What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[ObiWanCon]

John Candy: I Like Me (2025)

 

[Luigi]

Best Wishes to All

7.5/10

Red Rooms

9/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

7/10



6.5/10



6/10

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The second one is Forest of Demons.

 

[Frodo]

THE NORLISS TAPES ( 1974)

This is another pretty good Dan Curtis gem, from the 1970s era of Tele-films , though unfortunately, the film ends on a cliffhanger .

It was apparently meant as a pilot, with the Norliss character having further adventures, much like Kolcheck: The Night Stalker TV Series from around the same period.

However, nothing came of it , so , alas, the story is a one and done horror film.

Still, the film works as a stand alone , leaving the future to the imagination of the audience.

Playing our protagonist , is Roy Thinnes , who had previously starred in the Sci-Series The Invaders in the 1960s .

His costar is the always awesome Angie Dickinson of Police Woman, and of films such as Rio Bravo and Dressed To Kill.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Norliss Tapes scared the **** out of me as a kid! Nick Dimitri (I believe) looked creepy as hell as the undead husband!

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Ballerina

Takes a little while to get going, but once it gets in gear it's a blast. A great addition to the John Wick franchise - hope the sequel happens. 7.5/10

 

[Dave McFly]

Roofman while it was billed as a comedy in the trailers and there was a lot of humor in it, there is a lot of emotional drama in it, Tatum did a good job in this I was surprised how good he was in this.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Worth watching for Marlon Wayans' unhinged performance alone. It's not particularly subtle or original with its messaging but I had fun with it. 7/10

 

[BlackFox]

Possibly the worst script put to film, dumb, tone deaf and total lack of self awareness. Throw in some extra bad CGI and "jokes" and you have something truelly worthy of hate. The only thing this Predator was possibly killing is the franchise itself. Thank god for Trachtenberg for pulling it out of the fire.

 

[squeekness]

The Hotel Mumbai

 

[ObiWanCon]

The Black Phone (2022)

 

[Frodo]

SATAN'S TRIANGLE ( 1974)

This film of the week from 1974 stars Vertigo's Kim Novak , 15 years after that iconic Hitchcock classic.
Her costar is Doug McClure , who had been a tv and film actor throughout the 50s through at least the 1980s.

I remember him from my childhood from his role as the Human Dad of his teen alien daughter in the 1980s TV Sitcom , Out Of The World.

It also features Jim Davis who would become iconic in the role of The Ewing Patriarch ,Jock, in the TV series Dallas , just a few years after this aired.

Satan's Triangle is another slow burn , which ultimately pays off at the end , though, It does feel a bit too long for a story ,which could have been told in a 30 minute segment of a Night Gallery, style horror show , or a anthology special that Dan Curtis would have made.

Nevertheless there is a twist I didn't see coming so , in the end the film does pay off.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Lake Mungo

 

[Frodo]

CROWHAVEN FARM ( 1970)

I gotta say, I enjoyed this Aaron Spelling produced Supernatural , Horror, film from the beginning of The 1970s .

Aside from the great John Carradine , the most of the other actors are unknown to me, though I know at least one of them was on the Twilight Zone.

Paul Burke had been in such films as the original Thomas Crown Affair and Valley Of The Dolls.

I'd never seen Hope Lange before, but she's great .

12 year old Cindy Eilbacher does great job of switching between innocent and malevolent .

The film does where it's influences on it's sleeve, with several shades of Rosemary's Baby in the film.

Given that that film was relatively recent ,when this film was in production , you can see how Rosemary's Baby influenced this telefilm.

Nevertheless, I was thoroughly entertained.

Aaron Spelling would go on to be well known for Charlie's Angels, and Night time soap classics such as Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, and Melrose Place , so it's interesting to see him dabble in Horror before he became The Aaron Spelling we all know today.

It would have been interesting to see an alternate 1970s and 1980s of Spelling producing horror thrillers with the same high camp ,and drama ,of his other classic shows.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

5/10



6/10



4/10



5.5/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Dark Knight

 

[squeekness]

Vicious

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Frodo]

HORROR AT 37OOO FEET ( 1973)




In another installment ,in my journey through 1970s telefilms, Horror At 37000 feet , is entertaining , even if it's not scary .

The film features a few icons of 1960s such as Buddy Epsen of The Beverly Hill Billies, Russell Johnson of Gilligan's Island , Roy Thinnes of Invaders and of The Norliss Files, and of Course , William Shatner of Star Trek.

The film also features Paul Winfeld, who , ironically enough, would reunite with Shatner in Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan , 9 years later .

Of course seeing Shatner on a plane with a evil spirit evokes his iconic appearance in The Twilight Zone a decade earlier , so , it's fun to see him hear, yet again trapped on an Airline with another creature .



DRAGNET 1967 : THE LSD STORY ( 1967)

Growing up in LA County in the 1980s and 1990s, Joe Friday was still a pretty iconic character, decades after Dragnet was off the air .

Dragnet was a procedural series long before shows like Law And Order hit tv screens .
It began as a TV Series in the 1950s and was then revived in color during the late 60s through early 1970s.

I watched reruns of the 1960s revival series on Nick At Nite , in the 1980s and 1990s, and this episode, is among the most iconic .

It's wild to believe the episode is nearly 60 years old at this point .

It's still as entertaining as it was when I first saw it as a kid in the early 90s .

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Weak and the Wicked (AKA Young and Willing, AKA Women Behind Bars ~ 1954)

An early 'women in prison' movie - minus steamy scenes between inmates, beatings, and group showers!

Glynis Johns and Diana Dors play two girls sent down for their own stupidity. Johns is an otherwise respectable, well-educated woman from a wealthy family, sentenced for fraud after she's unable to pay her gambling debts. Dors is a girl from 'the wrong side of the tracks' who lied to cover-up for her no-good boyfriend's crime and got found out. Despite their differing backgrounds they buddy-up and help each other do their time.

The film cuts back and forth between the 'now' in prison and the backstories of some inmates. Most of the flashbacks are serious - although one plays out as more of a black comedy and does feel out of place. The 'love wins in the end' ending feels tacked on too, as though it was a studio mandate.

It's well-acted, with a cracking cast of the time (including John Gregson, Rachel Roberts, Ursula Howells, Sid James (in one of his earlier straight acting roles), Anthony Nicholls, Irene Handl, and Anthony Newley).

Still a pretty good watch. 6/10