The Beast Must Die 1974  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery
aka: Black Werewolf
Director: Paul Annett
Cast: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Anton Diffring, Charles Gray, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, Michael Gambon, Sam Mansary, Andrew Lodge
When the full moon is waxing, millionaire Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) invites six guests to his country estate. He knows that all summoned have links to cannibalism and has set up a high-tech surveillance system. One of the guests is a werewolf, and Tom's plan is to uncover its identity and hunt it down.
|  | |
Beware! The Blob 1972  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Son of Blob
Director: Larry Hagman
Cast: Robert Walker Jr., Gwynne Gilford, Richard Stahl, Richard Webb, Godfrey Cambridge, Carol Lynley, Shelley Berman, Burgess Meredith, Marlene Clark, Dick Van Patten
Well, Mr. Hagman how could you? It sure couldn't have helped you get the "Dallas" role. Anyway, in this sequel a frozen specimen of the Blob is brought back from the North. After it is thawed, the "fun" begins.
| | |
 Enter the Dragon 1973  R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Deadly Three
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri, Shih Kien, Bob Wall, Angela Mao, Betty Chung, Geoffrey Weeks, Marlene Clark
This is one good martial-arts film in which Bruce Lee kicks his way into a drug ring. "The Kentucky Fried Movie" was later made as a satire of this–one of Lee's most popular films.
| | |
Ganja & Hess 1972  R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood Couple
Double Possession
Director: Bill Gunn
Cast: Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon, Leonard Jackson, Candece Tarpley, John Hoffmeister, Richard Harrow, Mabel King
In this fascinating story that goes beyond the vampire aspect and looks into the culture of the Black community, Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones) is stabbed by an ancient dagger and is infected with a vampire virus. Believing he is an African god, he deems that his wife (Mabel King) should also join him as a vampire.
| | |
Slaughter 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, Robert Phillips, Marion Brash, Norman Alfe, Eddie Lo Russo, Buddie Garion, Lance Winston, Francisca Lopez de Laboriel, Roger Cudney, Juan Jose Laboniel
After the mob kills his parents, Vietnam veteran, ex-Green Beret Captain Slaughter (Jim Brown), avenges their murders. He accomplishes his mission and then heads to Mexico to hunt down even more dangerous gangsters. Rip Torn adds to the action in his role as mob boss Hoffo.
| | |
Switchblade Sisters 1975 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Jezebels
Playgirl Gang
Director: Jack Hill
Cast: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle, Marlene Clark, Kitty Bruce, Michael Miller, Asher Brauner, Chase Newhart, Janice Karman, Don Stark
The plot of this early Quentin Tarantino film involves gang warfare as the leader of the Dagger Debs (Robbie Lee) fights off Maggie (Joanne Nail) who wants to become gang leader. This film was rereleased in 1996 under Quentin Reynold's Rolling Thunder label.
| | |
| 1. The Beast Must Die (1974)
aka: Black Werewolf
2. Beware! The Blob (1972)
aka: Son of Blob
3. Enter the Dragon (1973)
aka: The Deadly Three
4. Ganja & Hess (1972)
aka: Blood Couple
aka: Double Possession
5. Slaughter (1972)
6. Switchblade Sisters (1975)
aka: The Jezebels
aka: Playgirl Gang
In The News
|
