Author Archive: Retro

Lise Cohen is taken to a special prisoner-of-war camp for female Jews, a camp run as a bordello to entertain the German officers and troops going in to battle. The camp is run with an iron fist by Commandant Starker and his minion Alma. Starker becomes frustrated when Lise demonstrates no fear, and devises cruel experiments to scare her, to no avail. Once she realizes her guilt is unfounded, Lise begins to play Starker’s game, but even though she begins living a better life, she doesn’t forget the atrocities she has seen and experienced.

Story of the power struggle between Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her

Krios and his brothers uncover a human-sacrifice cult and a conspiracy to seize power.

A childhood friend enlists Hercules to protect the Roman Emperor Gordiano from his mutinous Praetorian Guards.

Secrets of Sweet Sixteen is the sort of fare that used to go directly to drive-ins (remember those?). The story, what there is of it, concerns soft-core hijinks in high school. Since legalities must be observed, the girls in the cast are older than they pretend to be. Some of them look like 16 going on 35. Suzie Atkins heads the cast

In Haiti, two expatriates use a stolen voodoo idol to find a legendary golden treasure.

A nightclub entertainer and the man she truly loves conspire to end a black marketeer‚ as tyrannic rule on a private Caribbean island.