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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 1970s, ape suit, backroads, bad movie, bigfoot, bushman, cabin, California, cryptid, cryptozoology, 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 1970s, backroads, bad movie, bikers, brother, bus driver, cabin, California, california desert, 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)

Maniac, 1934

28 June 2008 – 3:50 pm +0800

Wow. This is one hell of a movie. It’s positively loony.
Plus it has 1934-era women getting disrobed to various degrees.
I am tempted to just link to Dr. Freex’s memorable review of this flick and leave it at that, but no, I can’t.
Maniac was written and directed by Dwain Esper. [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Yesterday's movie | Also tagged bad movie, badness, breasts, coroner, dead bodies, Dr. Meirschultz, Dwain Esper, exploitation flicks, film, flick, german accent, mad scientist, maniac, maxwell, morgue, morgues, movie, reefer madness, review, serum | Comments (1)