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THE STREAK CAR COMPANY (1975)
During a “Dog of the Week” segment on Sneak Previews some 30+ years ago, film critic Gene Siskel claimed that THE KINKY COACHES AND THE POM-POM PUSSYCATS contained “the screen’s first unfunny slapstick...
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Movie Ad of the Week: "Radley Metzger's Erotic Film Festival" (1972)
This triple bill of European erotica from Radley Metzger's Audubon Films arrived at 13 theaters in the New York area on October 20, 1972. THERESE AND ISABELLE (1968) and CARMEN, BABY (1967) -- filmed...
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TOS co-hosts spaghetti western series at 92YTribeca!
Temple of Schlock has teamed up with Wild East Productions and Harry Guerro of Exhumed Films to present "Beyond Leone: Looking Past the Spaghetti Western Cinema of Sergio," a six-film series of...
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Zodiac Hunter: An Interview with Tom Hanson
Zodiac Hunter:An Interview with Tom HansonbyChris PoggialiIf someone were to ask me to name my favorite American movie of the last 10 years, my answer, without hesitation, would be David Fincher’s...
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Movie Ad of the Week: BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL (1978)
This past November, Eclipse/Criterion released the excellent DVD and Blu-ray box set When Horror Came to Shochiku, a collection of four late 1960s horror/sci-fi offerings from the Shochiku Company. One...
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Movie Ad of the Week: THE SUPER BLACK CHAMPIONS (1974)
Bill Cayton and Jim Jacobs are best remembered today as the managers/promoters behind Mike Tyson's ascension to the World Heavyweight Champion title, but the two were also dedicated film collectors and...
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Movie Ad of the Week: MR. MAGOO'S HOLIDAY FESTIVAL (1972)
Before HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, before A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, and even before RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, there was MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL, the first animated holiday special made...
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Movie Ad of the Week: FORCE OF IMPULSE (1961)
World Premiere - November 29, 1961 - Kittanning, PAThe Beyond Leone spaghetti western series we co-hosted at 92Y Tribeca last month certainly renewed our interest in the cinema of Tony Anthony, even if...
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Guest Review: DARK AUGUST (1976)
To properly introduce Stephen Bissette, our latest guest reviewer, I'd have to write an essay five times longer than the review itself! Mr. Bissette's artwork first caught my attention in the pages of...
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Movie Ad of the Week: WHIRLPOOL w/ WAKE UP AND DIE (1970)
This double dose of Euro shock from Jerry Gross' Cinemation Industries hit New York theaters on December 9, 1970. WHIRLPOOL is a Danish production from Spanish director José Ramón Larraz, starring Karl...
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The Endangered List (Case File #127)
A FABLE (1971)a.k.a.GOIN' DOWN SLOWStarringJames Patterson (Husband)Hildy Brooks (Wife)Al Freeman, Jr. (Leader)Directed byAl Freeman, Jr.Screenplay byImanu Amiri Baraka [Leroi Jones]based on his play...
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Movie Ad of the Week: FULL TIME FEMALES w/ PART TIME GIRLS (1973)
This double dose of R-rated sexploitation from Times Film opened in Chicago on August 10, 1973. FULL TIME FEMALES is the French import L'INSATISFAITE (1972), directed by Jean-Marie Pallardy and...
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Movie Ad of the Week: DON'T JUST LAY THERE (1970)
Advertised as "The ultimate climax," the softcore sex flick DON'T JUST LAY THERE -- directed by character actor Phillip Pine (the first Colonel Green on STAR TREK), with music by Martin Margulies...
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The Endangered List (Case File #128)
INTERPLAY (1970)StarringZee Wilson (Nora)Ed Moore (John)Gwen Saska (Helen)Sam Coppola (Mel)Phil Allen (Eddie)withLani RylandYeyvonne PontoonArtie Giannini [Uta Erickson]Corinne ShullJutka GozAnita...
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All-Night "Endangered Fest" at the Alamo Drafthouse on March 23!
Hey gang! Temple of Schlock's own Chris Poggiali will be appearing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 23 to co-host an all-night "Endangered Fest" with Lars Nilsen and the...
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Movie Ads of the Week: Harry Novak in the mid '80s
By 1986, legendary exploitation distributor Harry Novak of Valiant International Pictures (nee Box-Office International) had been in business for over 20 years and still retained a theatrical presence,...
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Movie Ad of the Week: THIS IS A HIJACK (1973)
World Premiere - Friday, June 1, 1973 - Hutchinson, KSProducer-distributor Joe Solomon held the world premieres of HELLS ANGELS ON WHEELS (1967) and its sequel, ANGELS FROM HELL (1968), at the Meadow...
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Movie Ad of the Week: HOUSE OF HOOKERS w/ HILLBILLY HOOKER (1975)
The British crime film A TOUCH OF THE OTHER (1970), directed by Arnold L. Miller and starring Kenneth Cope and Shirley Anne Field, was first released stateside by Film Ventures International as THE...
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Movie Ad of the Week: GOSH! (1974)
GOSH! (1974), writer-producer-director Tom Scheuer's low-budget comedy about the casting couch exploits of fictional Hollywood starlet Alice Goodbody (Sharon Kelly), was one of the last releases from...
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Movie Ads of the Week: TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS (1968) and THE MAN WHO LIES (1970)
Back in December we had the pleasure of seeing Alain Robbe-Grillet's TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS (1966) and THE MAN WHO LIES (1968) in watchable, sub-titled versions -- and on a decent-sized screen to boot! --...
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