Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

[TaeKwonZombie]

gave the classic Silver Bullet (1985) a re watch, love me some good werewolf blood and gore!

[Chevalier]

I just rewatched Hell House.

[Chevalier]

Just rewatched Puppet Master (1989)

[FryeDwight]

THE PHANTOM EMPIRE (1988). Searching a cave, a group of explorers find themselves in another dimension with uncivilized people and ape like creatures as well as a few decent claymation dinosaurs. A pretty cool cast in here as well like Jeffrey Coombs, Russ Tamblyn, Sybil Danning, Robert Quarry and Michelle Bauer.

While I can appreciate the fan boy aspects of TPE, a truly awful script, bad acting and lackluster Fred Olen Ray direction make this a long harrowing ordeal. If You're a fan of the performers, it's worth a look, but not really for much else. *1/2

[Chevalier]

The Fog (1980)

[FryeDwight]

RED SUN (1971). Pretty decent, offbeat western noted for an international cast at the time of release. Charles Bronson helps Alain Delon steal valuables and a samurai sword carried by Japanese dignitaries hoping to present it to President Grant. After a double-cross, Chuck is ordered to assist one of the Japanese ambassador's guards (Toshiro Mifune, who is aces in the film) in a week. Chuck is more interested in finding the spoils and is constantly trying o ditch the samurai, but with no luck. Eventually, they come to an understanding and are later joined by Ursula Andress, who, as usual, is window dressing, but such lovely window dressing. I wasn't totally convinced by the ending, but enjoyed RS enough, although Bronson is SUCH a jerk in this. ***

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by FryeDwight

RED SUN (1971). Pretty decent, offbeat western noted for an international cast at the time of release. Charles Bronson helps Alain Delon steal valuables and a samurai sword carried by Japanese dignitaries hoping to present it to President Grant. After a double-cross, Chuck is ordered to assist one of the Japanese ambassador's guards (Toshiro Mifune, who is aces in the film) in a week. Chuck is more interested in finding the spoils and is constantly trying o ditch the samurai, but with no luck. Eventually, they come to an understanding and are later joined by Ursula Andress, who, as usual, is window dressing, but such lovely window dressing. I wasn't totally convinced by the ending, but enjoyed RS enough, although Bronson is SUCH a jerk in this. ***

Never heard of this film. Coincidentally...


Midway (1976)
7/10

Good for a war picture. Has all the big names at the time and to come... Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Ed Nelson, Hal Holbrook, Robert Webber, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Pat Morita, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada and Tom Selleck.

It actually mixes stock war footage with 1976 Hollywood cinematography, which really surprised me. It was not seamless, but it wasn't distracting either. I'm curious if they matched the modern film color palette and/or lighting to closer match the stock.

Also, has very interesting side story of Charlton Heston's son, a new navy pilot, asks his high-ranking father to pull some strings... his Japanese fiancé's parents in the US were scooped up in Hawaii to be deported because they had some Japanese magazines the State Dept though were subversive.

It does a nice job telling the story of the Battle of Midway, which is an interesting story to begin with. For 1976, I was a little surprised with all the profanity of "Jesus" and "God damn", as it's sort of an all-American, maybe even family, film.

[FryeDwight]

Originally Posted by Sculpt

Never heard of this film. Coincidentally...


Midway (1976)
7/10

Good for a war picture. Has all the big names at the time and to come... Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Ed Nelson, Hal Holbrook, Robert Webber, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Pat Morita, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada and Tom Selleck.

It actually mixes stock war footage with 1976 Hollywood cinematography, which really surprised me. It was seamless, but it wasn't distracting either. I'm curious if they matched the modern lighting to closer match the stock.

Also, has very interesting side story of Charlton Heston's son, a new navy pilot asks his high-ranking father to pull some strings... his Japanese fiancé's parents in the US were scooped up in Hawaii to be deported because they had some Japanese magazines the State Dept though were subversive.

It does a nice job telling the story of the Battle of Midway, which is an interesting story to begin with. For 1976, I was a little surprised with all the profanity of "Jesus" and "God damn", as it's sort of an all-American, maybe even family, film.

MIDWAY is a long haul, but it's a good story, certainly an important one. And the cast is impressive-Good to see You back, Sculpt!

GEMINI AFFAIR (1975)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Pretty cheesy film about a young woman (Marta Kristen from LOST IN SPACE) leaving her small town to Hollywood where She will stay with a friend until the "big break" happens. Of course, things never turn out as planned and a lot of dues paying. GA is quite stagy, but gets its notoriety when the two women after hooking up in California "hook up" in another way. Pretty steamy stuff and worth it for seeing "Judy Robinson" like You wished You could have back when You were watching LIS.
Pretty forgettable other than Marta, who I was able to meet a convention in 2006. Very nice and still lovely...I'm wondering if anyone would have the nerve to ask her about this one. **1/2

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by FryeDwight

MIDWAY is a long haul, but it's a good story, certainly an important one. And the cast is impressive-Good to see You back, Sculpt!

GEMINI AFFAIR (1975)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Pretty cheesy film about a young woman (Marta Kristen from LOST IN SPACE) leaving her small town to Hollywood where She will stay with a friend until the "big break" happens. Of course, things never turn out as planned and a lot of dues paying. GA is quite stagy, but gets its notoriety when the two women after hooking up in California "hook up" in another way. Pretty steamy stuff and worth it for seeing "Judy Robinson" like You wished You could have back when You were watching LIS.
Pretty forgettable other than Marta, who I was able to meet a convention in 2006. Very nice and still lovely...I'm wondering if anyone would have the nerve to ask her about this one. **1/2

Thanks, FryeDwight! Good to see ya! Yes, I definitely had a little crush on Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson from lost in space. She was always so stoic. I guess her role was "oldest" and "big sister", especially when the show decided to focus on the youngest child Will Robinson (Bill Mumy).

[FryeDwight]

BEN (1972). Another film that was better in my early adolescence. The sequel to WILLARD starts out as a recap to lead into this story, where Ben, an intelligent black rat becomes the defect leader of a whole bunch of rodents-I must give praise to Moe Desesso and help who trained what looks like at least a 1000 rats. I give give much praise at all to the horrid script and the extremely uneven acting, particularly Lee Hartcourt Montgomery, playing Ben's sickly friend. You are almost hoping against hope that He'll be eaten...the film just screeches to a halt every time He's on screen and hearing him talk/sing/play harmonica to "Ben" (which we hear Michael Jackson sing on the credits) will just astound You how bad it is. Also a young Meredith Baxter and longtime character actor Kenneth Tobey. I must also give credit for a pretty wild scene involving rats in a grocery store (No alarm? in Los Angeles especially!) and all sorts of product placement. Proceed with risk. **