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The Alpha Incident, 1977

3 November 2008 – 8:13 am +0800

Suppose you were in charge of a government operation. The purpose of that operation, for the moment, is to transport some hazardous material cross-country, without drawing attention to it. Suppose further that you don’t have much knowledge of how dangerous (or not) this material might be. And that it came from Mars, [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies, Reviews, Spook-A-Thon 2008, Yesterday's movie | Also tagged Alpha Incident, andromeda strain, backstory, boring, buck flower, cheapie, girl, government, government operation, hazardous material, hick, hillbilly, jiggle, low rent, Mars, pressure changes, Ralph Meeker, real actor, scientist, station, tense days, train, train engineer, train station, viking probe | Comments (0)

Dr. Tarr’s Torture Dungeon, 1973

4 October 2008 – 9:36 am +0800

A lot of effort was put into this movie, it’s easy to see that the people who made it really, really cared about it. Unfortunately, the resulting movie isn’t worth it.
As Dr. Tarr’s Torture Dungeon opens, a reporter travels to Middle-Of-Nowhere, France, to interview the head of an asylum about his radical new techniques [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies, Reviews, Spook-A-Thon 2008, Yesterday's movie | Also tagged asylum, atmosphere, bad movie, creepy atmosphere, effort, France, horror, horror movie, lunatics, Mexico, Mill Creek, movie, subtext, torture dungeon, weird stuff, weirdness, young lady | Comments (0)

The Sister in Law, 1974

24 September 2008 – 10:18 pm +0800

All the pictures have been disappeared because Herself, in a kind and generous mood, reported to Picasa that every one of them violated terms of use. They did not, as they were in a private, not public, album, and did not incite hate or violence, nor were they pornographic. But Herself, when angry, [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies, Reviews, Yesterday's movie | Also tagged american dream, Anne Saxon, bad movie, bikini, exploitation flicks, France, gorgeous redhead, heroin, inground pool, John Savage, Joseph Ruben, Maaaaaaan, mistress, mob boss, movie, naked time, pom pom girls, pool, redhead, review, self importance, sexploitation, subtlety, warbles | Comments (4)

The Legend of Bigfoot, 1975

25 August 2008 – 11:34 pm +0800

Recently there was another Bigfoot farce. The hoaxers held a press conference claiming they had a Bigfoot body1, but brought little to show — a couple blurry pictures, and DNA test results that led to some truly entertaining rationalizations.
I’ve always been fascinated by cryptozoology. When I was quite young, and gullible, I tended [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Yesterday's movie | Also tagged ape suit, backroads, bad movie, bigfoot, bushman, cabin, California, cryptid, cryptozoology, cult, documentary, drive-in movies, DVD, evidence, expedition, fake documentary, film, flick, Fossil, glowing red eyes, hoax, hoaxes, how not to think, Ivan Marx, limp, Movies, narration, public domain, review, Reviews, sasquatch, voiceover | Comments (0)

Trip with the Teacher, 1975

10 July 2008 – 10:00 am +0800

Sleaze. Pure 1970s drive-in grindhouse sleaze.
And I enjoyed it, without even a slight inclination to shower afterward. Mostly because, while Trip with the Teacher certainly strives to be dark, it’s rather hard to take seriously.
The parents of four female students1 have convinced one of their teachers to take them on a learning vacation [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Yesterday's movie | Also tagged backroads, bad movie, bikers, brother, bus driver, cabin, California, california desert, cult, Drive-In Cult Classics 8 Movie Collection, drive-in movies, exploitation flicks, farmhouse, female students, film, gas station, ghost town, grindhouse, handsome stranger, movie, Movies, psycho, shortbus, Sleaze, zalman king | Comments (2)

The Pom Pom Girls, 1976

30 June 2008 – 3:01 pm +0800

I am on record as despising the 1970s in general. There are any number of things from the 70s I like, but the period, the atmosphere of it, is not something I can imagine ever wanting to return to.
Well, there is now a small, partial exception.
The Pom Pom Girls is, in its own way, [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Yesterday's movie | Also tagged atmosphere, bad movie, budget limitations, cardboard characters, cheerleaders, drive-in movies, exploitation flicks, film, Films, having fun, movie, Movies, pom pom girls, School Dazed 8 Movie Collection | Comments (1)