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The Endangered List (Case File #161)
WAVES OF CHANGE (1970)original 16mm versionandTHE SUNSHINE SEA (1971)35mm blowup re-editPhotographed, Edited,Produced and DirectedbyGreg MacGillivrayandJim FreemanFeaturingMark MartinsonDavid...
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Movie Ads of the Week: BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1982) a.k.a. NIGHT...
William Asher's horror-thriller BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER -- an International Film Marketing release featuring Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson, and an early appearance by Bill Paxton --...
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Movie Ad of the Week: SAVAGE DESIRE (1976)
Ten years after it was made, the French espionage adventure ATOUT COEUR À TOKYO POUR O.S.S. 117/O.S.S. 117: TERROR IN TOKYO (1966) was released in the U.S. by Independent-International Pictures as...
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The Endangered List (Case File #162)
Never released on any home video format or shown on TV: the 1976 re-release version of THE FINAL COMEDOWN (1972), with additional scenes directed by Allan Arkush.BLAST(1976)StarringBilly Dee Williams...
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Movie Ad of the Week: THE LADY IN RED (1979) and so on
A New World Pictures release from the same creative team that would make ALLIGATOR the following year (screenwriter John Sayles and director Lewis Teague), THE LADY IN RED tells the story of bank...
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Movie Ad of the Week: THE CLAIRVOYANT (1983)
Armand Mastroianni's supernatural killer-thriller THE CLAIRVOYANT -- starring Perry King and familiar faces Kenneth McMillan, Jon Polito and Joe Morton -- opened in Lubbock, TX on August 12, 1983...
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Movie Ad of the Week: UNDERWORLD (1986) a.k.a. TRANSMUTATIONS (1987)
The first of two disappointing collaborations between author Clive Barker and director George Pavlou, UNDERWORLD opened in eight theaters in Phoenix, AZ on April 18, 1986 (The ad above is from its...
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Movie Ad of the Week: HIT MAN (1985) a.k.a. AMERICAN COMMANDOS (1986)
The Bobby A. Suarez action flick HIT MAN, co-written by Suarez and Ken Metcalfe (WARRIORS OF THE APOCALYPSE) and starring Chris Mitchum and John Phillip Law, opened in Fort Lauderdale, FL on November...
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Movie Ad of the Week: DIGITAL KNIGHTS (1984) a.k.a. THE DUNGEONMASTER (1985)
Filmed under the title RAGEWAR by seven directors (including visual effects master David Allen, makeup and special effects artist John Buechler and producer Charles Band), the episodic fantasy...
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Movie Ads of the Week: PAPERBACK HERO (1974) a.k.a. ROUGHNECK (1975)
PAPERBACK HERO, a Canadian-made drama starring Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley, opened in Reno, NV on June 19th, 1974.It was still knocking around the country eight months later when it arrived in St....
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Movie Ad of the Week: WITHOUT A STITCH (1970) a.k.a. THE GOLDEN VIRGIN (1973)
The English-subtitled sex comedy WITHOUT A STITCH, a Jack H. Harris import from Denmark starring Anne Grete ("pronounced GREAT!" as the ads state), opened in Pittsburgh, PA on May 20th, 1970. The X...
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Movie Ad of the Week: The Many Faces of PEOPLETOYS (1974)
The "psycho kids on the rampage" shocker PEOPLETOYS -- which Sean MacGregor began directing but David Sheldon finished -- opened in Hampton, VA on May 10, 1974. The film apparently didn't do much...
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Movie Ad of the Week: JIVEASSP (1976)
This forgotten concert film starring Larry Raspberry & the Highsteppers -- the "world's most famous (unknown) rock & roll band" according to Creem magazine -- also features appearances by Jerry...
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Movie Ad of the Week: TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN COBRA (1984)
Taking a break from their long run of Shaw Brothers acquisitions, World Northal launched the stateside release of Antonio Margheriti's I CACCIATORI DEL COBRA D'ORO in New York City as THE HUNTERS OF...
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3-DEMENTIA! coming to Philadelphia on July 16th!
3-DEMENTIA! is a series of cinematic events spotlighting rare 3-D movies from the last 40 years – First screening to take place at International House Philadelphia on July 16, 2017For nearly twenty...
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Mystery Movie solved! KUNG FU KIDS (ca. 1973)
Three and a half years ago we posted this Mystery Movie entry about KUNG FU KIDS, an Asian fantasy film released in the U.S. as a kiddie matinee during the height of the '70s kung fu craze. Three...
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Movie Ad of the Week: ATOKA (1979)
The country music festival "48 Hours in Atoka" occurred on Labor Day weekend 1975 (August 30-31) on a 1,500-acre tract of cleared land in Atoka county in southern Oklahoma, halfway between Tulsa and...
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KILLERS ON WHEELS in 35mm on 7/13 at the Nitehawk!
Wow, check this out: Temple of Schlock founder Chris Poggiali will be at the Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn on Thursday, July 13th, to introduce a rare 35mm showing of the amazing KILLERS ON WHEELS! This...
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The Endangered List (Case File #163)
In the early morning of September 9th, 1960 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah, Mickey Thompson became the fastest man in the world. Behind the wheel of his Challenger 1 - a long, sleek...
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Movie Ad of the Week: JAWS meets CLAWS (1977)
One day in Ogden, Utah about 40 years ago, this happened.
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