During a time of waning global resources, a crew of young researchers travel into the future to escape an apocalypse before the shutdown of their time transfer project. They find that some type of disaster has de-populated the Idaho region and, by implication, the nation or perhaps the world. Facing an unknown, barren future of abandoned towns and deserted vehicles; void of radio signals or any signs of air or land traffic, they encounter an abandoned freight train filled with bagged bodies. Their further discoveries of humanity's future fate is somewhat less than rosy. They also learn their time travel was not without significant costs to their own health. After one of the group travels further into the future, she encounters a family in a futuristic automobile; implying humankind has recovered from the disaster (or have they?). Directed by Peter Fonda and starring Keith Carradine, Kelly Bohanon and Kevin Hearst. The film was released theatrically in 1973 for only a limited time, as the distributor - Cinemation—went bankrupt during the first week the film was released.
This is a sexy Western about five women convicts trying to deliver arms to 1840 Mexican held Texas. The five female convicts are recruited to secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840 by Hugh O’Brien, A fun television movie from the early 70s. Based on novel: The Trailmakers. Starsring Hugh O'Brian, Anne Francis, and Marilyn Maxwell. Remember Anne Francis from the 60s television show about a female detective with a pet ocelot—Honey Wells?
Due to a home-steading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a pickpocket, and a thief to pose as his family. Starring Buddy Ebsen, Karen Valentine, Lesley Ann Warren. A fun television comedy western with Buddy Ebsen of The Beverly Hillbillies.
In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs, their in-laws, and the household servants must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off. Starring John Russell, Jeff Morrow, John Carradine and Rodolfo Acosta. Things are slow going in this mystery horror movie with some familiar faces. Who Dunnit?
Based on an Edgar Allen Poe story, a mysterious man is sent deep into the forest to investigate the bizarre behavior of the notorious Dr. Tarr. What he stumbles upon is the doctor's torture dungeon, a hellish insane asylum completely cut off from civilization and presided over by the ultimate madman. The inmates of the insane asylum have taken over the institution, imprisoned the doctors and staff; These people have been savagely chained, tortured and stuck in glass cages, then forced to take part in gruesome games of ritual slaughter. Starring Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel, and Ellen Sherman. This seems like a British film but it is actually a Mexican movie that was filmed in English. Also called House of Madness.
A mad scientist tries to create a man-eating plant to prove that the origin of the human race comes from the sea. "The earth is your mother, lightning is you father, rain is your blood" says the madman who creates the thing as the Baron Frankenstein, with a Japanese hunchback. Then, a NASA scientist is ordered to take a vacation due to showing signs of stress while working on his latest missile project and stumbles across the mad scientist and his man-eating monster plant. Also known as Venus Flytrap. Starring James Craig, Tota Kondo, and Lawrence O'Neill. Yow, those weird Japanese scientists can cook up some strange Sukiyaki!
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive… that is until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well. Starring Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, and Lionel Stander. Filmed in the Yucatan and Quintana Roo, this Mexican disaster movie is a classic.
A giant, mutant crocodile is killing and frightening people living near the river. Two men, whose wives and daughter have been killed by the crocodile, decide to chase and eliminate it. Starring Nard Poowanai, Ni Tien, and Angela Wells. Made in Thailand where they have a lot of crocs, this is probably the earliest of all the giant croc movies out these days, such as the Lake Placid movies.
Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai who are destined to help a beautiful young princess overcome a curse on her family. They go against an evil queen who bathes in blood to retain her youthfulness. The queen and her son live in a castle protected by many monsters and goblins and assorted apparitions, including giant flying snakes. Many swords, lots of sorcery and plenty of blood. Starring Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sony Chiba. This is a pretty cool Japanese fantasy adventure that shows how interesting Japanese culture is with its ancient Sci-fi, crystals, mystical warriors and more. A totally cool movie! You gotta love those flying snakes!
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be? Starring Shin'ichi (Sony) Chiba, Etsuko Shiomi, Jirô Yabuki. With the death of Bruce Lee who was to be the next big martial arts movie star? Well, briefly, it was Sony Chiba, a charismatic martial arts actor from Japan. Look out Bruce Lee—here comes Sony Chiba! This movie also features former US karate champions Aaron Banks and Bill Louie. Etsuko (Sue) Shiomi appeared with Chiba in all of his Street Fighter films and more.
When a mobster is assassinated in Naples by the gangsters of Gennaro Gallo, the retired hit-man Peter Marciani learns that Gallo was the responsible for the murder of his brother. He travels from New York to Italy to revenge his brother and he hires the smalltime crook Angelo to work for him. Angelo introduces Peter to the dancer Anny and they have a love affair. Meanwhile the Italian police inspector unsuccessfully tries to anticipate Peter's move. Starring Yul Brynner, Massimo Ranieri, and Barbara Bouchet. Yul Brynner’s last movie, riding on the tails of the Charles Bronson hit Death Wish. Yul was one of the Magnificent Seven!
Professor “Johnny Longbow” Salina, a man who really knows his stews, introduces Paul Carlson to the practical-joking Kathy Nolan. Paul and Kathy seem to hit it off rather well but, during a meteor storm, a meteorite fragment strikes Paul, burying itself deep in his skull, which has the unpleasant side-effect of causing Paul to mutate into a giant reptilian monster at night and go on murderous rampages. It turns out that this sort of thing has happened before, when Professor Salina rediscovers ancient Native American paintings detailing a similar event many centuries ago. Kathy, however, still loves Paul, and tries to save him. Starring Chase Cordell, Leigh Drake, and Gregorio Sala. An interesting independent movie made in New Mexico in the mid-70s when you could still do stuff like that. Gotta love movies made in the Land of Enchantment! The Andromeda Strain, look out!
In Arizona, not far from Fort Apache, a U.S. Army supply column is attacked by Mexican bandits. The bandits kill all the soldiers, kidnap Miss Adams. the doctor's daughter, and loot the ammo wagons. They make out with lots of rifles, ammunition and two machine guns. Tired of frequent Mexican bandit raids into U.S. territory, President Grant sends Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith to Fort Apache to help the fort commandant put an end to the raids. The three envoys are aided by the fort's scout, and bounty-hunter, Korano. The Mexican outlaws are led by Angelo Sanchez who, in return, obeys the orders of a mad Mexican general, General Mueller a.k.a. El Supremo. The bounty hunter Korano, who often rides under a pink umbrella and recites passages from the Koran, wants to capture Sanchez alive in order to claim the one thousand dollar bounty on him. Captain Chadwell wants to destroy the Mexican outlaw gang and recover the stolen army rifles and ammunition. Starring Gianni Garko, Stephen Boyd, and Howard Ross. A pretty good German-Italian western set in Arizona. This movie is also known as Those Dirty Dogs.
A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back. Starring Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel. A British-made western with an interesting story and a good cast. Maybe it's a fish and chips western. This movie came out the same year as Apocalypse Now, in which Sheen also starred.
A party of five men discover gold in a small Apache camp. They murder everyone there except for one young woman, who they keep alive hoping she'll lead them to more gold. Only Pitcalin among the five men shows kindness to the prisoner. An Apache brave who was away from the camp discovers the massacre and buries the dead. Then he tracks the murderers and brings slow but steady vengeance upon them. Starring Jody McCrea, Marie Gahva, and Dan Kemp. It’s always bad to mess with Apache gold.
After a boat is discovered with two bodies on it, the story of Jeffrey and Sarah, a brother and sister living in Greece, unfolds. Sarah has just become engaged to nice guy Nikos. Erratic playboy Jeffrey owes a debt to Angelo, a mobster who borrowed money from the syndicate to loan Jeff, but if Jeff is disinherited in his late father's newest will, he won't be able to pay Angelo and Angelo won't be able to pay back the syndicate. Suddenly, people who had contact with the latest will are dying, but just who is really responsible? The wily local police inspector has his suspicions. Starring George Hamilton, Luciana Paluzzi, and Cameron Mitchell. One of those 70s action movies made in Greece, except the Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks. Any movie with Luciana Paluzzi (Thunderball) must be good.
Having witnessed the brutal murder of his father, the horrific sexual assault of his mother, and the abduction of his innocent young sister by McClain's ruthless gang of cut-throats, Tom, the lucky fifteen-year-old survivor, swears revenge. Hell-bent on making them pay in blood, Tom embarks on a life-or-death quest to avenge his family, relentlessly pursuing the leader and his jackals in the unforgiving desert. As Tom crosses paths with Isaac, a compassionate prospector who has reasons to see McClain and his bandits suffer, he sets in motion his deadly campaign, methodically picking the perpetrators off with his ingenious traps. Is one ever too young for vengeance? Starring Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Leif Garret and John Marley. One of Jim Brown’s last movies.
Philipp Wermeer has been framed for the murder of a powerful figure known as The Patriarch. Wermeer escapes, but the three Saxon brothers, sons of The Patriarch, have arranged for a large bounty on Wermeer's head. Clayton is a grizzled ex-sheriff stripped of his office in Jefferson after refusing to acknowledge Wermeer's guilt. During a series of fire-fights, Clayton contrives to help Wermeer escape from attacks of bounty-hunters. Together, the two make their way to Jefferson, where they can confront the three powerful Saxon brothers, and reveal the surprising truth about who killed The Patriarch. Starring Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, and Jess Hahn. We all remember the big shoot out at the end of THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
A CIA team in Greece tries to capture a major drug dealer named Agathon. Based on the Cabot Cane novels of the 1960s by Alain Caillou whose books typically started with the “Assault on” in the title. This was the only one of his books that was made into a movie, financed from Greece and Australia. Assault on Agathon tells the story of a revolutionary from WW2, the mysterious Agathon who is committing terrorist acts in Greece and Albania. Nico Minardos stars as Cabot Cain, Western agent assigned to stop Agathon and locate a missing Interpol agent. Marianne Faithfull, the chanteuse also stars. Stunning Mediterranean photography adds to this fun spy thriller. It is interesting to note that a large part of the film takes place in Kosovo when times were peaceful in the seventies. Starring Nico Minardos, Nina van Pallandt, John Woodvine and Marianne Faithfull. This movie has a minor cult status with its bubble bath scene with Marianne Faithfull who is looking good in this 1976 movie.
A sinister town boss called Pat Barnes has exploited almost everyone in the town. If they don't succumb to his demands they normally end up dead. Barnes is finally brought down by Shanghai Joe and a smooth-talking snake-oil salesman. Starring Klaus Kinski, Cheen Lie, and Tommy Polgár. Kung Fu comes to the West, spaghetti style! For some reason, Klaus Kinski is in a number of spaghetti westerns. Look out Jackie Chan!
