the astral factor (1976)

aka Invisible Strangler. The Astral Fiend.
"You say one word about this and I'll kill yer."
A convict develops paranormal abilities in jail, and uses them to break out. Once out he his new found powers come in handy to stalk and kill the five women who testified against him in court. All whilst Detective Barrett (Robert Foxworth) tries to puzzle out what is occurring and stop it.
It tries to develop the characters around this slight story, and uses some good actresses in the process, (Stephanie Powers, Elke Sommers, and Sue Lyons), but the stilted direction doesn't help.

escape from hellhole (1978)

aka Hell Hole. Kawin kontrak.
"You have yet to experience the real joys of life..."
A Punjabi girl (Guphy Sintara) gets tricked into moving in with Uncle MG (Dicky Zulkarnaen), not knowing that he is a pimp, specialising in virgins. But things only get worse, as when she doesn't submit to his ways she is thrown into his private jail.
As cheap and nasty as it sounds.

mitchell (1975)

"He's lying and he's not going to get away with it."
Socialite Walter Deaney (John Saxon) kills a burglar in cold blood, and fixes it to look like he had no choice but kill the man. Something that Mitchell (Joe Don Baker) immediately thinks is fishy. To stop him investigating further Mitchell is tasked with the 24hr surveillance of John Cummings (Martin Balsam) a businessman suspected of importing heroin. Complicating Mitchell's life is the arrival of 'birthday present' Greta (Linda Evans).
Passable cop flick, that lacks a central character with charm.

the stranger (1946)

aka Date with Destiny.
"I am not interested in proving he is not Charles Rankin, I am only interested in proving he is Franz Kindler."
A war crimes investigator Mr Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) hunts for the Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler who has erased all evidence of his existance, in an attempt to cover his tracks. But Wilson manages to follow a trail to Connecticut, and possible suspect Charles Rankin. Can he crack Rankin or will Rankin's unknowing wife Mary (Loretta Young) unravel first.
Suspense filled thriller, that racks up the tension minute by minute.

atomic cyborg (1989)

aka Hands of Steel. Return of the Terminator. Arms of Steel.
"It's our only chance of salvation." An Ecological leader with the chance of changing the world for the better is attacked by what turns out to be a human/cyborg (Daniel Greene) developed by industrialist Francis Turner (John Saxon). But having failed in his task, both the police and his bosses are after him.
Low grade fare, with a bad script, acting and special effects.

love me deadly (1973)

aka Secrets of the Death Room.
"I'm sure I needn't remind you to keep our little secret."
Lindsay Finch (Mary Charlotte Wilcox) has a thing for dead men. Something that is clocked by the sinister serial killer Fred (Timothy Scott), who draws her into his world of necrophiliacs.
Slow and unengaging, but is certainly a topic not covered very often!

jive turkey (1974)

aka Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes. Get N****r Rich on Number 666.
"I've got to be right out there in the middle of it."
Harlem in 1956 and all the action in town is run by Pasha (Paul Harris), but his position is under pressure from the Mafia boss Big Tony (Frank DeKove) and city hall.
Meandering and confused, and very short on action. Though not without its charm.

memorial valley massacre (1989)

aka Valley Of Death. Son of Sleepaway Camp.
"Me and my men are out of here."
Memorial day weekend, and a new campsite opens with great plans, but there are a few snags, unfinished roads, a tainted water supply, and a caveman running amok!
Nothing to see here, that you've not seen before and done better.

and soon the darkness (1970)

"It was you!"
Two young English women are on a cycling tour of rural France, when they have an argument that sees the two split up. Subsequently one goes missing (Michele Dotrice), and worried, the other (Pamela Franklin) tries to find her, but is hampered by her limited knowledge of French, and beings to mistrust the locals as the day goes on.
Slow to develop, this turns into an atmospheric thriller.

shake hands with the devil (1959)

"Tis one of the boys."
Dublin: 1921. A city at war, with the IRA fighting the British forces for the fate of Ireland. Into this mix comes Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea (Don Murray), who tries to stay impartial, but is inexorably drawn into the Irish cause through the influence of firebrand teacher Sean Lenihan (James Cagney).
A fictionalised take on a crucial turning point in Irish history, and one that entertains as it informs.

sweet beat (1959)

aka The Amorous Sex.
"You have the voice of the angel, and the face of...two angels."
Bonnie Martin (Julie Amber), an aspiring singer wins a trip to London and a shot at a record deal. Whilst she gets the record, she also gets a sharp dealing agent (Irv Bauer), who engineers her break up from her boyfriend (Sheldon Lawrence) so he can whisk her to New York and have her all to himself.
Cheap, but in its favour its over quick!

idol on parade (1959)

aka Idle on Parade.
"I'm not ready for the army."
Rock star Jeep Jackson (Anthony Newley) has his career interrupted by a stint of National Service. Inevitably his posting causes a lot of consternation in the ranks...
Entertaining tale of army life, with some passable rock songs.

rock baby - rock it (1957)

"Dig that square, he thinks he's an art critic."
The kids are digging the scene at a derelict warehouse, when a businessman turns up and willing to rent it. So the kids have a month to find the bread, or they are on the street.
Quicky made in Dallas, featuring a number of local acts, with the usual rudimentary plot and plenty of rock.

it's trad, dad (1962)

aka Ring-a-Ding Rhythm!.
"When the music finishes we'll try and sneak past them."
When the mayor of a new town has his coffee interrupted by teens listening to trad jazz, he decides to ban this hellish music. So its up to Helen (Helen Shapiro) and Craig (Craig Douglas) to try and enlist some DJ's and musicians to put on a concert and convince the mayor he is wrong.
If you wade through the mass of trad jazz on show, there are some gems to be found in this compendium of music, such as Gene Vincent, and Gary U.S. Bonds. In between the artists Dick Lester gets to audition his comedic style waiting for the right vehicle to arrive a couple of years later when the Beatles swept much of this music aside.

let's rock (1958)

"When are you going to come to the party. Rock and roll isn't a passing fad!"
Tommy Adane (Julius LaRosa) is a ballad singer, who is flummoxed by this new fangled thing called Rock 'n' Roll, and battles to stay a balladeer much against his manager's wishes.
Run of the mill, but for appearances by a number of interesting artists such as Danny and the Juniors, The Royal Teens, Paul Anka and The Tyrones.

savage mutiny (1958)

"I told you not to play with guns."
Assigned to a remote African island, Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) has to help, (or should that be force), an African tribe relocate, as the US Govt wants to use their homeland for some nuclear bomb tests. Annoyingly some enemy agents are provoking the natives into refusing to move, stopping America's progress in the Atomic age.
Jungle Jim enters the space age, with plenty of spying and American imperialism at its finest!

fury of the congo (1951)

aka Jungle Menace. "He got away."
When a rare type of horse is found to produce a powerful narcotic, Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) has to protect it from unscrupulour trappers, and help the tribe that hold the animal as sacred.
Cheap B-flick from the ex-Tarzan actor.

mark of the gorilla (1950)

"He's pretty smart for a gorilla."
Some gorilla's are spotted making mischief in a jungle where they have no right to be. Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) arrives to see what he makes of it, and stumbles on a nest of Nazis, who are disguising themselves as the apes whilst they look for gold.
Having debased humanity, the Nazi's then decide to muddy the character of gorilla's! Just when you though they couldn't get any lower!

dolemite (1975)

"I'm gonna let 'em know that Dolemite is back on the scene!"
Pimp and club owner Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore) is in jail fitted up by some bent cops and his rival Willie Green (D'Urville Martin). The Govenor and an FBI agent come up with a plan to rid the city of these rotten apples by releasing Dolemite and let him at Willie and his associates!
Ultra cheap cash in, that throws in many ideas, but doesn't know how to execute them! Sloppily made, badly acted and incoherent - So bad it's good.

the black 6 (1973)

"There ain't no tomorrow, there is just right now!"
Being a biker is hard enough, but being a black biker gang is even tougher! These Vietnam vets, are happy with their freedom. That is until one (Gene Washington) finds out that his brother has been killed by a white biker gang for going out with a white girl. So what is he meant to do, but find 'em and kill 'em.
A rather tame take on the biker genre, which features a cast of all star football players as the black six.

the cape town affair (1967)

aka Escape Route Cape Town.
"We're not to keen on this sort of thing in Cape Town."
Secret agents in South Africa are trying to trace some spies who have been passing confidential material to the communists. Then a pick pocket (James Brolin) inadvertently heists some microfilm from Candy (Jacqueline Bisset) and all sides try to trace him.
Muddled and uninteresting remake of Pickup on South Street. Only of interest if you want to see a young Jacquelin Bisset.

trapped in space (1995)

"We've got about 24 hours before we have to choose which three of us survive."
A spaceship is stranded after colliding with an asteroid, and the crew soon realise that there is only enough oxygen for three people, and unfortunately there are five people on board.
Entertaining Sci-fi based on an Arthur C. Clarke short story.

the rapist (1994)

aka Tun Men se mo. Hong Kong Crimes: Sex maniac of Tuen Mun. Xiang Gang qi an zhi Tun Men se mo.
"You are a good girl."
Inspector Lau Man-Ching (Kwok-Pong Chan) is trying to track down and end the career of a serial rapist (Dickson Lee Ga-Sing) and murderer in Hong Kong.
A fictionalised account of true events, with the police trying to get into the mind and motivations of criminal, in order to stop him.

savage terror (1980)

aka Primitif. Primitives.
"Is it possible to go deeper into the jungle?"
Three anthropology students and their guides are traveling the Indonesian jungle when their raft capsizes, leaving them at the mercy of a cannibalistic tribe intent on lunch.
An uninteresting mash-up of other cannibal films, such as Cannibal Ferox, featuring the usual animal cruelty, (why?), and includes the most disconcerting use of Kraftwerk's The Robots as a title theme!

don't look in the basement (1973)

aka The Forgotten. Death Ward #13. Don't Go in the Basement. The Snake Pit.
"We are a family, and everyone helps with the chores."
When the Dr running an insane asylum is killed by one of its inmates, Dr Master's (Annabelle Weenick) decides to take over the hospital, as if nothing has happened. Then Charlotte Beale (Rosie Holotik), a new nurse arrives unexpectedly, and gets a less than cordial welcome from both the Dr and the inmates.
Despite it's cheap look, lack of acting talent, and slow pacing, if you can keep watching, you will be rewarded with the most obvious of twists.

slashed dreams (1975)

aka Sunburst.
"I'll take care of her."
An idealistic couple of students (Peter Hooten & Kathrine Baumann) try to find a friend (Robert Englund) who has dropped out and set up home in a remote woodland. Unfortunately for them these woods are also home to a couple of rapists!
60's idealism meets 70's nihilism, in this uninvolving and slow take on Deliverance, with no real resolution, and a terrible folkie soundtrack.