Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law are still cleaning windows (see the previous film) but somehow blag their way into the world of pop management. The band they start to manage are called Bloater which Timmy's brother in law then renames Kipper (it's classier). When Kipper's drummer is unable to play a gig, Timmy steps in. …
Continue reading Review- Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)
A Jaws/Piranha rip-off called Killer Fish starring Lee Majors and Karen Black, you say?! I am soo fricking there! You know the kind of film to expect when you see that this is a Sir Lew Grade Production. I love his '70s exploitation films set in exotic locales with all-star casts. They are part Whickers …
My first memory of a Confessions movie was the trailer for one of them. An older woman is looking for her cat who just happens to be called Fanny. 'Ave you seen my Fanny?' she asks the film's protagonist Timothy Lea who grimaces into the camera. The Confessions movies were made in the 70's and …
Continue reading Review- Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
In the early 70s in the UK, and indeed worldwide, we were in the grip of Kung Fu Fever. A huge reason for this was the John Carradine TV show Kung Fu but another major factor was the Bruce Lee film Enter The Dragon. Imagine an unholy blend of martial arts, Blaxploitation, action and even …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Enter the Dragon (1973)
A massively dysfunctional couple decide to go Bush in their native Australia to try and salve their relationship. However, it appears that nature and the local ecology doesn't take kindly to two bickering and slobbish human beings invading and polluting their environ and decides to fight back. This is a terrific slice of Ozploitation with …
It's 1990. I'm tuning into the excellent Moviedrome series of films on BBC2 with each cult film in the series being introduced by director Alex Cox. The film being shown that night was John Carpenter's second feature film Assault on Precinct 13, his reworking of Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo and my mind was blown. I …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
I had heard so much about the original of Black Christmas from 1974 by the time I finally got to see it. Its reputation as being the main film that inspired the slasher movie sub-genre pre-Halloween was well established, with horror fans salivating over it and singing its praises to the heavens. 'Let's see how …
Continue reading The Gift That Keeps On Giving- What Makes Black Christmas So Darn Scary?
This film has the best plotline of any movie in the history of cinema. Really! Joan Collins stars as a stripper in a burlesque joint. Her co-star is a gypsy dwarf named Hercules. He makes advances on his co-star but when she knocks him back he places a curse on her unborn baby making the …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 9- I Don’t Want To Be Born (1975)
Eddie Turner steps on a landmine whilst serving in Nam and loses his limbs as a result. His fiance Winifred is a physicist and looks to her former teacher Doctor Stein (his name is a red flag already) who has recently won the Nobel prize for his work regarding DNA and so may be able …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 5- Blackenstein (1973)
I first saw this movie on VHS when I spent a year in Sydney, Australia. There was a Civic Video just off the red light district of Kings Cross that had a stash of low budget horror movies and other obscure titles. This was manna from heaven for me as I rented them all. One …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 3- Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
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