What happens when you cross the sword and sorcery of Conan the Barbarian (1982) with the sci-fi cheese of Flash Gordon (1980)? You get the high camp adventures of a barbarian named Yor the Hunter From the Future (1983). Directed by Italian genre mainstay Antonio Marghetti (aka Anthony Dawson) and shot entirely in Turkey, Yor is a weird, wild and unintentionally silly ride that is sure to induce laughter in even the most jaded cinephile. Read review…
Special Programing Note: Yor is not yet available on DVD, but thanks to the wonder of YouTube, we’ll be posting the film in it’s entirety as part of our ongoing CCT Theatre series. Check back tomorrow for the first part of Yor the Hunter From the Future!
Could there possibly be anything better than the vehicular insanity of 1977’s The Car? I think not. James Brolin (complete with 70’s porn stache) plays the sheriff of a southwestern town that’s being terrorized by a car from hell. No, the driver isn’t a manic. No, the car isn’t possessed. It’s literally a customized Lincoln from hell that can stop killing 70’s era character actors. Borrowing liberally from Jaws (1975) and The Exorcist (1973), The Car is a laugh riot from start to finish. Even the moments that are car-free are hilarious thanks to the screen-time spent on the melodramatic lives of the small towns citizens.
Could there possibly be anything better than the vehicular insanity of 1977’s The Car? I think not. James Brolin (complete with 70’s porn stache) plays the sheriff of a southwestern town that’s being terrorized by a car from hell. No, the driver isn’t a manic. No, the car isn’t possessed. It’s literally a customized Lincoln from hell that can stop killing 70’s era character actors. Borrowing liberally from Jaws (1975) and The Exorcist (1973), The Car is a laugh riot from start to finish. Even the moments that are car-free are hilarious thanks to the screen-time spent on the melodramatic lives of the small towns citizens.
“A swarm of killer bees is coming this way.” – Olivia DeHavilland acting up a storm as matronly Miss Schuster in the gonzo Irwin Allen epic The Swarm(1978)
It’s going to be a wild and crazy night for fans of cult cinema this Friday the 27th. First up on IFC is the campers-in-peril slasher flick Madman (1982)at 12 midnight. Later, around 2AM, TCM will air the irresistible double feature, Death Race 2000 (1976) and Yor, Hunter From the Future (1983). It should be fun to check out the original Death Race before the Jason Statham remake hits theatres this August. Fans of Yor should definitely tune in on Friday night since it appears that TCM will be airing a widescreen print of this cheesy barbarian classic.
TCM Underground, the weekly late night cult film presentation from our friends at Turner Classic Movies, have done it once again. This Friday night at 2AM, the channel will run an outrageous double feature consisting of the “futuristic” musical The Apple (1980) and Linda Blair’s roller disco opus Roller Boogie(1979).
Virgins From Hell is the tale of two sisters who vow to avenge the deaths of their parents at the hands of a sleazy crime lord. The aforementioned crime lord uses the family estate as his base of operations where he creates a formula that will corner the worldwide aphrodisiac market. The sisters and their all-girl biker gang are then captured, tortured and held in the underground dungeon. That is the story in a nutshell. Though, this being an Indonesian exploitation flick, there are several weird plot tangents before the film comes to an explosive and bloody finale. Virgins is a colorfully tacky and one of a kind entry in the Women in Prison genre. The two disc special edition DVD from Mondo Macabro features the film on disc one, along with the trailer and a text essay exploring the history of WIP films. The second disc includes a featurette detailing the golden age of Indonesian exploitation cinema as well as 70 minutes worth of wonderfully weird Indonesian film trailers.
