Author Archive: Retro

Made for TV movie in the era of the disaster movies.

Country girl comes to the big city looking for a husband. When she finds the one she wants, she gives herself to him as a birthday present. Karen looks great bikiniclad.

General Ahmed has started an inner-city People’s Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed’s second-in-command Colonel Kojah asks for permission to start a protection squad to take more direct action. Ahmed fears this protection squad will just turn into a vigilante mob, and his prediction soon proves correct. Will Ahmed be able to wrest control back from the power-mad Kojah, or will he be the mob’s next victim?

An interesting (if extremely violent) twist on the standard blaxploitation formula, this crime film deals with a black militant-group, led by Charles P. Robinson, whose members decide to clean up their Watts neighborhood by ridding it of white gangsters. Extreme mayhem follows, with slimy Caucasian hoodlums being castrated, shot, and flung from windows, but the black heroes begin overstepping their authority. Soon, they are no better than the mobsters and are even goose-stepping and chanting Nazi slogans, leading the community to revolt. Rod Perry stars, and cult pin-up queen Uschi Digart can be seen as a prostitute.

Hercules goes to Hell! On a mission of love, Hercules must retrieve a special plant from the underworld to save his dying princess. Cinematography by Mario Bava, who also wrote the script. English dubbed. Dir. Mario Bava

Hercules goes to Hell! On a mission of love, Hercules must retrieve a special plant from the underworld to save his dying princess. Cinematography by Mario Bava, who also wrote the script. English dubbed. Dir. Mario Bava

Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it’s time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly dispatches the vampire Count. Next day, however, Dr. Frankenstein arrives with his assistant, Morpho, and a large crate containing the monster. Using the blood of a pub singer who has been abducted by his creation, the doctor brings Dracula back to life and uses him for his own ends. The Count and a female vampire continue to terrorise the town, so Dr Seward once again sets out for Castle Dracula. Unfortunately, he is attacked by the Frankenstein monster and left for dead. Amira, a gypsy, rescues him and summons up a werewolf to do battle with the forces of evil…

Sinister Count mummifies circus performers visiting his castle. Sutherland’s film debut in which he plays two roles; a soldier and a witch! English dubbed. Dir. Luciano Ricci

Sinister Count mummifies circus performers visiting his castle. Sutherland’s film debut in which he plays two roles; a soldier and a witch! English dubbed. Dir. Luciano Ricci