TORRID TIMES

Some of the feverish Biblical interpretations of Jack T. Chick.

SEXY SUMMER

The unexpected pleasure of buying some old copies of Smash Hits and finding that the previous owner has drawn tits and fannies on everyone. 

2016 FILM DIARY, PART SEVEN

From The Satanic Rites of Dracula

01.07.2016 - 31.07.2016

Head, d. Bob Rafelson (1968)
The Cycle Savages, d. Bill Brame (1969)
The Peace Killers, d. Douglas Schwarz (1971)
Deathmaster, d. Ray Danton (1972)
Cape Fear, d. Martin Scorcese (1991)
Moby Dick, d. John Huston (1956)
Blind Date, d. Joseph Losey (1959)
The Party's Over, d. Guy Hamilton (1965)
Spliffs, Joints and Pot, d. Tony Moussoulides (1965)
Rolanda Polansky, Sculptor, d. Lionel Niskin (1971)
Secret Rites, d. Derek Ford (1971)
Skinflicker, d. Tony Bicah (1972)
Manhunt, d. Peter Robinson (1974)
Discomania, d. Oscar Riesel (1979)
Knights Electric, d. Barney Broom (1980)
Shaun of the Dead, d. Edgar Wright (2004)
Dredd, d. Pete Travis (2012)
Evolution, d. Lucile Hadzihalilovic (2015)
The Last Boy Scout, d. Tony Scott (1991)
The Nice Guys, d. Shane Black (2016)
O No Coronado! d. Craig Baldwin (1992)
Aguirre, Wrath of God, d. Werner Herzog (1972)
Tighten the Drums, d. Chris Owen (1983)
Tribe of the Sun, d. Alan Sidi (1972)
The Valley, d. Barbet Schroeder (1972)
Wax or Discovery of Television Among the Bees, d. David Blair (1991)
Dream City, d. Johannes Schaaf (1973)
Trans-Europ-Express, d. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1966)
The Man Who Lies, d. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1968)
Eden and After, d. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1969)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, d. Adam McKay (2004)
Q: The Winged Serpent, d. Larry Cohen (1982)
Manhattan Baby, d. Lucio Fulci (1982)
Human Highway, d. Neil Young (1982)
The Decline of Western Civilization, d. Penelope Spheeris (1981)
Electronic Lover, d. Jesse Burger (1966)
Squatters, Cinema Action Production (1970)
Squatparty, d. Phil Munnoch (1981)
Another Bloody Sunday, d. Barry Cockcroft (1981)
End of the Pier, d. David Eadington (1983)
SOS: 20 Minutes To Go, d. Unknown (1990)
The Love Prophet and the Children of God, d. Abbey Nedick (1998)
The Light of the World, d. Jack Chick (2003)
Recorded Live, d. S.S Wilson (1975)
Hail, Caesar! d. Joel and Ethan Cohen (2016)
High Rise, d. Ben Wheatley (2016)
They Live, d. John Carpenter (1988)
Hell Comes To Frogtown, d. Donald G. Jackson and R.J Kizer (1988)
Star Trek: Into Darkness, d. J.J Abrams (2013)
The Blood Stained Butterfly, d. Duccio Tessari (1971)
The Designated Victim, d. Maurizio Lucidi (1971)
Eye in the Labyrinth, d. Mario Caiano (1972)
The Lorax, d. Hawley Pratt (1972)
Beauty to Last, d. David Bailey (1969)
Can I Have A Dragon, Please? d. Sue Lloyd (1983)
The Destructors, d. Charles Joy (1983)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula, d. Alan Gibson (1973)

WOULD YOU ADAM AND EVE IT?

Contemporary fancy dress. RRP £29.99. Apple and snake not included. Sample review - 'Cheap looking'.

2016 FILM DIARY, PART SIX

From Sadisterotica

01.06.2016 - 30.06.2016

Werewolf Woman, d. Rino Di Silvestro (1976)
Daughter of Dracula, d. Jesus Franco (1972)
The Perverse Countess, d. Jesus Franco (1974)
Vampyres, d. Jose Ramon Larraz (1974)
Shriek of the Mutilated, d. Michael Findlay (1974)
In The Shadow of Bigfoot, d. C. Thomas Biscardi (1977)
New Towns For Old, d. John Eldridge (1942)
Death Is A Number, d. Robert Henryson (1951)
Hands of Destiny, d. Anthony Young (1954)
The Black Scorpion, d. Edward Ludwig (1957)
The Flower in his Mouth, d. Luigi Zampa (1974)
The Left Hand of the Law, d. Giuseppe Rosati (1974)
Street Law, d. Enzo G. Castellari (1974)
The Anniversary, d. Roy Ward Baker (1968)
Village School, d. John Eldridge (1940)
When The Pie Was Opened, d. Len Lye (1941)
Listen to Britain, d. Humphrey Jennings & Stewart McAllister (1942)
A City Reborn, d. John Eldridge (1945)
What is a Group?, d. Ian F. Svenonius (2016)
Valhalla Rising, d. Nicolas Winding Refn (2009)
The Man with the Iron Fists, d. RZA (2012)
Santo and the Treasure of Dracula, d. Rene Cardona (1969)
Santo in Black Gold, d. Federico Curiel (1977)
Living at Thamesmead, d. Charmian and Jack Saward (1974)
The Salvage Gang, d. John Krish (1958)
Amelia & The Angel, d. Ken Russell (1959)
The Trial of Charles Peace, d. Norman Lee (1949)
The Liquidator, d. Jack Cardiff (1965)
Dark of the Sun, d. Jack Cardiff (1968)
The Warriors, d. Walter Hill (1979)
Escape From New York, d. John Carpenter (1981)
Wonder Women, d. Robert Vincent O'Neill  (1973)
Blood of the Vampire, d. Henry Cass (1958)
Blood Mania, d. Robert Vincent O'Neill (1971)
Fantastic Four, d. Josh Trank (2015)
The Night Visitor, d. Laszlo Benedek (1971)
The Serpents Egg, d. Ingmar Bergman (1977)
Went The Day Well?, d. Cavalcanti (1942)
The Heart of the Matter, d. George More O'Ferrall (1953)
Deadpool, d. Tim Miller (2016)
X Men Apocalypse, d. Bryan Singer (2016)
Straight Outta Compton, d. F. Gary Gray (2015)
The Thing, d. John Carpenter (1982)
Beat Girl, d. Edmond T. Greville (1960)
Gorgo, d. Eugene Lourie (1961)
Girl on Approval, d. Charles Frend (1961)
Dark Intruder, d. Harvey Hart (1965)
Incubus, d. Leslie Stevens (1965)

TWEET

Predrag Knežević, Ivana Stefanović, Marjan Radojičić: Bird Songs (1976)

HER MAJESTY

Queen of Blood, d. Curtis Harrington (1966)

At the end of this cheap but enjoyable thriller, the green skinned space vampire is revealed to bled to death from a scratch. The hasty conclusion is that she must have been a haemophiliac. This wild conjecture continues with 'perhaps she was some sort of royalty where she came from, a Queen, maybe'. From such tenuous ideas are horror film titles made.   

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

Series 1 and 2 title sequence from OUT OF THE UNKNOWN. 

IT'S TITO

2016 FILM DIARY, PART FIVE

From Bye Bye Monkey

01.05.2016 - 31.05.2016


Haunted, d. Michael A. De Gaetano(1976)
The Great Silence, d. Sergio Corbucci (1968)
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, d. Emilio Miraglia (1971)
The Incredible Professor Zovek, d. Rene Cardona (1972)
Blue Demon and Zovek in Invasion of the Dead, d. Rene Cardona (1972)
Anonymous Death Threat, d. Aldo Monti (1975)
Crystallization, d. Carroll Ballard (1975)
Night of the Seal, d. Jean-Jacques Birge (1974)
Solarflares Burn For You, d. Arthur Johns (1973)
Akenfield, d. Peter Hall (1974)
Bye Bye Monkey, d. Marco Ferreri (1978)
Rica, d. Ko Nakahira (1972)
Rica 2: Lonely Wanderer, d. Ko Nakahira (1973)
Rica 3: Juvenile Lullaby, d. Kozaburo Yoshimura (1973)
Eddie the Eagle, d. Dexter Fletcher (2016)
Flowers of Darkness, d. William Templeton (1972)
Angel Dust, d. Chuck Wintner (1980)
80 Blocks From Tiffanys, d. Gary Weis (1979) 
Flyin' Cut Sleeves, d. Henry Chalfant & Rita Fecher (1993)
NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell, d. Henry Cora (2007) 
The Man From Ganimedes, d. Juan Carlos Olaria (1976)
Night Of The Bloody Apes, d. Rene Cardona (1969)
The Mummies of Guanajuato, d. Federico Curiel (1972)
Arnold, d. Georg Fenady (1973)
Shanks, d. William Castle (1974)
Bug, d. Jeannot Szwarc (1975)
Pee Wee's Big Holiday, d. John Lee (2016)
Invocation of My Demon Brother, d. Kenneth Anger (1969)
Lucifer Rising, d. Kenneth Anger (1972)
Satanik, d. Piero Vivarelli (1968)
Sexy Cat, d. Julio Perez Taberno (1973)
Captain America: Civil War, d. Joe & Anthony Russo (2016)
Von Richthofen and Brown, d. Roger Corman (1971)
Aces High, d. Jack Gold (1976)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow, d. Michael Powell (1972)
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?, d. Gerry Levy (1964)
The Fiend, d. Robert Hartford-Davis (1972)
The Astral Factor, d. John Florea (1976) 
The Bermuda Depths, d. Tom Kotani (1978)
Beyond Atlantis, d. Eddie Romero (1973)
The Devils Triangle, d. Richard Winer (1974)
On The Game, d. Stanley Long (1974)
Holiday, d. John Taylor (1957)
A Welcome To Britain, d. Anthony Asquith (1943)
The Night Caller, d. John Gilling (1965)
The Ghost Ship, d. Mark Robson (1943)
The Leopard Man, d. Jacques Tourneur (1943) 
The Seventh Victim, d. Mark Robson (1943)
The Insomniac, d. Rodney Giesler (1971)
Tales That Witness Madness, d. Freddie Francis (1973)