Here’s Abby Dalton in Roger Corman’s The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Land of the Great Sea Serpent (1957).

Birthday Abby Dalton, The Saga of the Viking Women

Here are the trailers for Susan Slade (1961) and Scorchy (1976).

Birthday Connie Stevens, Scorchy, Susan Slade

Happy birthday to producer Dino De Laurentiis. His movies played endlessly on HBO in the 80’s and they forever warped my childhood. We love you Dino! Here are two of CCT’s favorite Dino productions, King Kong (1976) and Flash Gordon (1980).

Birthday Dino De Laurentiis, Flash Gordon, King Kong

Here’s the fanboy reworking of the upcoming disaster porn epic 2012.

coming soon 2012

Absurd plot? Check. Absurd dialog? Check. Terrible American actors? Check. Terrible dubbing of Spanish actors pretending to be American? Check.

Slugs: The Movie(1988) is undoubtedly a Juan Piquer Simon film. Fans of the Spanish director will love this gory tale of angry slugs that (thanks to toxic waste) start attacking the citizens of a sleepy New England town. The gore effects are pretty outrageous and the script is ridiculous from start to finish, so we don’t hesitate to reccomend it. One word of caution though, don’t eat anything while watching it, you’ll thank us later.

What We're Watching Juan Piquer Simon, Slugs

Be sure to check out our latest review of the 1977 all-star Jaws rip-off, Tentacles.

review Tentacles

Though not as trashy and exploitative as the title might imply, Satan in High Heels (1962) is still a must-see for fans of Cool Cinema Trash. Meg Myles plays the title bad girl who works her way from carnival stripper to nightclub sensation. The cast also includes Grayson Hall as the lesbian proprietress of the chi-chi nightclub, director Del Tenney as Grayson’s fey assistant and the Barbie-esque Sabrina as herself. Below is Meg belting out the song that makes her the toast of New York, “Female of the Species”.

Musical Mondays Female of the Species, Meg Myles, Satan in High Heels

Birthday Elizabeth Berkley, Showgirls

Mae West, Timothy Dalton and The Captain & Tennille. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

Musical Mondays Captain & Tennille, Mae West, Sextette, Timothy Dalton

Ah yes, Kevin Maher… I can relate. Kong ‘76 is the most awesome ‘guy in an ape suit’ movie ever made (please note I didn’t say it was the best version of Kong ever made. Come on. I’m not stupid)

Dino DeLaurentiis, King Kong