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The Screaming Skull, 1958

6 October 2008 – 10:53 pm +0800

This is almost like a real movie.
The Poverty Row movies I’ve reviewed have, even the good ones, been old-fashioned in ways that American International Pictures-produced drive-in movies are not. Poverty Row movies, at least the horror ones, tend to be set-bound, stagy, and drag on for long stretches in individual scenes, following one character [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies, Reviews, Spook-A-Thon 2008, Yesterday's movie | Also tagged aip, bad movie, burial expenses, flick, horror, Mill Creek, screaming skull, showmanship, strange things, william castle | Comments (0)

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, cult, documentary, 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, cult, Drive-In Cult Classics 8 Movie Collection, 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 1970s, atmosphere, bad movie, budget limitations, cardboard characters, cheerleaders, exploitation flicks, film, Films, having fun, movie, Movies, pom pom girls, School Dazed 8 Movie Collection | Comments (1)