how to steal the world (1968)

"you pursue a merciful ideal mercilessly."
Top people in their fields, from scientists to a general (Leslie Nielsen) are disappearing and Kuryakin and Solo (David McCallum and Robert Vaughn) are sent to find out.
Another film cobbled together from two episodes of The Man From UNCLE, namely "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair", a lacklustre effort, revealing the last gasps of a dying franchise.

the last house on the left (2009)

"It's the last house on the left if case you forgot."
A psychotic murderer Krug (Garret Dillahunt), and his gang of misfits, are on the run, but stop long enough to assault and rape two young women. Their car wrecked in an accident, and in need of somewhere to hide, they unwittingly end up at the home of one of their victims. The parents of the girl soon realise the gang are not the family they say they are, and plan their revenge.
What could have been a run of the mill remake, turns out to be a well thought out and crafted film, full of detail, which draws you in. A worthy remake of a classic shocker.

the bulldog breed (1960)

"what! No progress at all?"
Norman tries to commit suicide after losing his girlfriend, and finally at his lowest ebb decides to join the Navy, with inevitable mishaps following on, especially when he's chosen to man the first rocket in space.
Another in the Wisdow formula; accident prone underdog has lots of mishaps, but finally wins through. Fun if you like that sort of thing. Watch out for an early Oliver Reed and Michael Caine walk on's.

the cocoanuts (1929)

"Three years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket. Now I've got a nickel in my pocket."
Hammer (Groucho Marx) runs a hotel in Florida, badly. Things can only get worse when Harpo and Chico turn up and a lady's diamond necklace goes missing. A script that betrays its stage origins, throwing in some chorus line work and some songs between the Marx Brothers quickfire patter, in their first outing on the big screen.
Whilst the musical interludes offer nothing much, it's the Marx Brothers that you come for and they offer up some tried and tested routines that never fail to entertain.

blood on satan's claw (1971)

aka Satan's Skin. The Devil's Touch.
"Angel has taught us some new games."
17th century England is a religious place, full of suspicious villagers. But the the young of the village start to turn against their elders after Angel Blake (Linda Hayden), finds an artifact, and starts to lure the other teenagers into forming a coven. The elders don't like the way things are panning out and bring in a judge (Patrick Wymark) to root out the evil.
A classic horror, playing up the atmosphere and the sexual allure of Linda Hayden.

"This here is a clean county."
Three prostitutes (including Uschi Digard), work the local truck stops, using a CB radio to tout for business. That is until a local journalist sniffs out a story, and tries to stoke up some outrage.
Only view if you want to watch a load of men getting drunk in a variety of fields, as not much happens other than that."

angels hard as they come (1971)

aka Angel Warriors.
"These guys love me." Long John (Scott Glenn) and his drug dealing biker friends hook up with The General (Charles Dierkop) and his biker gang the Dragons to party in the desert. All goes well until a hippy girl is killed and the General blames Long John.
Co-written by Jonathan Demme, this is like a 101 of biker films, with all the components of a good exploitation there, just lacking that little something.