We open with a group of bored, horny cowboys getting drunk in a bar and then raping a woman while her younger brother Carlo, who works on the same ranch that the cowboys do, watches helplessly. It’s later revealed in flashback that this isn’t even the first time that Carlo has witnessed his sister being…
The Scavengers [Severin] Blu-Ray Review
The Civil War is over, but Captain Steve Harris (John Bliss of other exploitation films like Chain Gang Women and The Thing with Two Heads) and his band of renegade Confederate soldiers refuse to give up the ghost. Dejected, aimless and looking to raise hell, they invade a small frontier town, bending the locals to…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Nights Are As Cold As Human Nature
It’s March, folks! My allergies suck but at least the weather is getting better. What better time is there for another installment in this on-going horror novel mega-list project of mine? This time we have a controversial French thriller, a slow-burn Victorian throwback, a chilling (both literally and metaphorically) struggle for survival, an outstanding collection…
The Frisco Kid Blu-ray review
Not to be confused with Frisco Kid the 1935 crime drama film starring James Cagney, The Frisco Kid is a 1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, stars a pair of screen icons in Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) is Polish rabbit Avram Belinski, who…
Texas Across the River Blu-ray review
Texas Across the River is a 1966 comedy Western film shot in Techniscope. The film stars legendary actors Dean Martin and Alain Delon. Who would have thought Delon starred in a comedy Western film? Considering his resume of films the actor had been in I certainly would not have figured him to be in a…
ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO BLU-RAY REVIEW
Rough Night in Jericho is a Western thriller that was directed by Arnold Laven and stars three screen legends in Dean Martin George Peppard, Jean Simmons. In this film, Dean Martin is the antagonist, which is the one and only time he played a villain. The movie was based on the 1965 novel The Man…
Joe Kidd Blu-ray review
Joe Kidd was one of the few Clint Eastwood films I had not had the opportunity to watch until this year. Since I had since just about every other Eastwood Western, and was being announced for an upgraded Blu-ray release, I felt now was the right time and I am glad that it gave it…
High Plains Drifter Blu-ray review
If there ever was an actor outside of John Wayne who is synonymous with Westerns, it would have to be iconic actor Clint Eastwood. In the Western classic High Plains Drifter not only did he star in the movie, but he was also the film’s director. This is the second film he directed. In this…
Backlash Blu-ray Review
Kino Lorber continues to explore the Western genre with its recent Blu-ray release of the 1956 film Backlash. Directed by John Sturges, Backlash is a vengeance story, but with a few twists along the way. Jim Slater (legendary actor Richard Widmark, Madigan, Kiss of Death) is out looking for the lone survivor of an Apache…
Night Passage Blu-ray review
“Follow the River”. This is the unforgettable song that is heard during and at the ending to the 1957 film, Night Passage. The film is one of several Westerns that James Stewart starred in during his tenure with Universal Studios. In this film, he goes undercover and plays an accordion! Former railroad man Grant McLaine…