:10, C) BIGFOOT (1970), John Carradine (great as usual) and Jim Mitchum are peddlers who help bikers (led by Chris Mutchum) rescue gorgeous Joi Lansing from a family of rotten-looking Sasquatch; dopey, harmless schlock with amazing cast: Bill Bonner, Lindsay Crosby, Ken Maynard, Haji, Jenifer Bishop, Anthony Cardoza, James Craig, Jerry Maren, Doodles Weaver, Red West, plus a cool Davie Allen/Jerry Cole-style library score; with vintage commercials, Bigfoot news clips, and horror trailers for two hours of fun. (feature: 1:23, C) CREATURE OF THE WALKING DEAD (1964), Jerry Warren inserted footage (with Bruno VeSota, Robert Christopher, Lloyd Nelson, Katherine Victor) into the 1960 Mexican film LA MARCA DEL MUERTO, creating a late-nite horror cure for insomnia. (1:09, B) CROWHAVEN FARM (1970), creepy New England witch movie that a lot of folks remember as kids on TV, with great cast: Hope Lange, John Carradine, William Smith, Lloyd Bochner, Cyril Delevanti, Paul Burke, Milton Selzer, Cindy Eilbacher, Woodrow Parfrey; directed by Walter Grauman (LADY IN A CAGE); with vintage commercials, horror trailers, and drive-in countdowns for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:14, B+) CURSE OF BIGFOOT (1976), scenes were added to the unreleased 1958 film TEENAGER BATTLE THE THING, making this a bizarre, disjointed, but fun hodge-podge; comes with trailers, commercials, and clips. (feature: 1:28, B) CURSE OF THE DEVIL (1973), creepy Paul Naschy werewolf flick. (1:22, A, letterboxed) THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER (1973), macabre TV movie with a strong occult flavor; Belinda Montgomery (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN) returns home after the death of her mom (Dianne Ladd) to find some weird goings-on; with Shelley Winters, Jonathan Frid, Joseph Cotten, Abe Vigoda, Robert Cornthwaite, directed by Jeannot Szwarc (SUPERGIRL); comes with loads of old commercials, trailers, and neat clips. (feature: 1:08, C: jittery picture) GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (1972), William Smith is the son of vampire Michael Pataki and is out to kill him; with Eric Mason, Jay Adler (THE KILLING), Carmen Argenziano (THE GODFATHER PART II); dir. by John Hayes (FANDANGO), co-written by The Soprano's David Chase (based on his novel The Still Life). (1:29, C) HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN (1972), US-dubbed version of Paul Naschy's Spanish film BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL, directed by Carlos Aured, with Diana Lorys (THE BLOODY JUDGE), Maria Perschy (HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE), Eva León. (1:24, A) HOUSE OF TERROR (1972), low-budget thriller with Jenifer Bishop, Arell Blanton. (1:31, B; minor sound glitches) THE KEEPER (1976), obscure Canadian horror film with Christopher Lee, Ian Tracey. (1:27, B) THE LOVE BUTCHER (1975), Don Jones added scenes to initial director Mikel Angel's creepy psycho-mania/split-personality sex/murder romp; comes with trailers and clips. (feature: 1:24, B) MONSTER (1978), a hodge-podge pollution monster mess partially filmed in Colombia (by David Hewitt), with John Carradine, Jim Mitchum, Anthony Eisley, Phil Carey, Diane McBain; co-dir. by Herbert L. Strock; comes with vintage commercials, trailers, and clips. (feature: 1:17, C) PERSECUTION (1974), very obscure UK thriller dir. by Don Chaffey (ONE MILLION YEARS B.C., JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS), with Lana Turner, Suzan Farmer, Ralph Bates, Patrick Allen, Ronald Howard, Trevor Howard. (1:31, C) RETURN OF THE ZOMBIS (1972), effective Italian/Spanish horror with Aurora de Alba (FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR), Maria Pia Conte, Paul Naschy, Gérard Tichy, dir. by José Luis Merino (SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER); aka LA ORGIA DE LOS MUERTOS. (1:29, C) SCUM OF THE EARTH (1974), dreary S.F. Brownrigg tale of a woman caught in the clutches of a scary redneck family, including Gene Ross and Carmilla Carr, with Charlie Dell; this print entitled POOR WHITE TRASH II; with trailers, music clips, and vintage commercials. (feature: 1:23, A) SEYTAN (1974), wow, an almost scene-for-scene remake of THE EXORCIST from Turkey! Obviously done with a low budget, but quite effective for what it is. Told from an Islamic viewpoint, of course, with crude props and special effects, plus "Tubular Bells" is totally lifted. With Erol Amaç (TURKISH STAR TREK's Mr. Spock) as the grizzled detective; comes with clips and trailers. (feature: 1:39, C; in Turkish with no subtitles, but they're not needed) SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS (1971), the adventures of a couple of drag-queen psychos, featuring many Florida exploitation vets, with Wayne Crawford/Scott Lawrence, Brad F. Grinter, William Kerwin. (1:35, B) THE VELVET VAMPIRE (1971), probably the first horror movie directed by a woman, Stephanie Rothman, who imbues the film with an inticing, dreamlike quality; mysterious Celeste Yarnall charms a couple (cute Sherry Miles and BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS' Michael Blodgett) into her desert domain, with Gene Shane, Bob Tessier, Sandy Ward, Paul Prokop; recommended; comes with the trailer (and lots of other horror trailers), music clips, and vintage commercials. (feature: 1:19, B) WELCOME TO ARROW BEACH (1974), cutie Meg Foster (who has full nude scenes) is a hippie drifter who stumbles into the weird, incestuous world of creepy bro and sis Laurence Harvey (who directed, it's his last film) and Gloria LeRoy (SID AND NANCY, BARFLY), features cannibalism themes; with John Ireland, Stuart Whitman, Jesse Vint, Joanna Pettet, and opening theme by Lou Rawls; includes trailer for alternate title TENDER FLESH, plus other trailers and cool clips. (feature: 1:20, C) THE WITCHMAKER (1969), obscure horror with a great cast: Anthony Eisley, Alvy Moore (Green Acres, INTRUDER), John Lodge (IN LIKE FLINT and governor of Connecticut [!]), Warrene Ott (RAT FINK, THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS), Helene Winston (BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN, THE KILLING KIND), Burt Mustin (SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL, All in the Family), Sue Bernard (FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!, THAT TENDER TOUCH), Larry Vincent (L.A. horror host Seymour), Diane Webber (MERMAIDS OF TIBURON, SINTHIA, THE DEVIL'S DOLL), and good ol' L.Q. Jones. (1:38, B) |
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