New York writer Jennifer Hills relocates temporarily to a lakeside idyll in Connecticut to write her first novel. A local gang of four men attack, humiliate and r*pe her. They then order one of the gang to go back and kill her. He lies to them and says he has but they then learn that …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 9- I- I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
Dawn of the Dead takes place ten years after the events of Night of the Living Dead. The mysterious phenomenon of the dead coming back to life to feed off the living has continued unabated. Social order is dissipating and the situation is becoming worse. Fran, a TV producer is planning to escape with her …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 4- D- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
I was nominated by Zachary P. Stahlman to participate in The ABC of Horror where I pick a different horror film every day starting with the next letter of the alphabet. So, here it is! One of the first video sleeves I ever saw was for The Amityville Horror which just so happened to be …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 1- A- The Amityville Horror (1979)
Inspector Plugg is hired to watch the Pussycat escort agency. Inspector Closer is in close pursuit. This is an Aussie cross between a sex comedy and a Pink Panther parody. It’s also about as funny and/or sexy as a dose of the clap. Whoever wrote these gags should have been arrested for crimes to comedy. …
Continue reading Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 30- Plugg (1975)
Doug works in a factory job that he hates whilst braving the cold in a city he hates- Melbourne. He dreams of moving to Queensland (hence the title). Not a lot happens in this TV movie but I still enjoyed it as a time capsule of mid-70’s Oz. It also holds the distinction of an …
Continue reading Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 22- Queensland Dreaming (1976)
A hitchhiker is murdered. The killer takes her body to his wheelbound brothers house and plans on disposing of the body. I knew nothing about End Play. I then decided to investigate when I saw that it was on YouTube. Every now and then I strike lucky by doing this. And in this instance I …
Continue reading Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 17- End Play (1976)
A female passenger leaves her handbag in the back of a taxi. The driver seeks to trace her to give it back which is where the adventure begins. A premise like this requires the one thing this TV movie lacks- an interesting plot. It was good to see which actors would go on to star …
Continue reading Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 15- Taxi! (1979)
A serial killer known as 'The Banana Killer' (bananas are found at the site of his murders) is terrorising a town in Southern California. He turns out to be akin to the missing link between man and an ape. He falls in love with a local young woman and resorts to kidnapping her when she …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 31- Schlock (1973)
Jennifer is the only scholarship girl in a very select and very posh school called Green View. She has fallen foul of the bitchy in-crowd led by the ultra-vile Sandy, whose father is a senator. Jennifer's father is stanchly religious, and they live on their own above the pet shop that he owns. Jennifer once …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 11- Jennifer (1978)
WARNING- There are spoilers ahead. I remember as a young kid going past my local cinema in the family car and seeing the poster for the double bill The Incredible Melting Man and The Savage Bees. Just seeing this poster in passing was enough to give me sleepless nights. In fact, my protestations that The …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- The Incredible Melting Man/The Savage Bees
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