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[BAYLOR]

The Terrornauts (1967)

Goofy British science fiction film. Our protagonists -- two science guys (one of whom, in flashback, reveals how, as a child, his archeologist dad dug up a black cube full of green crystals that gave him dreams of a planet with two moons), the Girl, and no less than two comedy relief characters (older Cockney woman who supplies the place with tea and coffee, and an auditor, who is played by the thin, wispy, bespectacled guy who shows up in a bunch of Carry On movies) hear signals from an asteroid and get their entire building picked up by a spaceship that carries them there. They meet a non-humanoid robot, an incredibly silly-looking monster than turns out to be an illusion, and eventually figure out they've been taken there to defend Earth from invaders. Along the way the Girl gets accidentally teleported to a planet full of spear-wielding guys with green skin who try to make her a human sacrifice, so one of the science guys can rescue her with a zap gun.

The sets are pop art wackiness, the special effects are at kiddie matinee level (toy spaceships, two moons that are just painted on the background), and the scenes in which the folks wear white rubber skullcaps full of wires connected to cones on black cubes (which provide information directly into their brains so they can fight the bad guy aliens) are worthy of giggles. It's all very childish. Written by the great SF author John Brunner, who must have had tongue firmly in cheek.

The robot looked like a very bad looking mod Lamp. Definitely a film done on the Cheap . Ive seen this one several time, It good old fashioned B movie fun.

 

[BAYLOR]

I had mixed feelings about it especially after reading the book--but despite things I don't like, the general idea is well presented, especially in the opening half hour.
And what a fantastic score it has.

"One creature, caught. Caught in a place he cannot stir from in the dark, alone, outnumbered hundreds to one, nothing to live for but his memories, nothing to live with but his gadgets, his cars, his guns, gimmicks... and yet the whole family can't bring him down from that, that..."

"Honky paradise brother."

This film is actual a pretty good film take on Richard Matheson's I am Legend . Heston , Zerbie and the rest of the cast are pretty good.

 

[Matteo]

Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) - Stars Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos & Jeremie Renier. Based on the true story of the Beast of the Gevaudan that terrorized France in the eighteenth century. A biologist and his Iroquois Native American partner arrive to see how to stop this giant creature that is attacking people. I highly recommend this monster/action

I can second that!

 

[Starbeast]

Octopussy (1983) - Stars Roger Moore, Maud Adams & Lewis Jourdan. Another favorite James Bond movie of mine. This one begins when a Faberge Egg is discovered with a dead British agent next to him. The egg has a strange link between a circus and a Russian officer who wants to start a war by detonating a nuclear device inside an Air Force Base.

Dreamscape (1984) - Stars Dennis Quaid, Max Von Sydow & Christopher Plummer. A government funded project uses psychics to enter other people's dreams in order to help them cure their mental problems. However, there are sinister government officials that want to use the program for nefarious reasons.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Astonishingly brilliant movie about an alien ambassador with his robot companion who arrive on Earth to offer peace and friendship to our world. Unfortunately our paranoid planet doesn't trust him. Fantastic eerie theremin soundtrack adds great atmosphere to this wonderful sci-fi flick. I highly recommend this film.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Curse of the Doll People (Muñecos infernales "Infernal dolls," 1961)

Mexican horror film. Before the movie starts, some guys stole an idol from a voodoo temple. Naturally, the voodoo priest is out for revenge. After one of the guys dies of what seems to be a supernaturally induced heart attack (or something), the real horrors begin.

The voodoo priest uses black magic to create dolls the size of ventriloquists' dummies with the faces of previous victims. Played by midgets in very effective masks, they kill people with long needles. There's also a zombie servant around.

After a slow, talky start, it becomes interesting. The dolls are genuinely creepy, and we've got a beautiful female physician who is also an expert on the occult as our hero. Not bad for this sort of low budget south-of-the-border shocker, even in its dubbed and edited English language form.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Graveyard of Horror (Necrophagus, 1971)

Confusing Spanish shocker. Guy returns to his family castle to discover that his wife has died delivering a stillborn child. Present are his niece, his wife's two sisters, his wife's mother, and his brother's wife. Absent is his brother. Also around are a doctor, a police investigator, a creepy graveyard keeper, and other folks.

Guy digs up his wife's grave only to find an empty coffin. He then gets attacked by a couple of people in masks and robes who drag him off to some place where something growls at him. He then vanishes from the film until the very end. There's also a monster, unseen until the very end (and it looks really goofy.)

Multiple flashforwards and flashbacks add to the bewildering, rambling plot. Last minute voiceover narration explains something about the Mad Science involved. A mess, but not without some interest.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Devil's Harvest (1942)

A little late in the day for this kind of marijuana exploitation film. Pot is sold from a hot dog stand (!) across the street from a high school. Our heroine lies to her extremely Irish parents about going to a dance recital, when she actually goes to a party held in a coal storage facility (?) to perform. She doesn't know it's a pot party. Jealous woman pushes her around, and a hilariously over the top fight breaks out, everybody attacking everybody. In a scene that seems to have been filmed elsewhere, a woman gets high on pot and strips down to her underwear. Somehow a woman gets killed at the party. Somehow (this thing is hard to follow) our heroine becomes a decoy for the cops, getting hired as a dancer at a nightclub (lots of dancing in this thing) and the pushers get sent to jail. Pretty bad. Barely over fifty minutes long, and a real slog.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Too Scared To Scream (1984)

Mixed up mystery/suspense/slasher/giallo, maybe because it was supposed to be a made-for-TV crime film, then had profanity, nudity, and gore added for theatrical release.

Anyway, classy call girl is murdered in her fancy New York apartment. Male/female team of cops are on the job. More murders in the building follow. Eccentric doorman with paralyzed mother is prime suspect, because they all happen during his shift. Female cop goes undercover as tenant in an attempt to trap the killer, leading to our Shocking Twist Ending.

We spend a lot of time with the Shakespeare-quoting, theatrical makeup-wearing doorman. Obviously, he's a big red herring. The final revelation is pretty hard to swallow. Not a great film.