| Aladdin's
Lamp (1965)
Unusual kids feature film made with
puppets (filmed in "Animarionation") by the Rufus Rose Company! (Rufus
Rose was a puppeteer on "The Howdy Doody Show" in the late 1940s!)
| |
Alien
from the Deep (Alien
degli abissi, 1989)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH GREEK SUBTITLES
Directed
by "Anthony M. Dawson" (Antonio Margheriti), Italy
Gory, cheap abd
fun "Alien"-inspired film. It's like Alien but beneath the Earth! Fast-paced,
low-budget thrills with Daniel Bosch, Marina Giulia Cavalli and Charles Napier!
Rated R |
| |
Alien
2 (Alien 2 sulla
Terra aka Alien 2 on Earth, 1980)
UNCUT VERSION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WITH JAPANESE SUBTITLES
Directed by Ciro Ippolito, Italy
Super
gory Italian sci-fi terror! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! Rated
R |
| |
Alyas
Batman and Robin (aka The
Filipino Batman and Robin, 1993)
IN MOSTLY TAGALOG DIALOGUE WITH SOME
ENGLISH LANGUAGE DIALOGUE AND NO SUBTITLES
Directed by Tony Y. Reyes, Philippines
Low low low budget musical spoof on Batman and Robin! Very easy to follow! Great
unauthorized use of the Dynamic Duo and other famous comic characters! Holy lawsuit,
Batman! |
| | Attack
of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Directed by Michael Stanley, USA
Remember that story in "Trilogy of Terror"
where Karen Black was chased around for 15 minutes by a spear-wielding 1 foot
tall native jungle monster-man doll with sharp teeth? Well, if you liked that
scene, then you may love this movie, which features an entire island full of hundreds
of little buggers that seem to be close cousins to said jungle mo'fo'. This low-budget
period piece film tells the story of a group of people surviving a luxury liner
shipwreck only to be stranded on an island full of the horrible aforementioned
"beast creatures"! Most of the running time consists of the survivors
being gradually picked-off as they fend for their lives from an onslaught of tiny
terror attacks! You will either find this film somewhat creepy or ridiculously
hilarious depending on your outlook of such things! Rated R
|
| |
Attack
of the Robots
(Cartes sur table aka Cartas boca arriba, 1966)
Directed by
Jess Franco, Spain / France
Secret agent Al Pereira (Eddie Constantine) is
sent on the trail of a strange group of robot-like men that’ve been bumping off
important political figures! Fun black & white spy thriller from cult director
Jess Franco! Also starring Françoise Brion, Fernando Rey and Sophie Hardy. |
| |
Attack
of the Super Monsters (1977
/ 1985)
ENGLISH DUBBED
Directed by Toru Sotoyama and Tom Wyner, Japan
/ US
From Tsuburaya Productions
comes this kids matinee movie reportedly culled together from the late 1970s Japanese
tv series ""Dinosaur War Izenborg"". The dinosaurs and giant monsters
(some of whom talk!) are done with live puppet effects, while the humans are animated.
Probably this movie would appeal to the very young more so then older Godzilla
fans. |
| |
Badi
(aka
Turkish E.T., 1983)
IN TURKISH LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directed
by Zafer Par, Turkey | Baron
Prasil (see The Fabulous
Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
| |
Battle
of the Amazons (Amazzoni:
donne d'amore e di guerra, 1973)
WIDE SCREEN PICTURE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by Alfonso Brescia, Italy
"Hell hath no fury like 10,000 women!"
Well, would you believe 30 scantily clad Euro-babes? A group of amazons are bent
on creating a society ruled by women only! Men are used as slaves for studding
purposes and then killed off! Gulp! Contains naughty naked Amazon women! Starring
Lincoln Tate, Lucretia Love, Paola Tedesco, Mirta Miller, Genie Woods and Solvi
Stubing. DVD-R includes
the original theatrical trailer! Rated
R |
| |
Bigfoot
(1969)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by Robert F. Slatzer, USA
A horny
yeti kidnaps bikini clad girls for breeding purposes! Joi Lansing is the snatched
up by the lecherous primate! With John Carradine, Doodles Weaver and Haji!! |
The Bollywood
King Kong see Shikari
below
| | The
Boy God (Roco, ang batang
bato, 1983?)
ENGLISH DUBBED
Directed by J. Erastheo Navoa, Phillipines
Ultra-weird fantasy / action / adventure film about a chubby young boy born with
superpowers who must travel through a mystical and dangerous land to find his
real (dead?) parents. On his journey he helps a tribe of midgets battle a giant
Cyclops and takes on a 2-headed monster with the aid of a Wonder Woman-ish female
super hero! He also fends off the local village against vampire creatures and
an evil scientist. The whole mess ends up in a wildly manic kung fu and gun fight
against the scientist and his men! A hard-to-find English dubbed film! DVD-R includes
trailer! |
| | The
Brain (aka A Dead Man Seeks His Murderer aka Over My Dead Body,
1962)
Directed by Freddie Francis, UK
Another black & white version of
"Donovan's Brain" this time from Hammer director Francis. A scientist keeps the
brain of a dead business tycoon alive after a plane wreck. The brain grows psychic
powers and takes control of the scientist using him to find the killer! Starring
Anne Heywood, Peter van Eyck and Cecil Parker. |
| |
Calamity
Of Snakes (Ren she da zhan, 1982)
WIDE-SCREEN PICTURE
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE WITH JAPANESE SUBTITLES OFF TO THE SIDE
Directed by William Chang
Kee, Hong Kong
A construction team unearths thousands of deadly snakes at
a posh Hong Kong resort. No English dialogue, but fans of Asian gross-out films
have gotta see this one to believe it! When the snakes ain't eatin' people, you
got people eatin' snakes! Disgustapating! At one point a giant monster snake shows
up! The climax is an out-of-control fight between hundreds of snakes and a group
of men armed with flame throwers! Mmmmm... Tastes like chicken! This is the ultra-rare
English language version! (Also available in a full-frame Cantonese language version
with no subtitles.) Rated R | Choo-Choo
see Garri Bardin's Choo-Choo
below
| | The
Clones Of Bruce Lee (1977)
ENGLISH DUBBED
Directed by Joseph Kong, Hong Kong
Hilarious kung foo mess about 3 clones
that go after Bruce Lee's murderer or something. With a goofy gratuitous nude
beach-water frolicking scene and an abrupt ending that makes you scratch your
head real hard. Starring Bruce Le, Dragon Lee, Bruce Lai, Bruce Thai and Ucebray
Eelay. Looks great! Rated R |
| |
The Curious Female
(aka Curious Females, 1970)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed
by Paul Rapp, USA
Now,
this is an odd little title. The Curious Female is a blend of sci-fi and nudie
cutie. The master computer (a poor man's Big Brother) controls an earthquake damaged
world in 2177. To study lost sexual morals and customs, people watch vintage films
in secret. In this "new" world, no one is a virgin after thirteen. The film is
fairly amusing at times and some valid societal views are addressed (racism, for
example). I must admit that I was hoping to see more of Rapp's vision of 2177.
There is a good deal of female and some male nudity, however. The sex isn't graphic
or drawn out but you get the point. That being said, I found myself entertained
for about ninety minutes and what else can you really ask? ~Melissa Kusia Starring
Angelique Pettyjohn (who has some nice nude scenes), Charlene Jones, Bunny Allister,
David Westberg and Julie Conners. DVD-R includes the original theatrical trailer!
~Brian H
Rated R | A
Deadly Invention see
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne below
|
| Destination
Inner Space (1966)
Directed
by Francis D. Lyon, USA
An under water sea lab encounters an alien life form!
With Scott Brady and Sheree North. |
 | The
Devil Garden (aka The Double Garden
aka The
Revenge of Dr. X, ‘67?)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by Kenneth G. Crane, script by Ed Wood, Jr., USA
/ Japan
Based on Wood’s script “Venus
Fly Trap”. James Craig stars in a ridiculously
ham-fisted performance as a stressed-out scientist
who develops a blood drinking plant-beast that could give the monsters from “Invasion
Of The Star Creatures” a run for their money! Some pearl diving topless island
women make this one for adults only! From the director of The
Manster! Rated R |
 | Digoru
vs. Goliath (Kaijû daifunsen: Daigorou tai
Goriasu / "Great Desperate Monster Battle: Daigoro vs. Goliath"
aka Digoru vs. Golius, 1972)
Directed by Toshihiro Iijima, Japan
IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Digoru is a huge constipated
but friendly monster who must fight the evil Golius in this comical live-action
Japanese obscurity. DVD-R
includes the original Japanese theatrical trailer!
|
| |
Dimension
5 (1966)
Directed by
Franklin Adreon, USA
Sci-fi time travel spy thrills starring
Jeffrey Hunter who enlists the aid of sexy Chinese-American secret agent Kitty
(France Nuyen) and a time-travel belt to stop an international plot to make an
atomic bomb! With Harold "Odd Job" Sakata! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer |
| |
La
Donna, il sesso e il superuomo ("The Girl, the Sex and the Superman"
aka Fantabulous, Inc., 1967)
ITALIAN LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directd by Sergio Spina, Italy
Richard
Harrison is a laid back, groovy guy who spends time making love to his swingin'
girlfriend Deborah (Judi West) until he is abducted by Von Beethoven (Adolfo Celi)
and turned into a robotic super-human! This fun pop-art feature is filled with
social satire and a lively score (during a love-making scene a few seconds of
ealry Frank Zappa music is lifted!). Rated R
|
| |
The Doomsday
Machine (1967 / 1972)
Directed by Harry Hope & Lee Sholem, USA
While traveling through space to Venus, the Earth is completely destroyed in a
nuclear war! It is now up to the space travelers to plan the repopulation of the
human race! Low-budget sci-fi starring Grant Williams, Henry Wilcoxon and Mala
Powers with Casey kasem, Bobby Van, Lorie Scott and Ruta Lee. |
| |
Endgame
(Italian title: Endgame - Bronx lotta finale, 1983)
Directed by Joe
D'Amato, Italy
Apocaliptic
sci-fi action starring Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman, Gabriele Tinti
and Gordon Mitchell. Rated R |
 | Evil
Birds (aka Killing Birds, 1987)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by
Rene Cardona, Mexico
Christopher Atkins and Michelle Johnson star in this
gory take on Hitchcock's "The Birds"! Also with Gabrielle Tinti. Rated R |
| | The
Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen (original
title: Baron Prásil, 1961)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by Karel Zeman, Czechoslovakia
Lavish sets that appear to be “drawn”
and color-tinted create an amazing trippy fantasy effect in this great looking
fast-paced film! The startling visuals reminded me of some of Georges Méliès work.
Recommended! DVD-R includes the trailer for director Zeman's "Journey
To The Beginning Of Time"! Also see The
Fabulous World of Jules Verne . |
The
Fabulous World of Jules Verne (original title:
Vynález zkázy / "A Deadly Invention", 1958)
CZECH LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Directed by Karel Zeman, Czechoslovakia
JUST
ADDED! Details coming soon. Movie available
now! Hard-to-find
black & white fantasy from the director of The
Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Journey
to the Beginning of Time! Starring
Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil and Miroslav Holub. DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! The
Filipino Batman and Robin see Alyas Batman and Robin
|
|
The
Flying Saucer
(Il Disco volante, 1964)
Directed by Tinto Brass, Italy
Future
erotica king Tinto Brass directs this light-hearted black & white comical
farce! A flying suacer helmed by some sexy space women upsets the balance of a
small community! Starring Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Monica Vitti, Gianluigi
Crescenzi and Graziella Polesinanti. Look for a brief uncredited appearance by
Euro cult actress Erika Blanc! |
 | The
Frozen Dead (1967)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed
by Herbert J. Leder, UK
Unintentionally hilarious film about an evil scientist
who works for the Nazis. As a matter of fact he's still got a few of the vicious
buggers on ice! Now it seems he needs a fresh head to keep alive for some reason
which escapes me. Lots o' fun! DVD-R includes the original theatrical trailer!
|
| | The
Golden Bat (Ôgon batto, 1966)
WIDE-SCREEN
PICTURE
JAPANESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Directed by Hajime
Sato, Japan
Sonny Chiba stars in this black & white comic book based live-action
movie that spawned an animated series. He plays Golden Bat, a skull-faced superhero
that must fight Phantom Nazo, a villain set on altering the path of a star in
a near by galaxy so it’ll crash into the Earth! DVD-R includes the original theatrical
trailer! | Goliath
And The Vampires- SEE The Vampires below
| |
The Head
(Die Nackte und der Satan, 1959)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by Victor
Trivas, West Germany
Offbeat black & white sci-fi / mystery about the shenanigans
of a mad scientist named Dr. Ood! The insanely determined Doc (played by Horst
Frank) seems to be losing his own noggin at the idea of performing a groundbreaking
operation: Transplanting the head of a beautiful woman (with a deformed body,
natch) onto the perfect body of a stripper! Ood da man!! Moody black & white expressionistic
photography make this an unusual cult favorite! |
| |
Hercules
Against The Moon Men
(Maciste e la regina di Samar, 1964)
Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo,
Italy / France
Hercules ("Alan Steele" / Sergio Ciani) must stop
an attack of space creatures who have made a deal with the evil queen of Samar
to take over the world! The city is attacked by giant monsters that look like
the mutant offspring of Gumby and a boulder. With Jany Clair and Anna Maria Polani.
Available on new DVD for $4.98! |
| |
Human Vapor (Gasu
ningen daiichigo,1960)
Directed by Ishirô Honda, Japan
Contrary to
popular belief this is not about Murry after he eats an onion omlet. Rather,
it is the tragic story of a man who, after an experiment goes wrong, has the ability
to transform himself into an invisible gas! He uses his powers to rob banks in
this really decent Japanese sci-fi thriller! Starring Tatsuya Mihashi as Detective
Okamoto, Kaoru Yachigusa as Fujichiyo Kasuga and Yoshio Tsuchiya as the Human
Vapor! |
| |
Invasion
of the Saucer Men (1957)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn, USA
Classic
teeneagers vs. kooky aliens schlock! DVD-R includes the original theatrical trailer!!
Starring Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo and Frank Gorshin. |
| |
It Conquered
The World (1956)
Directed by Roger Corman, USA
Classic
b-movie with a z-monster! Starring Peter Graves, Beverly Garland and Lee Van Cleef!
DVD-R includes the original television ad! |
| |
Jack
the Giant Killer - The Musical Version! (1962)
Directed
by Nathan Juran, USA
The more common
original release of this poor-man's "Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" is not without
it's charm, but the bizarre musical version is the one to see! Sure it's a mess,
but WHAT a mess! If you're a fan of strange live-action children's musicals like
the K. Gordon Murray Mexican releases ("Santa Clause", "Little Red Riding Hood
Meets The Monsters", etc.) then do not miss this one! DVD-R includes the original
theatrical trailer! |
| |
Journey
to an Unknown World (Aventuras com Tio Maneco,
1971)
Directed by Flávio Migliaccio, Brazil
Three boys and their uncle
venture into the Amazon jungle in search of their missing grandfather who's been
kidnapped by evil space robots! An unusual and hard-to-find kids film that mixes
live-action, animation and some "mondo" footage to tell it's story. |
| |
Journey to the
Beginning of Time (Cesta
do praveku, 1955)
Directed by Karel Zeman
with additional footage by
Fred Ladd, Czechoslovakia / USA
Classic kiddy matinee film about a group of
young boys that row a small boat back in time to the age of dinosaurs! I remember
seeing this in the theater one Saturday afternoon and although it may seem cheezy
to some today, I'd take these kind of stop-motion animated effects over modern
digital ones anytime! Shot in 1955 in Czechoslovakia by the director of Baron
Prasil and The
Fabulous World of Jules Verne (both
also available from us), the film had a few US lensed scenes tacked onto the beginning
in 1960. DVD-R includes
the original theatrical trailer! |
| |
Just Imagine (1930)
Directed by David Butler, USA
Amazing sci-fi comedy musical that takes place
in the future time of 1980!! A present day man wakes up in the year 1980 ("Futurama"
style!) in a world of space travel, vending machines that sell human babies, and
more! Old movies that are set in "the future" have always been a fave of mine
and this is one of the most hilarious! The clothes, hairstyles and set design
are wacky enough, but the songs and lighthearted story make it a real blast! Heavily
recommended!! |
The
Killer Shrews (1959)
Directed by Ray Kellogg, USA
Surprisingly
effective sci-fi thriller set on an island, this one has an unfair reputation
mainly due to what's been written by the idiot Medved brothers and other critics
about the low-budget monster "effects". I won't spoil it here, but for
me I thought this film had a creepy anxiety-provoking feel to it. A group of people
are trapped in a house (ala "Night Of The Living Dead") on an island
with hundreds of the giant hungry beasties trying to get in for a human chow-down!
Certainly this film is no epic, but for my dough I thought the "shrews"
were rather disturbing! Hell, this film is scarier than anything playing at the
shopping mall right now!
| |
The Kingdom of the Looking
Glass (Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal, 1964)
IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE WITH
NO SUBTITLES
Directed byAleksandr Rou, Russia
Well made Russian language
take on the "Alice In Wonderland" story! A young girl goes inside of her mirror
and meets her reflective twin! Together the 2 travel to a fantasy kingdom where
evil adult rulers have imprisoned all of the children. |
| |
Land of Sannikov
(Zemlya Sannikova aka The Sannikov Earth, 1973)
IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WITH GREEK SUBTITLES
Directed by Albert S. Mkrtchyan & Leonid Popov, Russia
Set in the 1700's, a group of explorers travel by boat on a treacherous search
for the mythical land of Sannikov. Once there they discover a long-haired caveman-like
society ruled by an unscrupulous pseudo-wizard! The most interesting thing to
me about this lively-paced film is the unusual spacey pop score which meshes quite
strangely with the period piece atmosphere of the story! A true rarity and it's
dubbed in English. |
| | The
Last Days of Planet Earth (Nosutoradamusu
no daiyogen / "Prophecies
of Nostradamus", 1974)
ENGLISH
DUBBED
Directed by Toshio Masuda, Japan
Starring
Tetsuro Tamba, Toshio Kurosawa and Kaoru Yumi.
|
| | The
Last War (Sekai daisenso / "The Great
World War", 1961, sci-fi)
ENGLISH DUBBED
Directed by Shuei Matsubayashi,
Japan
Starring
Frankie Sakai and Akira Takarada. |
| | Light
Years (Gandahar, 1988)
Directed by
René Laloux, France / North Korea
Amazing
animated feature from the creator of "Fantastic Planet". Adapted by
Isaac Asimov, this is the hard-to-find English language version featuring the
voices of John Shea, Glenn Close, Brigit Fonda, Penn Jillette, Teller, David Johanson
and others. In stereo and looks very nice!
|
| | Lion
Man (Aslan Adam aka
Lionman, 1975)
IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH FINNISH SUBTITLES
Directed
by Natuck Baitan, Turkey / Greece
A young boy raised by lions grows up to
become the Lion Man (played by Turkish star Cüneyt Arkin aka Steve Arkin) a fearsome
fighting clawed manimal! Hard-to-find fun action fantasy dubbed in English and
I ain't lyin', man! |
| | The
Magic Serpent (Kairyu daikessen aka Sea Serpent
Wars, 1966)
WIDE-SCREEN PICTURE
ENGLISH
DUBBED VERSION
Directed by Tetsuya Yamauchi, Japan
This costume drama / monster movie is about one man's vengeance against the evil
man who killed his father. Both men conjure up giant monsters including a dragon-like
serpent and a fire-breathing giant toad to fight their battles! Nice wide-screen
picture! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! |
| | The
Man Eater of Hydra (La Isla de la muerte aka Island of the Doomed,
1967)
Directed by Mel Welles (Ernst R. Von Theumer), Spain / West Germany
Cameron Mitchell is a deranged scientist who lures unsuspecting victims to his
island only to feed them to his bloodsucking vampire plant! With George Martin
and Elisa Montés. |
| |
The
Manster (1959)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed
by Kenneth B. Crane & George P. Breakston, Japan / USA
Neat black &
white flick about a man who, after given an injection by a deranged scientist
(not to be confused with a “mad” scientist) begins to grow a horrible monster
head next to his own noggin! Starring Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton and Tetsu Nakamura.
DVD-R includes the original theatrical trailer! From the director of The
Devil Garden! |
| |
Mission
Stardust (original Italian title: ...4 ...3
...2 ...1 ...morte aka Perry Rhodan - SOS aus dem Weltall, 1967)
Directed
by Primo Zeglio, Italy
Starring
Lang Jeffries and Essy Persson. The
DVD-R includes the original theatrical trailer!
|
| |
The
Monitors (1969)
Directed by Jack Shea, USA
The Monitors have arrived from another planet to
help get the Earth back in shape. Trouble is a number of the ungrateful humans
want the Monitors to leave us alone! An offbeat comedy starring Guy Stockwell,
Susan Oliver, Larry Storch, Avery Schreiber, Sherry Jackson and a large cast that
includes Ed Begley, Helen Malone, Peter Boyle and cameos by Alan Arkin, Xavier
Cugat, Stubby Kaye and others! | The
Monster of Piedras Blancas
(1959)
Directed by Irvin Berwick, USA
DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! Low-budget monster schlocker! Starring
Les Tremayne and Forrest Lewis.
| |
Most
Dangerous Man Alive (1961)
Directed by Allan
Dwan, USA
A very cool and kinda sleazy underrated sci-fi/crime thriller. A
framed man becomes impervious to bullets after being exposed to a radioactive
bomb blast. Now he’s out to get the criminals that set him up! Ron Randell, Debra
Paget and Elaine Stewart star in this black & white rarity. |
 | Ms.
Stiletto
(Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli, 1969)
Directed by Bruno Corbucci,
Italy
Brigitte Skay stars as the sexy swashbuckler Isabella in Corbucci's
comic book adaptation set in the swingin' 1600's! Rated R |
| |
Night
of the Demon (1980)
UNCUT VERSION!
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
Directed by James C. Wasson, USA
Horrifying dick-ripping entrail-slinging
yeti! The first (and only?) Bigfoot gore movie! They just don't make 'em like
this anymore!! Looks very nice! Rated R | Ninjascope
- The Magic World of the Ninjas (Akakage, 1969)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE WITH GREEK SUBTITLES
Directed by Junji Kurata with Tetsuya Yamauchi
Obscure
Toei superhero vs. monsters feature presumably edited from the "Kamen no
ninja Aka-Kage" tv series that aired in 1967 and 1968! Includes the original
japanese trailer!
| | Octaman
(1971)
Directed by Harry Essex, USA / Mexico
Half-man... half octopus...
half moronic! Fun pseudo-scarey tentacled terror best remembered for Rick Baker's
cool creature costume! Starring Pier Angeli, Kerwin Mathews, Jeff Morrow and David
Essex (not THAT David Essex!). |
| | Panic
(Bakterion, 1973)
UNCUT VERSION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directed by
Tonino Ricci, Italy
Picture quality just so-so on this violent Italian schlocker.
Starring David Warbeck and Janet Agren. Rated R |
|
|
The
People Who Own The Dark (Último Deseo aka Blind Planet, 1976)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
SLIGHTLY WIDE-SCREEN PICTURE
Directed by Leon Klimovsky, Spain
Paul Naschy (Jacinto
Molina) stars in this downbeat but gripping
apocalyptic thriller about the last “seeing” people on Earth! Also starring Nadiuska,
Alberto de Mendoza, Tony Kendall, Maria Perschy and Teresa Gimpera. DVD-R includes
a brief tv ad for the movie. Rated R |
| | Raiders
of Atlantis (I Predatori
di Atlantide aka Atlantis Interceptors, 1983)
Directed by Ruggero
Deodato, Italy / Philippines
From
the director of "Cannibal Holocaust" comes this absurd but lively and
entertaining action thriller! This film is kinda' hard to follow, but here goes:
Attempting to retrieve a sunken submarine with atomic missiles onboard from the
bottom of the ocean somehow causes the lost island of Atlantis to rise in a giant
glass dome whereupon many humans are turned into violent gangs of "Road Warrior"-esque
killers! Whew! Christopher Connelly and Tony King are assassins for hire that
get caught up in the madness! Gioia Scola is the pretty scientist who holds a
secret that the Atlantians need in order to complete their domination of the world!
(Whew!
That was tough.) Okay,
that all sounds complex, but really most of this movie is made up of people running
around and shooting at each other, falling off of cliffs, hanging from hellicopters,
decapitating psycho-bikers, etc. If you like trashy "Road Warrior" rip-off
films then this is for you! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer and a very brief alternate opening title!
Rated
R |
| | Refuge
of Fear (El Refugio del
miedo aka Creation of the Damned, 1974)
Directed by José Ulloa,
Spain
Hard to find sci-fi drama about what happens when 2 couples are trapped
in a bomb shelter during a nuclear holocaust! Looks nice! Starring Teresa Gimpera,
Fernando Hilbeck, Craig Hill, Fernando Millet, Pedro Mari Sánchez and Patty Shepard.
Rated R | The
Revenge of Dr. X see The Devil
Garden
| |
Santa
Claus (1959)
UNCUT VERSION with Devil scenes!
Directed by Rene Cardona, -produced by K. Gordon Murray, Mexico
Unintentionally
bizarre kiddy-matinee-film-from-hell tells the “classic” story of several devil-like
demons and their attempts to corrupt a little girl by making her steal a toy doll,
stop Santa Clause from delivering toys, and generally f-up the holiday. If Christmas
was really like this I’d slash my wrists! Looks beautiful! |
| |
Santa
and the Ice Cream Bunny featuring Thumbelina
(1972)
Directed by Barry Mahon and R. Winer, USA
Ho-ho
huh?? Santa's sled gets stuck in the sand on a Florida beach just before
Christmas. The local kids try using several different animals to pull the sled
but to no avail. Not even a giant gorilla can help him! While waiting for help,
Santa tells the story of "Thumbelina" (which takes up most of the running
time on this bizarre live-action feature). Then the Ice Cream Bunny arrives in
his red fire truck! But will he be able to free Santa and save Christmas? "Thumbellina",
directed by Mahon, tells the story of a beautiful girl at a carnival who watches
a diorama show about Thumbellina and imagines herself as the title character.
Note:
The order of stories has been restored to that of the movie's original theatrical
release! Also includes 2 bizarre bonus shorts: "Howdy Doody's Christmas"
and "Punch and Judy's Christmas"! |
 | The
Sea Serpent (Serpiente de mar aka Hydra-Monster
of the Deep, 1984)
Directed by Amando de Ossorio, Spain
RECENTLY
ADDED! Details coming soon. Movie available
now! Starring
Timothy Bottoms, Taryn Power, Jared Martin, Ray Milland, Gérard Tichy, Carole
James and Jack Taylor. |
 | The
Sex Machine (Conviene far bene l'amore,
1975)
Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, ITALY
In the year 2063 electric
power no longer exists. A scientist discovers that sexual energy can actually
be harvested and used to power things. This discovery creates a moral uproar in
this wacky '70s sex comedy! Starring Gigi Proietti, Agostina Belli and Eleonora
Giorgi. Rated R |
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The
Ship Of Monsters ("La Nave de los
Monstruos", 1959)
IN SPANISH LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directed
by Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Mexico
Ultra-cool black & white multi-genre flick
featuring two sexy & stacked space-women (one of whom is Mexican scream-queen
Lorna Velazquez) and their whacked-out robot. While on a seemingly innocent spaceship
trip to visit Earth the two babes, upon landing, compete for the attention of
a happy-go-lucky singing cowboy. Then, one of the women turns out to be an evil
vampire bent on world domination! She thaws out a group of 4 insane looking frozen
monsters she has hidden away in a nearby cave to do her wicked bidding! An unbelievable
science-fiction
/ comedy / musical / western!! |
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Shikari
(aka The Bollywood King Kong, 1963, fantasy / adventure / musical)
HINDI LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directed by Mohammed Hussain, India
RECENTLY
ADDED! Details coming soon. Movie available
now! An adventure / musical movie from India that borrorws from "Seventh
Voyage of Sinbad" and "King Kong". There is quite a bit of dialogue
and long music numbers in this movie, but eventually a Kong-like monster shows
up. The last half hour or so things finally kick in! Starring
Ajit, Ragini, Helen, K.N. Singh and Madan Puri. Note: There is a logo in the corner
of the picture throughout the movie. Running time: app. 2 hours and 15 minutes. |
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Sound of Horror
(El Sonido prehistórico,
1964)
Directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, Spain
While looking for a
lost treasure buried inside a cave a group of people accidentally release an invisible
monster! This horrible creature can only be heard and therefore it makes it difficult
to fight him- not to mention that it saved a lot on the film's budget! Actually,
this is a pretty good movie that comes off better than you'd think, mainly because
of the serious approach to the story, and also because of the decent acting which
includes Ingrid Pitt and Soledad Miranda (who would go on to star in several Jess
Franco films)! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! |
| | Space
Monster (Space
Probe Taurus aka First Woman Into Space , 1965)
Directed by Leonard
Katzman, USA
Super low-budget black & white space drama starring Francine
York, Baynes Barron and James Brown (not THAT James brown!). |
| | Space
Warriors 2000 (1985)
ENGLISH DUBBED
Directed by Marc Smith and Sompote
Sands, US / Japan / Thailand
This
nutty live-action children's tv movie was edited together using clips from several
of the later "Ultraman" tv series and feature films and horribly dubbed
into this entertaining and juvenile monster matinee mess! This was reportedly
released unbeknownst to original Japanese producers Tsuburaya who promptly sued.
For some folks this was the only way to see Ultraman footage for many years! A
real mess! Hard to find!! |
 | Spermula
(1976)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION
Directed
by Charles Matton, France
Offbeat and unique sex & sci-fi fantasy film
with Udo Kier. Alien beings disguised as beautiful, elegant women invade Earth.
Artsy and unusual for this type of film. The somewhat juvenile "humorous"
English dubbing (ie-
"Not on the Formica! It came all the way from Uranus!") is
fortunately not as bad as it could have been and doesn't ruin the beautiful photography
or surreal ambiance. Also starring Dayle Haddon, François Dunoyer, Jocelyne Boisseau,
Ginette Leclerc and Isabelle Mercanton. (see below) Rated R |
 | Spermula
(1976)
102 MINUTE
FRENCH LANGUAGE VERSION, NO SUBTITLES
Directed by Charles Matton, France
This original French version is drastically different then the English version
we offer! A seemingly more serious approach that reportedly tells a somewhat different
story and does away with the English dubbed jokes. The sex scenes are a bit more
graphic as well although still "softcore". Definitely the most unique
French erotic film ever made! The picture looks a bit dark on this French version
but still quite watchable. Available separately or pick up both versions (see
above), the French and the English, in a double set for $25.00! Rated R |
| | Star
Virgin (1988)
IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE ONLY, Japan
Cheezy effects abound
in this fun low-budget sci-fi adventure! The star is a slightly pudgy cute young
girl who transforms into a Wonder Woman-like super- hero! She fights a relentless
evil robot and several strange creatures! The lack of English doesn't really hamper
the fun. Apparently there was also a video game that tied in with this movie. |
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Supersonic
Man (1979)
Directed by Juan Piquer Simón, Spain
Kronos, a Superman-esque
space alien comes to Earth to fight the evil Dr. Gulik (Cameron Mitchell), an
evil robot, and other evil things. Also evil was the producer of this film who
spent about $1.98 on the "special" effects. For lovers of bad cinema
only! Makes "Superman" look truly super! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! |
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|
The
Sword And The Dragon (Ilya Muromets, 1956)
Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko, Russia
Very entertaining and well made fantasy
yarn with a 3 headed dragon and other creatures! Recommended! |
| |
A Tale of Lost Time
(Skazka o poteryannom vremeni, 1964)
IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko, Russia
Comic fantasy about a group of old people
that live in a strange wooded kingdom inside of a tree. They discover a way to
switch ages with the unsuspecting children of the city outside of the tree with
comical results! Interesting special effects in this rare Russian language color
feature from the director of "Sword And The Dragon". |
| | The
Terrornauts (1967)
Directed by Montgomery Tully, UK
Obscure Amicus
sci-fi film about a team of scientists transported to an intergalactic space station
to fend off an oncoming alien invasion! With Simon Oates, Zena Marshall and Charles
Hawtrey. DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! |
 |
Thunder
of Gigantic Serpent (Daai se wong, 1988)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH GREEK SUBTITLES
Directed by "Charles Lee"
(Godfrey Ho), Hong Kong
A
young girl's intelligent pet snake is subject to a secret government experiment
which causes it to grow into a Kong-size monster in this low-budget monster and
kung fu mess!
|
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The Time Travelers
(1964)
Directed by Ib Melchoir, USA
Decent sci-fi cult fave about a group
of scientists traveling 107 years into a nuclear war devastated future. What's
left of the human race live underground and, with the help of strange looking
androids, fends off the mutants up above. The scientists try to go back to the
present to fix things but end up getting trapped in the space / time continuum!
I saw this on UHF television in the early 1970s and it blew my pre-teen mind!
|
| | Toomorrow
(1967)
WIDE-SCREEN PICTURE
IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH JAPANESE SUBTITLES
Directed by Val Guest, UK |
 |
Turkish Star Trek
(Uzay Yolunda aka Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda, 1973)
IN
TURKISH LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directed by Hulki Saner, Turkey
Sadri Alisik, Turkish star whom portrays
the comical character "Ömer",
is sent into the future where he hooks up with some very familiar space explorers
boldy going where no copyright infringement suit has gone before! A really funny
and well made satire despite the low budget! |
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Turkish Star Wars
(Dünyayi
kurtaran adam / "The Man Who Saves the World", 1982)
IN TURKISH LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Directed by Çetin Inanç, Turkey
If you were given 30 bucks to shoot a "Star Wars" remake, finished the
film, edited in some "borrowed" spaceship footage from the original
"Star wars" and then accidentally dropped the finished film into a blender
on the way to the screening room it might resemble this. I loved it! |
| |
The Twonky (1953)
Directed by Arch Oboler, USA
Hans Conried vs. his possessed television set!
A hard-to-find black &white sci-fi comedy also starring Janet Warren and Billy
Lynn. |
| | Tyranno's
Claw (Tirannoui baltob, 1994)
CAVEMAN LANGUAGE!
Directed by
Hyung-rae Shim, South Korea
A savage tribe of club-pounding bug-eating cave
people offer up human sacrifices to the local T. Rex! No dialogue, only cave-ugh's!
CHOMP!! Rated R for slight cave-girl breasts but really this is a family film. |
| | The
Vampires (original Italian title: Maciste contro il Vampiro aka Goliath
And The Vampires, 1961)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Italy
Gordon Scott is a fearless gladiator
fighting a mind controlling vampire who’s been turning women into slaves! DVD-R
contains the original Italian theatrical trailer!
|
| | Voyage
Into Space starring Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot (1970)
ENGLISH DUBBED
Directed by Minoru Yamada, Japan
If you were a fan of the
"Ultraman" t.v. series from Japan you may also remember Johnny Sokko (Mitsunobu
Kaneko), a young boy working for the government agency Unicorn. With his giant
sphinx-headed robot that obeys only his commands, they fight the evil alien Gargoyle
gang as they attempt to conquer the world using a barrage of enormous (and hilariously
fake looking) creatures! Compiled from about 10 episodes of the 60s t.v. show
"Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot" (called "Jaianto robo"
in Japan), this fast-paced English dubbed feature-length tv movie has more giant
monsters than 3 Godzilla movies combined, plus some of the most ridiculous English
dubbing this side of Tokyo! And the good news is that this version runs a whopping
98 minutes! So roll over Hyata and tell Fuji the news, Johnny Sokko and his flying
robot are BACK! |
| | Watari
- Ninja Boy (Daininjutsu eiga Watari,
1966)
WIDE-SCREEN PICTURE
JAPANESE LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBTITLES
Directed
by Sadao Nakajima, Japan
Yoshinobu Kaneko stars in the first of s series of
feature films about the amazing young Ninja master Watari! DVD-R includes 2 original
theatrical trailers! |
| | Wild
Beasts (Belve
feroci,
1983)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
Directed by Franco Prosperi, Italy
Sci-fi horror movie about
animals that escape from the zoo and go berserk! It seems they have digested drugged
water which leads to terrifying consequences! The water also turns a group of
young school kids into homicidally violent brats! (How could they tell?) Directed
by “Mondo Cane” producer Prosperi, this fictional movie also has some “real” animal
stuff going on, so it’s definitely not for all tastes. Rated R |
The
Witch’s Curse (original Italian title: Maciste
al Inferno, 1963)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
Directed by Riccardo Freda, Italy
Sword & sandal thrills as Maciste travels into hell itself to stop said curse!
The
DVD-R includes the original theatrical trailer!
| | Without
Warning
(aka It Came Without Warning, 1980)
Directed by Greydon Clark, USA
Sci-fi cult fave about an "Outer Limits"-looking alien that flings pancake-like
creatures onto the faces of it's victims! Jack Palance stars with Martin Landau,
Neville Brand, Cameron Mitchell and Larry Storch! DVD-R
includes the original theatrical trailer! |
The
Wizard of Mars (aka Horrors of the Red Planet,
1965)
Directed by David L. Hewitt, USA
Starring
John Carradine as The Wizard of Mars with Roger Gentry, Vic McGee, Jerry Rannow
and Eve Bernhardt.
| | The
X from Outer Space (Uchû daikaijû Girara, 1967, monsters)
ENGLISH
DUBBED
Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu, Japan |
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| Yeti
- The Giant of the 20th Century (Yeti - il gigante del 20. secolo,
1977)
SLIGHTLY WIDE-SCREEN PICTURE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH GREEK SUBTITLES
Directed by Gianfranco Parolini, Italy
So you thought you'd seen every Bigfoot
movie? Not YETI you haven't! This notoriously bad one could possibly be the worst
ever! Bigfoot (Mimmo Crao), a giant Kong-like being who's face looks more like
a hairy redneck than a simian creature, is discovered living in the woods. (Around
these parts we got guys that look like this yelling unintelligible things at you
from their pickup truck! Now, THAT'S scarey! but I digress...) He takes a liking
to cute Antonella Interlenghi and, after being taken captive, breaks loose in
the city to... aw, you know the rest... Atrocious special (d)effects are the lowlight
to this atrocity! For big hairy man-beast completists only! The amazing Yeti theme
song will have you out standing on a ledge! | |
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