vengeance (1979)

aka El perro. A Dog Called... Vengeance.
"What are you doing?"
A political prisoner (Jason Miller) sees his chance to escape from a remote South American jail, but is tracked down by one of the sadistic guards and his killer dog. He again manages to escape by killing the guard, only to be pursued through the swamps by the vengeful dog.
A simple chase story is given a twist, giving the film greater interest, and a political element, with the dog representing Franco's fascist govt.

wheels of terror (1990)

aka Terror in Copper Valley.
"Please Stop!"
Laura and daughter Stephanie (Joanna Cassidy & Marcie Leeds) leave LA for the sedate life of Copper Valley, Arizona. Life seems idyllic, but then Laura learns there is a child molester on the loose in the area. Then every parents nightmare comes true, as sees her daughter kidnapped in front of her, by someone driving a black Dodge Charger, and she does what any parent would do, she gives chase...
Slow to start, this soon revs up into a thriller of a ride, that unfortunately doesn't manage to maintain the adrenaline drive.

liane, jungle goddess (1956)

aka Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald.
"We just can't leave her here."
Toren (Hardy Krüger) is busy exploring and killing things in the African jungle, when he is captured by a tribe. They are about to kill him, when he's saved by a young white woman (Marion Michael), who seems to be living with the tribe. Intreged Toren sets out to find her again and bring her back to civilisation. It turns out she may be Liane, the long lost relative of a wealthy industrialist, and expedition leader, Toren (Hardy Krüger), tries to work on her manners. But can she survive in the urban jungle?
A weak ripoff of Tarzan, and the fish out of water theme, with the usual stock footage to pad out and add to the 'exotic' feel of the flick.

the three stooges in orbit (1962)

"Remind me to wallop you later."
Professor Danforth (Emil Sitka), has invented a vehicle capable of space flight as well as undersea and all-terrain. The lads agree to help him demonstrate it to the military. But Martians are also interested in vehicle...
Not one of their best, but they give it a good go.

the hills have eyes (1977)

aka Blood Relations.
"You folks gone to far."
A family on a detour to view a silver mine, whilst moving to California. They crash when they reaslise they have ventured into a USAF nuclear testing range. Unfortunately for them a clan still lives there scavenging what they can, including humans...
Craven's homage to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, sees him produce a taught thriller, with plenty of shocks. A true classic.

bare behind bars (1980)

aka A Prisão.
"Come to mamma."
A sadistic prison warden (Maria Stella Splendore) rules a women's prison with a mix of sex and sadism. Eventually the prisoners have had enough and rebel, with some escaping and being chased by the police.
A chance to show as much female flesh as possible, with little plot above and beyond this. Otherwise of little importance.

daddy's deadly darling (1972)

aka Pigs.
"Daddy, I love you."
Lynn Hart (Toni Lawrence) escapes from a mental institution, where she had been committed after she had killed her abusive father. On the run, she takes a job in a remote cafe owned by Zambrini (Marc Lawrence), who also keeps pigs. All is going well for Lynn, but she cannot help but teach abusive men a lesson they will not forget for the rest of their short lives. Fortunately Zambrini's pigs are very grateful for this new source of protein.
Slight film, that breezes over the central relationships and motivations, but provides just enough to keep you watching.

the blood spattered bride (1972)

aka La novia ensangrentada. Blood Castle. Bloody Fiancée. Till Death Do Us Part
"If your heart is wounded then mine is too."
Newly wed Susan (Maribel Martín) is repulsed by her husband's (Simón Andreu) sexual fantasies, and is haunted by grisly dreams featuring a woman called Mircalla. Then her husband finds a woman buried in the sand on the beach and brings her home; a woman called Carmilla, who looks exactly like Mircalla. The two women then come together in an obsessive and bloody relationship, to the exclusion of the husband.
Atmospheric lesbian vampire eurotica, and a supposed critique of Franco's fascist government of the time.

schoolgirl hitchhikers (1973)

aka High School Hitch Hikers. Jeunes filles impudiques.
"she knew that if she did she would have to follow me all the way."
Monica and Jackie (Joëlle Coeur & Gilda Arancio) stumble on what they think is an abandoned house in the country. They decide to investigate it, only to find it to be the hideout of a gang of thieves.
Typical Rollin film, in that it doesn't make a lick of sense, and exists only to show as much flesh as possible.

blood sabbath (1972)

aka Yyalah.
"No good comes of the lake."
A drifter (Anthony Geary) is knocked unconscious by a lake and is helped by a water nymph Yyalah (Susan Damante). They subsequently fall for each other, but two complications arise. One, she cannot love someone with a soul, and two Alotta (Dyanne Thorne) a jealous witch, is determined to have the drifter for herself.
Soporific and nonsensical.

trauma (1978)

aka Rings of Fear. Enigma rosso.
"You! But you must be crazy to come here!"
A teenage girl is murdered, and the detective in charge, Gianni Di Salvo (Fabio Testi), starts to suspect three of her friends, who call themselves 'The Inseparables'.
Run of the mill Giallo, that holds its own based on the presence of its lead Fabio Testi.

evil dead (2013)

"I will feast on your soul!"
Take one cabin in the woods, five friends, and one book of the dead. Mix them up and you have one gory fright-fest, where one by one, the friends are dispatched by the demons summoned by them.
Effective, straight up horror re-make of the Raimi comic-horror classic. Less inventive than the original, but certainly more gory.

dance hall racket (1953)

“What, so I killed somebody, that makes me a bad person?
A dance hall is a front for a diamond smuggling racket. The feds get wise to it, but need evidence so send in an undercover cop.
Only of interest to see Lenny Bruce, (as the gang leaders muscle), prove he's no actor, and should have stuck to the comedy. Though there is a theory that this was produced as a satire, and definitely works better if viewed as such.

trauma (1976)

aka Exposé. The House On Straw Hill.
"You've here for me. For my pleasure."
Novelist Paul Martin (Udo Kier) rents a country house, for some seclusion. Moving in with him is his new typist Linda (Linda Hayden), whilst Paul's girlfriend (Fiona Richmond) comes and goes. The peace doesn't last long though, when two lads are shot, after having sex with Linda, and she doesn't mention a thing...
Slight story, that takes some time to get to the point, and spends too much time trying to build on the sexual tension between the trio, at the expense of the thriller element.

the three stooges meet hercules (1962)

"These young Greek things have great curves as well."
Schuyler Davis (Quinn K. Redeker) is working on a time machine, and everyone thinks he's barmy, so his friends, Larry, Curly and Moe decide to take a look at it. The result finds them back in time facing the wrath of Hercules.
Entertaining slapstick comedy, that harks back to the stooges heyday.

the yin and the yang of mr go (1970)

aka The Third Eye. "See straight and think crooked." A young amoral army deserter, Nero Finnegan (Jeff Bridges), is enticed into helping master criminal Yin Yang Go (James Mason) in blackmailing a weapons designer into giving up the blueprints of a new laser system. But the plan to sell the prints to the Russians is interrupted by Buddha who has the power to change a person's nature once every fifty years, and uses this power on Ying Yang...
Written and directed by Burgess Meredith, this is like an warped adult version of Batman meets Austin Powers, only not in a good way.

the guy from harlem (1977)

"Something just doesn't seem to fit." Tough Harlem P.I. Al Conners (Loye Hawkins), now works the mean streets of Florida. He's hired by the CIA to guard visiting African dignitary, Mrs. Ashanti (Patricia Fulton), who is in tow for 24 hours. Having dispensed his unique take on bodyguarding, (by bedding the lady), Al then takes on the case of finding Wanda (Cathy Davis), who has been kidnapped by Big Daddy (Wayne Crawford).
Stilted in all ways, from acting, script and direction. There is nothing going for this little number.

the seducers (1977)

aka Death Game.
"I'm a happily married man."
A happily married man (Seymour Cassel) is home alone when he takes pity on a couple of young women when they knock on his door during a storm. They tell him they are lost, need directions and are soaked, so he invites them in. Jackson and Donna (Sondra Locke & Colleen Camp) flirt with their host and seduce him. The next morning he is surprised that they are still there, and things rapidly turn nasty, as they tell him they are underage and threaten him...
The creepy-crawly, home invasion theme, could have been seriously scary, but is instead turned into something mildly irritating. An opportunity wasted.